On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:00:19 -0600, "Paul G. Fitzgerald" <pgfitzgerald@buckman.com> wrote:

>Does anyone have an opinion about the "Slow Shutter" feature on Sony

>Camcorders? "Slow Shutter 1" is 1/30th a second instead of 1/60th.

>

>I can't see any degradation in the quality of the video, but I thought I'd

>check and see if anyone had any reasons for staying away from this feature.

If you look carefully with the same subject shot

with and without SS1, you will see that the resolution

is slightly reduced, and "stair-stepping" on near-horizontal

lines is larger - this is due to the dropping of alternate

scan lines, which will also make motion look less smooth...

If needed, you can go to about SS2 (1/15th NTSC) with

acceptable results if the low-light conditions require it

for better image color (sometimes turning off the

stabilizer, using "portrait" mode, or using manual-exposure

mode and moving a "notch" above maximum brightness will help

with some models and look better than using the SS

feature...).