Adjusting the Aperture
Adjusting the Aperture
You can affect the brightness of your recordings or change the depth of field by adjusting the aperture. For example, use a small aperture value for a shallow depth of field that isolates the subject in focus and nicely blurs
60the background. You can have the camcorder automatically set the aperture according to the brightness of the subject, or adjust the aperture manually.
Operating modes: 
Automatic Aperture
When an
1 Open the aperture [Mode] submenu.
[~Camera Setup] >[Iris] >[Mode]
2 Select [Automatic] and then press the joystick.
• When the camcorder is set to automatic aperture, mwill appear on the screen next to the aperture value.
NOTES
•If you set an assignable button to [Iris Mode] (A89), you can press the button to toggle between the [Automatic] and [Manual] settings.
Manual Aperture Control
You can adjust the aperture value of most EF lenses using the control |
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dial on the grip unit. Available aperture values will vary depending on |
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the EF lens attached to the camcorder. |
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By default, the camcorder is set to manual aperture. If the aperture |
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mode was changed, set [~Camera Setup] >[Iris] >[Mode] to |
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[Manual] (A60) in advance. | Control dial |
Selecting the Increment Scale to Use When Adjusting the
Aperture
1 Open the [Iris Increment] submenu.
[~Camera Setup] >[Iris] >[Iris Increment]
2 Select [1/2 stop], [1/3 stop] or [Fine] and then press the joystick.
Changing the Aperture Value
Turn the control dial to adjust the aperture.
•The selected aperture value will appear on the lower left of the screen.
•When [~Camera Setup] >[Iris] >[Iris Increment] is set to [Fine], the actual increments will be smaller than 1/3 stop but the onscreen display will show the closest