Dave, I recently got the HD1010 as well and noticed that the auto-modes for white balance and focus do go nutty at times. I would switch to manual mode to have more control. You've got great lighting for your videos... that makes a huge difference. :)
Kevin Lim Cyberculturalist http://theory.isthereason.com This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private email locator: ╔╗╔═╦╗ ║╚╣║║╚╗ ╚═╩═╩═╝ On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 4:13 PM, David Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > For those interested, here is a my first blog in HD using the Xacti HD1010: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jDsNe_bmtE > (there is also some 300fps video in there too, and the intro video is > upscaled) > and also > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91iX5sUXrOo > > compare with the old SD Canon Optura 60 DV tape: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUNqDK2Ryrg > > Both are shot under the same conditions, and I still have no idea how > to use the Xacti properly. > The same external mic isn't as good on the Xacti, but this just needs > tweaking I think. Some 50HZ mains hum audible due to the associated > charger cable. The outside footage uses the internal mic. > > The Xacti loses background focus sometimes when I wave my hands > around, but otherwise is pretty good. I can probably use some fixed > manual focus mode to avoid this? > > Note that the final HD MP4 file was created with a default 1280x720 > setting in MPEG Streamclip from a 20Mpbs MPEG2 output from Ulead Video > Studio 12. > Most interestingly the new HD MP4 is a good 25% less in file size than > the old SD cam MP4 created by Ulead (125MB vs 150MB for 10min), and > the results are still much better than the SD cam. > > For those who think HD takes up too much space, my hard drive space > requirements have now actually dropped since going to HD. As the H.264 > files direct from the cam are smaller than the MPEG2 files from the SD > cam. And as you can see, the final MP4 blog file is the same or > smaller for better quality. > > Dave. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
