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Scene file settings for night time shooting.

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Chubz.
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Hey folks I bought a hmc150 not too long ago and am super happy with what i'm able to get out of this camera, its everything I loved about the HVX with the peace of mind and ease of using SD cards instead of P2 cards.

The only thing I'm struggling with is setting up a scene file for night time shooting.
I have a skate scene file set up with a rich, warm feel to it that I'm getting amazing colors out of currently, as well as a great B-roll scene file set up as well.

I've searched far and wide across the web looking for a good night time scene file set up and I am having a lot of trouble finding one. I found a few skate forums with scene file settings but none of them are really set up for night. I know this camera is capable of decent low light considering how old it is but I was hoping somebody familiar with Panasonic camcorders and scene file settings would be able to help me, and people in the future out.

Thanks a bunch!
Jul 22 2019 7:07PM
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eheath
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You might have a hard time finding anything because TBH 3mos cameras have terrible low light abilities, dslr/mirrorless cameras changed the standard for low-light and the hmc150 will probably just let you down.

I would suggest a scene that is flater, something you can boost the whites maybe cut out some noise in the blacks. Keep saturation at neural, less info you try to add to the image the better it will look in low light.
Jul 22 2019 7:44PM
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