[Anthony Fennell]

Uh thanks for the rather thorough answers. The TV safe white I have found is a Neutral gray or Dove Grey. They just needed to be on the lightest side of the ten shades of gray that video produces.
They both look great, they get rid of the noise, they still look white to the facilitators and it solves the over exposed row of nameplates.
TV WHITE = 60% reflectance
TV Black = 3%
I also did a wet sand on the plexi cardholders and no more glare, my first idea of hair spray (streaks and tips) got a few laughs.

Sometimes the best solution is the most simple 🙂
Cheers

PS In my Google search for TV White the TV white safe zone has become an engaging development. Heaven help us!!
Who ever said air was free??

[Anthony Fennell]

Thanks for the help.
“TV White” sounds more like ” lingo” than a standard when talking about set pieces. I am going to get some panatone samples and test them.
You guys hit the nail on the head with the set being a fixed element and the screen behind the panel for the power points, the wrong lighting for the job etc
I just want to improve what elements I can until the next build-out.
Thanks for the replies
I love this site!

[Anthony Fennell]

Thanks Dave.
I was hoping there was a magical percent white that doesn’t reflect as much so that the names could actually be read on the cards when lowering the levels in post.
I know when they printed on foam core for the weather set they asked for TV white . It was probably more of an opacity texture thing but I seem to remember them being less white than the white cards.
It sure would save time in the edit room.

[Anthony Fennell]

I have always liked the Panasonic line up from an operators stand point but after a side by side comparison there was no contest the EX-3 cmos technology wins hands down. The image was crisper, it reacted to low light more favorably. It does have a dv cam feel to its housing at first but you will notice quickly the darn thing is pretty heavy. When the others decide to answer this level camera then we will see some great advancements in cameras. 1080p looked at little strange at the bottom of the lens. If your shooting sports from 50 feet away in low light you might not be happy with the look of the pulldown but what did i expect?

[Anthony Fennell]

Thanks for the info you listed
Mpeg Stream Clip works great ! No more real time encoding and its good enough for Govt work LOL