HD versus DV

[uno]

I have had a HDV-camera since 2007. Earlier I used a DV-camera.
HD of course gives better picture. But if you move the HD-camera or if the filmed object is moving the picture is not as clear as DV. Of course the picture stabilizer is on.
I have tried to make still-pictures out of a HDV-film. It is possible to make good pictures with 2 MP. However often the still-picture is not very good due to moving object or moving camera. Have also seen this on TV where they probably used a HD-camera.
Due to the above problem with HD i believe an old DV-camera gave better quality many times.


Now I can see that Panasonic has made a new videocamera sd-hdc700. This model has 1080/50p-recording. Does this mean that the picture will be more sharp even when the object is moving? At least Panasonic's advert about this camera points in that direction.

[aedipuss]

what you are describing is a problem with the type of camera sensor, not HDV in general. it happens to any video camera using cmos sensors. it's calling rolling shutter. the panasonic hdc-700 uses cmos so it most likely will have the same problem. look for a 3 ccd cam if you want to avoid the problem.

[uno]

I had for many years a DV-camera (Sony TRV30) and that is not 3ccd. There was not at all the same problem as with Panasonic HDR-HC5 which I use now. I thought it was the high compression in HD that made the unsharp pictures.

[2Bdecided]

There's rolling shutter with CMOS sensors, and MPEG artefacts with HDV.

But it sounds to me like you're just seeing interlacing - your PC's DV playback software deinterlaced on the fly, while your HD playback software doesn't (or doesn't have it enabled).

Sort that out, and your HDV footage will look great.

Because generally, HDV is spectacularly better than DV!

Stills correctly captured from HD are 3 or 4 times the resolution of DV, and that's how much better they look.

Cheers,
David.