Why does my video from my HMC-150 look so bad?

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joejubee

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I'm a newbie to the HMC-150 and just got the camera. As a test shoot, I set up a quick and nasty green screen shoot and was horrified at the quality of the video I got. I shot in (I assume) full HD 1920x1080 at 29.97 fps. The video was really grainy, pixelated, lacked detail that I was expecting, and frankly, my old PD150 looked better. I'll attach a screen grab from Premiere for reference.

I know this is a perfect opening for the flaming and hating on my lighting techniques, etc, but like I said - it was just a test shoot to see what the basic settings got me.

Thanks in advance,

Joe

PS- in reading and researching, I know that the Scene Files settings are often the difference between good and great shots - I've looked at the PDF from Panasonic, but does anyone have a cheat sheet for settings? For example, Green Screen - use this, Landscapes in bright sunlight - use this, Talking head with beauty background - use this, etc...?
 

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Is that a crop from a larger image? I ask just because it doesn't look like a 16x9 image.

With regards to a scene file handbook, the settings include mostly aesthetic choices, like would you prefer sharper images or less noise? I don't understand them very well (yet) but I do know the scene files depend on a lot more than just the setting you're shooting in.

That all said, I'm not sure why there's so much pixelation and alaising. It looks like a crop of a wider shot to me (which I'm assuming it's not). You shot 29.97fps - was this at 30p or 60i? If it was 60i you'd have knocked your vertical resolution down to half, maybe that's the reason.
 
Check to make sure you did not hit the gain button all the way up. Start off with file scene 1. And try your iris at auto.
 
Hmmm.... Lighting looks like it's a problem on the subject and honestly he doesn't look in focus either. Is this the same lighting setup you used with the PD150?
 
Yeah, it almost looks like the camera is focusing on the green background instead of the subject. Did you try manual focus/exposure?
 
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