Hi - I just thought I had to respond to your post (even though it's quite dated). I have had a HVX200 for about five years now and I am convinced that the 'noise' has become progressively more noticeable. To the extent that I may have to look for a new camera I know it's been talked to death and I don't want to really start a general discussion on 'noise and the HVX200' BUT there were some interesting questions (see above) asked by steadicamsteel that were not answered and I'd love to know what they are!
So if anyone has any idea please let me know. Also steadicamsteel, did you solve the problem?
Wow. A lot of the time flowed.
For the terrible blue noise in the shadow areas I swithed COLOR TEMP to -2 to get warmer image. Blue noise has gone. After that I slightly correct my footage to gain blue channel back a bit.