On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:58:10 GMT, "Martian Welk" wrote:

Ah, what a thread could be based on that tittle...! ;-)

>These cameras now in auto mode unless you shut it off (default setting) will
>go to a higher shutter setting when videoing in ample lighting conditions.
>To me it seems that it was intended by the manufacture(s) for the user to be
>in a higher shutter when outdoors.
>
>Do you as a critical viewer knowing the difference enjoy the effects of high
>speed shutters for anything other than sport events or things that NEED this
>effect ?
>I dont think my customers would even know what i was showing them if i asked
>them, but it does make the picture visably diferent for normal speed
>viewing, Do you like it ?
>I have a ND filter now and will apply it appropriataly , but i need many
>knowlegable opinions on the "auto shutter" mode.

I use the auto-shutter mode a lot, since I prefer to specify
the aperture in AE-A mode with Sony 3-chippers, and after
selecting the exposure bias, I let the camcorder select the
shutter speed and gain (until the gain or shutter speed runs
too high...). Occasionally I forget to engage a ND filter,
and footage of a flying bee, a wind-moved flower, or a
waterfalls will strobe unpleasantly (standard-scan mode - I
never use Progressive Scan mode, since I enjoy the ability
of video [as opposed to film] to show movement sharply...).
Others claim to be bothered by strobing effects with speeds
above 1/250th with even walking people and other "slow"
events, but I have not seen this (maybe the phosphors used
in my TV are "slower" than those in a good monitor...? ;-).
In general, I'm glad to have the auto-shutter capability,
though occasionally it gets me into trouble. ;-) Most of
the time you will not see the effects of using non-standard
shutter speeds, I think...

>If you were going to do a Slow motion effect to exactally 1/2 and staying
>interlace all the way would you want it then ? or will it make that much
>diference ?

You could probably use all the blur you can get (within
reason! ;-) to smooth the look of the flow of the individual
images that make up motion video - but with really slow
motion, well, try it and see...;-) The neat thing about
video is that we have all these capabilities, and it costs
almost nothing in time and money to try out the
variabilities, unlike with film...;-)