HPX250: Zebra compared to HVX200(A)/AF100

gkantziper

gkantziper

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Panasonic took away selectable Zebra patterns with the button under the LCD. Am I missing something or is this new system not as good as the old system of pushing once for, say, 70% and again for 100% (My personal preferences: 70% for average caucasian skin and 100% for white objects.)

I don't want both on at the same time, that is distracting with the over 70% information likely to be distracting. If I turn off Zebra 2 I guess the waveform button will have to take its place for 100% Zebra on something approaching 100%?

What is the purpose of Zebra 2, "Spot"? In the manual Vol. 2, Page 35 there is graphic but I don't see the point of knowing "A video level between ZEBRA1 and ZEBRA2 displays a zebra pattern.". Any indication of video level between 2 assigned points make no sense to me as it is based on nothing I can actually make a decision upon!

So, is it just me or does anybody else want the good, old system back? Firmware fix? I'm not hopeful but maybe somebody can read my rant and tell me best how to cope with my needs with the new system.[SPOILER][/SPOILER]
 
I was also a little dismayed to find out that the HPX 250's zebra was different from that of the HVX200's. I thought that the HVX 200's was very well thought out, the HPX250's makes zebraing a tad difficult with two completely different settings on screen at once.
 
Zebra 1 is slanted right and Zebra 2 is slanted left.....its very confusing and needs getting used to. IMO having more latitude thanks to 10 bit 4.2.2 one does not have to be as rigid with overblown whites and I set my limits to 80+100. Did you note it even goes ABOVE 100 to 109? I wonder why...
 
I will actually welcome two different zebras at once. It's what I'm used to with professional cameras. One at 80% for skin tone, and the other at 100% for clipping.
 
Many NLEs read super white and superblack which are represented as greater than 100 or less than 7.5. The NLE actually reads this as greater than 100 or less than 0 by 10 so you get a range of -10 to 110. As far as broadcast-I believe the signals get clipped
 
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