JVC HD200/HDV Page
Update 11/10/2007
(GYHD200 f 2.0 40mm, resized, 720p/60 HDV acquisition, captured and edited as 720p/60 HDV transcoded to 8 bit uncompressed 4:2:2 upsampled colorspace on Final Cut Pro)
This page is under construction. When finished I'm hoping it will be the ultimate resource for the JVC line of HDV cameras (100/110/200/250) and HDV in general. I will offer information to help folks improve their knowledge of shooting both in the technical area and the artistic arena. I will also squash all the myths about HDV that exist, some created by what I would consider knowledgeable people which surprises me as I would think they wouldn't allow ignorance let them judge something they have little to no practical experience with. For instance, I saw a review of an HDV camera today in a magazine. Under the 'cons' list in the review was written that if you don't mind the editing problems with HDV, long GOP recording and a 4:2:0 color space then I guess this is a good camera. To me, that statement is pure ignorance and shows any lack of understanding of how to create and edit great pictures. I have found in my use of HDV that as an acquisition format it fairs no worse than any other HD format in it's price range. It edits well and can even easily be captured as a more robust codec for editing if HDV frightens you (the myth). If you look at what you read about HDV you'll notice no one actually did much testing of HDV recording or editing, rather they based most of their statements on misunderstandings about the format based solely on specs and the myths that are spread on the web by mostly ignorant video hobbyists. I hope to show you that most of what you read has little merit and guide you to what does. I'll do that will real comparisons and examples. Above and Below: Raw, uncorrected still grabs from a fashion shoot, shot using a JVC HD200 and Focus DR-HD100 Disk Recorder in HDV mode
Update: 11/10/07 I've added a little link here to make a demonstration. Again and again I find both amateur and professionals alike, ignorant to HDV. Instead of learning more, they make egregiously incorrect statements based not on experience but perceived myth so absurd as to be laughable. For instance, what I'll call myth number one; you can't edit HDV because if you try to dissolve it, you will get artifacts in the dissolve. Well, that is about as ignorant as saying your neighbor is a witch because you see strange lights in her house at night. And even then you only say it not because you experienced it, but because a friends friends daughters father told you so. And now, as I will do on this web site in mass shortly; Here is a short movie I threw together showing five dissolves of material captured on HDV. Note that the material is not color corrected, nor does it have audio. It is compressed for the web and cropped to 4x3 to save space. Sorry Windows users but it's encoded using H264 which you may not be able to play. So let's enjoy debunking another HDV myth once and for all. Link here.
Update: 10/21/07 I am getting ready to ramp up this page with a number of articles and fantastic demonstrations. In the mean time here is a great article on the JVC HZ-CA13U Cine Optical PL mount Lens Adapter which I will be testing shortly and writing about here. In my mind this lens adapter and others like it that allow you the direct connection of a lens to the camera is the only real way to properly create a cine look. While these spinning screen 35 mm adapters that folks use are popular, they are such a step back in quality as not to be the professional way to go. Far better realized pictures can be accomplished with a true-optical lens adapter. Enjoy and look for my article here soon. Here is a nice video talking about the adapter and depth of field by Tim Dashwood: http://www.dvinfo.net/prohd/Media/Lenses_and_DoF.mov Below are some shots from some of my tests.
Easy to fix a hot/dead pixel on the HD 100/200/250 (2/1/08) The problem with CCDs is they have lots of little pixels that get real hot, On the camera the pixel correction process is provided in an advanced You see an advanced menu where the second line says CAMERA1. Move the However there are a few things for you to note about this process: More models (2/11/08) Just a few raw grabs (reduced in size to fit easily here) from an Anne Klein Video I produced. These were not lit with anything other than the still photographers 100 watt bulb he uses to focus.
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