"Craig Busch" <clbusch@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:3F3571E9.231F14E1@earthlink.net...

> I am shooting MiniDV. I want the look that softlights gives. I am

> using 2 500watt softlight boxes with a 3 chip camera. My question is:

> it looks nice enough now, will adding more light to the person talking

> give it an even better look. How do you know if your camera has

> received the maximum light necessary for the camera to look its best?

> Will more light to the chips give a better(cleaner, sharper?) image?

If you are shooting at 0db gain and around f4 or so, adding more light

will likely not improve the image in terms of smoothness and sharpness

(though following others' suggestions for lighting might improve the looks...;-).

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