How to open up Aperature n prevent Gain?
 

I just got my HC1e and I have no idea how to open up the aperature. Is the exposure=aperature/iris? Trying to do it manually so that the auto gain doesnt come in for night shots!

If you set the manual exposure to 6 clicks from far right, the apeture will be fully open and no gain will be added. Any further to the right and you will begin adding gain. There is a great thread on here where someone made a little chart for us that shows the settings for each click on the manual exposure bar. Search for it and you will find it.

Sean - i think Evan's referring tothis thread:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=60555

links, tables and loads of info in that thread. Take a read !

Sean where did you get the HC1-E? Most places I look say it's discontinued?

its a 2nd hand... great condition. Got it at SG$1,850.. thks guys!

Ouch! That's almost the price of the A-1

1,850.00 SGD Singapore Dollars = 1,170.46 USD United States Dollars

(current rate on xe.com).

Thanks! Mark is rite. But its true the HC1e is steeper than the HC1 for some reasons I dun know..

Guess it's just what the market will bear, as they say:)