Hmmm.
Thanks all.
I'm flattered to be thought of as some enthusiastic newby, makes me feel
young all over again!!!
As for whoever said "please learn how to use the video functions..."
(Steve Hullfish) I'm not commenting on that. Using it myself I was able
(sheer luck?) to get good shots, and we do get usable audio off the
internal chip using Sennheiser radio mics. Just can't monitor it is all.
And I'm sure our "proper" cameramen can also get good results.
Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned auto-focus but it is there, it is
fitted, I guess I expected it to function in a somehow useful way.
What surprised most me was how bloody awkward it all is. We HAVE the
clamp-on big-ass viewer thinggy, I always leave it behind. I don't see
how it makes it easier. Makes me feel I have to bend backwards to take a
look. I must confess I haven't tried it with the screen off to the side
and swivelled up. I once used a Mitchell BNC like that; rackover focus
and parallex viewfinder. Not TTL at all! But that was back when Mr Nixon
was President, things have changed, I gather, since then.
I wish there was a way to turn on the viewfinder as well as the screen -
like we do on our other cameras. I guess it really needs a telescopic
viewfinder like the old fillum cameras.
We'll keep using it, it is a good guerilla camera and we've covered
concerts without being noticed at all. We refrain from zooming or just
cut out the crook zooms. It is not - yet - great in low light, but we'll
figure that one out. One of our guys just keeps winding up the ISO
settings. Once the images look completely rank he'll wind it back, I
assume. Works well on tripod in our greenscreen stage.
I suppose I am just a bit surprised and taken aback after all I had read
about these cameras taking over the World. They won't.
On the other hand, a very innocent-looking thing to leave on someone's
desk while stepping out of the room...
john-the-spy
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