[Derek Rae]

Hi Guys,

Was checking this post for some solutions too… Using an XH-G1, No difference rather than SDI…

I’m only shooting weddings and a few corporate jobs here and there on an amateur level, but this has just happened to me at the weekend there,…. spoke to a professional photographer friend who suggested two things to me…

Do you have the camera set on a ‘super-fine’ sharpness setting? (I do actually) He explained that when shooting with one of his camera’s on Super fine, he was getting this overload of grain throughout the photos. His solution was to change to the ‘fine’ setting and hey presto, perfect! The sharpness was over-compensating

The other thing he mentioned, was using different brands of tapes, or tapes that have been previously used before.

The contamination of lubricants from different tapes can seriously interfere with the playheads causing drop-outs, and underlying footage on a tape you are re-using in the camera can cause grain and colour distortion…

I’ve only used a different brand of tape through suggestion (and yep, got the drop-outs, during the vows of all things, very angry at that!)

I’m going to try a few tests (once I clean the tape heads and get the best suggested brand of tape for the xh-g1 ??) to see if I can sort this mess out.

Also, the thing that really got me was…
In good light, filming in superfine we have the guys in kilts with the black prince charlie jackets – camera didn’t like it… everything else looks fine, but when I get these guys in shot, the grain goes mental on the black jackets!

It’s a great camera otherwise, but I’d love to be able to get rid of this grain problem!