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Old February 10th, 2008, 12:52 PM   #1
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Hi, does the low gain setting at 0db add any noise? are people leaving it at 0 or -3?
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Old February 10th, 2008, 01:19 PM   #2
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The lowest enough for good exposure. Setting gain to -3dB also allows to open iris wider, thus gaining even shallower DOF.
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