Badly. They are not continuous spectrum video lights. You will have a funky color that you will never be able to make right. Incandescent tungsten video lights are not so expensive (they just eat electric and are hot -- use a kitchen mitt to adjust them during operation). mail order from B&H etc. You want minimum 2; 3 is better (so that you have a overhead fill). Oh and don't get fingerprints on the bulbs without wiping off clean before turning them on.
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Road Runner wrote: > I am new to lighting techniques. In the past I have taken my home camera out > only on days when the skies were blue and I had good sunlight. But, now, I > want to make a teaching DVD on the new standards put out by the American > Heart Association for CPR. This project will take me indoors. Can anyone > tell me how well the 500 W work lights that you buy from Home Depot might > work out for indoor video projects such as mine. > > John > ----- Original Message ----- > From: for_laekker > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:52 PM > Subject: Re: [AP] Movie quality... > > > Thanks for your reply Glen. I'll check out the camcorder and get > back to you. > I'm pretty sure it's crap. I've got a couple of other alternatives > which I could post too, then maybe you can give a suggestion about > which is best? > > I know I'm not going to make a Hollywood production, but really want > people not have the feeling af watching a "home movie". It's not a > serious project by any means, but that doesn't mean it has to look > like it isn't! > > I was thinking about using a couple of work lights (approx. 500W) > with at sheet in front of it to diffuse the light. Would this be > good option for a basic lighting setup? > > Does anybody know of a tutorial for basic processing, that could > improve the image quality? > > Many thanks > OMC > > --- In [email protected], Glen Tubbesing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > The problem is NOT your Firewire transfer, since Firewire is a > > digital-to-digital, lossless procedure. The "special box" you > mention > > would actually give you lower quality than your Firewire > transfer. More > > than likely, it's either the camcorder or camera skills. If you > can > > give us the brand and model of your camcorder, we can give you > reports > > on its quality. > > > > The reason why professional films have such good quality is that > they > > spend thousands, sometimes millions, of dollars on lighting, > equipment > > and materials, so that they get the good, high-quality look. You > can't > > expect to get the same quality with a $300 camcorder recording on > a > > miniDV tape. But, with some processing, proper lighting, and good > > camera skills, you can look better than "home movies." > > > > Let us know the brand and model of the camcorder and we'll give > you a > > report. > > > > Good luck, > > Glen in Vegas > > > > > > for_laekker wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I've been a member for a while, but have never posted here > before. > > > > > > I'm a total newbie (from Denmark, so please excuse my english), > > > since I have only made one project in Premiere Pro 1.5 > > > > > > I'm recording with some cheap miniDV camcorder (can't remember > the > > > brand or model since it's one I borrow). When transfering the > shoots > > > to my computer over Firewire, I fell like quality is very poor > > > (can't really judge if the quality is as poor "inside" the > camcorde, > > > when look at the LCD). Is this a result from poor camera skills, > the > > > camcorder quality (guess it's a fairly cheap camcorder) or the > > > transfer over Firewire. > > > A work where I borrow the camcorder (I've been told) they have > > > special PC for transfer/editing, which have a special box > through > > > which to transfer from camcorder to PC. This should give better > > > quality (don't know much about it, since I've only been told > about > > > it). Is my bad quality simply because of the Firewire transfers? > > > After having transfered through Firewire, is it possible to > improve > > > the quality (in some fairly simple manor)? > > > I'm kind of thinking like the improvements you see on > professional > > > films. When watching unprocessed bonus material, it's pretty bad > > > quality (pale colours and grainy), which is kind of like the > problem > > > I'm having... If someone know a tutorial to "restore" the > quality of > > > the shoots I would be very thankful. > > > > > > Many thanks > > > OMC > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Video production Video server Video streaming server > Adobe premiere training Adobe premiere pro Adobe premiere 6.5 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "Adobe-Premiere" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. 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