[Richard Ladkani]

Hi there

My final conclusion:

I did some more tests today and I can now confirm what some of you have said all along. The shutter is 1/25th when OFF in 25p mode. It causes intense motion blur, makes the image soft on movements and looks bad when used for handheld camera. The 1/25th shutter also gives the camera an extra stop of light. When turned to 1/50 the camera is just about as good in low-light as the new HVX201AE. Maybe a bit better.

The best solution for 25p was turning the shutter to 1/50 and to keep Steady Shot ON during handheld shots and to turn it OFF for pans during tripod moves. If it’s left ON it can cause some strange aftermove once you have come to a full stop. When OFF in handheld moves it makes the image very shaky and makes you kind of nervous.

There are NO LonGop issues with this camera. It performs just as well as the HVR-Z7 on movement.

Sorry about all the back and forth on this but I think some of us have learned a lot about this camera during all these discussions.

Best wishes and see you soon on the next topic.
Richard

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[Richard Ladkani]

I will do some more tests tomorrow to be absolutely sure. But if this is true than I will rest my case and thank you all for helping me solve this issue.
In the end it might buy this camera instead of the Z7 next week. The sharpness, latitude and slowmo option is really amazing.

Thanks again
Richard

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[Richard Ladkani]

I am not convinced quite yet. Usually, on many cameras when the shutter switch is off the standard menu setting is still 1/50. Can you confirm that the in the menu it says 1/25 in 25p mode? In interlaced mode the standard is 1/100. So why would it be 1/25 in 25p and not 1/50??

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[Richard Ladkani]

Hi Eli

I just saw your grass. I think we found the problem. It must be the shutter. The motion blurr on these shots looks fine. Even though the pan is way too fast. I wish you had done a nice and slow pan to be absolutely sure. But still. In single frames I can see that there is no compression kicking in.
It just looks like motion blur. But is this Interlaced footage??

My guess is now that the shutter has to be manually set to 1/50 or 1/48 when in 25p mode and that the standard setting is 1/25. But I would love for someone who owns the camera to confirm this.

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[Richard Ladkani]

Hi Alister

Ae you 100% sure that the standard setting if you don’t touch the camera in 25p mode is 1/25th????
That would be crazy as it doesn’t mention it in the menu. Anybody would assume it is 1/50th as a standard. If that’s the case it would also explain why the EX1 is so good in low light. It adds another f-stop by opening to 1/25th vs. 1/50th

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[Richard Ladkani]

Hi

I checked with the rental house. My shutter was indeed off on the switch below the lens. But my Shutter in the menu was set to whatever it sets to when it’s shooting 25p. Before use the camera was reset to factury setting and then switched to 1080/25p in HQ/35mbs

As I don’t own the camera could somebody please tell me what the standard shutter is in the menu. In interlaced mode it is 1/100 after factury reset as a standard setting which is actually quite high. What is the standard speed in 25p mode?

Maybe the shutter is the problem. But I am quite shure it was set to 1/50th

Thanx

Richard

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[Richard Ladkani]

Hi Eli

I never received an email from yousentit.com
Sorry

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[Richard Ladkani]

Hi there

Have you had a chance to look at my footage? Your shot is hard to analyze as you keep panning with a moving car which attracts the eye. But I admit that the blur you get looks more natural than what I get. I would like to know what you think after you see my footage and how you explain the softness that I get on every moving shot.
Thanx

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[Richard Ladkani]

Hi there

I don’t know what that could be. Maybe it has something todo with the fact that both are very new codecs and might require a special plugin from sony. I only installed the clipbrowser from sony but I don’t know if this has something to do with the plugin.
Make sure you have the latest quicktime though.
Good luck
Richard

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[Richard Ladkani]

Yes I had the same results in 1080i
Made no difference at all.

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