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Adjusting Flash Brightness

When a snapshot (pg. 27) is taken in the dark the camcorder flashes (pg. 28) while adjusting the brightness automatically. You can also adjust the flash brightness manually. When you find that the snap- shots you took look too bright or too dark, adjust it manually.

Display

FOCUS

AUTO

EXPOSURE

AUTO

W. BALANCE

AUTO

FADER

OFF

/ WIPE

 

P. AE

OFF

/ EFFECT

0

FLASH ADJ.

4RETURN

Manual Mode Item Menu

 

FOCUS

AUTO

 

EXPOSURE

AUTO

 

W. BALANCE

AUTO

 

FADER

OFF

 

/ WIPE

 

 

P. AE

OFF

 

/ EFFECT

0

4

FLASH ADJ.

 

 

RETURN

 

5S

 

M

OFFYA

 

A

P

 

 

 

L

FLASH

0

Flash Adjustment

Lock button

Power Dial

Select Dial

1 SELECT MODE

First turn the Power Dial to “ M ” while pressing down the lock button located on the dial. Make sure the LCD monitor is open fully or the viewfinder is pulled out.

2 ACCESSMENU MANUAL MODE ITEM

Press the Select Dial and move the pointer and highlight bar to “FLASH ADJ.” by rotating the Select Dial.

3 ACCESS FLASH ADJUSTMENT

Press the Select Dial.

The Manual Mode Item Menu disappears, “FLASH” appears in the upper left corner and a number appears next to the indication to allow adjustment of the flash manually on the screen.

4 ADJUST BRIGHTNESS OF FLASH Rotating the Select Dial upward increases the number of the brightness adjustment indicator and rotating the Select Dial downward decreases it.

•The adjustment range is from –3 to +3.

5 ACTIVATE BRIGHTNESS OF FLASH Press the Select Dial. The flash brightness adjustment is complete. The indication “FLASH” changes to “MANUAL”.

NOTES:

When the battery power is low, the screen to set “FLASH ADJ.” sometimes does not appear.

When you change the subject you are shooting or the shooting location, set it back to ±0 as described in step 4 and take a snapshot to check the flash brightness. After doing this adjust to your desired brightness.

When FLASH on the Recording menu is set to “OFF” the brightness of the flash cannot be adjusted.

When GAIN UP is set to “OFF” or Twilight is selected in P.AE Effect, the flash will not light.

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JVC GR-DVX manual Adjusting Flash Brightness, Select Mode, Accessmenu Manual Mode Item, Access Flash Adjustment

GR-DVX specifications

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