Re: Sony DSR250?

On Sep 24, 12:35 am, Bob A <Andys...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Yeah that's probably it. It's a good camera for the price, but it
annoys me not to be able to focus crisply.

I have 2 of them along with 2 of the earlier DSR 200 and a DSR 300. It
is a very good cam, It is servo focus as are the VX2K, PD150s and
PD170s, undoubtedly the most popular cams on the planet by a huge
margin,  Don't have a clue why you can't "focus crisply" while it is
not a complaint of any other owner that has had the camera a week or
more. If you can't, just leave it in autofocus and it will relieve you
of the burden and do an excellent job for you.

2-part answer:

First, I did a parade, hand-held, on autofocus. The resultant tape was
very out of focus in spots.

Second, when I try to manual focus, I have trouble getting it to
settle on the "sweet spot." Of course, the focus of my own eyes is not
as good as it used to be, so what I ascribe to the 250 may in fact, be
better ascribed to my own failing vision.

It sucks, by the way, to work in TV and have progressive vision
problems. When I direct/TD, I have problems focusing between the
source monitors and the switcher. When I do audio, it is hard to keep
the whole board in focus. When I do Master, it is hard to focus
between air, the MC switcher and the computer monitor.

All that having been said, I LOVE having a "big" shoulder mount camera
that can run continuously for more than 2 hours in DV25/DVCAM, with a
light and 2 wireless channels. And a flip-up eyepiece, so I can do low
angle stuff.
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