Sunday, 3 October 2010

Sony HD V1 Camera Techniques and Features.

SONY HD V1 CAMERA.


In Thursday 9th September video production lesson, we looked at the camera's we will be using for our short films in more depth by exploring it's many function of the camera. The camera we used is the Sony HD V1.


GAIN: Gain is used when their is not enough light within a location, so the camera can internally provide light. The more light that is required will subsitute the quality of the image.

Gain is meausred in DV- Begining from 0 - 18. It is adviced to not go higher than 12 for quality purposes.

SHUTTER SPEED: Shutter speed allows more frames to be taken a second, this effects how the image moves on the LCD screen. Tv uses 24 frames per second and video uses 50-fps. If you want to achieve a slow down footage you would increase the shutter speed and to speed up footage you would decrease it,


WHITE BALANCE: controls the camera coloring it gives to an image in different settings. It is vital to make sure you have the correct white balance.

Three setting which white balance has: 'Tungsten' for indoor footage.  | 'Outdoor' used for filming outdoors. | Manual Customs for both indoors and outdoor filming.

To test if the white balance is correct for the location, you zoom into something white and change the settings.
                
MENU button: Controls the camera and allows user to change settings. It allows the user to check if they are shooting in the correct format.



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STATUS CHECK: This button allows the user to check the current stats the camera is on. This give users an easily way to overlook the camera settings.

EXPANDED FOCUS: It double checks whether the camera is in focus. T

FOCUS: This button automatically changes the focus for the user. To focus you zoom into something with fine detail e g: hair and it shall focus.




- The Microphone. 


The microphone is located at the top of the camera and is plugged in through a jack at the top side of the camera. 


If you are using one mic all switches on the top side of the camera should be up.

If there's more than one mic, then the first switch in-between stereo and mono should be down.

EXPOSURE/ IRIS: The iris defines how mcuh light is let in the camera. When gain is set, exposure cannot be altered.

PUSH AUTO FOCUS: asks the camera to focus quickly. This button is useful to press if the useful if your not completely sure of there judgement or you are filming a live show such as a concert.



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AUTO LOCK- all the settings are on auto- unless specified.


MANUAL- all settings are manuel.


HOLD- the camera will remain fully automatic.

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