Aperture Priority Mode on the FX1/Z1

MH_Stevens wrote on 4/14/2006, 9:27 PM

My most usual technique for setting exposure on the FX1/Z1 has been to let the camera first set "its" auto settings and then to fine tune the Iris, however I have read a lot about this camera working best at F4.0 Save for when a specific DOF is not compatible with F4 is required, who recommends initially using the camera in F4 aperture priority mode and fine-tuning exposure with the shutter?

Michael

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Spot|DSE wrote on 4/15/2006, 7:27 AM

If you're working in reasonable light, this seems to be the sweet spot of the camera, rather than slightly smaller on many others. You'll find a lot of posts on this around the web, and lotsa shooters out there have found this to be true, particularly those looking for a highly saturated or "film noir" look. Don't push the color too much at this aperture, and maybe push the sharpening just a tiny bit more than you normally might. (around +11/12)

riredale wrote on 4/15/2006, 10:06 AM

One article I saw last year showed that any 1/3" CCD-chip camera can't show 1080-line resolution if the lens is stopped down more than f4. I'll try to find the post I did back then on this subject.

EDIT: Here it is.