topic sony a57 studio set up in Alpha & NEX interchangeable lens cameras https://community.sony.ba/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/sony-a57-studio-set-up/m-p/357316#M1844 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a sony a57 and tried it in a studio environment, set the camera to manual, iso 100, white balance cloudy, apperture to 125th. looked through the view finder an saw blackness and the same through the screen.&nbsp; </P><P>I had to go back to my a200, what am I doing wrong?&nbsp; any ideas anyone?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:57:07 GMT chatty 2012-09-05T18:57:07Z sony a57 studio set up https://community.sony.ba/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/sony-a57-studio-set-up/m-p/357316#M1844 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a sony a57 and tried it in a studio environment, set the camera to manual, iso 100, white balance cloudy, apperture to 125th. looked through the view finder an saw blackness and the same through the screen.&nbsp; </P><P>I had to go back to my a200, what am I doing wrong?&nbsp; any ideas anyone?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:57:07 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/sony-a57-studio-set-up/m-p/357316#M1844 chatty 2012-09-05T18:57:07Z Re: sony a57 studio set up https://community.sony.ba/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/sony-a57-studio-set-up/m-p/357317#M1845 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P></P><P style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; color: #333233;">Hi chatty, welcome to the Sony Forums <SPAN style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; color: #000000;"><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.ba/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /></SPAN></P><P></P><P style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; color: #333233;"><SPAN style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica; color: #000000;">Try switching off Live View in the Settings.<BR /></SPAN></P><P></P><P style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; color: #333233;">Could be you're using a fairly dark lens and your exposure is set too dark, so 'dark' is all you'll see through the live view EVF.</P><P></P><P style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; color: #333233;">Cheers</P><P style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; color: #333233;">Mick</P><DIV> </DIV><P></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:42:24 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/sony-a57-studio-set-up/m-p/357317#M1845 Mick2011 2012-09-06T07:42:24Z Re: sony a57 studio set up https://community.sony.ba/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/sony-a57-studio-set-up/m-p/357318#M1846 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>thanks mick i will give it a go. my lens was a 35-80mm f4/5.6 zoom.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:32:50 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/alpha-nex-interchangeable-lens-cameras/sony-a57-studio-set-up/m-p/357318#M1846 chatty 2012-09-06T19:32:50Z