How do I set the exposure correctly on a camcorder?

derbergruft22Byderbergruft22

Hello!
Since it is almost impossible to photograph moving people at night without a flash and with only little light, I bought a relatively inexpensive camcorder to try out.
I can set the exposure from 0 to 3 or down to -3. How does that work? What darkness would you suggest?
Thank you!

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daedag
daedag
2 years ago

Where do I start?

  1. What exactly do you understand at night? Any light source must of course be present (street lighting or the like), on the floor finisher no camera can provide a usable picture, whether photo or video – except a night vision camera with infrared lights.
  2. Most camcorders, especially the favorable ones, are largely unsuitable for recordings with little light, because the sensor is too small and the objective is too light-fast. You’ll only get a dark, dirty, muddy picture. To make high-quality video recordings at night, you already need a proper system camera (e.g. Sony A7 series or similar) and a high-speed lens.
  3. Photographing of moving persons – if not straight athletes in the sprint – is also possible with a proper camera, also here of course, a certain amount of light is assumed.
  4. The exposure values you call, this is just the exposure correction, so you can say to the automatic exposure that it should make the image a bit brighter or darker. This value should normally always be 0, except there is a special reason to set something else.
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Krabat693
Krabat693
2 years ago

After the photographing of moving people at night without lightning and with only little light is hardly possible

This is possible, but very difficult for the camera. In addition to a high-light lens (fixed focal lengths with as large an aperture as possible), there is also a camera that even at high ISO values does not break out. (Zb a Sony A7S III)

I got a relatively cheap CamCorder to try out.

OK, but the connection is not quite obvious.

During exposure, I can set from 0 to 3 or up to -3. How does that work?

This is called exposure correction. Your cheap camcorder will automatically adjust your exposure time, but you have the option to suggest via the EV correction of the cables brighter is darker to expose.

For example:

Suppose you film the Harry Potter Backstory from Severus Snape. The camera sees the black cape and thinks if I have to make the picture much brighter and makes the picture so bright that the bubble nose of Severus shines like the light fire of Gondor … moment false franchise… No matter where you would now turn the exposure correction into the area until the image is as dark as you want.

What would you propose to me for darkness?

You leave this girl on 0

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derbergruft22
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derbergruft22
2 years ago
Reply to  Krabat693

Thank you.

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Photon123
Photon123
2 years ago

This is only the exposure correction and has only to do with exposure.

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