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Tony Marino · June 8th, 2003, 08:50 PM

After going through and editing my mini dv tapes I noticed that on many of the tapes the skin on people had a grainy haze while the other parts of the picture looked fine. This is on tapes that were filmed with a one chip and a three chip camcorder. I thought maybe the camcorder and tried it on the other camcorder and the same result happened. It's possible both need cleaning but I thought if a digital camcorder was dirty that the whole picture would be noticably distorted.

Has anyone had this problem?

Thank you,
Tony

Ken Tanaka · June 8th, 2003, 08:54 PM

Not sure exactly what you mean, Tony. Do you have someplace where you can post some stills exemplifying this graininess?

June 8th, 2003, 08:50 PM	#1
Tony Marino Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 55	grainy skin appearance After going through and editing my mini dv tapes I noticed that on many of the tapes the skin on people had a grainy haze while the other parts of the picture looked fine. This is on tapes that were filmed with a one chip and a three chip camcorder. I thought maybe the camcorder and tried it on the other camcorder and the same result happened. It's possible both need cleaning but I thought if a digital camcorder was dirty that the whole picture would be noticably distorted. Has anyone had this problem? Thank you, Tony

June 8th, 2003, 08:54 PM	#2
Ken Tanaka Retired DV Info Net Almunus Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,943	Not sure exactly what you mean, Tony. Do you have someplace where you can post some stills exemplifying this graininess? __________________ Lady X Films: A lady with a boring wardrobe...and a global mission. Hey, you don't have enough stuff! Buy with confidence from our sponsors. Hand-picked as the best in the business...Really! See some of my work one frame at a time: www.KenTanaka.com