Contrast test shots JVC GY-HM700

Camera tests that are posted on Youtube are encoded en compressed for streaming purposes, but do give a real world picture of what is left after decoding in a normal situation watching that footage on the web. At Youtube HD the quality loss is minimal from what you can expect.
High contrast shots (light dark) with HM 700 with low sunlight on water. I used ND 4 stops and 2 stops down . The 14x new Cannon lens was not available for this test, so I used my old Fujinon 16x TV zoomlens that comes standard with the HD 110 and has a lot of limitations. File format of HM700 is XDCAM EX720 p50 35 Mbs VBR in QT wrapper stored on SDHC cards class 6. After copying the files to my scratch disk ( very fast) it was a simple import in the bin of FCP. Timeline was set up as XDCAM EX 50p. No grading no colour correction. Export to QT movie and encoded with Episode 5.1.2 to H264. 3500Kbps datastream. Due to the encoding process some of the green area's show artifacts that are not in the original edited version.
A possible stutter in playback is not in my encoded version but caused by streaming over the web.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• JVC
• JVC GY-HM700. HM 700
• Camera test
• poederbach
• afordable video

[eveliocinema]

i think you have published this video because you want to damage this camera

[poederbach]

@eveliocinema I think you do not understand what tests are for. If you had read and understand what I had written as a comentary with the clip you would not have said this. The 700 is basically a good camera but already a bit older. Test are sometimes about extremes, these are extreme contrast shots that the camera did not handle very well. Sorry it is what it is. I am just being honnest and I have no intension to "destroy" the camera. I have shot with the 110 ( HDV) it's predecessor for years.

[simon1234simon]

2 questions if you care to anwser: what do you use the camera most for and what lens and filters do you use?

[poederbach]

@simon1234simon I only tested this camera never owned one. If I would buy a camera today I would choose Canon XF 300 this camerta has a non 18 zoom Canon zoom lens of extreme quality. Or DSLR with a host of lens options. Personally I rent the camera that suits the job best. So it depends on the job you do.

[duncaninchina]

I'm very interested in this camera. The problems related to HD streaming seem to be being addressed now. I tend to upload HD footage in MPEG-2 format now at 720p, which YouTube seems to like. In fact YouTube suggest MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 files for uploads. Of course YouTube is always tweaking the player, so things will obviously improve in the future.

[poederbach]

Don't worry, this was the worst situation I could place the camera and the footage shot in. I shot three prodc=uctions they are all fine.

Maybe concider a DSLR when buying a camera and picture quality for relatively little money can be obtained.

[TheSilverFox91]

@eveliocinema no he used a bad setting

[eveliocinema]

sorry poederbach, i was wrong

[eveliocinema]

thats a horrible image, pixeñate, is it a bad camera?

[nelsonmilian00]

Thanks, beside the HPX-300 it to expensive, I mean the P2 card the price is ridiculos. I use Final Cut and that thing that record in mov. is great. Thatks again.

[thisisminiman]

Go with the 700. It comes with CCD chips instead of the MOS guys. The new chips still have some bugs (in my opinion). However, the HPX-300 seems like a solid ENG cam; but I've done most of my research on the 700 so take this as a quick opinion and not a definitive answer.

[nelsonmilian00]

Can someone help me? Where I can get a RAW video from this JVC-HM700 camcorder on Low Light Situation? I will purchase a HD camcorder and the fight is between HPX-300 & HMC700.