dvx new born worries

Andrej

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well, I've got my dvx. great!

but the problems I'm facing now maybe familiar to former 'new users': paranoia.

the rattling of the baby when its off has already turned out ok (actually useful those 'manuals' and their faq sections).

1) another baby worry: on the lcd i can see the horizontal lines rather clearly, esp. in indoor shots... i dont mean those ordinary lines of an lcd, esp visible on portable dvd players, but the lines are in a way that every five lines or so theres is a bit of a brighter line, and it goes on in that interval so there is a pattern... i get the feeling its normal and ive never seen it before on my xm2/gl2 cause its screen is so darn small ;) just back me up on this one...

2) another question, that actually should go into another topic, but its a quick answer kind of question... shutter at 1/50 or 1/25? i always feel like the 1/50 shutter gives the stuff a natural look, natural movement whereas the 1/25 has a cool motion blur to it, which i really like, but i feel like it pulls down the famous 'film look' and gives it a rather digital, dogmaesque feel ...see eg. dogville or even pieces of april (tho its sony)
 
As to your shutter question, I'd go with 1/50 most of the time. You can use different shutter speeds for specific effects, but most of the time 1/50 will do the trick for you.
 
On a vaguely related note, does anyone have any idea why my DVX keeps shutting itself off while I'm adjusting settings? The battery is full, and this never happens once I've begun recording, but for some reason it tends to automatically shut off after about 5 minutes. I'm starting to lose sleep over this, please help...
 
It's a setting in the menu for power / head save. I turned it off in mine...

You're not gonna make me try to find my manual, or look through the menu options, are ya? My camera is waaaaaaaaaaay over there, and it's so comfy sitting where I am.

Dan
 
MutePrint said:
On a vaguely related note, does anyone have any idea why my DVX keeps shutting itself off while I'm adjusting settings?

I've found that mine shuts off after 5 minutes as a tape protect thing, but only when I have a tape in there. So, I take the tape out before playing with settings!
 
strangways said:
I've found that mine shuts off after 5 minutes as a tape protect thing, but only when I have a tape in there. So, I take the tape out before playing with settings!

Cheater! :cheesy:

Dan
 
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