This may result in a shift in exposure due to the lens shift

in maximum aperture with zooming, if you are nearly wide

open and zoomed wide to start (but if you are stopped down

to f2.4 or below, the camera compensates the aperture shift,

keeping the relative aperture constant with zooming,

thankfully! ;-). If you are in AE-A mode, though, you will

see the aperture shift as you zoom, changing exposure

with zooming...

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 07:59:30 -0400, "RGBaker" <gb@bakerfilms.com> wrote:

>The manual iris is stepped on the PD150 -- in practice I tend to use the

>auto on/off button by zooming in on the subject, taking the aperture off

>auto & therefore locking in the iris (which is stepless on auto, or at least

>finely incremented) then widening out to my desired shot.

>

>Stepless manual would be nice, but the PD150 doesn't have it.

>

>GB

>"PatG" <gallagherpj@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>news:bdba63a6.0304162220.290e0070@posting.google.com...

>> Been looking into the possibility of picking up a Sony PD150. However

>> there is one thing I haven't been able to work out.

>>

>> When the iris is in Manual mode, is it a smooth transition between

>> stops, like it would be when adjusting iris on a pro camera, or does

>> it go in "steps" between the stops as most handicams do in Manual iris

>> mode?