XHA1 Footage grainy/noisy? Is this right?
Hi all,
I recently made the switch from the XL1 to the XHA1. I've been reviewing my first few tapes of footage shot w/ the new camera in 1080i, and even on a large HDTV, the footage appears to be grainy. It's not real noticeable except in low light, but it's definitely there. I had a client ask me today if that grain was normal in HD or if it had something to do w/ my specific camera. Anyone have any input? I'm just having a hard time believing that HD footage is supposed to be noise/grainy like this.... Thanks, Luke |
Check to see if the automatic gain switch is on.
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That did it.
Thanks so much!! I'd messed with the gain presets, but didn't even notice that the AGC switch was set to 'on'. Wow! What a difference!! Now it looks like what I was hoping for!
Thanks again! Luke |
Luke, can you tell me what the A1 SD footage is like compared to
the XL1? Is it the same, huge improvement, not as good in low light? Thanks in advance! |
Hi Eric,
I haven't had an XL1 in a long time but I did just sell my Xl2s for the XHA1. Sd footage looks much better, the lowlight performance is considerabely better. If you extrapolate that back to the XL1, it woulod be a huge improvement with the XHA1. |
As of right now I'm not sure. So far the only footage I tried, I mistakenly had both the ND Filter *AND* the AGC on, so the footage was rubbish. I may wrong, but I would think the footage in SD would be at least as good as on the XL1.... anybody?
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Just received my A1. Will be able to do some comparisons to the XL1 and GL1 this weekend I hope.
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So far, I haven't made up my mind regarding the A1's SD quality. For me, it's either a just OK, or a yuck, or a maybe I'm just too picky & can't decide just yet. OR... I'm just getting too spoiled by the HD quality :) Bill |
Thank you. I actually use an XL1-S too.
I had a really hard believing that an HDV camera would be better in low-light than the XL1-S, so I am delighted to hear that. I should probably just shoot in HDV anyway and then convert to SD when needed. That's what the cam is made for and would probably get better results. Thus far, that seems to be the case. |
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