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Is there any way to see what the aperature and shutter speed is when shooting videos.  I hate shooting in the dark, and would like to see these settings on the screen in real time.
Using brand new VIXIA R500 camcorder, auto mode.  Normal audio with built-in mike.  Normal audio with headphones.  But when I plug in external mike, there is no audio, and level meter doesn't move.  True for headset mike, and brand new Nikon ME-1 mik...