Smooth motion!!??

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Yes these wishes are good, but realize what you are getting for the money.
A pretty damn fine camera with a few shortcomings.

Lens cap does suck... ???
 
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Here is a byte from www.icg.com (David Darby) and I totally agree.


DARBY: I’d like to see someone remake the Hi-Def digital camera from the ground up. Start with a body that’s more like a film camera, which we’ve had a century to perfect, then give us a chip that’s the size of a film frame, which would help to solve the depth-of-field issue. Then stick to an optical viewing system with the little rotating mirror instead of the electronic viewing system that won’t show you what you’re looking at. The electronic viewing system is okay if you’re shooting a golf tournament––not so good if you’re Alan Daviau shooting Avalon. The problem is, the manufacturers’ starting point is an old broadcast camera that was originally designed to videotape news. They need to throw that away and start over with a film camera model. You want to talk space race here, whoever makes a camera right, built from the ground up first, wins the game.
 
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Hi all! I'm a new owner of the dvx100 and I want to share with you my perception of the flickering pans... :-(
But it's quite weird 'cos it depends on how I look at my PAL Tv. Sometimes I see it and others I don't, and I even think it looks really, really great. I almost went crazy when I first looked at my tv with the wide zoom and making very very slow movements. The image turned into a blurred one and and the fields were "duplicated". Do you know what I mean? But the other day, with a more RELAXED eye on the tv it was imperceptible. I also tryied to shoot at 1/25 s and I think it "improves" the film look.
After knowing that our camera is not perfect I think I would buy the same one again. It's so cute! ;-)
Zab
 
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Hello DVX100 users...

I too have questions about using 25p mode on the dvx100AE. I have just got the camera and have only shot a couple of test shots. These shots look great when viewed on my computer monitor but look horrible when viewed on an interlaced PAL monitor. Horizontal lines, diagonal lines and fine detail buzz and it looks pretty bad especially when the camera is moving. Same thing when I putt the shot on DVD – looks great on computer but really bad on a PAL television. I have never seen this problem on a pal monitor before with progressive footage (using frame mode) on XL1 / EZ1 or with 25fps 16mm transferred to PAL. I have uploaded a test shot (28MB) to http://motts.spymac.net/cars.mov perhaps someone with a PAL monitor can download it and throw it through their NLE and onto a monitor and comment on it, and perhaps ways of reducing this buzzing?

Thanks guys....great forum.
 
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John--fantastic quote to post! I couldn't agree more. It applies to all of the world's problems--always trimming the leaves when what you really should be doing is digging up the roots.
 
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Speaking of John's comments, hey, Jarred -- what about a pistol grip?! Get that mill going . . . !!!

(But not if it will delay my batteries . . . )
 
I have a DVX102 (PAL) version of the camera as well & when I shoot 25p, I also notice the strobing/stuttering image when I pan the camera. I've come to realise after reading numerous threads in this forum that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the camera. The strobing effect will be very visible when viewed from the DVX's LCD & electronic viewfinder, but when the video is rendered & burned to a DVD, all the strobing will completely dissapear. Ofcourse the general rule when using 25p in a DVX is to pan slowly & purposefully.

And if you can't help but pan or dolly with the camera, you can lessen the strobing/stuttering effect by shooting artistically. For example you want to shoot & follow (dolly shot) a person walking along a street. You can zoom your camera to maximum, open up the iris maximum & frame a tight close-up of the person. This keeps the subject in sharp focus while the passing background becomes a blur. This is one way to reduce the strobing, as the camera is following the moving subject, so the person & camera would be in sharp focus (& stationary) & not strobing, unlike the background. We have to find ways to overcome the camera's limitations, yet achieve pleasing shots & compositions at the same time. This is an example.
 
I might be off the mark, but can the pal versions run in 24pa mode? I realize their is no 25pa mode(to my understanding), so can it be run 24pa, and then slap everything in a 25p timeline? I realize this will ever so slightly speed up footage, but perhaps the results would be better.
 
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