Some TM700 tests (IS and Moire)

ustein

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http://vimeo.com/11597003

- Shot handheld with the Panasonic TM700 in 1080p60p

- Transcoded to 720p30p ProRes LT in Toast 10 Mac

- Edited in FCP

- Exported to H.264 quality high

Conclusion:

Low tendency to moire (the roof is moire hell with HDSLRs and even other camcorders), good detail and camera IS works very well.


Note: Did not manage to get a good transcoding to 1080p30p. The white balustrade always flickered too much.

Best you download the video so that the network is not in your way.
 
I am more worried about more and the IS at this point. May try to check also for rolling shutter.
 
I haven't been too concerned about Moire but I can confirm that the IS is outstanding. :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
>How does the rez and dynamic range compare between the TM700 and your Canon DSLR?

The rez is excellent I would say. DR is hard to judge. But I did some shots at lower light and plan to do more.
 
ustein said:
Right, but the Canon Vixia S21 shows some more. I think the 3 chip make the difference.
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yeah but... like i said, its still better than hdslrs where its totally rampant

i wont argue moire exists on other cams. but its a lot less visible
 
When I first saw your post, I almost though you were trying to say that the moire is almost as bad as a Canon DSLR thinking that this is going a bit too far.

Anyway, thanks for adding your last video to the 1080 50p and 60p group. I started that group because it used to be difficult looking for similar clips when the Sanyo HD2000 first came out. I'm not sure if I could have imagined their being multiple times more native clips than non native clips. I really wish I did that for Sanyo's camcorders. Still, this new group is for any camcorder with those frame rates so a future Sony, Canon or JVC can also be accepted.
 
>i wont argue moire exists on other cams. but its a lot less visible

This is the first video camera I used that shows real good detail on the roof. With others it was covered with moire.
 
>Anyway, thanks for adding your last video to the 1080 50p and 60p group.

Handling of this footage is tricky (at least on Macs):

My current workflow:

1. Wrap the MTS file with ClipWrap
2. Transcode to ProRes LT 1080p 30p in MPEG Streamclip. Took me while to figure out that the Quicktime conversion added bad artifacts (likely some sort of bad frame blending).
 
That is an impressive skew test.

Much better, if I can recall, than the hpx300.

Is that a Northern California hotel? It looks like San Juan Bautista.
 
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