Recording in Low Light

As some of our scenes will be filmed at night or in the evening, with low levels of light, we have found that the footage will sometimes become grainy. We have done some research into filming with low levels of light and into the camera we are using (Panasonic HDC-TM10).

1) "None of the Panasonic cameras, except the DVC30, can record in IR mode (nightvision). You do have MagicPix mode for recording in low light levels. That will cause the video to exhibit extreme motion blur. MagicPix also allows you to use the LCD as a light source." -a solution form www.fixya.com

2) Another feature of the camera is scene mode, one of the scenes is 'low light mode', which will help us when filming at night.