Select Dial

Display

FOCUS AUTO

EXPOSURE AUTO

WIDEOFF

S . LXOFF TITLE

DATE TIME DISP.

4RETURN

Power Switch

Menu Screen

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Exposure Control

This feature automatically adjusts the iris for the best available picture quality, but you can override and make the adjustment manually.

 

SELECT OPERATION MODE

 

1 Set the Power Switch to “PRO.”.

 

 

ACCESS MENU SCREEN

 

 

2 Press the Select Dial to display the Menu Screen.

 

 

ACCESS “EXPOSURE” MENU

 

 

3 Rotate the Select Dial to move the highlight bar to

 

 

“EXPOSURE” and press it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCESS MANUAL EXPOSURE

 

4 Rotate the Select Dial to move the highlight bar to

 

 

“MANU”, then press it. “00” (exposure control level

 

 

counter) appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADJUST EXPOSURE

 

5 To brighten the image . . .

RECORDING

 

.... rotate the Select Dial upward. The exposure

 

control level counter increases (maximum +06).

 

Go to step 6.

 

To darken the image . . .

 

 

 

.... rotate the Select Dial downward. The exposure

 

 

control level counter decreases (maximum –06).

 

 

Go to step 6.

 

6

 

 

 

END ADJUSTMENT OF EXPOSURE

 

EXPOSURE

AUTO

MANU

EXIT

EXPOSURE Menu

Press the Select Dial. The Menu Screen reappears

with the highlight bar on “RETURN”.

CLOSE MENU SCREEN

7 Press the Select Dial. The Menu Screen disappears

and the exposure control level counter reappers to

indicate the exposure is adjusted.

NOTES:

Manual Exposure

Screen

00

Exposure control level counter

To brighten the image

06

06

+06

To return to the factory setting, select “AUTO” in step 4.

To re-adjust exposure, repeat the procedure from step 2.

To darken the image

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