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These shots were put together to test whether "Night Scene Mode" should be used on your consumer camera. Based on the results, I say neigh. However, my camera (HDC-SD1) has good size chips and does a real nice job on low light scenes automagically. Watch for the *ON/*OFF indications in the video for a visual cue.

I had to add the little bit at the end because the plane fly by was perfectly timed with the ad reveal on the billboard - I just thought that was cool. Stay classy, San Diego.
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  • ugh where do you live? heaven?

    good grief
    so beautiful.
  • Eric Anderson 8 months ago
    Yeah, a little slice of heaven...
  • Eric Anderson 8 months ago
    I got all these shots in one night within one city block...
  • shoot i should come visit you.
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  • wob ler 8 months ago
    im really struggling with how to light a moving car at night, as the person providing the FX1 has decided not to provide it, and all my tests with the HV20 have produced results that have frankly worried me! i'll definately check out the night mode though - i had just been using the manual settings (to avoid auto gain/grain) i'll post the decidely less visually appealling video if i make it out!
  • Eric Anderson 8 months ago
    Night mode seems to almost create some kind of slo-mo effect... it should work fine if the car isn't moving. Any motion seems to lag and smear.
  • wob ler 8 months ago
    hrm, night mode on the HV20 is a nogo, it just opens the shutter for ages, which i guess is all it can do, the car is indeed moving... :s
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  • [ PIXEL VIKING ] 8 months ago
    Must be a very noisy place :) Night mode is more if you go for an artistic scene, I guess. I think night mode would look good for close-ups / tighter shots - but you would have to 'kill' the background noise and add some music instead.
  • Eric Anderson 8 months ago
    Yes, quite noisy in this particular area. But it's cool at the same time - with all the stuff going on...
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  • Remyyy 8 months ago
    great shots
  • Eric Anderson 8 months ago
    Thanks Remyyy
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  • Mr Truffle 8 months ago
    i think the night mode works if you want that dream like appearance. It's just slowing the shutter speed and pumping up the gain right.
  • Eric Anderson 8 months ago
    Yeah, it definitely does pump up the gain - It looks amazing while filming, but, movement is where it tends to falter.
  • Alex Itin 8 months ago
    I really like some of the streaking effects when it is on.
    I guess it depends what you are after.
  • Eric Anderson 8 months ago
    Yeah, it kinda grows on you... it could be good if used the right way.
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  • Javed Ahmed 7 months ago
    While on night mode, can you manually increase the shutter-speed, then increase exposure to compensate for loss of light? It may help, I may be wrong.
  • Eric Anderson 7 months ago
    My camera (Panasonic HDC-SD1) does have manual settings - but they are separate from the "mode settings" - so it's one or the other. The HV20 may be different.
  • Javed Ahmed 7 months ago
    Ah, I see. No it's the same issue with the HV20, and all consumer-grade cameras for that matter. It sucks really, and pro-sumer cams are a little beyond my student budget at the moment.
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  • AVCHD User 3 months ago
    I liked the trolley in night mode, looks almost like a scene from Risky Business, just add a dash of Tangerine Dream.
  • Eric Anderson 3 months ago
    Hey, you're right! Cool. Love that...
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  • ZuDfunck 3 months ago
    I trust my Auto settings
    I have enough to worry about just framing and panning
    Like your stuff Eric...
  • Eric Anderson 3 months ago
    I know what you mean... Auto is awesome. Thanks ZuDfunck!
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