Low light - grainy footage question

1. newmovies
   Member

   

   I shot a skit a couple of weeks ago using my Canon XL2. I only got the camcorder a couple of days before the shoot. The outdoors footage was great, the lit indoors footage was very good. One scene was in a dimly lit room with only one lamp going. The footage was very grainy and had a redish tint to it. I'm a newbie to video, any ideas?

   Posted 3 years ago #

2. Don
   Member

   

    you found your cameras limits for low light! 

   see my post in the other newbie thread....

   Posted 3 years ago #

3. cdanddvdpublisher
   Member

   

    you found your cameras limits for low light!  see my post in the other newbie thread....

    not, of course, that that's going to necessarily make you feel any better ;)

   Posted 3 years ago #

4. Don
   Member

   

    easy to fix though. for next time....

   http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/newbie-2?replies=13

   Posted 3 years ago #

5. Rob Grauert
   Post Production Host

   

    if your camera was set to auto, it most likely boosted the gain. Boosting the gain too much creates grain and looks like crap. 

   to maintain control of everything, shoot with your camera set up so you can adjust settings manually. 

   If you don't have enough light, then there's no way around boosting the gain or slowing down the shutter speed. both look like crap.  

   Rob Grauert, Jr
   http://www.robgrauert.com
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   Posted 3 years ago #

6. newmovies
   Member

   

   Thanks for the tips. I'm beginning to toy with the manual settings a little so I can be more comfortable with using the camera.

   Posted 3 years ago #

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