Mick Doyle
November 5th, 2006, 03:53 PM
HI ALL,
IVE BEEN USING THE HD101 FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS NOW. IVE BEEN SHOOTING 25P USING THE WIDE ANGLE CONVERTER AND HAVE A BATTERY SOLUTION FROM DSM IN THE UK. FIRST THINGS TO SAY IS THAT MY OVERALL VIEW IS POSITIVE AND IM PRETTY HAPPY WITH MOST ASPECTS OF THE CAMERA BUT I DO HAVE A FEW PROBLEMS WITH IT.
THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT I LIKE THE OVERALL LAYOUT AS IM USED TO USING DIGIBETAS ETC AND IM REALLY PLEASED BY THE HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES THAT I GET.THE BATTERIES I USE WORK WELL AND 2 WILL NORMALLY COVER A DAYS SHOOTING. THE STANDARD LENS IS FAR TOO NARROW AND EVEN WITH THE .82 WIDE IT IS STILL VERY MUCH ON THE NARROW SIDE.THE RECORD BUTTON IS A PROBLEM FOR ME AND SOMETIMES I FIND IM ROLLING WHEN I SHOULD NOT BE AND VISAVERSA, WHICH IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.I DONT KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENS AS IT DOES NOT WITH OTHER PRO CAMERAS. THE COLOUR IS ANOTHER ISSUE FOR ME AND I HAVE USED PAOLO'S COLOUR MATCH 3(THANK YOU VERY MUCH PAOLO).WITHOUT THESES SETTINGS I FIND THE COLOUR A BIT WASHED OUT. THE WHITE BALANCE IS ALSO AN ISSUE AND I FIND THAT SOMETIMES, PARTICULARLY ON A SUNNY DAY THAT THE BALANCE DOSNT QUITE GET IT RIGHT WITH THE SKY BLUE BEING A BIT ON THE GREEN SIDE. i LIVE IN A CLOUDY CITY AND I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THE ND'S ARE NOT STRONGER AS THE IRIS IS NEARLY FULLY CLOSED ON A SUNNY DAY.
OVERALL AS I SAY IM VERY HAPPY AND HAVE ENJOYED THE FORUM ALOT AS WELL.
IVE PUT SOME FOOTAGE ON http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O5RDUVEJ
BUT IM NOT SURE IF IVE CONFIGURED IT RIGHT.ITS ABOUT 50M SO WATCH OUT.
IVE BEEN USING THE HD101 FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS NOW. IVE BEEN SHOOTING 25P USING THE WIDE ANGLE CONVERTER AND HAVE A BATTERY SOLUTION FROM DSM IN THE UK. FIRST THINGS TO SAY IS THAT MY OVERALL VIEW IS POSITIVE AND IM PRETTY HAPPY WITH MOST ASPECTS OF THE CAMERA BUT I DO HAVE A FEW PROBLEMS WITH IT.
THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT I LIKE THE OVERALL LAYOUT AS IM USED TO USING DIGIBETAS ETC AND IM REALLY PLEASED BY THE HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES THAT I GET.THE BATTERIES I USE WORK WELL AND 2 WILL NORMALLY COVER A DAYS SHOOTING. THE STANDARD LENS IS FAR TOO NARROW AND EVEN WITH THE .82 WIDE IT IS STILL VERY MUCH ON THE NARROW SIDE.THE RECORD BUTTON IS A PROBLEM FOR ME AND SOMETIMES I FIND IM ROLLING WHEN I SHOULD NOT BE AND VISAVERSA, WHICH IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.I DONT KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENS AS IT DOES NOT WITH OTHER PRO CAMERAS. THE COLOUR IS ANOTHER ISSUE FOR ME AND I HAVE USED PAOLO'S COLOUR MATCH 3(THANK YOU VERY MUCH PAOLO).WITHOUT THESES SETTINGS I FIND THE COLOUR A BIT WASHED OUT. THE WHITE BALANCE IS ALSO AN ISSUE AND I FIND THAT SOMETIMES, PARTICULARLY ON A SUNNY DAY THAT THE BALANCE DOSNT QUITE GET IT RIGHT WITH THE SKY BLUE BEING A BIT ON THE GREEN SIDE. i LIVE IN A CLOUDY CITY AND I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THE ND'S ARE NOT STRONGER AS THE IRIS IS NEARLY FULLY CLOSED ON A SUNNY DAY.
OVERALL AS I SAY IM VERY HAPPY AND HAVE ENJOYED THE FORUM ALOT AS WELL.
IVE PUT SOME FOOTAGE ON http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O5RDUVEJ
BUT IM NOT SURE IF IVE CONFIGURED IT RIGHT.ITS ABOUT 50M SO WATCH OUT.