Posted by Martin Heffels on 11/21/06 23:38

On 21 Nov 2006 14:30:31 -0800, adric22@yahoo.com wrote:

>(well, they claimed 0-lux because of its night-vision, but the regular
>daytime lux is like 6)

Any idea how much light 6 lux is? It's very little. So when looking at
daylight, it's plenty. The reason that everything looks horrible in
daylight, is probably because you overexpose your highlights.

>This camera is useless for indoor video, even with bright lights.

That must be an operator problem. Bright lights indoor-lights throw out
more than 6 lux. Let me give you an idea about lux-rating: Some time ago I
had a night-time shoot in a bus. When I measured the light it was just 50
lux, which was what we needed at minimum for staying at 0dB. When we
removed the covers of the ceiling-lights in the bus, we had 100 lux, so
that gave us an extra stop.
You probably can picture how much light you have in a bus. So that would be
more than plenty for your camera, even for the 6 lux you mention.

>But I do need to be able to take good shots indoors and do green-screen
>work with it. What would be the best recommendation for a camera that
>is digital (hence=has 1394 interface), works well indoors, and is
>cheap? It can even be a discontinued item that maybe I could find on
>ebay or something. I'm trying to stay within $400 range or so.

A VX2100 would be your best choice, but it's way over your budget. You're
left to an anlogue format, and your best choice would be one of the older
Hi-8 camera's which have a larger CCD, and as such are more
light-sensitive.

cheers

-martin-
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