On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 20:45:36 GMT, Jeff Richards wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 20:07:33 GMT, ShotByRaoul@hotmail.com (Raoul
>Lifschitz) wrote:
>
>>>Then you have never used these cameras...
>>>The AE (biased to taste) is excellent with the VX-2000
>>>and PD-150, with no "drift", and it shifts smoothly with
>>>changing light levels;

>>Smooth as it may be, changing exposure settings during a shot -- or white
>>balance, or audio settings -- is seldom done in a production environment. Most
>>shooters seem to resist auto settings even in the run & gun environment of
>>news, to the relief of editors everywhere.
>>
>>Ideally, your camcorder can do either with aplomb. But my method (and I
>>suspect the favoured method) is to lock the settings before the shot begins: If
>>conditions change (or a pan moves to a radically different shot), its probably
>>time to rethink the shot & start again.
>>
>>RL

>Agreed... personally, no matter how nice the AE shift works for
>vacation and other "on the go" shots, I can't imagine a shot where a
>change in iris or gain would not be noticeable.

Of course it may be noticeable - but smooth in AE, "jumpy"
in ME...;-) But a shift from correct to gross under or
overexposure is even more noticeable than a smooth AE shift
with panning, for instance - or are we going to preclude
the shooting of anything that entails an exposure shift
(or focus shift, either, perhaps...;-)? Or are we going to
light everything evenly, and place everything at a constant
distance from the (fixed) camera position before consenting
to press the "record" button...? ;-)
As in photography, the video world appears to suffer the
same split between "studio" shooters and "location"
shooters, with the studio folks in video also being
somewhat condescending toward those who shoot in the
"real" world...;-)