bright faces

[Charles Martin]

> From: "Gordon B. Alley" <galley at texas.net>
> My Canon ZR 40 (miniDV, ~US$500) has White Balance adjustment. You
> can select  indoor or outdoor, or you can set it using the classic
> white-card method.
>
This is specifically what I was referring to. On many sub-$600 cams, 
you have ONE control, often called "White Balance," that acts as both 
white balance AND exposure control. There might be some additional 
options in the camera's "software" but it doesn't offer any sort of 
really fine control.

I'm far from an expert on all video cameras, so if I'm wrong I'll 
happily stand corrected -- but the last time I shopped for low-end and 
high-end video cameras, the low-end (consumer) ones had IMHO totally 
inadequate control over white balance and exposure, often treating the 
two things as one "option."


_Chas_

Claiming that the Macintosh is inferior to Windows because most people 
use Windows is like saying that all other restaurants are inferior to 
McDonald's.