Specifications

Useful Features
Camera Recording
Lighting
For clear. good-quality recording, 500 to 100,000
lux is needed. Recording is also possible with less
light, but the picture quality may suffer. Adequate
lighting is also essential for correct white balance.
100,000
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10,000
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1,000
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100
10
Blue sky
Clear day at noon (100,000)
Clear day at 10 am (65,000)
Clear day at 3 pm (35,000)
Cloudy day at noon (32,000)
Cloudy day at 10 am (25,000)
Cloudy day, one hour after sunrise (2,000)
Clear day, one hour before sunset (1,000)
Fluorescent light near window (1,000)
Factory floor (700-800)
Sales counter in department store (500-700)
Bowling alley (500)
Library (400-500)
Office with fluorescent lighting (400-500)
Fluorescent desk lamp (400)
Flashlight at 1 m (250)
Shop stairway (100)
During intermission at movie theatre (15-35)
Cigarette lighter at 30 cm (15-20)
Candles on birthday cake at 20 cm (10-15)
Candlelight
Reference
Lighting is not only one of the most important
areas in producing home videos, but also one of
the most overlooked. Good lighting can often
mean the difference between a great picture and a
poor one. Lighting is also essential for correct
white balance.
In most outdoor, daytime scenes, natural lighting
is adequate for home videos. Indoors, the situation
becomes more complicated. Artificial lighting is
required. and halogen lamps provide the most
natural artificial light while maintaining a constant
colour temperature over a long operating life.
Good lighting is difficult to achieve. There are
many problems waiting to catch the unwary.
Simply mounting one light or several lights on
either side of the VIEWCAM will only make your
subject look flat and two-dimensional. To make a
subject more interesting, use the lighting to model
your subject and to add or create emphasis in a
scene.
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(degrees
Keitinf
10,000
9.000
8,000
7,000
6,500
6,000
5,500
5.000
4,500
3,500
Clear day
Blue
Cloudy day
Rainy day
Daylight fluorescent light
Camera flashbulb
Blue photolamp
White
White fluorescent light
Off-white fluorescent light
Tungsten photolamp
3,200
2,800
Halogen lamp
Tungsten lamp
Iodine lamp
Yellow
2,500
Acetylene lamp
Kerosene lamp
2.000
Candlelight
Red
Notes:
l The figures in the charts are approximations.
l The auto white balance operates automatically
within the range of “AUTO” shown in the chart.
However, it will satisfactorily operate from 2,500 K
up to 8,000 K. although the picture may take on a
red or blue tint.
Lighting indicator (“LIGHT”)
When the “LIGHT” indicator appears on the moni-
tor, it means that there is not enough illumination
for recording. Either move to a brighter location or
increase the light. You can also use the Gain-up
mode to correct the problem (see page 35).