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Gil Rainault · October 21st, 2009, 02:52 PM

The last couple of days i have been shooting day time video in 1080/60i and i`m getting considerable video noise. It seems i cant get away from night noise or day noise. Does anybody have suggestions for me?

Paul Cascio · October 21st, 2009, 03:24 PM

Did you black balance? I had this problem initially as I never had a camer that needed/offered black balancing.

Gil Rainault · October 21st, 2009, 03:28 PM

Ahhh me either my other camera is the Canon HF S10. So can you guide me through the process. This could be the problem.

Denny Lajeunesse · October 22nd, 2009, 02:39 AM

To black balance the camera you hold the white balance button on the front of the camera down till you see ABB on the screen, which will go black as the camera closes the iris to balance black. Lasts about 2 seconds.

Panasonic recommends this after switching resolutions etc. It's in the manual somewhere. (Am I the only one that wishes panasonic had an index in their manuals?)

Simon Zimmer · October 22nd, 2009, 07:06 AM

The manual has some decent information but yes the index is missing big time among other things.

Amazing that such a big and professional company still can't make a very good manual.

Simon

Jeff Kellam · October 22nd, 2009, 09:32 AM

Let us know your settings and recording mode and post a screen capture when you get a chance.

Some people see a lot of very fine noise on some HDTV screens when played back from the HDMI and you are very close to the screen.

Denny Lajeunesse · October 22nd, 2009, 01:49 PM

Yeah, for me on our 46" sharp aquos it was very noisy, edgy (detail) and bright compared to the component input.

Gil Rainault · October 22nd, 2009, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Kellam

Let us know your settings and recording mode and post a screen capture when you get a chance.

Some people see a lot of very fine noise on some HDTV screens when played back from the HDMI and you are very close to the screen.

For daytime i`m using scene 1 and shooting in PH 1080/60i , I have also tried the spark scene and still have the noise. I know night time in low light conditions you cant advoid the noise but at daytime i should`nt be getting it.

I`m seeing the noise on my computer and on my Samsung tv.

I did set the ABB which i didnt know about so its never been set. I shot last night a accident in low light only using 6db of gain it seemed not as bad.

Can somebody share their settings with me for day shoots and nights. I would greatly appreciate it.

Denny Lajeunesse · October 22nd, 2009, 02:17 PM

With you lens cap on or iris closed and Waveform on. Are you seeing any "noise" on the line near the black level?

Gil Rainault · October 22nd, 2009, 02:25 PM

Negative i am not seeing any noise on the waveform with the iris closed or the cap on.

October 21st, 2009, 02:52 PM	#1
Gil Rainault New Boot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Seminole, Florida Posts: 14	Hmc-150 The last couple of days i have been shooting day time video in 1080/60i and i`m getting considerable video noise. It seems i cant get away from night noise or day noise. Does anybody have suggestions for me? __________________ AG-HMC150 & Canon HF S10

October 21st, 2009, 03:24 PM	#2
Paul Cascio Trustee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bristol, CT (Home of EPSN) Posts: 1,192	Did you black balance? I had this problem initially as I never had a camer that needed/offered black balancing. __________________ Paul Cascio www.pictureframingschool.com

October 21st, 2009, 03:28 PM	#3
Gil Rainault New Boot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Seminole, Florida Posts: 14	Ahhh me either my other camera is the Canon HF S10. So can you guide me through the process. This could be the problem. __________________ AG-HMC150 & Canon HF S10

October 22nd, 2009, 07:06 AM	#5
Simon Zimmer Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Easton, Maryland Posts: 497	I agree. The manual has some decent information but yes the index is missing big time among other things. Amazing that such a big and professional company still can't make a very good manual. Simon

October 22nd, 2009, 09:32 AM	#6
Jeff Kellam Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 656	Let us know your settings and recording mode and post a screen capture when you get a chance. Some people see a lot of very fine noise on some HDTV screens when played back from the HDMI and you are very close to the screen. __________________ Panasonic HMC150/Canon A1/JVC HD1/Sony Vegas 8.0c

October 22nd, 2009, 02:39 AM	#4
Denny Lajeunesse Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kelowna, BC [Canada, Eh!] Posts: 257	To black balance the camera you hold the white balance button on the front of the camera down till you see ABB on the screen, which will go black as the camera closes the iris to balance black. Lasts about 2 seconds. Panasonic recommends this after switching resolutions etc. It's in the manual somewhere. (Am I the only one that wishes panasonic had an index in their manuals?)

October 22nd, 2009, 01:49 PM	#7
Denny Lajeunesse Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kelowna, BC [Canada, Eh!] Posts: 257	Yeah, for me on our 46" sharp aquos it was very noisy, edgy (detail) and bright compared to the component input.

October 22nd, 2009, 02:17 PM	#9
Denny Lajeunesse Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kelowna, BC [Canada, Eh!] Posts: 257	With you lens cap on or iris closed and Waveform on. Are you seeing any "noise" on the line near the black level?

October 22nd, 2009, 02:25 PM	#10
Gil Rainault New Boot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Seminole, Florida Posts: 14	Negative i am not seeing any noise on the waveform with the iris closed or the cap on. __________________ AG-HMC150 & Canon HF S10