Lowlight footage

Great! Keep it coming. I'm very curious how this camera does in low-light. I'll be using mine a lot in theaters where I have little or no control over lighting.

Could you do some tripod shots with a mix of scenarios? If you have the time that is.
 
wow those are some clean blacks...

maybe i should pick up a 170

*no joe, you just bought a steadicam.. damnit*
 
sell the stadicam, lol

EDIT: Just finished DL'ing the footy and checking it out....WOW, that's freaking clean, good lokking footy....

Can u tell us your settings or was that stock? Also, did you do anything to it in post or was that raw?

Very nice.....
 
The 170 has really improved in terms of smear off bright lights. My HVX would be running lines and purple ones at that.. up and down the image. Impressive. There seemed to be some noise in the parking lot area...


What are your settings on the cam? dialing down master ped?
 
nothing in post, just raw footage out of the cam. For the settings everything was set to 0 as far as i remember, high gamma, Norm1 matrix.
 
When you receive your 170's, please check the flip-out LCD's ability to accurately track the video when you do a fairly quick zoom out. I was at the Panasonic Expo in Seattle and had hands on experience with the 170. When I did fairly fast pull-outs, the monitor was unable to keep up with the realtime video and actually jumped. The Panasonic rep confirmed that the monitor lagged with this camera. Keep in mind, this occurred in 24 and 30 frame per second modes only. In 60 fps the monitor worked perfectly. I found this issue to be troubling, especially when confirmed by one of the Panasonic reps present. Please let me know your findings. It will help all of us make more informed purchases.
Thx,
dan
 
Hi Jan...
I do not remember the gentlemen's name but he was Asian I believe. Nice fellow. Shane Ross did an outstanding job as well. Listen, I'm not trying to stir anything up here. I'm just telling the plain truth of my experience. I would also add that I thought the resolution of the LCD monitor of the HPX-170 at the Expo was heads and shoulders above the HVX-200A and the HCM-150. What does that mean? Not quite sure, outside of that was my experience. By the way Jan, I felt the whole Panasonic Expo was excellent and demonstrated that Panasonic has a sincere and genuine interest in their client's satisfaction. That being said, what about the fact that Final Cut Studio in it's current version does not adequately transcode AVCHD to ProRes or AIC. Many of us have been both frustrated and disappointed by this outcome. Being an early adopter has it's pitfalls, but I would say for the record that my impression from Bentley (presenter on AVCHD in Seattle) was that FCP Studio would transcode AVCHD flawlessly. Clearly things can get distorted, but all I ask at my end is an accurate answer to the two following questions.
A-What's up with the transcoding issues in FCP. There are an abundance of posts on this site addressing the issue. Seeing as how Apple has supported AVCHD transcoding for some time now, one would think we would have heard of these issues by now. Why now, right on the heels of the HMC-150's release?
B-What's up with the LCD on the 170? Why did it lag at the Expo and why was that issue confirmed to me buy the aforementioned Panasonic rep?
At the end of the day, I would simply like to purchase a working camera. The 170 and the 150 are at the top of my hit parade as I have a working history with Panasonic gear. Green light or red light, I don't know. It all depends on getting some accurate information from those in know.
Thank you for your time Jan.

dan
 
Yes Jan, this is far from being about the guy at the booth. We just want to know if this little bug on the non-production camera was dealt with. That's all that matters.
 
Delaro,
Make sure you test the zoom on both 720p and 1080i and at all frame rates. Just so we're clear that the camera is clear of any lag issues. Thank you for looking into it, and congrats on the new camera.

dan
 
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