Overexposed New User

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I just got a DVX100A. When I shoot outside on a sunny day, everyhting gets washed out, especially whites of course. I tried a polarizing filter, and adjusting the iris manually, neither of which helped very much. This is my first experience with anything more than a home video camera. Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
 
Re: Overexposed New User

What file setting are you using? I mean the little wheel on the back of the camera that has f1 -f6 settings.

Also, on the side of the camera is a gain control. That should be set to low which means the camera won't be trying to boost the existing light.

Also, there are ND (neutral density) controls on the side of the camera that limit the amount of light getting to the lens. Make sure, if it's a very sunny day, that it's set to 1/64.

If that's not it, go through the steps in the following thread:

http://www.dvxuser.com/cgi-bin/DVX2/YaBB.pl?board=Events;action=display;num=1095676145
 
Re: Overexposed New User

Thanks, that thread was very helpful. The camera was set to f5. I thought we tried the ND filter, but perhaps I am mistaken. I'll try that again. I'll be glad if it works, because it's such a simple fix. Then again, I'll feel kind of stupid that I didn't try that, now that Ive gotten all the footage for my short. We had to keep shooting in the shade to try and get what we needed. Flipping a switch would have been a lot easier.
 
Re: Overexposed New User

Yea, that just sounds like an ND is needed.
 
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yep, that was it. jeez I feel like an idiot
 
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It's better to figure it out now than sweating that there's something wrong with the camera or you made the wrong purchasing decision.
 
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Same thing happened to me when I took the DVX out for the first time....really bummed me out at first. I finally figured out the whole ND thing and the world was right again.
 
Re: Overexposed New User

All that's true, and I'm happy the camera works properly and does what I hoped. But I spent the last two weekends shooting footage for a short. A lot of that was shot outside, and looks pretty crappy. BUt now I know...
 
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