Problem with brand new Canon XA 30

[Al Bergstein]

Jaime could you post a short clip to help us understand what you are seeing and what you feel is wrong with it? I’ve not used this particular camera but have used a number of other similar Canon video cameras like it. One thing I can say is that most of these like lots of light. They do best in brighter days outside. They are good inside for well lit interiors. I have used them for well lit stage shows and they are pretty good.

So if you post something, a short clip maybe one or two scenes that highlight your concerns we might be able to give you some decent feedback.

Al

[Jaime Espinoza]

Dear Al:

Thank you for your response. I upload a 9 sec clip in order to have you take a look at it. I notice when i watch the scene on my PC monitor that there are some strange blurry parts when the dog moves specially in the black part of the fur. Strangely i made another test connecting the camcorder directly to my television screen using the HDMI output and the problem dissappears. Maybe it’s something with my PC monitor. My monitor and television screen are both HD capable. Nevertheless take a look at the clip i’m uploading and give me your opinion.

Regards

Jaime

[Bouke Vahl]

I think you mean compression artifacts. Did you try shooting AVCHD?

Bouke
http://www.videotoolshed.com

[Jaime Espinoza]

Good morning Bouke:

I will record a short clip in AVCHD and see what happens. I’ll let you know. Thanks for your recommendation.

Regards

Jaime

[Jaime Espinoza]

Hello Bouke:

I shot 2 clips in AVCHD mode, the first one using 29.97 fps and the second using 59.94 p. The second one when viewed in my pc looked a little bit better than the first one. Maybe the problem was that i was recording in mp4 mode. I will keep using AVCHD mode, i don’t have a problem importing this format when using my editing software.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Regards

Jaime

[Al Bergstein]

Sorry Jaime.did I miss your upload? I don’t see it here. it shouldn’t necessarily matter whether you’re an MP4 or whether you are in AVC HD there’s not a whole lot of difference between the two. They’re both envelopes to hold the bits. you could just as easily transcode either them into some other envelope to hold them.

Al

[Jaime Espinoza]

Hello Al:

i did upload a 9 seconds file named test recording. Did i upload it wrong?

Here is the link: https://f1.creativecow.net/file/12023/12023_testrecording.mp4.zip

I was also searching in the web, and saw something about the SD cards used, i’m using a SDHC class 10 32 Gb card, but i read that the SDXC cards are better. What do you think?

Regards

Jaime

[Al Bergstein]

Jamie, that very short clip viewed on my iPhone at least seem very much like what I would expect from that camera . To get a real sense of the ability of the camera you might shoot a series of situations on a tripod and perhaps get a color chart to work with .

Al

[Jaime Espinoza]

Hello Al:

Thanks for your response. I’m going to do as you suggest, indeed that strange issue happens only when viewed on the computer monitor but not on my TV screen, it might be that some adjustments have to be done on the computer monitor, or maybe the media player i’m using has to be tweaked a bit.

I will also use the camera in manual mode so that i can make adjustments on the exposure and aperture controls.

Regards

Jaime