Anyone using and HV40?

got one

u said u want pros and cons. compared to what, the hv30 or other cams

eh idk, other cams, like what dont you like it about it? and whats great

pros
- awesome quality. rich colors, big res, overall sick looking shots if u know what ur doing
- small. not much bigger than most consumer cams so its easy to take with you, throw in jacket pocket, stuff.
-decent controls. you have program mode, shutter priority, app priority, cine mode and presets to chose from. style options lets you change contrast, sharpness, saturation, and brightness, but just a bump in either direction. exposure control, custom white ballence...
-60i, 30p, 24p. cause your getting the 40, you get 24p that isnt a bitch to edit, but i rarely use it. i use 60i if its goin on a dvd and 30p if its goin on the interwebs
-cheap
-tapes are cheap
-big community of hv users at hv20.com

cons
lack of full manual control. not being able to control shutter and aperature at the same time isnt a big deal, just change the exposure. what sucks is not being able to turn off gain. theres a way around it, but its kinda annoying
-no lanc. that means you cant plug a remote in
-tapes are annoying to capture
-no handle, u have to build one
-no focus ring, you need to buy a mfr www.irvdesign.com/product/mfr/

thanks so much. thats a huge help. couple questions though. what is gain? is not having a remote a big deal? do i need a focus ring? i know it will help but it manual focusses right? thanks again dude

np

gain is when a picture is too dark, so the camera amplifies the image to make it brighter. although the image is brighter, the quality goes to shit. this could be a good thing if you just want to be able to see, but i would rather know that my shot is too dark and add lighting than have it look ok on the screen but find out later how much gain there is. theres a method to lock gain off though

its not that the camera doesnt have a remote, it cant work with a wired remote. some fancier tripods have remotes built in to the handle to make things easier, but those wont work with the hvs. the camera includes an ir remote which works fine. you probably wont need a wired remote anyways

your probs gonna want a manual focus ring at some point. the hvs have a tiny little dial on the side for focusing and it sucks alot. the link above is this guy that made a ring you attach to your cam that fixes this with gears and stuff. you can leave it on auto focus most of the time anyways

yo thanks so much man, you've been a big help.