A ND
filter is not needed with this camera for correct exposure in the brightest
light -
the aperture can go small and the shutter speed can go high enough
for
this not to be a difficulty. The fancier cameras include a ND filter to permit
use of
wider stops and/or slower shutter speeds to minimize diffraction and
strobing
effects, but these cameras will also function properly (giving correct
exposure)
without using the ND filters so long as correction capability is
not
locked out by limiting shutter speed or aperture range...
--
David Ruether
d_ruether@hotmail.com
http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com
Hey, take a gander at www.visitithaca.com,
too...!
"Mike
Rehmus" <mike@byvideo.com> wrote in message
news:bevqc7030e2@enews2.newsguy.com...
>
Some cameras, I have a couple, will overload in bright sunlight without a ND
>
filter. Prosumer cameras like the
VX-2000 have switchable ND filters and if
>
you ignore the prompt to use them, their video is overexposed too.
> A
ND filter will fix the problem assuming the camera is working correctly.
>
"David Ruether" <rpn1@no-junk.cornell.edu> wrote in message
>
news:bevk23$eiq$1@news01.cit.cornell.edu...
>
> "dan" <dan@wimisp.com> wrote in message
>
news:3f134cd8$1@news.microsoft.com...
>
> > I just bought a Sony TRV22 and shot some video outdoors using Auto
>
Exposure
>
> > (auto) on a clear day - and the results were disappointing: The
entire
>
video
>
> > was over-exposed and highly contrasted. Many details were lost in large
>
> > white areas.
>
> >
>
> > I have used other brands before on brighter days and got deeper
colors
>
and
>
> > more detail.
>
> >
>
> > Beside using manual exposure settings, was there anything I should
have
>
done
>
> > in order to calibrate the new camcorder's AE?
>
> If you were not switched into "Night-Shot" or low-light modes,
using auto
>
> exposure should have produced good exposures with this camera under a
>
> wide range of lighting conditions
(see the PC9 examples [same imaging] at:
>
> www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder--comparison.htm ). Are you sure the
>
> exposure was not locked? Otherwise, it sounds like a defective camera...
>
> David Ruether