CKSCUBA 0 #1 May 14, 2008 Hey guys help me out please. I have a royal lens .3 for my hc40 its great small nice picture no distortion ect.. problem is that the hc40 dont let alot of light in. kind of dark and not a great bright picture. i put a cheap sony .6 lens on the camera and it brighten up the picture dramatically. so of the way cool lens the liquid lens and the royal lens what would let in the most light for my camera. i think the hc40 series camera is small and ok but it sucks for white balence and letting light in. also how is the hc90 series for letting light in i may just scrap the hc40 and get an 90-96 and get a royal lens. so will the hc90 series give me a much brighter picture even when using a .3 lens. So please yall help me out. The hc40 camera with any of the other lens's or the hc 90 series. i fly a side mount system. i fly an canon 10-22mm lens so and i set it on 14mm and i fly very close. to the tandem. any thoughts on this? i am open to any sugestions on flying a sidemount friendly system and low profile wide lens thanks chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #2 May 14, 2008 None of the Royal lenses (or other single-element lens) will affect exposure in terms of modifying f-stops. Perhaps you're seeing some vignetting on the sides? With some camcorders, they are so wide that they'll vignette, particularly if you're using a step-up or step-down ring. Do you see a black ring around the image? HC 40 is fine for skydiving work, white balancing, etc. ATW in this cam isn't much different (if at all) from any other Sony DV camcorder in a palmcorder format. I don't have a means of measuring the relative focal length of the HC40 vs 90, but I'd imagine the 40 is wider. Could it be possible you've got an HC40 with exposure issues? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CKSCUBA 0 #3 May 15, 2008 no vignite at all. when i use a crapy .6 lens the picture is brighter if then if i use the .3 royal lens. what do you think???? thank you chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSE 1 #4 May 16, 2008 I have an hc40 with a royal .3. It works great. I've put over 800 jumps on that combo. Not sure why you are having a problem. all the videos at myspace.com/jeffse were shoot with that camera and lens Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
