How to Make HVX and DVX work together?

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I am shooting a short film tomorrow using both a DVX100 and HVX200. We will shoot in 24P SD mode and want the cameras to match as much as possible.

Can I do this to where the viewer cannot tell the difference between cameras?

I know the sensor in my HVX is 16x9 so is this a problem with intercutting with the DVX?

What settings do I make in the cameras and in post to achieve the best matching look?

Thanks!
 
They need to be different length shots, the DVX gets very soft in 16:9 mode. Turn the sharpness all the way down on the HVX...



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The best thing to do is get a monitor that lets you switch between two inputs, and view the cameras both on the same monitor, and swap back and forth between them, adjusting settings until you get them to match as close as possible.
 
The scene file menus are essentially the same for both cameras. I shot a test side by side before I bought mine and the HVX had more detail and latitude. Get all the settings in the menus the same, even if you choose 0, especially the Gamma (Cine-like D is my recommendation) and Aspect(Squeeze is not the same ratio as Letter box). It is my opinion that with some adjustment in post you'll fool everyone. I would work with the detail in post. I have used the HVX, in SD with a two XL2 shoot for a show on a cable network. The producers adjusted the XL2's to the HVX and I thought it blended very well.

Here's a tip: make the two shots very different. You've probably seen it with a single camera shoot. Two shots of the same scene need to be tweaked to match. The more difference there is in your shots, different focal lengths and or different angles, the less tweaking in post.

My guideline is capture all you can on the day and you'll have plenty to work with later.
 
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Out of curiosity, if this is a short narrative why not just shooting with the HVX200? I don't know how big a crew you have but I've always found that in scripted narrative films, having two cameras ends up taking more time rather than saving it (worry about coordinating them, making sure not to get into each other's shot, having two crews, ect.). This is just my personal preference but I'd just use the HVX200 whole way since it produces the better image (shoot HD if you can). The only real reason I'd see to using the DVX100 would be if you want better low light performance.
 
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