Canon HG20 Nightshots- Low Lighting | Part 1

Hey Folks,

This is an improvised test video of the HG20's ability to shoot at night in low lighting, and with limited light sources. We went out, and I just followed him while we got some Chinese food and went to check out this park.
Don't mind the poor freehand work, it's been awhile, gotten too used to that tripod of mine hah.
SETTINGS:

Toggled through using the 'Spotlight' setting and the regular Programmed AE setting.
Used spotlight in scenes where there was enough lighting to illuminate the shot such as scenes inside, and scenes downtown.

I use spotlight as much as possible. The Spotlight setting sets the gain to 0, so there is no forced light, which means, what you see is what you get.

This was shot at 1440x1080, 12mbps, decided not to go full HD On this just in case it turned out poorly.

EDITING:

I didn't do any sort of colour correcting in this video. I started to and then stopped half way through because I decided i should showcase it in it's raw form.

Exported as .wmv at 1280x1080 at 6mbps

I'll gladly answer any questions, you ask via comment/message or email: wickiam@live.co.uk

Music featured in this video :

Brian Olive - There is Love

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[stefigeneralu]

very usefull.

[Wickiam]

@stefigeneralu thanks, looking back at this video, i realize how bad the camera work was, but glad it helped nonetheless!

[Wickiam]

@sspphhiinnxx mini DV tapes are the primary method of recoridng on the HV series of canon cameras. They typically can only hold 30 minutes of tape. YOu can use memory cards on the 40 i think, but I'm not sure how good the transfer is.

The 7D is indeed very expensive, but like i was saying the t2i 550d is like a mini 7D, not as good, but it has quite a few of the same features and quality.

[sspphhiinnxx]

@Wickiam oh could u explain what u mean by DV tapes can become a hassle and you have to capture everything real time,becauase i really felt strange about dv tapes. but i think u could use the memory cards too right?

7D is very expensive :( no way for me to get it now..

[Wickiam]

@sspphhiinnxx I'm actually in the process of buying a 550d. I think for the price, it's the best bang for your buck. It's also like a mini 7D, which is a beaut of a camera.

[sspphhiinnxx]

@Wickiam yeah raelly your makin me think of it , i mean i already htough of canon 550D it has full HD which is amazing. plus i could use it for the PHOTOGRAPHY as well which is great.........hmmmmmmmm maybe il check that out. and yeah a tripod would solve it all. are u using any DSLR ?

[Wickiam]

@sspphhiinnxx Of course, but i was shooting very awfully at that time, like tripping over my own feet. Regardless, having a good image stabilizer is always a huge plus like you mentioned. That's good, the HV series is great, but keep in mind DV tapes can become a hassle and you have to capture everything real time.

If youre going to spend the money why not go the video DSLR route, liek with the canon t1i?

[sspphhiinnxx]

@Wickiam of course ur point is very RIGHT. but you know when your walking and wanting to shoot. at that time a specific tripod should be avaliable or maybe a skateboard and somebody push u so that u take a steady moving shoot. thats why a stabilizer helps to make shooting stable. anywayz thanks, im already intreasted more now in hv20 and hv30 or 40 i hope il get anyone soon :)

[Wickiam]

@sspphhiinnxx To be honest I'm not completely sure how the stabilizing is. I haven't used the camera in a while, and I was really shitty at shooting handheld at the time. I 've never used that cam from Sony, I feel that the stabilizing isn't somethign that should make or break a camera if the picture quality is excellent, you can always stabilize with a tripod right?

[Wickiam]

@TheInterwebzGuy I just take it right off the harddrive. Drag and drop into a folder. Vegas handles the file format fine.