Zebra at 70IRE on DVX???

[Flintstone]

The lowest Zebra setting on the DVX is 80 IRE. Isn't there a way to program it to be at 70IRE? A hack of some sort maybe? I shoot with both BetaSP and DVX, and I find the transition between both to be quite annoying. On the BetaSP side, the Zebras are at 70IRE, and the lowest on the DVX is 80IRE. I constantly have to make mental notes to step down the Iris a few knotches on the DVX, otherwise I tend to over expose.

PS: I inadvertently closed the thread on the previous post. Can a moderator delete it? Thanks!

 

[cinemakinoeye]

I don't think there's a hack that will allow you to set the Zebras on the DVX100 to anything other than the default choices of {80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 100%} however, I'd love to hear otherwise.

By the way, have you used the SPOT METER in the DVX? If not, it's an amazing feature and once you get use to using it, it's going to be even more annoying going between cameras that have it (like the HVX, DVX, Varicam, etc.) and those that don't. Check out this thread: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=59505 , Panasonic did something cool with the HVX, the Zebras in the HVX can be set as low as 50, someone is paying attention.