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TrueColor for JVC HD-250

September 28th, 2009 pciccone Leave a comment Go to comments

Transitions can be hard for a website. I just realized that the new look caused to lose all references to the JVC HD-250 TrueColor configuration. While I find a better solution, here is the link to the article:

Part 1 and Part2

Enjoy!

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  1. Mark Higham
    October 9th, 2009 at 03:16 | #1
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    Dear Paolo I have been using your presets on both my HD200s and find the colours far more accurate that the standard washed out settings, and the blacks are much blacker. Many thanks for your hard work. My only comment is when shooting under indoor mixed lighting conditions or shooting outside that the colours can ‘over saturate’. Firstly I should say that when correctly white balanced the colours are great. However as a wedding videographer, even lighting is hard to come by. Reds especially seem to suffer especially outdoors. I have never white balanced outdoors, in favour of using the 5600K presets and not losing that lovely warm glow on a summers day. If I shoot a woman in a red dress outside in the sun and part of her dress happens to be in the shade the reds show up totally different on her dress. Any suggestions?

  2. pciccone
    October 9th, 2009 at 08:27 | #2
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    Hi Mark. I understand where you’re coming from but your should really WB the camera, the 5600K is not accurate enough. If you cannot WB then you need to have a reference point so that you can WB in post. I suggest to keep a portable DSC chart in your toolbox and simply shoot a couple of seconds of the chart whenever you change the indoor/outdoor situation. In that way it will be very easy to do the correct WB in post. Regarding red shift, keep in mind that HD cameras are quite “red happy” and what works on a specific camera might be a bit off on another. Try lowering the Red channel a coiuple of “clicks” and do a test. Let me know how it works for you.

  3. Cameus
    November 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 | #3
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    Hello… I purchase my hd200 a couple of months ago, until this post i was getting discouraged with the camera cause i had so much noise on my footage even under good lighting ( especially in dark areas of the footage). I will try the true colorColor as my last resort. I own a CANON XH A1 and I don’t have this problem…I call JVC but to prevail.

    Thank you so much for your hard work…

  4. pciccone
    November 23rd, 2009 at 14:19 | #4
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    Hi Cameus. There are many reasons for added noise in footage. First of all, do you see the noise from the RAW (.m2t) files or after some processing in your NLE? If it’s in the main file then look at TrueColor and I suggest that you bump up the master black a couple of clicks. Try some more shots. Does the noise happen in “flat” areas of background? The most challenging spot for an HDV camera is a flat, dark background. Let us know your results.

  5. Cameus
    December 4th, 2009 at 09:11 | #5
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    Thank you so much for your response. I will try what you have suggested and report to you with my findings. On another note, I own a Canon XH A1 and I do not have that problem at all unless I am shooting on VERY LOW light.

    I really like the GY-HD200 and the feel of a professional camera that it provides. It’s just that the picture quality is questionable and frankly I am disappointed on the camera…

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