Posted by PTravel on 11/22/06 01:56

<adric22@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> 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.
>
> No.. It looks horrible because it can never get enough light. I've
> tried every setting on the exposure control, including automatic.
>
>> 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
>
> You are dead wrong. The lux rating is more accurately the "minimum
> lux" rating. But that is the minimum neccessary to get a picture, not
> the minimum *good picture*. I'm currently borrowing a Sony PD-150
> which has a lux-rating of 2 and the indoor shots are extreemly clear.

The PD-150 is the pro version of the VX2000, a prosumer 3-ccd camcorder with
1/3" sensors. Your D-8 machine is a consumer camcorder with a single
sensor, probably 1/4", but possible as small as 1/6".


> I also have an older analog hi-8 camcorder which has a lux rating of 3.
> It actually boasts a much better indoor image, however, it is a pain
> to capture video from that and it doesn't even have S-video so I can't
> seperate the chroma (which is bad for green-screen videos)

The older hi-8 machines had larger sensors that were also less densely
packed, as they didn't try to double as still cameras.

>
>> 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.
>
> Yes. I'm familiar with the VX series, but way out of my price range.
> And you are correct that the older cameras are more light sensative, as
> I mentioned my old 3-lux camera. Unfortunatly, because they are analog
> it is difficult to get a good image captured into my computer.
> However, I have been meaning to try capturing with that camera to a
> hi-8 tape and then playing it back in my digital-8 camera (which will
> convert it to digital and stream it over the 1394) and this may
> actually give me the chroma/luma seperation I need. But this is a
> pain.

If you want good low-light performance, it may be your only choice.

>
> --DavidM
>

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