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Re: Performance with no immediate light?
by Richard Herd on Jul 2, 2008 at 8:06:56 am

Dude, there's no need to apologize because at some point even Guillermo Navarro was new to this. Let me suggest a book: The Barebones Camera Course for Film and Video. http://www.amazon.com/Bare-Bones-Camera-Course-Video/dp/0960371818

I also recommend a light meter: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/435535-REG/Sekonic_401399_L_398A_Stud...

So click on the light meter link, and then click on the enlarge option. You'll see a series of numbers along the top of the light meter: 0, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, 1.25K. Those values are a measure of how bright the light is. Those numbers correspond to foot candles. The AG HVX200 records 10 foot candles as being equivalent to black.

Since you're a beginner, I'll say this as a rule of thumb (and later you can improve on it): "Your camera needs 10 times more light than your eye."



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