panasonic HMC40 cinetones test

Haven't really found a proper test clip of this camera using it's color settings. This one gives a very warm and punchy look without oversaturation. I fear, however, that this look only looked good at that particular location due to the color of the dirt, I haven't tested this normally for 'movie making' colors since I focused on biking cinematography, which contains lots of dirt.

Overall I give the cam a 7/10, I'll post a proper review on B&H's website, at the moment the reveiws on there aren't very insitefull.

Mini test clip shot at Wakefield VA. All color was done in-camera, no post production color correction involved, that's how I roll.

1280x720 60p, 120 shutter speed, AVCHD (.mts files) converted to DNxHD for native res editing, then exported (first slowing down the footage by exactly 40%, math: 60 x .4 = 24) 720 24p wmvHD for youtube upload wmvHD 6000mbps 192kbps audio. I purchased TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress for the .mts to DNxHD format conversion.

Camera color settings:

Detail Level: 0
V Detail Level: 0
Detail Coring: 0
Chroma Level: +2
Chroma Phase: -4
Color Temp: -2
Master Ped: -3
Auto Iris Level: -3
DRS: 2
Gamma: Cine-Like Vivid
Knee: N/A
Matrix: Cine-Like
Skin Tone DTL: off

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• HMC40
• panasonic
• AVCHD
• AVCCAM
• .mts
• cinetone
• mountain
• biking
• bike
• wakefield
• virginia
• stuart
• haight
• AG-HMC40
• HMC

[Rainbowlaces12]

when i uploaded on my new panasonic the quality wasnt very good, how do i sort this out

[StuartHaight]

@Rainbowlaces12

read description

"wmv 720 24p 6000mbps 192kbps audio"

or

"export to youtube" from whatever program you use like imovie or FCP (I use Avid...)

or

"h264 - 5000kbps - 192kbps audio - keyframe every 400 frames"

[MrMx825]

@StuartHaight how do you do that? haha

[StuartHaight]

@MrMx825

Your videos are uploaded correctly. You should not worry.

[MrMx825]

hey im a rookie and this may sound retarded but why is your video take up the whole video space and some dont? thanks man

[StuartHaight]

@MrMx825

Because I took the time to do some tests before hand and made sure that whatever format I export out of my video editor it will display correctly on youtube's supported formats of both HD and SD resolutions.

[bBoyHeretic]

quality isnt that good. lol

[Rainbowlaces12]

@StuartHaight yeah i did export it. but the quality is still bad

[cmedip]

This footage looks really impressive. I dont know why everybody complains about the low light. Are you impressed with this camera? I have the chance to buy it for $1300 should I jump on it? Thanks

[stevenforeman1]

Sweet bike.

[trannysk8ter]

what are your main export/render settings?

[MrMx825]

ok thanks i appreciate it