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How does the HMC handle with red lighting?
Noah,
I’m on the verge of purchasing an HMC150, but the one thing I went to ask was regarding the color red. I do a lot of band coverage, and they love their red which tends to artifact pretty badly with DV and HDV. How does the HMC150 hold up with bright reds?
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Richard-
There’s not a video camera in the world that likes the color red- that’s just a cardinal rule of video. 🙂 The HMC150 is no better or worse than any other camera I’ve ever seen. I personally don’t think it will be a major issue but if you get one say from Amazon.com or Abel Cine or B&H you can always return it within 30 days if it becomes a serious problem.
Another thing you can do is order a color compensating filter if you see red as being a color used a lot on a show. For example a diffusion filter, a polarizing filter or an 82A or 82B can help a lot:
https://www.tiffen.com/displayproduct.html?tablename=filters&itemnum=7282A
It’s a 72mm mount on the 150 btw.
Noah
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