Camera Notes

·         Auto Lock: You cannot control the camera manually unless you specify

·         Hold: You have no control over any of the settings

·         Manual: You control the camera, unless you tell it to be auto

·         Gain: You tell the camera you want more light and it tries to give you more even though none exists. The higher the gain, the more the quality of the visual is affected and it becomes grainier.  The average gain should be 12db

·         Shutter Speed: Allows you to get more motion per second. A slow shutter speed uses less frames and is blurrier. When you use a higher shutter speed you need to have a lot of bright lighting.

·         White Balance: The indoor lighting is represented by a light-bulb and it is orange

A sun on the camera screen represents the outside lighting and it is blue.

To find a medium between the two lightings, the Custom (manual setting) is used. The camera needs to be focused of a white surface in between the two colours and the scroll wheel is used to set it.

·         Menu: Is used to change the camera settings 

·         Microphone: If you want a single audio source, the switch has to be up and the microphone has to be in Input 1. However, if you what two audio sources, the switch has to be down.

·         Status Check: It shows you everything that is happening with the camera and gives information about the shooting mode.

·         Focus: A hand or mountain range lets you know that you have control over the focus. To know whether you are in-focus, you have to zoom into something intricate, such as hair.

·         Push-Auto Focus: The focus is set manually and when the button is pressed, the camera focuses on what it thinks it should focus on. An example of its usage is in running shots, when the camera operator does not have a chance to change it manually.

·         Focus Pull: The focus ring is turned to focus on an object/person in front and the camera operator has to record the meter number, which is depicted next to the hand. Then turn the focus ring to focus on an object/person behind the first object/person and then record that meter number. Now the operator can flick slowly between the two readings, so that one object/person is in focus when the other is not.  This is normally used for dramatic effect during a conversation.

·         Exposure or Iris: It determines how much light the camera lets in through aperture. The smaller the aperture, the bigger the number, the gain is automatically increased and vice versa.