Why does it appear different on broadcast

[Joshua Provost]

you are seriously funny...so the LCD isn't reliable sitting on a desk? and you have to strain your neck to get a good angle..DUDE :grin: it's one thing to stand by your opinion, but this is just out there. because i have watched every special feature on every DVD i have and i'm sorry, but the camera man only has the viewfinder. and nearly every feature i watched the DP was watching either LCDs or plasma monitors. some fairly large, some fairly average in size, but the point being the screens were sitting at one angle and unless you have some elite model that i don't know about they all tend to change shade depending from what angle you are looking at them, but oddly enough i never saw the DP standing 70 degrees off watching the screen they were always dead-on...call me crazy, but i guess to you that's not normal.

oh wait i guess when you are being both the DP and the operator then you are trying to see the monitor and operate the camera. um you don't do that. no wonder you're complaining

ah good stuff...because the truth is while you get a good idea of whether the shot is too bright or too dark. the colors can most often be fixed in post. the main priority of the shot, the operator makes sure everything is framed properly and not out of focus. that's really all you need. so the LCD and the viewfinder are fine for that as for everything else you use a good field monitor, but the DP watches that not the camera operator.

then in post although the camera's LCD screen is great..in post it's best to have a production monitor that is calibrated, but if you can't afford a high end production monitor then the camera's screen is just fine because it is factory set to standard levels. again i ran the whole procedure through the camera to be sure and the contrast levels are fine. the colors are fine. the saturation level is fine. the hue and everything else is fine...oh but you're a millimeter off :grin:

Like I said, for framing/composition, of course it's fine. For judging exposure and color, it's not. Yes, even on a desk. If you're not in the field with it, then why aren't you using a calibrated monitor? Who is sitting around looking at their cameras LCD screen once they get back from the field?

I'm just not sure what the value is in what you are saying? You can't trust it in the field for exposure and color, and you wouldn't use it once you get back to the office, so what exactly is the point?

 

[novelt]

You can't trust it in the field for exposure and color, and you wouldn't use it once you get back to the office, so what exactly is the point?

the color is fine. i just said that. as for back to the office i said if all you have is the camera then the camera's screen is just fine. granted it's only a few inches across, but it is fine...for the record i have 3 monitors in my editing room and comparing the camera's screen to those 3. it is fine..small...but fine.

i understand the point you are trying to make, but the camera's screen isn't worthless junk. you're giving the impression that panasonic would go about creating the world's first 24p camera aiming at semi-pro or even pro users and they would stick an inferior screen on it???? dude seriously....