DVX & HVX On Same Shoot?

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I'm about 30% thru shooting my latest feature. We've been using a DVX100b thus far, however a friend of mine will be coming to the next few shoots with an HVX to use as a 2nd camera.

Will there be a major difference between the footage gathered by each camera, and if so, how much work would I have cut out for me in post to help balance the definitions?

I'm open to any and all suggestions - if anyone has done this before, stills would greatly be appreciated!
 
I've successfully done this recently for a music video, the editor told me he couldn't tell the difference at all. I'll try to get some screen grabs from him tonight so I can give you a side by side comparison. The key is to set up both cameras exactly the same, but remember the HVX loses 2 more stops of light than the DVX so take that into consideration when shooting (by that I mean the DVX has an additional 2 F stops available to select than the HVX, not actual light loss per-se).
 
Key info Charles - thanks a lot! Those stills would be greatly appreciated too.

That reminds me - if anyone can think of any other major technical differences between the two cameras, that would be great. I've yet to so much as touch an HVX and don't want to look completely Amish come Sunday.
 
well, there are major differences between the two cameras obviously; but I was once the only HVX on a DVX shoot - shooting miniDV tape of course, and the boss was fine with the product (I never saw any comparison footage).
 
good to know, good to know

Slowly but surely starting to feel good about this.

EDIT: Thanks for the video Bill, it WAS really hard to tell which was which.
 
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Gotcha ... I have no idea why mine didn't intercut so well ... I got the color identical in post, and got the exposure the same in-camera, the issue is the 24p and the amount of filmic "stutter" in the resulting footage. Very strange. The weird part is I shot some exercise videos about a month ago using the same 2 cameras and didn't have this issue, all with the same camera and FCP settings. But then I did another shoot (just home video on x-mas morning) and for some reason the DVX footage looks very "video" while the HVX looks very "filmic."
 
NeverColdCall said:
... for some reason the DVX footage looks very "video" while the HVX looks very "filmic."
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Sounds like you shot one in 30i and one in 24p

a fast shutter on the DVX in 30i and slow shutter on the HVX in 24p have respectively video and filmic looks.
 
I edited a documentary this summer that used an HVX and DVX. For one scene I needed to match footage and it was a breeze. With CC i added a little green to the blacks, yellow to white, and upped the black level on the DVX. They matched beautifully.
 
Zander said:
I edited a documentary this summer that used an HVX and DVX. For one scene I needed to match footage and it was a breeze. With CC i added a little green to the blacks, yellow to white, and upped the black level on the DVX. They matched beautifully.
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thanks for the details!
 
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