On Mon, 26 May 2003 08:16:03 GMT, Chris O'Donnell <no.spam@for.me.org> wrote:

>I recently bought a Canon XM2 (PAL version of GL2) camcorder.

>I'm quite dissappointed about the image quality.

>Red colors become striped and bleeds very badly.

>Some frame captures showing the problem can be found here:

>

>http://www.jannensaluuna.com/xm2/

>

>Anybody else noticed this? It this a common problem

>with all Canon cams?

"D25" digital video does have some image limitations

and problems, and some cameras add to these with some

problems of their own... (see

www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/vid_pict_characts.htm). In the

examples you show, I would expect the opposite-color

blending (see the color-bars sample at the URL above,

though NTSC and PAL DV handle color differently) since

the chroma resolution is lower than the luminance

resolution in D25 for both) - and most consumer cameras

"bloom" some with red (which reduces red detail and

causes red to "spill") and in extreme cases, red will

show "banding" and more noise than other colors

(reducing color level and overall exposure helps),

though the banding you show is unexpected, and I don't

know its cause...