igetcha
Active member
hi guys,
im a video reviewer and also make tutorial and demonstration vids. ive always used a consumer panasonic HD camera and have always been pleased with the results, but as demand for my demo and tutorial vid work is increasing i thought i would take my vids to the next level and get the HMC151.
now i appreciate that there is a world of difference between the 151 and a consumer camera but im really struggling to get a decent and consistant picture...........mainly due to what i believe may be a white balance issue (not sure though!)
problem 1:-
the LCD does not seem to show correctly the actual image that is being captured. for example, the LCD will show a image that seems very bright and washed out with colours appearing in a certain way. but when played back on my NLE it looks completely different.
ive spent many hours tinkering and testing to match it to what appears in my NLE but with no joy. i read on this forum that the LCD is not the best so yesterday i purchased a seperate monitor. i managed to get the picture on the monitor to look great but again, when i put the footage into my NLE it looks completely different.
ive played around with the scene files, ATW, iris and the actual LCD and monitor settings but im just failing miserably
problem 2:-
this is my main issue and i really hope its just me being a noob! my skin tone and colours in general change during recording.
one minute my skin tone seems normal, then im bright red, then dark brown, then really white and pale!
this is where i think its my white balance settings where something is going wrong!
when i record my vids i sit stationary in front of a green screen. i have soft boxes to light the screen but mainly use natural daylight to light myself. the colour changes coincide with when the sun goes behind a cloud and then comes out again etc.
ive tried using the automatic settings and manual settings, set the white balance, set the black levels etc but again with no joy.
ive also tried shooting with no natural daylight and instead have used soft boxes to light the screen and more soft boxes to light myself. this has helped a little but i still get issues whenever i hold something white or shiny metal to the camera so viewers can see it in more detail. (i dont mean that im holding it inches away from the lens, just literally holding it at arms length slightly closer to the camera)
as soon as i do that then im back to being either bright white, brown, red or very pale looking!
these things also affect the colour of my green screen which as you can imagine then causes more problems when keying it out
i realise that i am a complete noob when it comes to using a more complex camera such as the HMC151 and its probably me at fault rather than the camera, so please be kind in your responses!
cheers,
scott
ps.........ive ordered barry's book so im hoping that will help!
im a video reviewer and also make tutorial and demonstration vids. ive always used a consumer panasonic HD camera and have always been pleased with the results, but as demand for my demo and tutorial vid work is increasing i thought i would take my vids to the next level and get the HMC151.
now i appreciate that there is a world of difference between the 151 and a consumer camera but im really struggling to get a decent and consistant picture...........mainly due to what i believe may be a white balance issue (not sure though!)
problem 1:-
the LCD does not seem to show correctly the actual image that is being captured. for example, the LCD will show a image that seems very bright and washed out with colours appearing in a certain way. but when played back on my NLE it looks completely different.
ive spent many hours tinkering and testing to match it to what appears in my NLE but with no joy. i read on this forum that the LCD is not the best so yesterday i purchased a seperate monitor. i managed to get the picture on the monitor to look great but again, when i put the footage into my NLE it looks completely different.
ive played around with the scene files, ATW, iris and the actual LCD and monitor settings but im just failing miserably
problem 2:-
this is my main issue and i really hope its just me being a noob! my skin tone and colours in general change during recording.
one minute my skin tone seems normal, then im bright red, then dark brown, then really white and pale!
this is where i think its my white balance settings where something is going wrong!
when i record my vids i sit stationary in front of a green screen. i have soft boxes to light the screen but mainly use natural daylight to light myself. the colour changes coincide with when the sun goes behind a cloud and then comes out again etc.
ive tried using the automatic settings and manual settings, set the white balance, set the black levels etc but again with no joy.
ive also tried shooting with no natural daylight and instead have used soft boxes to light the screen and more soft boxes to light myself. this has helped a little but i still get issues whenever i hold something white or shiny metal to the camera so viewers can see it in more detail. (i dont mean that im holding it inches away from the lens, just literally holding it at arms length slightly closer to the camera)
as soon as i do that then im back to being either bright white, brown, red or very pale looking!
these things also affect the colour of my green screen which as you can imagine then causes more problems when keying it out
i realise that i am a complete noob when it comes to using a more complex camera such as the HMC151 and its probably me at fault rather than the camera, so please be kind in your responses!
cheers,
scott
ps.........ive ordered barry's book so im hoping that will help!
