Setting the electronic shutter
Slow shutter mode
1 Allocate SLOWSHUT to the USER1, USER2 or USER3 item from the setting menu SW MODE screen. (See page 42)
2 The slow shutter mode is established by pressing the USER button to which SLOWSHUT has been allocated. Each time the SPEED SEL button is pressed, the shutter speed changes in the sequences shown below.
When the progressive mode is OFF (50i)
1/3 
1/6 
1/12 
1/25
When the progressive mode is established (25P)
1/3 
1/6 
1/12
OWhen the slow shutter mode is established, “PROCESSING...” appears in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor for the prescribed period, and the various settings for the slow shutter mode are performed.
OWhen the USER button to which SLOWSHUT has been allocated is pressed again, the slow shutter mode is released, and operation returns to the mode immediately before the slow shutter mode was established.
OWhen the power is turned off and turned back on while the slow shutter mode is established, the normal mode is established.
OThe gain cannot be controlled in the slow shutter mode. It is controlled at the fixed value (0 dB).
OThe slow shutter mode settings cannot be changed or released during recording.
OEven if the USER button to which SLOWSHUT has been allocated is pressed while the shutter speed set using the SPEED SEL button is being used (see page 29), “INVALID” appears in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor, and it is not possible to switch to the slow shutter mode.
First, set to the standard (OFF) status using the SHUTTER button, and then establish the slow shutter mode.
SLOW 1/ 3
When a setting other than OFF has been selected for the OTHER DISPLAY item on the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen, the currently set slow shutter speed is displayed in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor screen.
Synchro scan
The shutter speed of synchro scan used when shooting TV screens or computer monitor screens is set using the SYNCHRO SCAN item on the setting menu CAMERA SETUP screen. (See page 41)
OWhen the shutter is adjusted to suit the frequency of a TV screen or computer monitor screen, the horizontal noise that occurs when shooting TV screens is minimized.
The setting for progressive mode can be switched with the PROGRESSIVE item on the SCENE FILE screen of the setting menu. (See page 41)
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