Please help me with this clip

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Ed Ng

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Hello everyone, sorry for posting a critique question here but could someone please look at this clip and let me know if the grain is acceptable. I still need to send it into Color and it will be formatted for broadcast so it will be a little tighter on the shot.

Any words or advice would be great because I have viewed it on a large screen and notice some grain that I do not like.

Cheers

Ed

 
man, youre using a camera that just IS more grainy than other cameras. its just a feature of the camera.

i see some grain in a couple shots. but no. i dont see anything unacceptable. you could do a treatment of the "neat video" grain removal plugin on the final piece. that might even wind up looking extra "spa-like"...
 
wgzn said:
man, youre using a camera that just IS more grainy than other cameras. its just a feature of the camera.

i see some grain in a couple shots. but no. i dont see anything unacceptable. you could do a treatment of the "neat video" grain removal plugin on the final piece. that might even wind up looking extra "spa-like"...
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I was thinking about Magic Bullet but I will pull it into Color tomorrow. What do you think about the AF100?
 
What do you think about the AF100?
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to be honest, ive not used one. from the specs alone, i've chosen to more or less disregard it. i think at the price, avchd was the wrong choice for built-in codec. as was going sd card instead of P2. at least for my uses.

i kinda wonder if the af100 is panasonics apology to all the wedding shooters who couldnt get their heads around the price of P2 cards ; )

phillip blooms preliminary review points out some of the same things i thought about it:
http://philipbloom.net/2010/10/19/af100/

i just got a GH2 and it does what i would have used the af100 for well enough for my requirements.
 
wgzn, what are some of the advantages of the P2 system over the SD cards? I bought the HPX a year ago and to this day I wonder if I would be more equipped to handle long events if I had cheaper media.
 
what are some of the advantages of the P2 system over the SD cards?
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there is one: reliability.

i have never EVER heard of a P2 card failing. and the older (non E series) have no established life span.
its a buy once, buy well situation.

if you shoot a lot of long events, and dont have budget for a pair of 32gig cards, an hmc150 may have been a better choice for you
 
wgzn said:
there is one: reliability.
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Yeah that's why I went with the HPX.

I have a 16, 32 and 64, but still there were times when I needed to rent another 32 to make up. Very pricy but I guess the long run you make up for it.
 
I liked the HMC150, that was had before buying the HPX170. I never had any trouble with the SD only slot but I was using good cards I had from my photography, that I do miss because the two 64 A-series cards I purchased cost more than the HMC150.

Now back to my question!!

Cheers

Ed
 
Now back to my question!!
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the answer to your question is a matter of one persons opinion vs another persons opinion.

and anyone whos chosen the hvx200/hpx170 as their camera, is probably going to consider it fine. there really isnt a whole lot to discuss on the subject other than ways to remove the grain in post if you find it unacceptable...
 
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