Color Shift?

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Stork

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I apologize if this is a topic that has been covered in depth or one that is simple and I am merely overlooking... but I seem to have a problem with some of the colors in my test footage. I'm new to the filmmaking community and just purchased the A1 so I've been learning as much as a I can as quickly as I can and I've stumbled upon this problem.

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I'm not sure what the problem is called, but I assume it has something to do with "color shift"ing since that what seems to be happening. I assume that the solution lies somewhere in the custom settings under the color seletions? If someone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate the help.

Settings where: HD/"24", 1/48, f1.6 and the suggested "Vision 2" preset from this forum.
 
It's called Chromatic Aberration and this is a natural artifact of the low cost lens that the A1 uses. All low end cameras have it to one degree or another, although this is a more extreme case. There's really nothing that you can do about it.

This article explains it in greater detail

http://www.dvxuser.com/articles/article.php/2
 
The A1 lens isn't the greatest but there is no way your footage should look that bad, no matter the conditions... you might have a lemon there.
 
Wow, well that sucks. As Senior members of this community, what are your suggestions? I'll be researching more into this matter, but I certainly hope that this case is not one that will require a replacement of the unit. Thank you for the information.
 
My XHA1 has never been that bad! Even when I really tried to make it look bad, so follow the above suggestion @Auto Mode@..
 
did you buy it from a guy named Jarafed who's 800# forwards to his corner payphone? other than that, some moving video would be nice so we can see this issue in motion....
 
Actually his name was Jim-bob and it was at the corner haystack next to the mule on 3rd street.

For whatever reason the .m4v is not working with vimeo and since I do not have the codecs to view it or w/e I can not see if it is because it was rendered improperly or what, but there is a .mov that managed to upload.

http://www.vimeo.com/1884905

more still images
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That appears as though your incoming RGB signal is being shifted so they arent lining up properly. Problem.
 
I contacted Canon support today and they are sending me a shipping box to send the unit in for repairs free of charge. In addition, I guess I signed up for something Canon offers and they are going to send me a lender camera if the repairs take longer than 3 days as well as free shipping to and from the repair facility in Jersy. With the package I'm going to include the still photos and a description about the mess and hope that the camera may be repaired or at least a clear understanding of the problem with a solidified solution.

Yay Canon <3
 
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