On Thu, 15 May 2003 15:09:39 -0700, scotti <nomail@c.c> wrote:

>It seems that maybe some people who read the posts of this group maybe

>have some experience with this camera and could really help me. I

>tried, but could not download the instruction manual (which might

>answer some of these questions).

>I needed to know if the camera really gives an equivalent picture to

>the Japanese nv-mx2000, as I have investigated frame grabs from that

>camera. Is this in some way equivalent to the pv-dv951? Would the

>sharpness be the same as that found on the nv-mx2000? How would you

>say the picture differ to the frame grabs at the japanese comparison

>site of the nv-mx2000 at http://www4.big.or.jp/~a_haru/

>

>I have looked at many frame grabs at the japanese comparison site and

>the tiawan review site from the nv-mx5000 and the nv-mx2000 camera and

>have investigated the nv-mx5000 video options. I guess the question I

>was wondering, would you think it is possible to adjust the sharpness

>of that nv-mx5000 camera (it seems to have a sharpness control) to

>match the nv-mx2000 camera (AG-EZ50)?

>

>What I really wanted to know about this AG-EZ50 camera is:

>Most of all I wanted to know if it has picture sharpness control?

>Does it have color adjustments?

>What are the picture gain increments and how high does it go up to?

>Does it have zebra stripes?

>Does it have audio gain control?

>Does it have color bars?

>Does it have and what is the actual nature of its 16:9?

>Does it have a frame mode ?

>

>I wonder if you know how much light would be needed in your opinion to

>get a good picture of a black dog inside with this camera. How many

>lux bouncing off the black fur would make for a nice picture with this

>ez50 camera. Or alternatively, how much ambient lux. Or even better,

>with a manual camera set at say 400ASA/ISO, metering off a 18% grey

>card, with f 1.8 50mm lens on a 35mm camera what shutter speed on that

>camera (to judge the light needed for the video camera) would you

>need to get the camcorder looking good on the black fur? So I am sort

>of asking what would be a good minimum lighting needed to register the

>black fur and make it look good.

>Also I am sort of asking what would be the minimum lighting needed to

>get a so so picture.

>

>Maybe you could tell me if say so many x watt lights from x distance

>were pointed at the fur, this camera would give a good picture. I do

>not want to point too strong a lights as the dog does not like that.

RC has used the EZ50U (and can give specific info on it),

but I have not. From the Haru site, it appears to have

a picture not very much to my liking (and a severely

restricted low-light range) compared with many other

3-CCD cameras. It is relatively VERY cheap, small, and

light, though, making it possibly still attractive

compared with some 1-CCD models. I liked the earlier,

different, EZ30U/950 (comparatively-reviewed along

with several other models, at

www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder-comparison.htm),

but sold it in favor of a Sony 1-CCD model (!) due

to some problems with the image and with the auto

controls (these may have been fixed in the newer

models). The already poor low-light range of the

EZ30U was further reduced in later small Panasonic

3-CCD models, unfortunately... As for "sharpening",

you can do this while editing - but boosting this

while shooting often increases the obviousness of

motion-artifacting, which is already quite noticeable,

and it will not increase basic resolution. If price

is not an issue, I would look elsewhere for what you

apparently want (Sony VX2000/PD150, Panasonic

DVX100, Canon GL2, JVC DV-GY300 - or a used

Sony TRV900 or even VX1000).