DVX100b and low lighting

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krish

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Hi, I am working on a documentary film and wanted to know if there is anything i can do to improve the lighting. I shoot a lot of footage inside a hospital and the lighting tends to get very low. I currently have a on camera microfill (frizzi) but it just dosent seem to be enough.

Also at times i noticed that the footage has this weared blinking or flashing kind of effect. It dosent happen all the time but when it does it almost looks like disco lighting !

I would appreciate any help.

Cheers,

-Kish
 
you might need to sync the camera to the lights. try a 1/60 shutter speed or 1/50 depending on which country you are in.
 
Well, for me, I select the option "Backlight" & assign it to USER 3. I assign "Spotlight" to USER 2 & I assign gain of "18db" to USER 1. Why do I assign "backlight" to USER 3 instead of the other USER buttons? Well, because when I hand-hold the camera, my left thumb is closest to the USER 3 button & incidently I tend to use the backlight function often.

Why do I choose Backlight? Because I've found it extremely handy esp. in low-light settings when I see that the images are a little too dark for my liking. I just press USER 3 & instantly, the camera auto corrects the exposure & the images become noticably brighter & much better exposed. It's that easy to correctly brighten up the images without having to use any gain I find the Backlight function to be the most useful for wedding dinner shoots & other places that may be a little dark. Also, I use backlight when the area behind the subject is too bright. But I try to avoid shooting at this angle. I always try to make the light face the subject instead.

I don't assign the "fade to black" or "fade to white" function to any of the USER buttons, because I can easily do this in post by adjusting the opacity setting for a video clip in my NLE. Plus, I don't want to spoil the original footage shot on miniDV & regret having recorded a fade effect to tape when it can be done in my NLE.
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