Bob Stovall
July 18th, 2005, 08:18 PM
Hi, I'm currently at the Workshops in Maine, and am trying to rate the ISO of an XL2. As with most cameras, you could take an auto iris reading on a 18% grey card to find out what the camera sees in comparison with your light meter. The problem I'm finding with the XL2 is that because of the electronic iris, I cannot get an accurate F-stop that is repeatable. I'm in Manual mode, no ND, 0db gain, no Custom Settings. It seems to me that there is a little gain control by the camera, even in manual mode, to compensate and give a better exposure. For example, on one reading I could get the lens open to 2.2, but on the second try, it would only open up to 2.4 - 2.2 was not available...
Anyone have any ideas? I'm getting stuck here, and the XL2 is starting to get a bad name here as far as not being able to have an accurate, consistant f-stop.
Thanks as always in advance!
Bob Stovall
Anyone have any ideas? I'm getting stuck here, and the XL2 is starting to get a bad name here as far as not being able to have an accurate, consistant f-stop.
Thanks as always in advance!
Bob Stovall