Calfornia Anyone!? (SSF)

Brian Lukrich · September 11th, 2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Garrett Low

My primary camera is a Canon XH A1

Cool, that's what my friend uses who I shoot with. His low light management is poor. Is it the same situation with you or have you found ways around that?

Garrett Low · September 12th, 2008, 11:32 AM

Low light isn't great but it is better than other HDV cams I've seen and definately better than CMOS based cams. I have pushed the gain to +6 in extreme situation but don't like to go above +3. I shoot a lot of stage shows and one of the last ballet shows had two numbers where the stage was only lit by a few dim red lights. I had to go to +6 on the gain and came out with some useable footage.

I have also recently did some fireworks down in Disneyland and at the Marin County Fair. They actually turned out great.

Garrett

September 12th, 2008, 11:32 AM	#62
Garrett Low Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Novato, CA Posts: 1,774	Low light isn't great but it is better than other HDV cams I've seen and definately better than CMOS based cams. I have pushed the gain to +6 in extreme situation but don't like to go above +3. I shoot a lot of stage shows and one of the last ballet shows had two numbers where the stage was only lit by a few dim red lights. I had to go to +6 on the gain and came out with some useable footage. I have also recently did some fireworks down in Disneyland and at the Marin County Fair. They actually turned out great. Garrett