Changing Main Camera Functions with the FUNC. Button

Changing Main Camera Functions with the FUNC. Button

You can adjust three main camera functions –shutter speed, white balance and ISO speed/gain– using the FUNC. button (direct setting mode). In direct setting mode, you can change settings using the LCD screen/

viewfinder or using only the rear panel, which is convenient when the monitor unit is not attached to the57 camcorder.

This section will explain the basic operation of the direct setting mode. For specific details about the functions please refer to the each function’s section: shutter speed (A58), white balance (A66), ISO speed/gain (A61).

Operating modes:

Using the Direct Setting Mode

1 Press the FUNC. button.

• On the screen: The onscreen display of the function to be adjusted will be highlighted in orange.

On the rear panel: Only the icon (white balance) or value (ISO speed, gain, shutter speed) of the function to be adjusted will be displayed.

• Repeatedly pressing the FUNC. button will change the function to be adjusted in the following order: White balance  ISO speed/gain  Shutter speed  Direct setting mode off.

2Push the joystick up/down or turn the SELECT dial to select the

desired value (ISO speed, gain, shutter speed) or desired white balance mode and then press SET.

•The selected value will be set and the camcorder will exit the direct setting mode.

•On the screen: The onscreen display of the selected function will return to normal.

On the rear panel: The display will return to normal (all displays will reappear).

•Depending on the function selected, additional adjustment may be possible or necessary before pressing SET.

NOTES

•The camcorder will automatically end the direct setting mode in the following cases.

-If no operation was performed for more than 6 seconds.

-If the aperture was adjusted or the ND filter setting was changed.

-If the menu, custom picture menu or a status screen was opened.

-If the control dial’s function is set to [ISO/Gain] and you operate the control dial while adjusting the white balance or shutter speed in direct setting mode.

•If you set an assignable button to [FUNC.] (A99), you can press that button instead of the FUNC. button to enter the direct setting mode.