HVX200 SD shooting

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take2visualmedia

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I am discouraged after reading a post that says that the HVX200's SD shooting is inferior to the DVX100. I am planning on buying an HVX within the next 2 weeks. A good amount of my clients would still request SD, especially DVCPro50 (on P2 of course) plus for some long form shooting (concerts, etc.) I would still need to use miniDV just for the need of long record times.

Can anyone shed some light on shooting SD with the HVX? Thanks.

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The HVX can shoot better SD than the DVX. The only thing the DVX has on the HVX is better low-light capabilities.
 
DVX also does 4:3 60i better than the HVX. Anything other than 4:3 60i and the HVX does just as well or better than the DVX, and in 16:9 it's far superior to the DVX.

But the DVX will always be more sensitive.
 
Yeh, I was dissapointed about the 480i, 4X3 60i aliasing as well. But we use the 480i 4X3 30p and haven't had any negative feedback. Plus we have all those other "flavors" as well! :)
 
Interesting. maybe its because we are in PAL, which is 720x576 if I'm not mistaken, but DVCPRO50 looks a lot better than the DVX in DV pal 50i. However, DV compression in HVX does create chroma artifacts in reds and some stairstepping. In DVCPRO 50, however, this is not much of an issue.
 
Hello Barry and all, I am brand new to the list and just purchased an HVX200 about a month ago. We are hoping to phase out our aging Betacam and use the HVX for our SD work as well as new HD stuff. I too am noticing that the SD 480i 60i looks a bit below par. Any tricks or settings to give an HVX newbe a leg up on using this for SD work would be appreciated.

Thanks!!
 
depending on the betacam model - the betacam is going to shoot WAY better SD than an HVX will. at least in my experience
 
BVW vs HVX

BVW vs HVX

I've shot a BVW-D600 for over 12 years and, to my slightly experienced eye, it doesn't come close to the quality of the HVX in SD 16x9 480 30p.

Surprisingly, a lot of my network shooting is still with the '600 though I have noticed that in the last 6 months I am getting more requests for the HVX (Motorola/Intel, Old Navy, Discovery Channel).

I wouldn't worry a minute about replacing a '600 with a '200. My HVX in SD can outshoot the BVW every time.
 
Dallasinidaho said:
I too am noticing that the SD 480i 60i looks a bit below par. Any tricks or settings to give an HVX newbe a leg up on using this for SD work would be appreciated.
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This is not facetious: don't use 480/60i on an HVX. It's excessively stairsteppy and aliased. Use 30P and it'll be razor sharp and excellent. Use 24P, same thing. But don't use 480/60i.

If you absolutely positively must shoot in 480/60i, the best I've found is to set the detail level and v-detail-level to -7.
 
Barry_Green said:
This is not facetious: don't use 480/60i on an HVX. It's excessively stairsteppy and aliased. Use 30P and it'll be razor sharp and excellent. Use 24P, same thing. But don't use 480/60i.

If you absolutely positively must shoot in 480/60i, the best I've found is to set the detail level and v-detail-level to -7.
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Agree with Barry... With most productions ending up streaming on the 'net, I have found little use for 60i lately - whether I'm streaming Flash, .mov or .wmv, 30/24p is the best look.
 
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