Date still messed up
Now that I'm back to work, and have the camera sitting next to me, I'd like to address the exposure argument I'm having with my camera. It looks like it's the viewfinder that is automatically adjusting brightness. I pointed the camera at some clouds and snapped the iris (with my own fingers, like a pro) from a good exposure, to washed out, then back a few times. I noticed that my perceived brightness of the VF dimmed slightly once the scene became blown out. That change was registered by the histogram (not so professional) as well. The info characters displayed in the VF didn't seem to change brightness, but I'm only 99% sure of that. Now, I could very well have been remembering a complaint I had about the Iris Override that I discovered 6 months ago when I read the manual. Perhaps my eyes glazed over. So, sorry about that little bit of confusion.
canukcam- Thanks for the link. I printed some pages out and hope to spend some time on that at work today.
Douglas- Thank you for your input on this new-to-me camera. My situation is that I'm a staff photog for a mid-market TV station. My former camera was a DNW-9WS. Our new cameras were setup by our engineers. The waveform/scope we use is part of the Edius6 we edit on. If I need to color correct some video, I tend to use those LCD computer monitors instead of the TV set also connected to the editor.
I'll be the first to admit that any bitching I do about them is bitterness about missing my old Cadillac, and given a new Chevy. I LOVE the better audio, how frugal it is on batteries, and how it's operation is practically SILENT. However, there are plenty of things about the new camera that aren't better than the old one. That is exasperated by the fact that two chief complaints I have deal with two major components of the camera that I need to trust, viewfinder and lens. I don't feel it's necessary to compare resumes. I assure you my abilities are above that of using the "EZ MODE" (WTH? Are there other pro cameras with a button labelled that??) I did read the manual, and I did skip over most of the Paint settings. So, I think you were being a jerk calling me out as if I just walked out of Best Buy with this rig and left it on EZ MODE. Perhaps that's taking an Internet argument too seriously, and I should let it pass. But when you literally sell yourself as a resource for getting the most out of a camera, and then say "I don't know what every menu does and I don't care. My eyes glaze over anytime I try to read about some of them.", the doubt creeps in. If you want to continue discussing Paint settings with everyone else, I'll bow out and check back later. I really just wanted to ask if B-rollers had noticed a problem with the date/time. I'm glad nobody got ruffled about the crappy viewfinder glass, or even the idiotic macro. I must have touched a nerve with you about the individual camera setup I was given. I really didn't expect such a heavy-handed reply. So, as Sergeant Hulka would say: Lighten up, Francis. Let's get past this, okay?