Chapter 4 Adjustments and settings for recording
4-2 Setting the electronic shutter
This section describes the unit’s electronic shutter, its settings and operations.
4-2-1 Shutter modes
The table below lists the shutter modes in which the unit’s electronic shutter can be used as well as the shutter speeds which can be selected.
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Standard | POSITION1 - 6 | For shooting |
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SYNCHRO | Within the 50.4 Hz to | For shooting monitor screens with |
SCAN | 248.0 Hz range | a vertical scanning frequency |
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SUPER V |
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<Notes>
O No matter in which mode the electronic shutter is used, the higher the shutter speed, the lower the camera’s sensitivity.
O When the aperture is in the automatic mode, it will increasingly open and the depth of focus will become shallower as the shutter speed is increased.
O The electronic shutter will not function when the cumulative
4-2-2 Setting the shutter mode and speed
The shutter speeds used in the shutter mode are set by switching the SHUTTER switch.
The shutter speeds in the SYNCHRO SCAN mode can easily be changed using the SYNCHRO SCAN (+ and
Open the <SHUTTER SPEED> screen and <SHUTTER SELECT> screen from the OPERATION page by performing menu operations. It is now possible to restrict the shutter speed selection range to the required range beforehand and/or select whether to use the SYNCHRO SCAN mode and SUPER V mode beforehand.
Once selected, the shutter speed is retained even after the unit’s power has been turned off.
#< SHUTTER SPEED >
SYNCHRO SCAN :ON
SUPER V :OFF
POSITION1 :ON
POSITION2 :ON
POSITION3 :ON
POSITION4 :ON
POSITION5 :ON
POSITION6 :ON
#< SHUTTER SELECT >
SUPER V MODE | :FRM1 |
POSITION1 SEL | :1/60 |
POSITION2 SEL | :1/120 |
POSITION3 SEL | :1/250 |
POSITION4 SEL | :1/500 |
POSITION5 SEL | :1/1000 |
POSITION6 SEL | :1/2000 |
1 Press the SHUTTER switch from ON to SEL.
SHUTTER switch
2 Press the SHUTTER switch to the SEL position again, and repeat this until the desired mode or speed is displayed.
When all the modes and speeds are displayed, the display will change in the sequence shown below.
Standard mode
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<Note>
Since the factory setting for the SUPER V mode is OFF, there is no display at this setting. To designate the mode, open the <SHUTTER SPEED> screen from the OPERATION page and select ON for the SUPER V item setting by performing menu operations.
Viewfinder screen displays relating to the shutter
For details, refer to
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