tinplater Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

Just trying a little video with my Sony RX10. Amazing image quality but very jerky, especially when panning, etc. Shooting at 60pi, seems to make no difference whether I use program movie on main dial, or shutter priority (setting low shutter speed, say 1/50th), aperture priority (generally 2.8), or manual exposure. Any suggestions/thoughts?
By the way, if I play at slower speeds..the video smooths out significantly, but of course is now in slower than normal motion. (I load the file onto Mac, then use VLC player to view)

Dick Z. Loc: Downers Grove IL

tinplater, when taking videos with any still camera, you should use a tripod if possible. the reason being because still cameras have no image stabilization, or vary little for video recording. A true video camera has very good image stabilization built in, especially the Sony models.

Your panning should be very slow for best results. I hope this helps. :) :)

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I have an RX100, not a RX10. I have a couple other video capable cameras.

Telephoto, panning and image stabilization can work against you. Telephoto magnifies your movements, try getting closer and shooting wide angle. Image stabilization tries to stop camera motion when your are inducing it with panning. Some cameras have a separate stabilization choice for when panning is important. Either turn off stabilization or pan very slowly.

Do not expect great hand held results panning a running target at full telephoto.

tinplater Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

Thanks, will try without stabalization, however what confuses me, when I replay at slower speed (.66x or .50) the image is very smooth. I had assumed that perhaps my computer can't process quickly enough and a buffer gets full?

tinplater Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

Just tried a clip with image stabalization off and WORSE in all respects...slow pan and slow zoom with awful jerkiness!

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

The computer, its memory and the speed of the drive are also variables. So is the player. VLC normally does very well. There is another free one called "Splash Lite" that can work when VLC does not. ( http://mirillis.com/en/products/splash.html}

In your first post, you said you shoot at "60pi". There is "i" for interlaced and "p" for progressive. There is not a "progressive interlaced". One may play better than the other. Check you camera settings. 1920x1080 60p may be the best quality setting but also the hardest to play.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

A slower and/or older computer can choke up with High Definition video (eg. 1920x1080). Also at 60fps you are taxing the computer more than if you shot at 24fps or 30fps (you are streaming twice or more the number of frames in the same amount of time). I shoot 1920x1080 at 24fps and my computer can handle the video playback perfectly if no other programs or windows are running, even though it is a bottom of the line PC running win 8 64 bit. But if I go on youtube and try to play high def videos, my playback is very jerky. At 4k I can't watch more than a second of video without several seconds of delay. Anything above 480P will delay and get jerky on youtube due to my low spec PC. When I had a top of the line PC, I could play high def youtube videos without a problem. The difference between a $1200 new PC and a $250 new PC is significant.
Bob

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

You might want to look at the card recording speed. I was told that is a card records too slow you will get glipping. A faster card will be able to keep up with action and not miss anything.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

I've had the same issue, that is the jerky video when objects move side to side in my frame. Part of that is the speed of your computer, it's not able to handle the very high rate of data that is passing through it.

Could also be your "rolling shutter". You can look up the explanation of that term and what it means to video. All consumer level video capable cameras use it.

Besides that sorry - panning is a bad video technique unless you're following action - a car, someone walking, etc.

churchchef

Be sure that the memory card has a fast transfer rate. The ScanDisk site is helpful. B&H's video dept. is the best for a recommendation.