SONY HVR-Z7 review test video

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Shooting Style

Shooting Style

I like the shots, nice, but I did notice that you left your aperture a tad open and hence the shots were bright. I noticed you backed off the iris in the second video on the tree limbs. I would have a tendency to shoot darker in outdoors situations, as the HDV codec doesn't have the dynamic range of even DV. This camera is more sensitive to light than most other HD cams, so it would be better to shoot a half stop darker if not sure of the lighting conditions. Also try monitoring your zebra and your exposure levels on screen for the correct amount of incoming light. If it is too bright you can crank this cam to -6 gain to give you more darkness at a better aperture setting. Ideally between 4 and 8 are always sweet in terms of what you are shooting.
 
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