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August 31st, 2004, 04:09 PM | #1 |
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Iris differences VX-2000/VX-2100/PD-150/PD-170
There seems to be a lot of confusion over what has been upgraded with the iris settings between these cameras. Rather than try to sort it all out, I just tried a quick test with my VX-2000. Following is a list of what the camera displayed in the viewfinder as I turned the exposure wheel. To help clear things up perhaps someone can repeat this exercise on a VX-2100, PD-170 and PD-150. That should put an end to all the conjecture...
VX-2000 ===== 1. CLOSE 2. F11 3. F9.6 4. F8 5. F6.8 6. F5.6 7. F4.8 8. F4 9. F3.4 10. F2.8 11. F2.4 12. F2 13. OPEN 14. 3 dB 15. 6 dB 16. 9 dB 17. 12 dB 18. 15 dB 19. 18 dB |
September 2nd, 2004, 01:34 PM | #2 |
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the vx2100 has 21 clicks with settings 1-19 as above (zoom is wide)
clicks 20 & 21 dont do anything and are the same as click 19
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September 2nd, 2004, 04:03 PM | #3 |
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Interesting. So if I understand you correctly, there is really no difference in how the iris works on the VX-2100, and it moves in the same noticeable jumps as the VX-2000. I wonder if the stepper motor in the PD-170 is actually different, or if this is just another case of Sony crippling the consumer version's firmware (as they did with the TRV-950 vs. PDX-10 16:9 mode)?
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September 2nd, 2004, 04:59 PM | #4 |
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Yes the iris works the same apart from the 2 dead clicks on the right.
I find the best strategy for shooting in unpredictable light conditions is custom preset AE all the way to the left (- 2stop?), backlight on and use auto exposure - this way is safe since you are always exposing for the subject/foreground the rest of the time I use manual
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September 5th, 2004, 11:57 PM | #5 |
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I think you're right in your asssumption Boyd.
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