What's with all the Noise?

[mrpink89]

Hi so I have been having trouble with noise on my Canon Vixa Hf G10. I plugged it into my HDTV to see how it would look and my filming was noisy. I have it set to 24P and recording in MXP the lights in the room where tungstan and I messed with the Aperture and gain as much as I could and it still turned out pretty noisy.

Could this be due to the fact that I was sitting close to the T.V.? I mean, the footage was noisy when I sat close but when I sat on my couch I couldn't notice a thing and the picture looked good.

If that is the case, since my project is going on the internet how will the noise look to people? I mean if I could notice it sitting close to my T.V. imagine what people will see when watching it on their computers. Or do computers pick up noise differently then HDTV's?


How can I fix this noise problem? better lighting? can I fix in it Post? ( I am using adobe)

here are some clips of someone with test footage of the camera I have

http://youtu.be/iyJBoLnuloE

http://youtu.be/a589n69qzZI

 

[chilipie]

More light means less gain and therefore less noise. That's by far the simplest way to have cleaner footage.

Remember to open the aperture up before turning the gain. You may find you can get away with not adding any gain at all if the lens is wide open.

With regards to your TV - if it looks fine from a normal viewing distance, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[mrpink89]

But how will noise look on the computer, people are close to their screens, not like a T.V. where they are a few feet away. I am wondering if it would look different or less noticeable. But if it is a real problem I could fix it when editing right?

 

[harmonica44]

Noise technically can be removed by the movie still looks bad, cause it goes blurry as a result. Just for next time, shooting without the gain turned up so high, and open the aperture more, or use more light.

 

[mus]

Noise technically can be removed by the movie still looks bad, cause it goes blurry as a result.

Not if you're using Denoiser II... that thing is a Messiah, I swear to God... it actually makes it LESS blurry, sharpening, and removing noise simultaneously.

Of course, if you have the worst noise imaginable, then yes, there's no correcting it properly

 

[chilipie]

But how will noise look on the computer, people are close to their screens, not like a T.V. where they are a few feet away. I am wondering if it would look different or less noticeable. But if it is a real problem I could fix it when editing right?

People do sit closer to computer screens, sure, but computer screens also tend to be a lot smaller than televisions. It's the viewing angle that's important, not the screen size.

For a 36° viewing angle, you'd need to sit 2'8" away from a 24" screen or 4'2" from a 38" screen (which was the average size of TVs sold in North America in 2011*).