XH A1 question...HELP! at DVinfo.net

Les Owen · December 10th, 2008, 05:18 PM

Please let me start by saying "I'm not an expert" and depend heavily upon smart people to save me.

I just bought a used XH A1. I already own one so this will be my second cam on shoots. I have been trying to match up all the settings and believe I've been thorough as I examine and compare each menu page and setting between cameras. I started by resetting both cams to factory settings.

However, and I suspect it is something simple I keep overlooking, when I put the newly purchased camera in Manual Record mode I have some issues. The iris and zoom features have some sort of effect going on. When I adjust the rings the changes occur incrementally instead of smoothly. Also, when I pan, the image becomes blurred, has a tail and moves incrementally across the screen instead of fluidly. There's a setting or combination of settings that are hiding from me!

My original cam is a dream and I have been using the settings on it to compare to my new one. I can't figure what is different. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Les

James Miller · December 10th, 2008, 05:30 PM

Hi Les, is the Noise Reduction setting (NR1) turned on? This can cause the problem described. And also check (Auto Shutter) is off.

Les Owen · December 10th, 2008, 05:57 PM

Thanks. That worked.

December 10th, 2008, 05:18 PM	#1
Les Owen Tourist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 2	XH A1 question...HELP! Please let me start by saying "I'm not an expert" and depend heavily upon smart people to save me. I just bought a used XH A1. I already own one so this will be my second cam on shoots. I have been trying to match up all the settings and believe I've been thorough as I examine and compare each menu page and setting between cameras. I started by resetting both cams to factory settings. However, and I suspect it is something simple I keep overlooking, when I put the newly purchased camera in Manual Record mode I have some issues. The iris and zoom features have some sort of effect going on. When I adjust the rings the changes occur incrementally instead of smoothly. Also, when I pan, the image becomes blurred, has a tail and moves incrementally across the screen instead of fluidly. There's a setting or combination of settings that are hiding from me! My original cam is a dream and I have been using the settings on it to compare to my new one. I can't figure what is different. Any ideas? Thanks, Les

December 10th, 2008, 05:57 PM	#3
Les Owen Tourist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 2	Thanks Thanks. That worked.

December 10th, 2008, 05:30 PM	#2
James Miller Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sussex, UK Posts: 317	Hi Les, is the Noise Reduction setting (NR1) turned on? This can cause the problem described. And also check (Auto Shutter) is off.