newbie help: PAL SD - F5 or F6 scene setting?

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BillB

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I'm just starting to learn the hvx202E - the PAL version.

At this stage I'm shooting SD: 567i/25p to tape.

The manual says Vert Det Freq should be set to Thick when shooting 25p - it seems so as to avoid stair-stepping.

As the F5 default scene setting has Vert Det Freq set to Thick, and the F6 setting for Vert Det Freq is Thin, so does this mean that the F5 setting is intended as the basic default setting to use when shooting 567i/25p?

The manual only says that the F5 setting emphasises contrast while F6 emphasises dynamic range .. what does this actually mean?
 
Dude... You got a lot to learn. The scene file settings are just a combination of a bunch of other settings (that the panasonic guys decided to save under one scene setting). The trick is to find out what all of those other settings do - find a combination you like and save that to a scene file yourself.

Vert Det Freq (use thin for final playback on a computer monitor - use thick for final playback on some crap CRT TV monitor)

The factory F5 and F6 setting must have different Gamma settings. F6 probably has on "Cine Like D" on for it's gamma. F5 probably has something else like "Video Norm" i don't know - i don't remember.

But the point is you have to find out what each of these things do to alter your image (eg: gamma, matrix, master ped, etc. etc) the list goes on and on and then once you figure it out save your favorite combination as YOUR OWN scene file setting.

Am I making any sense?

Get Barry's book - it goes through every setting and it's good for noobs.
 
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Yes a lot to learn .. such is life.

Both F5 and F6 are Cine-like matrix.

F5 Gamma Cineline V

F6 gamma is Cinelike D.

I'm still interested in which of these is a good place to start for shooting SD because of the issue about the vert det req setting to Thick in F5 - and if this is a setting designed for shooting SD 25p - given that the manual says that the only time to use thick is when shooting 25p. (is it the same recommendation with 24p?)

I didnt think the scene settings were just random sets - I thought there may have been meaning about them?

And as such it might be a good place to start understanding the camera.

I'll get Barry's book when my wallet recovers from buying the camera. I assume the book is relevant to the 202E PAL camera??

Meanwhile was hoping to get some info here.
 
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