HVX200 Lowlight performance

Jay, thanks for putting the noise/sensitivity thing into perspective.

The Sony noise-free "advantage" comes at a cost of sensitivity.

It's a pick your poison kinda thing.

Look forward to more of your comments.
 
Thanks Jay for your input! That's why I'm trying to get a way to handle with it and those Day for Night experiences for low light footage it's already something! :thumbup: And that's why I'd like to see the Antoine's tip that Barry said that works!
 
Jay Nemeth said:
If the HVX had a -6 db setting, it would be noise free like the Z1 and you'd have to add more light or open up a stop.
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Is such a thing possible? Does it have any negative db settings? Do any of the cameras? I would love such an option.
 
darwinandpaine said:
It's pretty noisey at +12, but I would expect that.
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I'm sure people have their reasons for using gain, but I for one never use it. I can't stand gain -- I'm just too picky about my picture. I've never been that impressed by the feature on any camera. I mean, yeah, ya know, +12 isn't exactly going to look superb. It's +12. It is what it is.

That's my feeling. I know others have different opinions (and real need for good gain) on the matter, and that's fine and perfectly legitimate.
 
darwinandpaine said:
I won a festival several years ago with a movie that looked like total crap (XL-1s, natural light). But the acting and story were top-notch. Those are the real make-and-break issues for the indie filmmaker.
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I totally agree. Anyone in the industry who is worth their weight in gold pays more attention to storytelling ability than anything else. A beautiful look is great, but that's what money will get you. These guys have money -- what they need are good directors.

If I had my way, I'd be shooting on 70mm every day with a 300 million budget for the art department alone.
 
Brian Petersen said:
Is such a thing possible? Does it have any negative db settings? Do any of the cameras? I would love such an option.
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yes, the Canon XL series do.
It just means(I think) that the ASA is set lower than what's considered the lowest setting. Let's say Panasonic assigned the ASA speed at 320 for 0db. Negative db woul just mean that the ASA speed is lower than the arbitrary value that Panasonic defined as 0.

Why don't we look at gain settings in terms of speed instead of decibles?
 
Now that we know Panasonic has allowed the HVX200 to have it's firmware updated via flash, it would be interesting if they could come up with a -3dB & -6dB gain setting.
 
solution for the noise?

solution for the noise?

Emanuel said:
Regarding low light performance that I'm very worried too, I have been doing some experiences in order to know how to handle with it.
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Great clue for to avoid lowlight shooting noise! Here is the Emanuel's Day for Night tip:

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original from Kaz Okamura's onetensix.com
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