Michael Johnston
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I had this problem before. My issue was that I was editing 24p in a 30p project timeline. Therefore, while editing, it looked horrible when I slow mowed a shot to half speed because the editor slowed it to 15fps (half of 30) instead of 12fps. Once I actually slowed it to 12fps and rendered it out in 24p, it looked great. Don’t know if that is your issue but I’d look at your NLE settings and slow mo frame rates before changing shooting frame rates.
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Eric, anything over 0db gain and outside f2.8 – f4 is going to have some grain simply do to the size of the chips. When shooting outside, set the gain to -6db. That should eliminate the grain.
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I will ad that broadcasters and some professionals will fight against accepting AVCHD as an acceptable pro format for high quality acquisition simply because it’s used as a consumer format. However, it’s a fight they’ll lose. Eventually you’ll start to see places like Discovery Channel accept AVCHD cameras. Heck, Deadliest Catch is shot on HDV and the NX5U with it’s Exmor CMOS sensors capturing 1920×1080 AVCHD is far better quality than the 1440×1080 image they are currently using. No reason for them not to accept the NX5U. Only reason is to be stubborn, plain and simple.
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AVCHD and XDCAM EX are, quality wise, basically the same. AVCHD allows you to capture more video per GB of media but is very hard to edit with on current systems because it’s so hard on CPU’s. XDCAM EX takes more space to capture but is much better in current NLE’s. PC and NLE technology will catch up very soon because AVCHD has been adopted as a consumer format so consumers need to be able to use it on their laptops. Once that happens, I think AVCHD will become one of the dominant formats. It’s new but here to stay.
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You can do a search on Amy forum and you’ll see a lot of people have been having issues using NXCAM AVCHD footage in FCP. However, I can say that my footage from my NX5U dies not look great on my laptop in Premiere either but is amazing once its exported and viewed in Windows Media Player. I think it really is just viewing an interlaced video on a progressive scan laptop display. I hope you figure it out. I try to stay away from AVID & FCP because of their lack of willingness to allow all formats to be used natively in those programs. No reason MPEG2 & AVCHD can not be used natively in those programs.
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If you are having an issue with jagged edges then it’s your export/burn settings. Has nothing to do with shooting SD. I just did a shoot with my NX5U in SD (MPEG2), edited it in Premiere, and output to DVD using Emcore and it looks fantastic. Your DVD burner may need a firmware upgrade. No matter what format/resolution you shoot, it has to be converted to MPEG2 before being burned to a DVD. Shooting as close as possible to DVD specs (which the NX5U does in SD), will make for a better conversion and burn by any DVD authoring software. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.
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Short answer is no. My question is why are you shooting in HD if the final product is going to DVD. Might as well be shooting SD 16×9. I have the NX5U and shooting SD in MPEG2, editing, and burning to DVD looks much better than shooting HD then downconverting and re-compressing to burn to DVD.
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You’ll just have to test it but, generally speaking, you’ll still see more noise and grain in the blacks using the nx70 than you’ll see with the nx5u. Outside in bright daylight is the only time the images will look nearly equal. Inside, even with an on-camera light, the nx5u is going to look better.
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First, there is a clip repair function to salvage the clips. It’s in the user manual. Second, the reason this happened in the first place is because you’ve probably never done a MEDIA DUMP of your cards. That is also in your manual. If you don’t do a MEDIA DUMP regularly then what I call “dirty file fragments” build up on the card and eventually can damage recorded clips. Simply deleting clips or formatting the card is not enough. A MEDIA DUMP wipes EVERYTHING off the card. Sony suggest doing this everytime you delete media from the card. I actually do it every few weeks and have never had a problem. In your case, if you don’t dump soon, you’ll eventually have your camera crash on you during recording which will permanently damage the card. You should always read through your user manual carefully before using a new camera.
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I shot a few events recently where I used the NX5U as the primary camera and a Sony HD1000U as the secondary and was able to match them near perfectly by adjusting the image on the NX5 in the picture profile setting. These events were outside with good lighting.
If what your shooting is lit well, that could be a cheap option but don’t use the HD1000U in low light situations.
Hope you figure it out.