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Ed Ng
March 4, 2011 at 5:03 am in reply to: How much grain is acceptable?

Do you have a clip? Not just a screen grab.

I have an HPX 170 with the Brevis MP2 via Canon L Lens and do not see too much grain but for a commercial I would think your clients would like it clean.

Did you light up your scene or did you use gain.

Cheers

Ed
Ed Ng
January 21, 2011 at 12:31 am in reply to: Trouble with picture quality

Hey there!

Thank you again! Kevin, I now understand what people are saying about 720p. It is the same in photography as my clients will never get my raw file in which I edit the images but I give them a smaller jpeg corrected. It is better than shooting in a small jpeg format because there is much more information to work with in raw.

It has helped a lot and I will show everyone so new video very soon!

Cheers

Ed
Ed Ng
January 20, 2011 at 9:44 pm in reply to: Trouble with picture quality

May I ask your thoughts on shooting 1080/30p? I have enough memory so would it be the best quality to use.

I hear so many people say that 720/24Pn is the best but why?

Sorry but still new and need some advice and yes I am buying Barry Greens book!

Cheers

Ed
Ed Ng
January 19, 2011 at 9:37 pm in reply to: Trouble with picture quality

Hello and thank you all so much for the support and assistance.

From what I have gathered from Panasonic and another member, the ISO is set at 500. This helps me use my meter. I use my meter a lot in the field for photo work but very new to video work so I am trying to adapt the same flow from photography.

Panasonic states it is 1080p to the chip and then converts down into all formats. I have dual 64 gig cards so should I just use 1080/30P or just use 720/24Pn?

I will be testing out some shots this week so I will compare. My only question now is about exporting from FCP. Does everyone use H264 for Apple Pro Res!

Thank you everyone again and cheers

Ed
Ed Ng
January 19, 2011 at 3:21 am in reply to: Trouble with picture quality

Hello Michael,

Thank you so much for the reply. I am not concerned with the DOF but do know the limitations without an adaptor so I have the Brevis MP.2 with some Canon glass.

I come from the photography world and understand lighting but with video I am very novice. I have tried to look around for the ISO of the HPX 170 because I like to meter my subjects.

Yes, this was an interview at the Las Vegas Convention Center at SEMA. The lighting was not the best but I did not think it was unbearable. As for the focus, I can not remember if it were manual. I only use manual for photography but video work is new to me.

I will set up the camera for 720 but Pn,P 24, 30? Are there any other things I should watch for?

Thank you so much again!

Cheers

Ed