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The softness issue is mostly in urban, residential, and interiors low light type of shot. Kevin's R's clips are majority ext. nature w/ much better nature lighting. So far shooting in my backyard w/ natural lighting revealed similar results. I'll do more test shoots f/@open- f/4 max to get have a better assessment. This is only day 4 of this cam. Plenty of days to go..
I have the chance to dig back past mini-DV footage shot w/ the DVX100, Sony VX1000, TRV900 and to my surprise, there is a similar softness issue found on those, especially when there is not enough light in the scene. The worse is the TRV900. It's very soft. With that revelation, i can safety say it has more to do with the cam's chip size, fixed lens and maybe even the DSP than anything else. It appears to be the weakness of virtually all 1/3" sensor-sized cameras.
Will definitely bring on-cam light for people faces and not shoot to much wide night scenery as it won't do any good. Will resort to larger sensor camera for detailed wide, low light type of shot.
I have the chance to dig back past mini-DV footage shot w/ the DVX100, Sony VX1000, TRV900 and to my surprise, there is a similar softness issue found on those, especially when there is not enough light in the scene. The worse is the TRV900. It's very soft. With that revelation, i can safety say it has more to do with the cam's chip size, fixed lens and maybe even the DSP than anything else. It appears to be the weakness of virtually all 1/3" sensor-sized cameras.
Will definitely bring on-cam light for people faces and not shoot to much wide night scenery as it won't do any good. Will resort to larger sensor camera for detailed wide, low light type of shot.
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