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JVC GY-DV500 Exposure Tests

NOTES:

 

Each test performed with all other DV500 settings at default

 

 

Analog capture to DPS Perception VR via S-VHS after color-bar calibration

 

 

Measured in Photoshop (0 IRE = 0% / 7.5 IRE = 11% / White = 100%)

 

 

Kodak Chip chart provided a 4-stop latitude

 

 

Illumination - Mole 407, 1K, 320 F.C.

 

 

Spot meter - 800ASA & 60/sec  = 11.0 F-stop

 

 

DV500 F-stop - 8+2/3

 

 

White balance to Kodak White chip

 

 

The first graph of each measurement is a linear reading of pixel luminance

 

 

The second graph is the first converted to a log2 and normalized to 0-10

 

 

No attempt was made to smooth the data.

 


 

Kodak 20-step & DV500 Master Black

MB

 

A

1

2

3

4

5

6

M

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

B

17

18

19

+100

 

100

96

86

78

71

64

56

52

47

43

40

38

35

33

31

30

28

27

27

26

+40

 

100

93

84

76

68

60

53

48

43

39

36

33

29

28

26

23

22

20

20

19

+20

 

100

93

84

76

67

59

52

46

41

37

34

31

27

26

23

21

19

16

16

15

+10

 

100

93

83

75

66

58

52

45

40

36

33

29

26

24

22

19

17

15

14

13

0

 

100

92

83

74

65

58

51

44

40

36

32

29

25

23

20

17

16

13

12

11

-20

 

100

92

82

74

65

58

50

43

38

33

30

27

23

21

16

14

11

9

8

7

-30

 

100

92

82

73

65

56

49

43

38

33

30

26

22

19

15

12

9

6

5

4

-40

 

100

92

82

73

64

56

48

42

37

32

29

25

20

17

14

11

6

3

2

1

-60

 

100

90

80

71

62

55

46

41

35

30

26

22

17

14

9

4

1

1

1

1

-100

 

100

88

79

69

60

53

43

36

31

26

21

15

9

4

1

1

1

1

1

1

 

 


Kodak 20-step & DV500 Gamma 

gamma

 

A

1

2

3

4

5

6

M

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

B

17

18

19

max

 

100

95

87

80

72

65

59

53

48

44

40

37

34

32

27

25

22

20

18

17

norm

 

100

92

83

74

65

58

51

44

40