Vision3 500T on Nizo 2056

[Thomas Winston]

I'm going to shoot mainly interior available light 'home movie' looking stuff with a Nizo 2056 that I have. I've never shot this camera with any of the new stocks and I can't figure out exactly how to set the ISO.

Any help with how I should set up the camera for ISO (I see this knob next to the tungston/daylight filter but can't figure out which way I need to turn it) and if I should over/underexpose would be great. I plan on shooting a test role before the shoot.

Thanks!

Tom

[Alex]

Hi Tom, sorry it took so long to reply, apparently I am not set up to get email notifications when someone posts a new topic. Hostboard changed their layout and I guess the email notification thing changed as well.

I have a 2056 but it is stored right now. I forget what the dial looks like. If it is a plus minus dial, and assuming the camera "thinks" the film is of a lower ASA, you would want to go in the minus direction with the dial.

The cool thing with the 500 ASA in low light is that for the most part you will be almost always open with your f-stop. If you do have contrasty lighting and will have some type of noticeable light on your actor or performer, then you might want to go to manual f-stop of around an f-1.8 to 2.8

You need to see how sharp your camera is when the aperture is wide open. If you notice the image looks soft when the f-stop is wide open, then you may find you never want to go below f 2.0 just to maintain some level of sharpness. I find lens will show a noticeable improvement once you get to at least an f 2.0 - 2.8 split, but every camera and every lens could be slightly different.

If you have more of intense light on your peformer, you may need to go around f4.0 to 5.6, and if you have blazing spotlight on your performer, perhaps between 8.0 to 11.0 and even higher.