My beach boys in slow motion

rsbush said:
In the menu under Camera Setup you'll see Aspect Conv, and Setup. Setup can be 0 or 7.5. The quick explanation is: Setup affects your black levels, unless your shooting directly for analog broadcast you want your setup to be 0. A much better thorough explanation can be found here: http://www.adamwilt.com/DV-FAQ-tech.html#Setup
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Also Barry's book thatr came with your camera has some great, clear and easy to understand info on setup. Just for those of you who are non-old timers in video, set it to 0. It is kind of dumb that the default is set to 7.5 as hardly anyone in professional situations needs to add setup anymore unless they are shooting to an analog switcher or a Beta SP deck.

Dan
 
I just checked and yes, my camera was set at 7.5 too. strange....

i read the adam wilt article and was totally lost but barry's book was more understandable for a guys like me.

so my question is this, on the HPX170 would my footage look any different in post if I shot 7.5 or 0? barry's book sounds like the answer would be no on the HPX but yes on the HVX.
 
Jay Rodriguez said:
I just checked and yes, my camera was set at 7.5 too. strange....

i read the adam wilt article and was totally lost but barry's book was more understandable for a guys like me.

so my question is this, on the HPX170 would my footage look any different in post if I shot 7.5 or 0? barry's book sounds like the answer would be no on the HPX but yes on the HVX.
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Digital is digital, setup is analog, you cannot add setup to the signal that the HPX records internally. But you can add it to te HPX's analog component output, causing you to monitor something other than what you are recording. Seeing an inaccurate picture on a monitor could cause you to really screw up your exposure and could make you adjust your black levels really incorrectly.

Dan
 
According to Barry's boof if you have it set to 7.5 it will add setup to your lcd monitor on the camera making your blacks appear slightly lighter than they are being recorded. So if you adjust to that you would probably screw up in the direction of making the blacks darker. This means my suggestion that that could be why the blacks are a little light in your raw footage is completely wrong.
 
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