HVX200 help: Recommended settings

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norwegianfaust

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Well, it's official, My Sony PD170 has now been officially replaced with a Panasonic HVX200. Guess I have changed filmic religions of sorts, aye? :D

Anyway, I haven't really had time to test the camera thoroughly yet, and as I'm shooting a music video THIS weekend I was wondering if anyone can recommend some camera settings (detail, gamma etc.). I will be shooting under very low key conditions, with dominant blacks / shadows and a high degree of contrasts, as well as backlit objects. I know the HVX20 has an "issue" with noisy blacks / noise under low light conditions,. any way to minimize this problem? I need deep blacks and good detail.

Any other recommended settings as far as f.ex. color reproduction is concerned? Overall I'm after that organic, filmic look.

Thanks.
 
Ok, this comes from personal subjective opinion and I suggest you try everyones suggestions (which will surelly come) before you go on the shoot.

For best Low Light performance- Go to menu and change the settings to Gamma B-Press, master ped - 2, knee normal, detail coring +3. To gain adittional stops, When shooting 24p, go for a slower shutter like 24. It makes the picture blurrier, but it gains half a stop in sensitivity.

For best compromise between filmic and low light performance- Cine Like V, Master Ped -1, Detail coring +3, Knee Normal and the same 24p shutter suggestions.

For Nigh shooting with Neons and high lighting contrast scenes- CIne Like D (Dinamic Range was a big issue when shooting my short film here in Macau, which had neon lights and actors struggling for exposure), Detail coring +2, Master Ped -1, matrix Cine-Like. This will bring noise to the picture, but acceptable.

Ideal Filmic Settings (For me)- Cine Like D, Master Ped -3, V Detail +2, chroma level -2, matrix cine-like, Shutter at 50 (Pal camera), recording setup at 1080i 25p
 
Thanks a lot! I'll try out those setting tomorrow! By the way, would you say that the 1080i/25p option is better than shooting in 720p? How much of a difference is there quality-wise?

I do think I will have to shoot with a shutter speed of 50 though, as there is a lot of movement in most of the scenes. You see, I just got my indie dolly from the states and plan on using that quite extensively for this particular music video. :D

Any other suggestions is greatly appreciated.

By the way, any problems with a yellowy tint to skin when using the Cine D (or was it V ? )setting (in overexposed areas particulary)? I've heard some reports of this.


Thanks.
 
The difference in 1080 and 720p is that 1080 is 15 percent sharper and because of the extra bandwidth in 1080, there is less compression artifacts.
 
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