Shooting Problems

[broly1718]

I have a sony trv 250. I was shooting a sypmonic band from a balcony. i had the camera all the way zoomed out so i could get the whole band. when i watched it when i got home, the lighting was over powering some of the band. the reflections on the instruments seemed to make everyone seem blurry.

any ideas? settings? filters? lens'?

[Richard_G]

Sony camcorders have various different programmed exposure settings. Most of the modern ones (including yours I would assume) have a spotlight setting that underexposes the majority of the scene so that anything highlighted is exposed correctly. Try using that setting next time. I shoot a lot of video under stage lighting and it is difficult to get the exposure correct. I use three camcorders that all have manual override on the exposure and I use that to get it right. The spotlight setting on one of mine is as good as you'll get without full manual control.