LED Light, Spot Exposure Control | JVC GZ-MG50E, GZ-MG40EK, GZ-MG30E

RECORDING FEATURES EN 31

Backlight Compensation

LED Light

Backlight compensation brightens the subject

When shooting with insufficient light at night, the

quickly. With simple operation, dark portions of

LED light turns on to improve visibility during

the subject are brightened by increasing the

shooting.

exposure.

Press LIGHT to turn the light on and display one

1 Set the power switch to .

of the following indicators.

2 Press and hold ( / ) so that

: The light remains always on regardless of

the surrounding conditions.

displayed.

: The light turns on automatically when there

3 Press

(

) once so that the

indicator

is insufficient light.

appears.

To turn off the light

To cancel backlight compensation

Press LIGHT repeatedly so that /

indicator

Press

(

) twice so that the

indicator

disappears.

Spot Exposure Control

Selection of a spot metering area enables more precise exposure compensation. You can select one of the three metering areas.

1 Set the power switch to .
2 Press and hold ( / ) so that	is
displayed.

3 Press ( ) twice so that the indicator appears.

●The spot metering area frame appears at the centre.

4 Press / to select the desired spot metering area frame.

5 Press 49. The setting is completed.

To lock the exposure

After step 4, press and hold 49 for over 2 seconds. The indicator appears.

To cancel spot exposure control

Press ( ) once so that the indicator disappears.

NOTES:

●Spot exposure control may not be possible when some other functions are activated.

●Depending on the shooting location and condition, optimum result may not be attained.

ADVANCED OPERATIONS

GZ-MG50EK, GZ-MG20E, GZ-MG50E, GZ-MG30EK, GZ-MG30E specifications

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