aener Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Recorded some clips earlier, and happened to stay out until it got dark. Decided to get to know how to use a camera a bit mor ethan point and shoot. The most notable example of the issue I'm trying to overcome came during the light, which puzzled me. The two clips of the Hope lever. The first isn't so bad - but the second has some really bad grain going on. I don't remember changing anything between taking the two clips, though I suppose I must have. What settings can I change to reduce this? I have manual control over: White Balance, Aperture Size, Shutter Speed, EV, Focus, and turning Tele Macro on and off. The night clips aren't as bad as normal since I changed the aperture size to a smaller setting, and the shutter speed to 1/50 rather than "auto", which seems like 1/10 or something. It reduces the grain, but I can't get rid of it. I read somewhere a long time ago changing the WB would help things like this, but it just turns it purple, red and blue Are the night-clips about as good as they'll get? It's not an expensive camera so its only got a diddy sensor in it - so I'm Ok with it if it is - would just like to improve them if possible. The horrible looking clip on the end is what the camera's "Smart Auto" setting looks like. On a different note - the night clips are the first ones I've ever really tried to make look good. What differences would make them better? Thanks for any light you can shed - I googled for a while, but don't have a clue what I'm talking about. "reducing graininess night footage" yields poor results. Oh - and I bet you can't guess which is my wrong side to sidehop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) TO THE RIGHT. I'm going to watch the video and read your post some more and then edit this if I can help. Edited February 5, 2011 by Revolver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 I just watched it on youtube instead of from my hard-drive, and fond out you can barely see what I'm talking about. I guess that renders the question useless, unless you fancy giving me peace of mind so I can make the ones on my hard-drive look super sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_ruskin Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Were you guys in Leicester today? Didn't see you if you were Nice clips though mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Anscombe Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 seen this mod rider a few times in videos now he is f**king gooooood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 You're right, i can't see any issues apart from that very last clip which seems to have nothing going on apart from your hand in front of the lens. I watched full screen at 720. That one night shot looks good, the woman still looks detailed and the light from the street lamps isn't overpowering and it generally doesn't appear grainy at all. I think there might be less detail in the dark bits of the picture like on the wall? But i certainly can't tell without looking hard. Maybe cause you're watching in 1080? I'm no expert but unless your final outcome is blu-ray i wouldn't be worrying because it generally looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 You're right, i can't see any issues apart from that very last clip which seems to have nothing going on apart from your hand in front of the lens. I watched full screen at 720. That one night shot looks good, the woman still looks detailed and the light from the street lamps isn't overpowering and it generally doesn't appear grainy at all. I think there might be less detail in the dark bits of the picture like on the wall? But i certainly can't tell without looking hard. Maybe cause you're watching in 1080? I'm no expert but unless your final outcome is blu-ray i wouldn't be worrying because it generally looks good. That's answer enough for me! Guess I'm just being a bit too anal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 That's answer enough for me! Guess I'm just being a bit too anal Which is good. Only improvement can become of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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