I'm shooting video. I know it darkens the image. Can I still see enough to focus? Or follow an actor on the small LCD screen? Thanks!
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The answer is a resounding "maybe." This is a very dark filter. Assuming your intent is to shoot in bright light and use the filter to be able to play with depth-of-field, you should be able to see through it well enough to frame up your shot. If, for some reason, you're thinking about using it in moderate to dim lighting conditions, it could make things pretty difficult, but I'm not sure what you'd be hoping to get out of it under those circumstances, anyway.
690998
I'd go with the magnify. You've already got a small screen in glare; maximize your ability to see whether the photo will be in focus.
1813604
I think it is your choice. If in really low light I would use manual focus because auto focus does not respond very well. Hope this helps you.
2248609
I have had amazing results in low light, back light, and practically no light conditions. The auto and advanced auto flash settings are great, and with flash turned off in low light conditions, the picture still shows up in focus with plenty of detail.
1633572
Unfortunately not. This is not a limitation in the device. It is that the best possible scan should equal the original . After scan touch up is possible with software like Photoshop but I don't think it will improve focus much
1331994
This is a common problem with some HDTVs. If you jack up the contrast and sharpness to maximum, you'll eliminate all the artistic qualities that make films look the way they do. I saw a bunch of demo units in the store showing Fifth Element and King Kong and they looked simply awful, exactly as you said: looks like shot for TV using a consumer digital camera. I prefer to watch movies the way the filmmakers meant for me to watch them. (though this is highly variable, due to people's screen sizes, color calibration settings, etc.) AutoMotion, TrueMotion, or whatever the manufacturers call it, may be fine for sports games and car races, but I don't want to mess w/ a film's original artistic representation. DPs (directors of photography) and cinematographers get paid tons of $$ to make a film look good and stylize. Why ruin it w/ edge enhancement, frame doubling, etc?
2198005
I have not used this lens extensively with video, I'm a stills guy myself, but I will mention that it is very noisy when it focuses. If you're doing video work you likely have an external mic in which case this may not be an issue, although even with that it might pick up lens noise if the mic is mounted on the camera. When I used it for video the image was fine but occasionally it was slow to focus and the sound from focusing was picked up from the built in mic as I mentioned.
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I am Sorry i forget to Include this Information with My Response! Be Sure to Include a f-Stop Increase to being thing into Focus Also! This is Very Important Too! It is Something You Have To Experiment with to get Correct! Not Hard to Do, Just Use Live View on your Camera and Play with it from there! This Aspect is Very Tricky for Focusing and Experience will be Needed to some degree!
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If you mean "can you use the LCD as a viewfinder?", yes. I often position the camera on a tripod in a location that I can not use or even see the normal viewfinder. It is nice to swing and tilt the LCD screen to allow me to compose the picture in those awkward positions.
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If you are using the camera normally, lighting is as important as it is with any other camera. Using the infared mode, it seems to work a little better in low light than total darkness as the infared (on my camera at least) is not very strong. You get about 5-6 visual at most depending on your angle in total dark where as you might get 10 to 20 feet in low light, but it may be harder to distinguish things at the greater distances.
1146247
Hi there. I haven't checked the quality of the video with low light, if that is what you are asking.
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Kitchen at night should be OK. Probably won't have that sharp HD look though. In your second example just make sure your subject is not silhouetted against the window and you should be all right. The camera is quite good at coping with most shooting conditions automatically. However, in my first week of using the HF100, in a darkened restaurant, I made the mistake of not turning the on-board video light on. I had read it is not very good and eats up the battery, but I should have used it. The video came out very grainy. Across a table for two is probably the best time to use it. I didn't shoot much anyway, so it wouldn't have used much battery. Oh well, I'll try it next time.
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Visually you won't see anything, it only has the small light for the 3 different modes. But you should be able to hear the difference....especially when in Dolby Digital.
84762
Only if it is on transparency. To place a picture on the screen would black out the light.
201017
I just perchased the H20. I'm use to having a view finder. I thought there may be a way to rig some kind of sighting device. The camera already has a means of sighting in. Looking from the rear of the camera, there is an elbow formed to the left side of the flash "hump". If you bracket your subject in this elbow it'll pretty much end up dead center of your shot. Hey, it's not hi-tech but the method works.
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Mine is ok at night because any motion that triggered the recording feature also triggered my motion light in the area of camera focus. I have mine set to the ultimate focus for the area it covers,but I don't believe you can alter the focus once it has been recorded.
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I tried mine and I could focus at 5 ft, >BUT<, the image is magnified and I can't see the edges of the TV screen.If I was looking at a 12 inch TV, I could probably see the whole screen. No large and still be comfotable watching.