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Useful Information
Hints for Better Shooting
•Position the subject in the center of the screen. When you are using auto focus, whatever is in the center of the screen is kept in focus.
Position the subject in | Focus manually when |
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•Avoid backlit subjects. For the best picture, shoot with the light source behind you. When the background is brighter than the subject, the subject often becomes too dark. If you have to record with this lighting, use the Gamma Brightness Compensation or correct the exposure level to improve the picture (see pages 30 and 46).
Light from behind | Backlighting |
•Before zooming, think about how to best frame the shot. Frequent zooming produces unattractive pictures. It also increases the battery power consumption.
•When image shakes are noticeable during
•Horizontal panning (lateral movement) and tilting (vertical movement) should be done slowly to emphasize the wide expanse of a scene or the height of a building, and to make scenes easy to watch during playback.
•Use a
Note:
•It may take longer to focus when zooming and panning are used frequently.
Lighting
For clear,
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| Clear day at 3 pm (35,000) |
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10,000 | Cloudy day at 10 am (25,000) |
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1,000 | Clear day, one hour before sunset (1,000) |
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| Flashlight at 3 ft (1 m) (250) |
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100Shop stairway (100)
During intermission at movie theater
Candles on birthday cake at 8 inches (20 cm)
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Note: The figures in the chart are approximations.
Tips on Good Lighting
In most outdoor, daytime scenes, natural lighting is adequate for home videos. Indoors, however, artificial lighting is usually required. Video lights with halogen lamps provide the most natural artificial light over a long operating life.
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