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  • Low light lenses for HMC-40?

    Posted by Dan Angeloro on May 13, 2011 at 5:01 am

    This might have been covered already, but I’ll ask anyway.

    I have filmed a few things with this camera, and so far it is giving me mostly what I want. But, as I’m sure is the usual complaint with it, the graininess and gain in low light settings (especially when the actors have dark clothes on) is very frustrating.

    I’m new to lenses and filters right now, so I’m slowly learning. Now, is there a lens out there or a known “trick” to help this camera achieve better results and not have as much “fuzziness” when filming in dark spots or on dark clothes? And if there are lenses out there designed for this reason, are they relatively inexpensive?

    Just a quick Q. Thanks!

    Uli Plank replied 15 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Uli Plank

    May 13, 2011 at 8:43 am

    Does that camera have interchangeable lenses at all?

    If so, try photographic glass, the best is Nokton 25mm 0,95, very fast glass, but expensive and in high demand.

    Director of the Institute of Media Research (IMF) at Braunschweig University of Arts

  • Noah Kadner

    May 14, 2011 at 4:03 am

    Yeah um huh- that’s a fixed lens camera isn’t it? No lens would do anything…

    Noah

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  • Uli Plank

    May 14, 2011 at 9:04 am

    Yeah, it just looked it up. Sorry, you can have sunglasses (ND), but no night vision (photomultiplier?) …

    Director of the Institute of Media Research (IMF) at Braunschweig University of Arts

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