On 28 Nov 2001 04:43:34 -0800, drknipple@yahoo.com (dr k) wrote:
>"John Peterson"
news:
>> Ah...thanks for the post and validation on the hinge!
>>
>> I'm a little concerned with the faint light vertical lines in bright light
>> and high contrast images. They're very noticeable. Of the two times that
>> I've used the camera, both times have this syndrome. I'm wondering if maybe
>> the TRV900 might mitigate some of these issues for just a few dollars more?
>Experimented a little with my new trv30 and found the same vertical
>line problem.
> SUrely someone knows some sort of workaround for this problem. Isn't
>there some sort of filtration that would eliminate the vertical line
>problem. I can't believe a camera of this price, that appears
>competent in most other aspects would have what seems like a fairly
>serious shortcoming like this.
"Advances" are often just a different set of trade-offs,
with (sometimes) a bit of advantage added...;-) In the
case of the TRV30, my guess is that using a megapixel
CCD without a CCD design change would have resulted in
unacceptable low light performance (and older CCD designs
in single-chippers showed noticeable color failures,
especially in greens). Along comes a Sony "HAD" CCD, with
greater sensitivity, and better color - but it has a
"price": very bright areas in darker backgrounds "propagate"
in the CCD image vertically. So we have a one-chip camera
with the megapixel gain of increased resolution, excellent
color rendition (for a one-chipper), and acceptable low-
light performance for a one-chipper with a small CCD and
really tiny pixel-size... The price of this design is the
occasional problem with bright areas in the picture (plus
the usual 1-chipper sharp-picture "busy" look along scan
lines with motion). Understanding this, you make your
choice of camcorder depending on what image characteristics
are most important to you... As for the TRV30 and others
with the "HAD" chips, a good shade helps - but only when
the bright area is outside the picture area.