craigdblom
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May 24, 2006, 2:35 PM
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Re: [videobear] Video Problems - Ghostly outline and lack of clarity
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Thank you Bob A and Videobear, for your input. Something VideoBear said sparked my mind. He thought that part of the problem might be the playback device, and while I don't have access to the camera right now, I do have access to the DVDs I burned when using it. So I did some investigating. Here is what I found.
I taped three dance concerts with the same camera on three different years. The first year, I was required by the auditorium manager to be at the very back of the auditorium. I found that on the DVD, both problems were worse when I had to be further away. When I zoomed in closer to the dancers, both problems weren't as bad.
The second year, I was able to move closer, about 1/3 of the way up the room (closer to the stage). I found that both problems lessened once again.
Now, here is something interesting. The color red and skin color bled into the extra outline more than other colors, and black (for the most part) did not produce the problem with the ghostly outline. There also seemed to be more trouble with the second, ghostly outline of the dancers when there was more contrast between the colors the dancers were wearing (or their skin color) and the background color.
One more interesting thing (sparked by Videobear's question). The two examples of concert videos I used above were taped straight onto a dvd recorder from the camera (bypassing the digital tape) When I looked at another DVD I made where I recorded from a digital (mini) video tape to the DVD recorder, the problem of the second outline was much worse, even though the camera had been closer to the stage than the first two examples.
I hope that wasn't as clear as mud. Let me know if I can clarify anything.
These videos all have a lack of clarity or lack of crispness in the video images. I'd like to come out with a sharper video image when I must have the full stage in view. When I zoom in on subjects, the video images sharpen up. When I must pull back to have the full stage in view, I lose that sharpness.
I had been very seriously thinking about a 3 chip digital camcorder. Might that help to fix both the extra outline and the loss of sharpness from further back in the auditorium? I do want to address both issues when purchasing my new camcorder.
Thanks again for your help.
(This post was edited by craigdblom on May 24, 2006, 2:37 PM)
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Video Problems - Ghostly outline and lack of clarity
