Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/22/08 01:15

"Martin Heffels" wrote ...
> "peter" wrote:
>>I have raised this question in a xha1 specific bbs but did not get a
>>satisfactory answer. Perhaps someone could shed some light? I'm looking
>>for
>>two answers: (1) Is this a design flaw? (2) How to work around this in the
>>scenerio above? BTW, I have no control over the lighting in the theater.
>
> It's not a design flaw. It's the current trend in all modern camera's

And it is a common implementation from decades ago. A three-position
toggle switch for 0, +6 and +12db, or 0, +9 and +18db (etc.) was (and
still is) a very commonly used method in professional cameras.

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