ORIGINAL: FarNorth
I've had good results using progressive mode with my DVX 100B. I use manual focus and iris. One thing I haven't done is to switch between 24pa and 60i to see how much different it is in low light.
lungbuster, can you explain what you mean by it creates a lot of artifacts?
Yes when moving the camera such as panning swiftly in progressive mode it creates jutter or artifacts in the footage, almost like if you were to slow the shutter speed down to say 15 or 20 to try to get more light in the camera (a strobe effect if you will, but not entirely) Hard to explain, but if you use progressive mode alot you should get the gist of what I am saying..........I just can never get the footage to look good in progressive mode when shooting action shots, interlaced has always produced much sharper cleaner images.
I do know that your DVX100b has a gain up in progressive, whereas my DVX100 does not, but it seems that even when shooting normally lit scenes progressive is much darker when comparing the same iris settings and shutter speeds.
What shutter speeds are you shooting in progresive Farnorth?