EXPOSURE Button

MENU Wheel

Lock Button

Power Switch

Exposure Control

Manual exposure control is recommended in the following situations:

●When shooting using reverse lighting or when the background is too bright.

●When shooting on a reflective natural background such as at the beach or when skiing.

●When the background is overly dark or the subject is bright.

1

Set the Power Switch to “M” while pressing down

2

the Lock Button located on the switch.

Open the LCD monitor fully, or pull out the

3

viewfinder fully.

Press EXPOSURE.

4

● The exposure control indicator appears.

To brighten the image, rotate the MENU Wheel

 

towards “+”. To darken the image, rotate the

 

MENU Wheel towards “–”. (maximum ±6)

Iris Lock

Like the pupil of the human eye, the iris contracts in well-lit environments to keep too much light from entering, and dilates in dim environments to allow in more light.

Use this function in the following situations:

●When shooting a moving subject.

●When the distance to the subject changes (so its size in the LCD monitor or the viewfinder changes), such as when the subject is backing away.

●When shooting on a reflective natural background such as at the beach or when skiing.

●When shooting objects under a spotlight.

●When zooming.

When the subject is close, keep the iris locked. Even when the subject moves away from you, the image will not darken or brighten.

1Set the Power Switch to “M” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.

2Open the LCD monitor fully, or pull out the viewfinder fully.

3Press EXPOSURE.

● The exposure control indicator appears.

4Adjust zoom so that the subject fills the LCD monitor or the viewfinder, then press and hold the MENU Wheel for over 2 seconds. The exposure control indicator and the “” indication appear.

● +3 exposure has the same effect as the

backlight compensation. ( pg. 47)

● –3 exposure has the same effect as when “r”

is set to “SPOTLIGHT”. ( pg. 33)

5 Press the MENU Wheel in. Exposure adjustment

is complete.

To return to automatic exposure control...

Press EXPOSURE twice. Or, set the Power Switch to “A”.

● If EXPOSURE is pressed once, the camcorder will

5Press the MENU Wheel in.

The “” indication changes to “” and the iris is locked.

To return to automatic iriscontrol...

Press EXPOSURE twice. Or, set the Power Switch to “A”.

●The exposure control indicator and “” disappear.

3

Iris Lock Indicator

enter the exposure control mode again.

NOTES:

●You cannot use the manual exposure control at the same time when “r” is set to “SPOTLIGHT” or “SNOW” ( pg. 33), or with the backlight compensation. ( pg. 47)

●If the adjustment does not cause any visible change in brightness, set “GAIN UP” to “AUTO”. ( pg. 31, 35)

To lock the exposure control and the iris… After step 3 of “Exposure Control”, adjust the exposure by rotating the MENU Wheel. Then lock the iris in steps 4 and 5 of “Iris Lock”. For automatic locking, press EXPOSURE twice in step 3. The exposure control and the iris become automatic.