High pitched buzz solved? Football game results

[Freeroamer]

First, thanks to all who had suggestions (in a previous post linked to in my recent thread on this issue) about the motor noise problem. One of them seems (knock on wood) to have completely solved the problem for me.

What I did was to push the joystick and go into manual level control, then set the level to the 12 mark on the DB scale. This didn't seem like too much attenuation and I was willing to go with this setting as a first experiment.

Okay, nine o'clock this morning my nine-year-old's game started and I started filming. By game's end I had recorded 141 shots totaling 42:08 minutes. A single battery charge sufficed, probably because I find it easier to hold the camera steady and follow the action with the viewfinder pressed against my face, so I didn't have the LCD screen in use.

Here's what I happily discovered when I got home and both downloaded the footage into iMovie and played the tape on my standard ratio digital TV. The very first scene I recorded had no buzz at all. Mysteriously, the buzz came back in the second scene. Then, for the remaining 139 shots there was no buzz! Not even when it was quiet (no one cheering or making other noises).

So I have my fingers crossed that this solves the problem. Of course only further filming in other settings will prove this out, but so far I am thrilled with the results. The images are spectacularly sharp, minimum camera movement even at full telephoto, a bit contrasty, but the sun was in front of me, putting our players, in their dark blue uniforms, in the shadows most of the time with a bright field behind them (and underfoot). The footage looks very good on my digital TV. Can't wait to see it later today on my neighbor's high definition set. And of course the sound is absolutely clean.

By the way, "we" won, 28 to 0. The kids were terrific and everyone had a wonderful time. The icing on the cake for me was using my Canon HV20 "in anger" for the first time and loving every moment of it.

[Freeroamer]

Maybe this thread ought to be in a different forum, because it's not trouble anymore, just paradise. I did take the tape over to my neighbor's house and played it on his hi-def TV using the component cables. The picture was absolutely jaw-dropping, not contrasty this time, and the sound perfect with no buzz or other camera noise. I post this info primarily to encourage would-be HV20 owners, that while some folks encounter various problems that are stated here in this forum, the Canon HV20 is a winner when things are working as they should. Consumer HDV is new, so I guess it's not surprising that there would be some glitches.

[Freeroamer]

I have to admit that there is a problem with disabling automatic volume control at a football game. If you have loud "wooers"* nearby (in my case right next to me!) the noise they make nearly blows out your TV's speakers during playback.

*Most people don't cheer anymore. Instead, they give out with that high pitched "wooooo" scream.

[V10TDI]

...By the way, "we" won, 28 to 0. The kids were terrific and everyone had a wonderful time...

I could be wrong, but with a score of 28-0, I'd guess that not everyone had a wonderful time...

[Freeroamer]

I could be wrong, but with a score of 28-0, I'd guess that not everyone had a wonderful time...

Depends on what you mean by "everyone"