Topic: Government channel
started by: Liberal
Posted by Liberal on Mar. 02 2006,10:10 am
Has anyone else noticed that the government channel 16 is really red? I guess I don't know if it's my cable connection or the cities equipment, but if it's the cities equipment then maybe they should spring for a digital camcorder. Or at least learn how to adjust the camera they have.
Posted by Botto 82 on Mar. 02 2006,12:44 pm
Camera's not white-balanced.
Posted by The Coach on Mar. 02 2006,12:47 pm
I noticed that last night with the last council meeting. Not just you.
Posted by Botto 82 on Mar. 02 2006,1:03 pm
Looks like the timebase corrector between the playback device and the cable system could use a tweak, too. I guess nobody at Charter knows how to read a waveform monitor/vectorscope anymore.
Posted by hymiebravo on Mar. 02 2006,1:13 pm
| Quote (Botto 82 @ Mar. 02 2006,1:03pm) |
| Looks like the timebase corrector between the playback device and the cable system could use a tweak, too. I guess nobody at Charter knows how to read a waveform monitor/vectorscope anymore. |
Thank you Mr. Spock, I thought maybe they were just trying to save money on rouge.
Posted by The Game on Mar. 02 2006,2:53 pm
Or was it that someone told the mayor his fly was unzipped as he came into the meeting?
Posted by Liberal on Apr. 05 2006,8:35 pm
I was videotaping the meeting on Tuesday and I noticed a problem with glare coming from the commissioners heads that have thinning hair, and Mullenbach's hair was blending into the walls.I set the white balance on the camera before I started taping and during the meeting I had no problem switching between the preset white balance settings so I'm pretty sure it wasn't the camera causing the problem.
Anyone know what could be causing this?
Posted by Botto 82 on Apr. 05 2006,9:32 pm
Underlit subject / overlit background. Iris setting / gain too high?
Posted by Liberal on Apr. 05 2006,10:33 pm
I've been looking at the video and it looks like the lighting has somehow changed.Here's a 1mb clip of the cheesy intro for the meetings and you can see the difference in the two videos. The first part of the video is from 2 weeks ago and then it transitions into this weeks video and you can see the difference.
I haven't changed any settings on the camera in the last two weeks but I noticed there was a speck of dust on the wide angle lense. Could a speck of dust on the lens cause this?
< http://forum.albertlea.com/forum/intro.wmv >
Posted by Botto 82 on Apr. 05 2006,11:46 pm
Just eyeballing it, I can see that the video levels between the two clips differ by about 20 IRE. IRE is a measurement of video units, 7.5 being usable black, and 100 being full white. Maybe you can iris down - the higher f-stop will give you a wider depth of focus as well.
Posted by GEOKARJO on Apr. 06 2006,12:13 pm
They must be waxing their heads 
Posted by Liberal on Apr. 06 2006,12:32 pm
That's what the video looks like, and Mullenbach's white hair and beard blend right into the background.| Quote |
Maybe you can iris down - the higher f-stop will give you a wider depth of focus as well. |
I can't find any iris or f-stop setting in the camera's menu. Could it be called something else?