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Trevor Trombley · October 31st, 2004, 02:24 PM

How the heck do I adjust my f-stops?

Is there a way?

Any help would be greatly apreciated.

Thanks

Tom Hardwick · November 1st, 2004, 08:27 AM

There's a little knurled wheel on the side of the camera. First you put the slider in the middle position, then select shutter speed, then exposure. The pointer that moves along the bar at the top of the viewfinder shows you roughly how wide your diaphragm blades are, how much ND has been applied and how much gain-up has been applied.

tom.

Trevor Trombley · November 1st, 2004, 08:32 AM

So it doesn't actually say you have an fstop of _ _ _ _? You just have to make an educated guess as to where you're at?

Trevor

Tom Hardwick · November 1st, 2004, 09:29 AM

Just so. I hate to sound repetitive, but Sony made a DVCAM mistake here I feel, leaving the manual exposure settings to guesswork. And don't think you can rewind and push 'display' later, for the aperture readout isn't the truth.

Mighty fine pictures though.

tom.

Boyd Ostroff · November 1st, 2004, 09:45 AM

At least in theory the center position of the scale is F4.0 with each click 1/2 f-stop (or 3dB gain boost at the low end)

October 31st, 2004, 02:24 PM	#1
Trevor Trombley Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: kelowna bc Posts: 58	pdx10 950 aperture How the heck do I adjust my f-stops? Is there a way? Any help would be greatly apreciated. Thanks

November 1st, 2004, 08:32 AM	#3
Trevor Trombley Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: kelowna bc Posts: 58	ok So it doesn't actually say you have an fstop of _ _ _ _? You just have to make an educated guess as to where you're at? Trevor

November 1st, 2004, 08:27 AM	#2
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	There's a little knurled wheel on the side of the camera. First you put the slider in the middle position, then select shutter speed, then exposure. The pointer that moves along the bar at the top of the viewfinder shows you roughly how wide your diaphragm blades are, how much ND has been applied and how much gain-up has been applied. tom.

November 1st, 2004, 09:29 AM	#4
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	Just so. I hate to sound repetitive, but Sony made a DVCAM mistake here I feel, leaving the manual exposure settings to guesswork. And don't think you can rewind and push 'display' later, for the aperture readout isn't the truth. Mighty fine pictures though. tom.

November 1st, 2004, 09:45 AM	#5
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	At least in theory the center position of the scale is F4.0 with each click 1/2 f-stop (or 3dB gain boost at the low end)