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Video looks flat and washed out
I recently purchased the DVX100A camera and the DVX book. I finished the video that came with the book and have been reading the book so I am getting a much better understanding of the camera settings. Both great resources, by the way!
I am in the middle of a project and I am not sure why my video looks so washed out. We are having a new pond installed – going from 1200 gallons to 3,000 gallons. I have set the DVX in my upstairs bedroom window facing the pond project. The camera is equipped with a circular polarizing filter so we can see into the water. Since the project has been going on for days, the first thing I do each morning is set up the auto white balance by hitting the Auto on the side of the camera until the A shows up on my LCD screen. The camera is set to shoot 1.5 seconds of video every 5 minutes while the work is being done on the pond. When looking at the video through the viewfinder and/or LCD screen, the video looks nicely saturated. However, when I play it back on our widscreen TV from the camcorder, the video is flat and washed out. I am shooting in 60i mode.
Another question, when choosing format and considering delivery will be on DVD, are we better off to shoot 16:9 squeeze since we have a 16:9 format TV or 4:3 so we do not lose data? From what I read in the book, we are losing 25% of our data in the sqeeze mode whereby if we shot in letterbox, I would guess we would be losing even more.
Sorry for such a long post! I just have so much to learn.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and respond.
Grasshopper
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3 Replies
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Shoot with the monitor so you can see what you’re getting. The LCD is not designed for color accuracy. Also you do not need to redo white balance everyday.
Noah
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Noah –
Thank you for getting back to me. What do you mean by “shoot with the monitor”. Are you referring to the viewfinder?
Grasshopper
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No I mean attach the camera to a proper monitor- for example the widescreen one you mentioned. The onboard viewfinder and LCD are designed for camera status and framing not critical color and exposure adjustment.
Noah
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