On Mon, 21 May 2001 13:45:45 -0400, poolnut@bellsouth.net wrote:
>Neuman - Ruether wrote:

>> With the VX-2000, you can use AE-A (selecting aperture,
>> letting gain and shutter speed "float") and AE-S (shutter,
>> letting G and A "float"). You can also limit gain rise to
>> various values, and you can "lock-and-shift" the exposure
>> (in addition to being able to set AE-bias). There are, as
>> you point out, also two built in ND filters. All this gives
>> you considerable control over camera exposure functions.
>> With the PD150, though, you can set in manual mode A, S,
>> and G independently.

>Huh? Are you saying the VX,2000 has no full manual controls? I don't own
>a VX2000, but my trv900 and pd100 share identical manual controls, and the
>VX2000/PD150 are the same in that respect.
>
>For a guy who writes reviews on camcorders you don't know much about them.
>
>George

Interesting...
So, describe the TRV-900/VX-2000 exposure manual
controls, please... I may have left out the
manual shutter speed control, but this does not
help much with forcing a wide stop (which the
original poster was seeking to do) except in a
somewhat imprecise way. The TRV-900 and VX-2000
are essentially auto-exposure cameras with
various overrides provided. Show me how to
shift the aperture without shifting the exposure,
with direct control of the aperture anywhere but
in AE-A mode...