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March 17, 2012 at 7:16 pm Quote #8242
mrmojohalen (6386)	I think the point of the 6 inch tripod is that you have a camera extension to hold onto. These digital cameras are so small that it can be difficult to hang onto them for any length of time without shaking. I had my own issues filming when my arm muscles started to spasm at the show. That went away eventually, but I could have benefited from having a tripod to grasp onto. When you turn on your stereo, does it return the favor? mrmojohalenQuote
March 18, 2012 at 12:55 am Quote #8286
guitard (7354)	fletch: Randy hit it right though with the white bal/exposure….I usually go -0.7 to -1.0 to keep it dark. The concert lighting will really light up people’s faces and over expose your shot. You wont notice until you get home and will feel really pissed….ALSO…if you set it…once you turn the camera OFF- the camera resets itself to factory settings…when you turn it back on…reset it again. Cameras will not go back to the setting you used. Found that out the hard way at a chickenfoot show…lol. Most people who own cameras just use the default for everything. And that’s fine for a lot of situations. However, shooting video at a concert is not a normal situation – and the default settings will not work well for you at most concerts. For the Sony HX9V, the default is either the “Superior Auto” mode (the gold camera icon on the setting dial) or “Intelligent Auto” mode (the green camera on the setting dial). In both of those modes – the brightness will reset to the default setting of “0 EV” (EV = exposure value) when you shut off the camera. Really, the only way to stop it from resetting when you shut the camera off is to use the “Program Auto” mode (the “P” on the setting dial – right next to the “Superior Auto” mode). The camera stays at whatever settings you use in this mode – even after shutting the camera off and turning it back on. I know an experienced concert filmer who likes to use the “Scene” mode (“scn” on the dial). He sets it to “snow” to help with the bright concert lights and also adjusts the brightness. Note: the scene setting you’ve selected (snow, for example), will not reset in this mode when you turn off the camera, however, the brightness will reset to 0. There is a quick fix for this, however – rather than going back into the menu and dicking around looking for the brightness setting, just click the “custom” button next to the on/off switch and the brightness setting function pops right up for you. You can literally reset the brightness in a second or two. Here are some of his results: scene set to ‘snow’ and EV to -2.0 scene set to ‘snow’ and EV to -1.7 guitardQuote

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