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Shooting 720p HD producing Bad Results?
Hi Guys
I’ve been trying to work this out for while. Hopefully you could help.
I’ve shot 720p HD footage a few times now, connected my Nikon D5000 to my mac and transferred the AVIs across. However, the videos never seem good quality! They appear to have been shot on a much lower pixel rate.
Is the problem in the transferring? I have Final Cut Pro if that helps.
Thanks in advance.
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17 Replies
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I used a tripod and there was enough lighting for the video.
Any help would be great guys
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How did you transfer the files? If there wasn’t any transcoding involved in transferring, the clips must be the same quality.
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I’m transferring files straight from my DSLR without any transcoding.
It’s such a strange issue. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong.
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So the quality loss (if there is any loss at all), can’t be produced by transferring.
Do you watch your clips in your NLE or in a player like Quicktime or VLC?
If watched in your NLE, it can be a NLE issue (wrong settings). -
This is a sample video I took to show you what I’m saying:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdjBdYFyAjU
Look how grainy the video is at 720p.
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What were you’re settings?
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On my camera, they were 1280×720.
Would I need to change the settings on my player too?
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No, I mean, what were your recording settings, like aperture, ISO, shutterspeed etc…
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Ah sorry.
Even if I change my ISO to any setting, I still get the same results. Should video be as grainy as mine in HD?
My shutter speed was 1/50 and aperture at 5.4
I am using the standard 18-55 kit lens. I have a 50mm too.
Is there anything I could film or send you any settings that might help?
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Is there any way I can test if my ISO settings are actually working?
I mean, how can I find meta data like ISO, Aperture etc in FCP?
Or if you know of any software that does this?
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