HVX For Weddings.

I got a little confused here--someone seemed to suggest that shooting in SD will help out with the noise? If so could you get away with shooting in squeeze, up rezzing, and then shooting the well lit stuff in HD? (ie sacrifice hd grain for sd low qual)

Somewhat relatedly--how does the HVX perform for taping plays or low light performances?

Thanks,
M
 
Hi All:

Just like to add my 2 cents to this whole post. Shooting HD weddings using the HVX200 has been a real problem until recently with regard to P2 cards and their prices. As you know, that has changed now.

I shoot all my wedding ceremonies using two HVX200's in HD 720 24PN. I also use two SD1's (AVCHD) as stationary cameras and then convert them in post. At this time, I"m still shooting my receptions using SD (16x9 24PA) unless I have really good lighting.

With regard to lighting, there are several things that we as videographers can do. What I do is have the client inform the coordinator or banquet captain that I will need to have the lights turned up for the grand entrance. As for the toasts, I follow the Inverse Square Rule of light, which is in essence, if you double the distance from the source, you either get 4 times as much light or 4 times less light. Example. If you stand say 16 feet away from a subject with your light and camera and it's too dark, if you move to 8 feet away, you receive 4 times (2 full F stops) more light.

Unless you have HMI's you're just not going to light an entire ballroom with just one light. For that reason, I use two cameras and two lights for all shoots and in most cases, always have enough light just by getting closer to the subject.
 
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