Intro to video camera

The camera we have been working with is the PD 170 it can be hand held or set up onto a tripod. It is important to make sure you set the camera up right with the right settings on or when you watch the film back the film will be bad quality and your work will be wasted.


Aspect ratio for camera
· The best aspect ratio for the camera to be set up on is 16:9 wide. On a modern wide screen television however watching on an old box set television the best ratio 4:3 because the screen isn’t so wide.
Shutter speed
· Shutter speed is best set at 50 usually. If the shutter speed number (the number that shows haw many times the shutter is closed in a second) is above 50 the sharper in focus the picture/shot will be. If the shutter number is below 50 the worse the quality of the film is.
db
· The dB should be set to zero or excess light will be let in which is unnecessary. To change the dB you must press the gain button on the camera and use the wheel on the side to change the db number to zero. F6.8 is the perfect aperture, which is the amount of light let in. a number above 6.8 makes the picture much darker; below 6.8 makes the picture lighter the apertures can be changed above or below 6.8 but only to set a scene or the shot looks badly done.

Settings for light
· The light bulb/sunshine symbols. When filming out side the sunshine symbol must be on when the camera is exposed to natural light when filming indoors the light bulb setting must be on because the light is artificial and different to natural light.
Pixels
· Pixels on the television screen per square inch are 720 x 576.

Hotspots
· The rectangle in the centre of the screen is to show roughly where the four hot spots are. This is an aid to the person filming as a guide of where to put the most important things in there shot. There are 4 hot spots each in the corner of the rectangle.

Dv cam
· DV CAM stands for Digital Video Camera and