Adjusting the iris

[SquaretheJon]

Hi,

In this tutorial, he tells you to "open up" the iris, or increase it. How would you do that on a consumer camcorder like the Canon Hf200? Is it possible? Will it actually work?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZA9r0iWbdw

 

[SquaretheJon]

Is adjusting the iris the same as adjusting the exposure?

 

[Uranium City]

Set your HF200 to Av mode (Apeture Priority). You can then set the F stop, which is the iris. The lower the f stop, the more the iris is open.

Adjusting the iris is part of adjusting the exposure...the other part is adjusting the shutter. The Vixia line only allows you to manually adjust one or the other, then it automatically adjusts the other.

You'll need to do a lot of woodshedding and practicing with your camera to find settings that work for you in different situations.

When you turn on manual exposure on the HF200, it will lock the shutter and iris settings.

 

[SquaretheJon]

Adjusting the iris is part of adjusting the exposure...the other part is adjusting the shutter.

How do I adjust the shutter? Thanks.

BTW, in most cases, I want the iris to be opened all way, right?