Possible to get that "Film Look" with just a RAW HV20?

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GregPorter

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I was watching this video just there and noticed how beautiful the camera can actually be just raw with nothing but the camera it's self and I never realised how shallow it's DOF can be with no adapters.

Do you have to zoom in much to get similar DOF ranges to that video with the HV20?
 
Use a neutral density filter for outdoor shots. It forces you iris to open up wide helping you to aceive a more shallow DOF (of course zooming helps also). You can also use two circular polarizing filters to do the same trick.
 
The HV20 has roughly the same chip size as an A1 or an HVX (1/2.7'') so you'll get roughly the same DOF effect as those cameras. Looking at the amount of shakes in that video the camera was probably at the maximum zoom range. What I don't like about the bokeh created by the HV20 is that the number of aperture blade is very low, so you ends up with unnatural looking diamond shape in the highlight areas instead of more polygonal shapes that you would get on a higher end camera (look at 33 seconds on the right side).
 
Huy Vu said:
The HV20 has roughly the same chip size as an A1 or an HVX (1/2.7'') so you'll get roughly the same DOF effect as those cameras. Looking at the amount of shakes in that video the camera was probably at the maximum zoom range. What I don't like about the bokeh created by the HV20 is that the number of aperture blade is very low, so you ends up with unnatural looking diamond shape in the highlight areas instead of more polygonal shapes that you would get on a higher end camera (look at 33 seconds on the right side).
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Good observation Huy Vu, I was just about to bring up the same point. One thing I would do is be aware how far you "push" the 'bokeh' itself. It is possible to get a pleasing blur pattern without going all the way, and into "horrible-hv20" blur pattern.
 
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