Hello all, I hope you are all doing well and staying glitchy. I am posting this to see if anyone could help me with rescanning my glitch art on my crt, I get these really crisp looking visuals but when I rescan it comes out muddier then expected. I’m very inexperienced when it comes to cameras, I’m using a Cannon EOS 90D with a wide frame lens. I’ve just been using the factory settings, only thing I changed is the frame rate so there is no black lines when filming the CRTs. I’m going to link some of the videos I have been working on recently. The ultimate end goal is to get a more clear rescan, I’m open to investing in a new lens or possibly even a new camera cause I’m a little unhappy with some of the rescans I do. Any help would be much appreciated I’m open to any suggestions in terms of settings or new cameras to buy.
Here’s a link to the visuals I’ve been working on recently:
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hey, a couple of questions. a more zoomed-in lens such as 50mm (this would be a slightly telephoto lens for your cropped sensor) could help, but i’m wondering if other issues could be improved so you get a better result regardless of the lens. the main improvement a lens change could provide is letting more light in (if it has a larger aperture) and decreasing the optical distortion (fisheye effect)
- what is the focal length (mm) of your current lens?
- what resolution are you shooting at (1080p, 4k, etc)?
- what format are the files coming out of your camera? are they already compressed such as .mp4?
some other tips are:
- use manual focus, focus perfectly on the center of the screen and then VERY slightly de-focus the camera. this can help decrease moiré pattern issue
- some slight post processing can help achieve richer darks and more vibrant colors
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The focal point is 10-18mm, I’m shooting at 4k 29.97, and the files are mp4 files. Is there any recommendations of how to process the videos post filming them? I have another lens imma try today I believe it’s a 50mm. Thank you for your help imma try the manual focus today and see if that helps.
since it’s saving the videos as mp4 files, it might be worth looking into whether any of the muddiness might be caused by the compression/bitrate of the files. this would be a limitation of your specific camera so you would need to look at the specs. cameras that are made for video specifically tend to be able to shoot in less compressed formats.
for processing, software wise da vinci resolve is good for a free option, and my minimum processing is usually increasing contrast a little (i like to use curves but i do a similar thing to a basic contrast filter), adjust white balance, maybe a little bit of light color grading (such as tinting my darks cyan), and adjusting saturation as needed.
I have a buddy who is gonna go over my camera setting with me while I record, is there any cameras you recommend for filming video? My budget would be around 1000.
hmm, well my own camcorder that i use (an old sony one) works ok for me but for that price you could get something better. for example the panasonic gh5 can shoot in 10 bit 4:2:2 v-log, which compared to yours (4:2:0 8-bit compressed). so just way more data is getting saved about the pixels, which makes a big difference for high detail work like yours. if you could score a used blackmagic pocket 4k those can shoot in b-raw which i guess is even better? but not sure if that one is within you budget. also some of the sony alphas are good for video but not sure which ones (i have a really old one that i use only for stills that i really like, you’d need a newer one to do good video with it).
all that being said, if you can make sure you’re saving at the highest quality possible with your current camera, and dial in your setup, you should be able to get decent results. the camera you have is already probably better than a lot of consumer grade stuff.
also if you shoot in v-log or raw you basically have to color grade it or else it looks very grayed out. this is by design since it’s a format that’s made to give you the most flexibility when editing.
I really appreciate your help! This has given me a lot of perspective and taught me a lot about what my needs are for filming, I’m going to made a separate post asking others on the forum what kinda of cams there using for rescans and any recommendations they have. I have a good buddy who is into photography who is also gonna help me possibly get the best out of this camera until I decide what I want to upgrade and buy.
