Picture not crystal clear

steveandbelinda

steveandbelinda

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I have a wedding this afternoon and I was wondering something. I taped some footage at the said church today using my tripod on my Bogen tripod dolly. For some reason the footage is okay, but it's not sharp & crystal clear on details. I used on manual focus, as well as auto focus. Didn't really make a difference. I set the scene file to #3, and did white balance using an Expodisc. Any suggestions?
 
Did you watch on a monitor or your LCD/Viewfinder? The two screens on the DVX are pretty low resolution so it may look a little fuzzy, or your detail level could have been down (I am unfamiliar with the factory-set scene files). I keep my detail level around 0-4 so maybe do a test. If you had it plugged into a monitor watching directly from the cam, your cable could have been bad.
 
Try these settings

Scenefile.

detail lvl -3
v dtl lvl -1
dtl coring +2
chroma lvl -7
chroma phase -7
color temp -4
mast ped -13
iris lvl 0
gamma normal
knee low
matrix cinelike
skin tone dtl off
v dtl freq thin
progressive 25p
 
I was viewing camera lcd when shooting, but I burned the footage to mpeg2-dvd, and watched on 46" lcd tv. That is where I noticed that it was not sharp & crisp. Would look ok to consumer, but as for a person that wants to look professional, acceptable but not like the big boys turn out. The setting for Scene File #3 is considered "Spark" (a factory setting):
Detail Level +5
V Detail Level 0
Detail Corning +2
Chroma Level +3
Chroma Phase 0
Color Temp 0
Master Ped -1
A. Iris Level 0
Gama B Press
Knee Auto
Matrix Norm
Skin Tone Off
V Detail Thin
Progressive Off

I am not shooting progressive because I am also using a GL2, as a second camera
 
the problem may lie in how u encode ur stuff to dvd... and quality settings and stuff. I'm sure if u exported to tape as AVI and watched that footage it would look very good.

U can also shoot with ur 24p if u want and shoot the GL2 60i and drop the 60i unto the 24p timeline. it would take a resolution hit but if u use the gl2 just for wide shots and ur dvx for close ups and mediums. it should work. please correct me if i am wrong people :)
 
looks like u need to figure out how to encode to mpeg for dvd better. thats a relm i havent quite mastered...but get a decent encoder....these guys will finish the rest :)

personally i use media encoder thats in premier and encode as meg2. then use another authoring program to put it on dvd. I dont have encore. the results are fine...but i'm SURE i can do better. so i'm gona try out some stuff. (better encoder, better authoring prgram)
 
When you were viewing it on the 46" tv, were the tv settings set to stretch/blow up the video to fit the screen? That could be a reason why the picture doesn't look nearly as good, especially if it looks crisp on your computer.
 
shaun1970 said:
Try these settings

Scenefile.

detail lvl -3
v dtl lvl -1
dtl coring +2
chroma lvl -7
chroma phase -7
color temp -4
mast ped -13
iris lvl 0
gamma normal
knee low
matrix cinelike
skin tone dtl off
v dtl freq thin
progressive 25p
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This will LOWER the resolution of the DVX. Detail level and detail coring is sharper when going to +7 but will introduce more noise.

The detail coring will reduce the noise when going up from 0 to +7, but will soften the image a bit.
 
I use Sony Vegas as my editing program for rendering to Mpeg2. Is there a better encoder than what is in Vegas. I used Vegas 6.0d to do the editing and rendering to Mpeg2, but will be using Vegas Pro 8 for the wedding I did today. I really don't want to use Premiere, then I would have to learn Premiere Pro CS3, when I like Vegas. But I love Encore, over Architect 5. I have normally used Vegas as my capture program, but recently have started using "Scenalyzer 4.0 Live.
 
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Encode using the standard template for Mpeg 2 out of Vegas and it will be fine. I have been doing it for years without problems.

Also remember, you are shooting standard def and viewing blown up to 1080p, several times larger then the camera records. There is bound to be a bit of "softness" in the image.
 
ya, it could be the way you export your video into a compressed format.
it could be the way your focusing off a small monitor/lcd.
it could be any cheep lens your using, or just a dirty lens.
or it could just be a crummy tv your playing back on..and if worse comes to worse your vision is just going bad.
 
First you must get good focus.
I've actually taken to pulling with a tape measure and using the focus chart in Barry Green's book.
Second, you have to encode the highest possible quality DVD.
Between Vegas, Premier and ADOBE ENCORE. ENCORE has the highest res options. When I use Encore at the highest res it looks good. Encore is not a very intuitive program however.
 
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