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Canon XL H1 HD issues/problems
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I think William is right…
What main “mode” are you shooting in? That is, to what position is the big main round switch/dial on the left (port) side of the camera set? That’s the “power dial” he mentioned.
If you have it set to “M” (full manual), you will be able to set the gain dial to “0” or whichever position you want. BUT… if you set it to one of the various “auto” modes (such as the green square with the rounded corners, the one that looks like a little TV screen), then that could override your other settings (depending on which mode you select) and might be cranking the gain up because you do not have enough light.
Even if you are attempting to manually set the gain yourself, the big round dial/switch (the big master “ON/OFF” switch) overrides ANYTHING else (except for the lens settings, autofocus and stabilizer).
I’m betting you were not shooting in full manual mode, ergo the gain was being increased without your knowledge. When shooting greenscreen work especially, I would always recommend shooting in the FULL auto mode so that you can (and have to) set all the parameters yourself.
There was also discussion as whether the AJA board was introducing gain. Attach an external monitor to the camera as well (directly to the camera, not to the computer). If you see grain on that monitor, you can rule out the AJA board as the problem source.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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I would always recommend shooting in the FULL auto mode so that you can (and have to) set all the parameters yourself.
You mean full manual mode so I can set all the parameters myself?No, No the footage was taking (samples above) in the manual mode.
So there is only one gain adjustment on the camera the round dial nob?
After my break I will sit down and check the settings and do some more tests. -
Yes, you are right of course… my brain said one thing and my fingers typed another. Manual, of course. I always shoot almost everything in full manual mode. Sorry for the confusion.
I was thinking that maybe you were not shooting in manual mode since you noted in your very first original post that the AE shift was set to “0.” If you were shooting manual it wouldn’t matter what the AE shift was set to, since in full manual mode it is disabled and has no effect whatsoever. Since you gave us its setting, I assumed you were in one of the auto modes since those are the only modes that the AE shift affects.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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A little update…
I send the Camera to a Canon service center and it they can not find any issues.
His excuse was cause it is a NTSC region it will not be as good as the PAL region. But this will not cause a noise level as it does.Anyhow I will be getting the Camera back tomorrow with the footage the service center captured.
So I am guessing the footage look like my then camera a high noise tolerance. (Yeah we should have purchased the Panasonic AG-AF100)At the moment I am hopping it was a setting that i jacked up that they might have reseted!
Will keep up to post if any issues will come down my time line…
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Guess who is back!
Okay like I said Canon can’t find anything wrong with the Camera.
So here I am posting a screenshot of some footage that I took this morning, excuse the fog but Theoi Ouranioi did not hear me.Well I see some noise, grain or compression… how ever you want to call this.
I just like know if you guys camera also produces the same quality?Thank you!
https://img847.imageshack.us/f/screenshot20110318at145.png/
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