hey guys, any suggestions as far as getting footage in dim rooms with my dvx100a?? lighting the room is not an option, and cranking up the gain is not acceptable either... are there any settings, or does this thing just suck in the dark?? i keep comparing it to my full size panasonic dvc200, and it just doesn't compare... help??
for wedding videos
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Can you use a Pag light or similar on camera lighting?
I have a similar shoot on Saturday, and have explained to the client that the footage will be poor because of the lighting. They weren't really bothered as long as they could see something. I use my single CCD pany when it gets dark, because its low light performance is great. The footage may look "home movie" tastic, but people don't seem to care. I always explain the problem beforehand so they can switch the lights on if they want a good video. They tend to prefer to enjoy the evening. Having a little "consumer" camera also makes people act more naturally I find.
I have a similar shoot on Saturday, and have explained to the client that the footage will be poor because of the lighting. They weren't really bothered as long as they could see something. I use my single CCD pany when it gets dark, because its low light performance is great. The footage may look "home movie" tastic, but people don't seem to care. I always explain the problem beforehand so they can switch the lights on if they want a good video. They tend to prefer to enjoy the evening. Having a little "consumer" camera also makes people act more naturally I find.
Kevin Briggs
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You can shoot in 60i which lets more light in, and then deinterlace. I slow the shutter speed down to 1/15 at dark weddings all the time without a large decrease in the quality of footage. Obviously as stated before you won't want to do any fast movements with the camera at 1/15 because of the blurry motion. I'll try to get Guy from dve store to tell us about a light he was showing me last time I was out to his office. It's a led panel that comes with its own battery that I think will last like 4 hours. It has diffusion filters to soften the light, and a dimmer switch to go from 0-100%. I will most likely be buying one soon, and I'll update this post when I do. One more thing you can do is take off any extra lenses, filters, and the sun-shade to lets as much light through the main lens. One more thing you can try is tweaking the levels in post. In Premiere Pro its under...Video Effects/Adjust/Levels/and you'll want to decrease the RGB White Imput Levels. This may be better than doing in camera gain but you'll have to do some tests to be sure. If I can Find the time I'll do a couple tests and re-post.
-Kevin
You can shoot in 60i which lets more light in, and then deinterlace. I slow the shutter speed down to 1/15 at dark weddings all the time without a large decrease in the quality of footage. Obviously as stated before you won't want to do any fast movements with the camera at 1/15 because of the blurry motion. I'll try to get Guy from dve store to tell us about a light he was showing me last time I was out to his office. It's a led panel that comes with its own battery that I think will last like 4 hours. It has diffusion filters to soften the light, and a dimmer switch to go from 0-100%. I will most likely be buying one soon, and I'll update this post when I do. One more thing you can do is take off any extra lenses, filters, and the sun-shade to lets as much light through the main lens. One more thing you can try is tweaking the levels in post. In Premiere Pro its under...Video Effects/Adjust/Levels/and you'll want to decrease the RGB White Imput Levels. This may be better than doing in camera gain but you'll have to do some tests to be sure. If I can Find the time I'll do a couple tests and re-post.
-Kevin
Jourabchi
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has anyone used these Sony HVL-20DMA as seen here?
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-Zv4PUgQtQWi/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=61200&I=158HVL20MA
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-Zv4PUgQtQWi/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=61200&I=158HVL20MA