HMC40 Footage - Set to "Gracie" by Ben Folds and Starring Alli :)

richke

richke

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I have been shooting video of my daughter since I bought the HMC 40. This really illistratrates the poor quality of low light with this cam. Outside it looks great, but inside without ligthing(unless you have a skylligght - which some shots look great) but most just look poor quality. I think you wll be able to tell which ones I mean. To me for $1700 this is a huge issue...I knew the reviews said "Poor in low light" but man I thought it would still be better than my old $300 cam, but it is not. Everything else is great on this cam but the low light perfromance. Which for my shots of my daughter are mostly that because I just grab the cam and try to get her doing something cute...but for planned movies and shots this is a great cam.

Not all the shots look bad because some I did outside but I think you can tell a difference. I did some CC in post to hype the colors and tweak the brightness. Also note I did not have any ND Filters used for the outside ones. I did get some for Christmas but none of these shots used those.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5A4cv3HnMY

Thanks,
Rich
 
Also I rendered at 480P...I plan on doing a HD version but I doubt I will post it since I think this looks good enough for Youtube.
 
Nice video. But I totally agree with you on the price for what you get. I have had my 40 since they first came out and sadly to say..I will end up departing with it and either getting the big brother (HMC150),Sony Ex1 or The Sony FS100.
Good Luck!
Also, another issue I always have with the camera is it fluctuates in color sometimes..If im shooting in manual or auto in an indoor convention or an indoor event with fluoroscents it will change color on me in the middle of a take.
 
thanks for checking it out! Someday I will buy another one...but probably not for 5 years :)
 
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