Getting the right image ?

I can't believe i just found this thread. Most gratefull for all your help Andy. I've copied and made duplicates of your posts on this thread and will keep them in my camera bag at all times.

thnx!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Is none of this already addressed in Barry's DVX book/dvd? If not, it probably should be.

Off topic: DVXuser is a great site for anything to do with using the DVX. Maybe there could be a compilation or archive of all of the important threads and posts so there could be one place to look when someone feels the need to learn. Well, I guess DVXuser basically is that.

Maybe Barry could look through the forums, and find things that have not been mentioned in his DVX book that could be useful to a user, and add them in there in sort of a second edition thing (or, for the HVX version of the book/dvd). I don't like the idea of having to look through that book and then finding that I need to search the dvxuser forums for more information on how to get a particular look, for example.
 
Gordon JL

One little thing I often do is to search for a certain area of interest or issue or topic among BarrY Green's posts....in thousands by now.

And you always get what you want...I can guarnatee you.
 
Just a quick thanks to Andy as well for the help with the 100a. On my other cameras I don't have to use a ND filter so I was a bit taken back when I took my camera outside and it was over exposed. It said it needed an ND setting so I'm glad to know that the camera is working correctly.

Here's an important time to redo the AWB. When the sun goes down the color temperature will go very blue as the only light is coming from the blue sky
(there is no direct sunlight to warm up the color). Keep and eye out for that.

Tery
 
schteevie said:
this is worth a sticky 8)
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Andy thanks for this, a very useful checklist. I did a 2 day course on the pd150 last weekend end and this has brought it all back much more effectively than my notes plus the relevance to DVX100a is very useful as that is the camera I will be buying. Would you condiser expanding your quick start guide to take into account sound settings and menu settings for timecode etc.

very gratefully
Dan
 
White balance will set the WB right for incandescent lights (like halogen, household bulbs, sunlight, candles, where light is produced by hot, glowing material), as these have continuous spectrum with varying mix of red, yellow & blue light and everything in between.

With fluorescent tubes, color LEDs and metal discharge lamps it is a different matter. Those lights might have only one wavelength or a mix of two . If there is only orange wavelengths in the light source, there is no way to get blue colors out with that. Modern fluorescents are quite good, but mercury or sodium lamps are impossible to balance.
 
Renting a DVX100 for a doc shoot

Renting a DVX100 for a doc shoot

On Saturday, I’m shooting a “behind the scenes, making of” documentary of an Investors Trailer for a feature that the Producer has been nuturing for many years.

I’ll be using a DVX100 (not a or b) for the first time and have been reading all the information that I can locate. This site and all of its references have been very helpful and I want to state has prepared me well! Thanks to all the knowledgeable contributors.

I’m typically to be found in a FCP editing suite but could not pass up this opportunity …

The DP is planning to use a fully accessorized DVX100a (or possibly a HVX200 if his order arrives). The lighting/gaffer has a truck full of equipment. The production designer is turning a home into a 1960’s southern residence. And if all that weren’t enough, the producer has two veteran film/television actors for the scenes.

I’m looking forward to Saturday and hope to post my results in the Documentary forum.
 
what is the black balance? on the manual it says that you should set it at least once initially. i have never set it. is it important?
 
Wish there was a way to print this entire thread as one continuous printing. Great job Andy and much great info. I'll be doing my first PAID wedding in early Feb and renting a DVX100A on the day prior. That will give me just a few hours to play with it and learn some basic settings. Like a previous poster said, I'm scared to death. Is there a way to keep &quote from coming into the posts? I'm assuming people are trying to use quotation marks and the posting software doesn't like quotation marks. Let's try. Following is a quotation mark ... "

Anyway, thanks all. I'm quite happy to be a newbie here and look forward to becoming a DVX owner and expert.
 
OK, the " showed up as ". Let's see what happens if the quotation mark is next to a word ... "All good men ..." OK, I won't waste anymore forum space. It just makes reading posts somewhat difficult when &quote shows up everywhere.
 
OH my gosh! Finally I've found a home for DVX users. Thanks Andy_Starbuck this is the most informative info on the DVX. You all will be hearing a lot from me soon.
 
ND/gain

ND/gain

OK, I shot that wedding this past Saturday, using the DVX100A for the first time. First, let me say that since this was my first time using ANY 3CCD camera, I was blown away by the clarity of the image. The DVX itself though is magnificent. Anyway, enough of what everyone here already knows.

Let me preface my question with the statement that I don't remember whether my issue was with the ND filter or the Gain settings. To those who understand the DVX, it will become clear as I ask the question. My question is this ... I set the ND filter to OFF as Andy suggested for general baseline setting. However, whenever the lighting would change, I would get a message to change it to 1/8 or 1/64. Again, I don't really remember whether that was the ND filter or the Gain. Anyway, each time I made the change, there was a clicking sound that is audible on the recording, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, a noticeable change in the lighting of the recorded video. For example, I turn from a shot of the bride and groom to a shot of the bridesmaids. Where they are standing is less lighted, so the ND filter warning says to crank it up a notch. I do so, and besides the loud click, there is a quick jump in the amount of light on screen, then the auto-iris (I guess) kicks in and ramps it back down to "normal." This didn't happen that often, but where it did I now have footage with the audible click AND noticeable jumps in the lighting. I will likely have to edit those parts out, which is annoying. Otherwise, I will learn to use manual iris next time. But with this being my first time, I just set the camera to the baseline as instructed by Andy, then let the DVX do its "thang." Its "thang" is great by the way, but these hiccups are annoying. I realise now that I did not actually ask a question, but I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice on handling/avoiding this next time. :o
 
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