Samsung HMX-H200 Video test

A Great Camcorder with many great features
-Great video quality in all modes, 60 frames per second really helps here.
-Stills from video look great for prints up to 6x9 (1080i) or 4x6 (720P).
--- If you've ever tried to capture lightning in pictures, this is a time saver)
-Great battery life, around 2.5 hours. Compare that with Canon, Sony or Panasonic.
-Great for close up work and "low light" videography
-decent optical stabilization along with 20x optical zoom

Download Format Factory! Most editing programs have trouble with the AVCHD format and this "FREE" program converts your camera video to your format of choice. You can choose file size and frame rate. This will make your life so much easier. "This may be Windows only". Google it!

cons: In 720P mode a new file is created every 20.5 minutes which results in a small but noticable gap in your recording. If you plan on using this to made DVD's or web video, 420P (720x480) will do nicely and last over an hour before a new file is created. Probably more often in 1080i but most of my shooting is in 720P.

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• Samsung HMX H200 Video Test

[robcharob]

Samsung hmx-h 203:Why my video rendering is super with 720P,and not so good with 1080i....(color lack of contrast, little blurry etc... Thanks.

robcha

[lturner345]

@robcharob Here's a few things to check out. Make sure you have a Class 10 card, faster cards results in better response times which directly relates to better video. Set your video quality to (SF) Super fine to get the highest quality video. Makes sure your lens is clean, a little dust, fingerprints or any foreign material will have a big effect on video quality. Still bad? Although my camera has no problems at 1080i, you may be at the resolution limit of your particular camera.

[lturner345]

@lturner345 Advice I gave earlier to someone else ! Use a Class 6/10 card, I've used a Class 4 when there's not much action but you need a fast card for panning. Set your video quality to (SF) Superfine-very important. The higher the quality setting, the better. Try turning off the OIS "Optical Image Stabilization and see if that makes a difference. Keep the light source behind you when possible. Hope this helps.

[lturner345]

@lturner345 Whether you use progressive scan or interweave, it shouldn't make alot of difference in your video quality . For the purist, Progressive scan should result in a better image but in a consumer grade, single CCD unit, that is probably not going to be much of an issue. Unless you have alot of fat action, 24/25 fps should give you great results, in fact cinematic filming is usually finalized at 24fps for the big screen. Hope this information helps.

[lturner345]

@PixelTheBig Glad I could help!

[PixelTheBig]

@lturner345 Thank you, the quality looks MUCH better.

[lturner345]

@lturner345 It will also help eliminate reflections from other surfaces that might trick the camera. Remember, your best friend in filming is lighting, The ability to direct it and manipulate it is paramount to good video. Hope this helps!

[lturner345]

@PixelTheBig I set my camera for 720P with the resolution set for SF (Super fine). This information might help you: 1) I noticed your room lighting isn't that good. A rule of thumb is to keep the light over your shoulder (behind the camera) and have a diffused light source over our subject. This camera has great lowlight capabilities for it's price but no camera likes bad lighting. 2) You can draw more attention to your subject by using a dark drop cloth in the background as well.

[lturner345]

@ferencowa The default frame rate for this camera is 60 fps (no 24/25/29.97/30 option available). . Your output choice has to do with your requirements. For example. the default DVD standard and Standard Definition TV is 480P/ 29.97 (30) fps,(720x480).

Movie Theaters like 24P. For online streaming 720P (20-30fps ,1280x720) is the standard due to Bandwidth restraints. 1080i/p limits many viewers due to broadband limits & for disk distribute you commonly need blueray.

[ferencowa]

@lturner345 why shoot at 720 60p if you later convert it to 25? doesn't the "i" mean it only shoots 30fps and just duplicate each frame so you get 60? wouldnt it be better to get full hd and 5 more frames per second?