Sony alpha 3000 - Page 4

AgoodplacetostartistosettheASAfairlylow.ThiscouldbeISO100outdoors,andISO
400or800indoors.Thensettheshutterspeedto1/60
th
,whichisstandard.Afterthat,
youcanplaywiththefstop,goingfromf5.6tof8,tof11,andf16.
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Inpractice,itmaybenecessarytovarytheshutterspeedalot,goingashighas1/250ofa
secondwhenworkingoutdoors.
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Thecamerahasa“steadyshot”compensationforcamerashake,whichshouldprobablybe
leftinplaceforvideorecording.
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MOVIERECORD
Themoviebuttonactsprettyindependentlyoftheothercontrols.Youcanusetheshutter
buttonforfocus,andthenhitthemoviebutton.ItrecordsAVCHD.movfilesinfullHD
1920x1080format.TheseneedtobetranscodedtoworkwithFinalCutExpress.The
audioisforreferenceonly,andisrecordedat48kHz.Thereisnomicinput.For
consistencyIrecommendthatweusethe 60i(17M)setting“FH” .See“ImageSize”inthe
menu.