On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 04:07:59 GMT, Nogami wrote:
>On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 04:00:20 GMT, ShotByRaoul@hotmail.com (Raoul
>Lifschitz) wrote:

>>The luminance range of the PD150 has always been first rate. The earlier
>>cameraman either had a defective unit or (more likely) overexposed. I've seen
>>a remarkable amount of overexposed (and unsalvageable) digital footage,
>>particularly that shot by old betaSP hands ...

>Ditto here.
>
>I find that a majority of the DV footage I see come into the shop is a
>tad overexposed. I tend to blame the color viewfinders on the DV gear
>- it's great for looking at color balance, but it's awful for setting
>exposure.
>
>I've taken to asking DV shooters to shoot "slightly" underexposed, and
>find that the resulting footage is much better. At least even if it's
>a little TOO dark, it's easy to color-correct upwards where the
>opposite is impossible if it's blown-out.

I agree.
I find most Sony PD150 and lower DV cameras tend to
overexpose a tad outdoors (disasterous), but do OK
indoors (with average subjects) in auto mode. Fortunately,
with the 3-chipper Sony cameras, the solution is as easy as
dialing in a "-1" correction in the auto-exposure bias
control - and the excellent AE generally does a good job
from there, barring unusual subject problems...
It appears that at least some Sony one-chippers have
the AE-bias control disabled/hidden, and it can be activated
with the RM-95 service remote - but a "check sum" aspect
of doing this has me stopped for now (anyone with info on
this?). Recovery of even seriously underexposed DV is
fairly easy; recovery of even slightly overexposed DV
is difficult in post...