Still and Video Camera

The Camera shots are very important to make a movie or a picture look good, because if you use the wrong settings it looks weird.
The battery on top of the camera shows how many minutes the battery still lasts. The time code ( - - : - - : - - : - - ) shows how many seconds, minutes or hours you have already recorded and the last bit of the time code shows the frames per second which is 25 on this camera so it moves up to 24 and starts at 0 again.
The number 16:9 shows the wide aspect because if you shoot in 16:9 the movie can be used for a original TV. (The old ones who looked like a square had been 4:3)
The little window in the camera tries to show the hotspots of the shot. DVCAM 48K means Digital Video Camera and 48 K is the Sound quality which is used for the movie.
The Number 50 stands for the shutter speed light and if it is increased it is sharper, which is good for action scenes. It is very important to NEVER but it below 50 because the pictures won’t be sharp at all.
If there is 18 db written on the ground of the window you should put it at zero because it makes extra light which you normally do not need.
Another very important setting is that if you film outside you need to switch on the sun symbol and if you are indoor the lamp symbol should be switched on because otherwise everything inside would be yellow.