Questions on a couple settings!

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Foxd33

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Hello I'm pretty new to my HMC and I'm just trying to figure out as much of the settings on the camera as I possibly can - or at the least the more important ones.

I've been googling like mad, but I'm stumped on the benefits/side-effects of a few of the settings. I'm really not asking for engineering mechanics so hopefully these aren't a chore for anyone to answer... At least I'm hoping they won't be!

'DETAIL' and 'V DETAIL' levels? What do these do and do they affect the video noise?

'DETAIL CORING', I've found that there's no chance of me understanding what the heck this is, but could you please tell me if it affects video noise when increased or decreased?

'CHROMA PHASE' and 'CHROMA LEVEL'? Just wondering how these two relate to eachother.

And lastly me and my buddies are shooting a short film soon and I was wondering how - if there was a way - to set the camera to record in black and white. Sure you can easily do this in post, but it's advantageous to be able to see the different shades realtime, avoiding nasty surprises in FCP room >.>

Sorry for the pop quiz buts I needs to know!

Thanks in advance... Lol... I promise I looked myself first.

'SKIN TONE DTL'? >.>

Oh, also I've been trying to reduce some of the noise I've been getting. I heard that you can get rid of a lot of it by setting it to B.PRESS and raising detail coring? TY!
 
Xian Messerschmidt said:
I'm going to second the vote for Barry's excellent HMC-150 book. It's a must buy, in my opinion, for any new HMC-150 owner.
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What he said. :happy:

Barry's book is very useful. If you're as green as I am, it makes a good coffee table book. Just pick up and learn a new thing or two every day.
 
The book will help, or the "HVX Bootcamp" videos will also quickly answer these questions.

SHORT and SIMPLE answers:

DETAIL: those two settings effect the appearance of sharpness -- different approaches. Generally Detail will accomplish what you seek.

DETAIL CORING: a noise reduction feature. Generally, +2 is good for most everything.

CHROMA LEVEL: color saturation

CHROMA PHASE: color tint

Black and white: No. You can lower the Chroma Level to -7 for lower color saturation, but you can't film in true "black and white."

SKIN TONE DETAIL: In theory it softens the detail of skin tones. In reality -- just leave it off.

Black Press ("B.Press") gamma is the least noisy gamma, and using it with +2 Detail Coring should result in a rather good looking image.

Go to the Panasonic PASS web site and download the HMC150 Scene File Handbook -- that is slightly more helpful than the manual.

Good luck!
 
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