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Sony Z7 Question

 
 


brucecleveland
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Mar 23, 2008, 12:58 PM

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Hey for any Z7 users, I have a basic question. I know that when the camera is on manual and Iris is being controlled manually, the shutter speed also needs to be locked in manually or else it will adjust to compensate for difference in light due to iris settings. Does anyone happen to know if this holds true for gain as well? I was just looking at some of my footage that was pretty grainy looking and should not have been, as there was plenty of light. I took some more footage with gain locked in at zero and everything else on manual and everything looks great, no grain. So my thinking is that the gain adjusts automatically, like the shutter does if iris is on manual. Any thoughts on this?

Bruce
"Always over my head, but not quite deep enough to drown."


glimmer
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Mar 23, 2008, 3:47 PM

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Yes....when in manual, make sure each setting is active in that you can see the settings on the LCD - if you don't do this, they will function in auto. So, if you don't have a gain set to, say, 6, it can literally do its own thing and go to -6 or +21....


brucecleveland
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Mar 23, 2008, 6:29 PM

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Yes....when in manual, make sure each setting is active in that you can see the settings on the LCD - if you don't do this, they will function in auto. So, if you don't have a gain set to, say, 6, it can literally do its own thing and go to -6 or +21....
I guess I should have known that. The footage I have taken since has been outstanding with no grain even at low light and zero gain.

Bruce
"Always over my head, but not quite deep enough to drown."