Re: Wedding with HV-20
- From: "David Ruether" <d_ruether@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 10:31:59 -0400
"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:48bb7341$0$30892$9a6e19ea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I just shot a wedding with the HV-20. It was an ideal opportunity at Cypress Gardens at the Old Mansion, an outdoor wedding.
Sounds great! What - none of the usual for outdoor weddings, like high
winds and rain (and trying to "see" under umbrellas...), darkness, people
talking next to the camera, screaming kids, road-traffic/construction-noises
nearby, etc.?!?! :-( And then there are those "atmospherically" lit interior
receptions, which, at the bride's insistence, have only one candle in the
middle of each of the large and widely-spaced tables...:-(
Sigh! I think the HV20 will not serve well for most weddings...
The footage is drop dead gorgeous, color, sharpness, exposure, everything perfect on auto.
You were lucky. I find that this camera takes quite a bit of fiddling with
its picture controls to optimize the picture under different conditions...
There was an odd sound problem toward the end, in which the last couple of clips had an AGC malfunction in the camera sound that
overloaded the audio to the extreme. I was shooting one shot just fine, and all of a sudden the audio burst out loud to the max
and stayed there.
A ground loss in the cable or mic? The plug a bit loose or pulled to one side?
I used the little Azden accessory mike with a fresh battery in it. All I can think of is the hardwood floor and some of the lead
feet walking by the tripod may have lodged a battery loose for a split second Dunno. It seems OK now.
Any sudden loud sound can cause the HV20 audio to clip - its AGC isn't very
good... (for more, see www.donferrario.com/ruether/Canon_HV20-HV30.htm).
I've learned that the small eyepiece VF (with peaking turned on, but not the
magnification) and the audio level meter can be your friends, hard as the VF
can be to see well. BTW, a short shotgun mic can be very useful for weddings,
even though stereo sound is lost.
Another horrible sound problem is the wind noise from the camera mike. But I always use a separate sound track from an MD recorder
on the groom, so it worked out all right, except the AGC was a little high on him as well. But it could be smoothed out in
Audition to a great extent, so I have some good vows.
Um, always do tests either before or on the "big day". ALL of your gear
needs to function properly! I never bothered with manualm picture adjustments
(once the presets were adjusted) or audio levels with the Sony VX2000, since
the auto functions were so good, but this is not true for the HV20, unfortunately
(although its picture in HD can be far better than the VX2000's, with
appropriate care).
Good thing, too, because the house sound system was not working and we couldn't hear a thing they were saying from the audience.
Isn't getting good sound, uh, FUN...? 8^)
I have some HD graphics from Digital Juice, and hope to put together a demo HD wedding for a bridal show. Shot the wedding for
free so I could do this.
Gary Eickmeier
WATCH OUT!!! If you are promising (with a contract, verbal or written, with
a deposit taken) to produce a video of an agreed upon quality, you NEED to
be able to deliver on that promise regardless of the conditions (barring tornado
or similar disaster...;-). DO NOT PROMISE MORE THAN YOU CAN
RELIABLY DELIVER TO THE CLIENT!!! You probably need more
experience before offering your services for money (although you can offer
them on a "contingency" basis - *if* you produce a suitable video, *then* an
agreed upon sum is paid -- but duck if you see one of the real pros nearby! ;-).
--DR
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