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I know there's no way around the Jello effect… but is there… something? Please share your "tips & tricks" regarding shooting video on DSLRNAC (DSLR not a camcorder).
Posted 8 months ago
I shot video of a band we had playing for one of my university parties. I recorded each song separately which amounted to about 20 videos. i panned a lot from the band to the dancing crowd and zoomed in and out quite often as well. The lighting conditions were horrible so all the videos have a red tinge to them and the sound quality of the recorded videos is horrible. (Maybe I had the sound settings to high). Anyway, I never experienced the Jello effect on any of the videos and considering the poor lighting conditions and the fact that the crowd was dancing fairly fast, the videos turned out fine. Just remember to pan slowly.
Posted 8 months ago
The Jello effect only really shows up when you do fast motions back and forth. Otherwise, there is a bit of splitting during faster pans. Slower panning seems to eliminate it though.
Another thing is to try to get good lighting when making videos. I find the noise can be excessive and eliminate any of the HD quality of the movie. Otherwise, it becomes a generic point and shoot video.
My hand is not steady enough to get zooming down without a bit of shake. It takes practice.
Another thing I do is take clips as opposed to long videos. I then piece them together with a video editor and they end up looking very cinematic. Something like a concert is a little more difficult, unless you brought your own audio recorder to capture an audio track which you can then sync with the video. The clips help with auto-focusing in case you have yet to get used to manual focus which takes practice to get fast at.
Another thing is to try to get good lighting when making videos. I find the noise can be excessive and eliminate any of the HD quality of the movie. Otherwise, it becomes a generic point and shoot video.
My hand is not steady enough to get zooming down without a bit of shake. It takes practice.
Another thing I do is take clips as opposed to long videos. I then piece them together with a video editor and they end up looking very cinematic. Something like a concert is a little more difficult, unless you brought your own audio recorder to capture an audio track which you can then sync with the video. The clips help with auto-focusing in case you have yet to get used to manual focus which takes practice to get fast at.
Posted 8 months ago
I asked at the NIkon store where I got my D90 a while back and they basically admitted that the video-function sucks. I made som decent clips but I will never replace a standard video-recorder.
Posted 8 months ago
I disagree with their appraisal. True, it's not the best video HD can deliver, but you can get good things from the camera.
Check out my vimeo examples here: http://www.vimeo.com/6467889 and http://www.vimeo.com/6565996
Check out my vimeo examples here: http://www.vimeo.com/6467889 and http://www.vimeo.com/6565996
Posted 6 months ago
This is called rolling shutter effect. All cameras with CMOS sensors have this problem.
Posted 8 months ago
Not all CMOS cameras have the rolling shutter, but many do. What avoids its artifacts most readily are shots made with long shutter speeds. Outdoor shots in bright light are the worst, because the camera lifts shutter speed way up, and now the rolling shutter acts like a slow, narrow slit vertical focal plane shutter. The top lines of the image are shot about 1/30th of a second before the bottom lines, so any movement of the camera up or down will squeeze or stretch the geometry of the image, hence the jello effect.
Posted 6 months ago
It seems like my d90 video looks too soft. I don't know what it is. Perhaps compression... It just looks blocky. Anyone else had a similar experience? Am I doing something wrong?
Posted 7 months ago
The setting for Picture Control > Standard isn't optimum for D90 D-Movie mode. Try this: Sharpening > 7 (out of 9), Contrast > -3, everything else 0, 0, 0. Files will be a little larger than before with identical subject matter, and you will have less contrast in shadows, but the pictures will be crisper. I wrote an eBook about this camera. There's a lot more inside it than most people think.
Posted 6 months ago
iNova, I just tried your settings – beautiful results! I think perhaps I'll play around some more…
Posted 6 months ago
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If you can force longer shutter speeds, that helps, too. In bright light that will take ND filtering and forcing the aperture to f/8. To do that, set the exposure mode to Manual, dial in f/8. Cycle the camera off, then back on to lock in the f/8 aperture and add ND until fast pans show definite motion blur. In movies, motion blur is a Good Thing. Sharp frames are disruptive, visually and show off the EOJ effect too readily.
There's a whole lot more to this camera than most people think. I wrote an eBook about it, and there are loads of movie tips in that.
Posted 6 months ago