Topic: Looking forward to the new Sony Cyber-shot HX50V

[beatkilla]

Also would like to know if it is same as sony rx100 where in video mode you can set the shutter,apeture,and adjust the iso while recording..and if you can easily switch between auto focus and manual focus too.is there also focus peaking?

[Datfly]

The EC dial on top is nice but you can not change while filming you must stop
adjust & restart filming and you can only set it in these modes:

P - Program
A - Aperture Priority
S- Shutter Priority

It remembers were you left it last so when you stop
and restart filming a few minutes later
you do not have to reset it.

I have found so far that once you are filming you can not change any settings
to anything else period. I'll keep playing. Just got it in an hour ago.

datfly

[TimSmith]

Well, now at least it remembers the EC settings when you turn it off/on... I really miss this on HX20.

[achtungpop]

The EC dial on top is nice but you can not change while filming you must stop
adjust & restart filming and you can only set it in these modes:

P - Program
A - Aperture Priority
S- Shutter Priority

It remembers were you left it last so when you stop
and restart filming a few minutes later
you do not have to reset it.

I have found so far that once you are filming you can not change any settings
to anything else period. I'll keep playing. Just got it in an hour ago.

datfly

Hello !
I've just bought it and I'm disappointed by 1 thing, that I'm on P, A or S, even if I change the exposure just before filming, as soon as I press on " record"  the exposure is always the same, that I'm on + 2 or - 2 , I see it changes on the image if I want to take a picture, but it doesn't change anything as soon as I film . Please do I miss something, or is infact exposure not settable on this device thanx in advance

[guitard]

Hello !
I've just bought it and I'm disappointed by 1 thing, that I'm on P, A or S, even if I change the exposure just before filming, as soon as I press on " record"  the exposure is always the same, that I'm on + 2 or - 2 , I see it changes on the image if I want to take a picture, but it doesn't change anything as soon as I film . Please do I miss something, or is in fact exposure not settable on this device thanx in advance

Are you saying if you change the exposure to -2, it stays at -2 while you're filming?  Or are you saying that you set it at -2, and when you start filming the exposure level doesn't change?  Or is it something else altogether?

[achtungpop]

Are you saying if you change the exposure to -2, it stays at -2 while you're filming?  Or are you saying that you set it at -2, and when you start filming the exposure level doesn't change?  Or is it something else altogether?

Simply, exposure doesn't change on video mode, never, on any positions . Even if before filming I see the exposure effect on the screen when I scroll from -2 to +2, as soon as I film, it's like if all set up came back to exposure 0 . That I'm on - 2 or +2, on video mode, no effect .

[achtungpop]

well I really worry, strange that nobody mentions the problem here just after someone told how to set ... do I miss something ? lol

[Chrisedge]

Looks like it might need to be in "M" mode only. From the manual (Page 48)
M(Manual Exposure Shooting) - Allows you to shoot after adjusting the exposure manually (both the shutter speed and the aperture (F value)).

[achtungpop]

Looks like it might need to be in "M" mode only. From the manual (Page 48)
M(Manual Exposure Shooting) - Allows you to shoot after adjusting the exposure manually (both the shutter speed and the aperture (F value)).

thanx for the idea but it does'nt work too ... that's ok for shooting photos, not for films . I think it's really impossible . I hope it's setted on the good exposure for concert by default !

[guitard]

I have shot shows with the HX50V and know that the exposure adjustment works - so if yours isn't working - I would try to take it back.  It's a long shot - but maybe a firmware update my help?

[achtungpop]

good idea I will try this thanx . anyway in the manual I don't see it's possible , at least the french one . I've only 35 pages on the original manual and absolutly nothing on this, neither on the pdf version ....
edit : even firmware I don't understand how to change it lol ... argh this stuff makes me crazy . I love my hx9v so much, I'm disappointed . are you sure exposure has really change once you film ? I can see exposure change for pictures withotu problem, movie mode comes back to something " auto " and I've read on a test that yes it filmed with exposure and ISO automatic .... I want a proof lol .

[achtungpop]

well, after hours of searches on google, I give up ... really if someone can prove me he can film 2 times the same scene in a different exposure condition with hx50v, I would be very happy . We can set a SCN but not change the exposure manually for this function, I'm 99% sure of that lol !

[achtungpop]

I have shot shows with the HX50V and know that the exposure adjustment works - so if yours isn't working - I would try to take it back.  It's a long shot - but maybe a firmware update my help?

Hello ! sorry to insist but I reallly would like to know how you set exposure for filming ( I mean film only, all work perfectly for pictures ! )  . Thanx in advance ....

[beatkilla]

This doesnt help you but on the sony rx 100 you can definetly change iso while filming.I suggest look for a used. Sony cx500 or 550 if you need long zoom and manual adjustment.

[achtungpop]

This doesnt help you but on the sony rx 100 you can definetly change iso while filming.I suggest look for a used. Sony cx500 or 550 if you need long zoom and manual adjustment.

well thanx but the goal is not to buy a real camera, but to have a great compact digicam to film , accepted by security ( I've other things to hide ... lol ) .

Anyway in intelligent mode auto and auto + I've discovered we can set the luminosity with the "down" button and it has effects on the video ! Not so bad ! I will try this at end of January on my next show . For exposure I'm now sure it's impossible .