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palaceat4am, Another tip is to study the picture profiles descriptions. You can adjust these to create and repeat whatever you want as a look for your footage without having to mess around in post. Steve What are the picture profile description?I seen the button for them on the z1 but I have no ide...

PS : Yes the video I will be composing will be done so with the aid of voice over!

Wow, Gentlemen great advice, thanks a million. It is a super camera. Ive shot an hour of test footage and the quality is really great!I know people who have told me that the Z1 is not a "turn on and go" camera, but literally thats what I did. I adjusted settings as I went along but general...

What effect does adjusting the Iris on a camera?Is it regarding the amount of light information that the camera lets in?And what is a safe bet to set it at for an unexperienced user.
Set to halfway perhaps?
Thanks in advance,
PaLaCe

Hi, I will soon be shooting some footage of dairy-farms and farming products on a Sony HDV ZIE camera. Ive never shot in HD before and I am wondering will I be letting myself in for a huge headache by choosing HD over DV. Is HD alot more difficult to handle?Or is it just a matter of getting the sett...