Panasonic AG-HpX370 Footage has stutter in movement

[Robin Probyn]

do you have the shutter on ?

[Robin Probyn]

do you have the shutter on ? how does it play back in the camera ? then you can establish if its a camera setting or import setting..

[Bob Karsner]

I will check that thanks. My camera operator may have ininvertantly turned it on. He is new to the camera as well If so, what can be done about the footage I have shot? Is there a work around that can compensate for that?

Bob Karsner
Destiny Productions – Kentucky

[Robin Probyn]

Hi Bob

Iam no expert with post.. I just shoot.. how does the footage replay in the camera.. I,d think this would be the acid test if its a camera setting .. or import or even NLE/playback setting
As per your question.. again I dont know that much of the post side of the industry.. but I would think if its a camera setting its probably a pretty permeant one.. but I could be wrong there..

[Robin Probyn]

Is it a sort of Saving Private Ryan .. Look.. ? this was on purpose shot with 90 degree shutter.. I think.. or there abouts.. at 24 frames .. to give that stutter effect..

[Chris Tompkins]

Welcome to Cmos.

I went through the same thing. It is NOT your media100.
It is the camera.

I actually shipped mine into panny a week after I got it. I was convinced something was wrong. They looked it over and said Nope, looks like it should.

CMOS chip cams have a ways to go to perform like CCD.
IMO.

Shooting 60p or 60i yields the best results.
Be mindful of pans and what’s in the scenes.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

[Bob Karsner]

That’s discouraging. Just spent a bundle for improved “Full HD” quality… as advertised.

Have you ever tried outputting through SDI to your editor? I was considering digitizing the footage via SDI rather than transferring it via the USB P2 transfer.

Any other work arounds other than the practical “watching my pans and such”?

I read every review out about this camera and for the most part… they just loved the camera.

Apparently the camera plays the footage very well… at least on the camera monitor.

Thanks for the input.

Bob

Bob Karsner
Destiny Productions – Kentucky

[Chris Tompkins]

SDI out will not improve.
P2 Data Transfer is you best bet, it’s just moving data.

Why not use the Avcintra100 recording mode? It’s full raster.
Does m100 play better with DVCPROHD?
The AVCintra is truly cleaner and holds up really well.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

[Tom Matthies]

I’m not sure I’d be so quick to blame just the camera. We have 7 of them around here and haven’t seen what you are describing at all. If the shutter was on, it could give you that look. If the fields (upper/lower) are shifted in playback you will get a terrible stuttering look. If you are shooting at 24fps and move the camera very quickly, you will get a stuttering look-same as with film. If everything is set correctly, these cameras will make a very good picture, especially for the price. The way that the chips are read out is different than the way that CCD’s are read, (the rolling shutter) but it shouldn’t make that much of a visible difference in everyday shooting.

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