JVC GY-DV5000 Switch Setup According to Illumination and Subject, Automatic Setting Contents

12. FEATURES OF THE CAMERA SECTION

12-6 Switch Setup According to Illumination and Subject

Various switch settings are performed to accommodate the conditions of the illumination and the subject when shooting.

SWITCH FUNCTIONS

AUTO IRIS	BLACK stretch/black
LEVEL switch	compress switch
AUTO IRIS	FULL AUTO BLACK		LOLUX
BACK L		STRETCH	MODE
			VTR
NORMAL		NORMAL
SPOT L		COMPRESS	CAM

POWER VTR

ON OFF

1AUTO IRIS LEVEL switch

This switch allows the reference value for the auto iris adjustment to be changed according to the lighting condition. BACK L : When the subject is in backlit conditions.

Opens the iris wider than the standard setting. NORMAL: Normal lighting condition.

SPOT L : When the subject is under a spotlight.

Closes the iris narrower than the standard setting.

■The level of auto iris can be set in SPOT L/BACK L on the CAMERA OPERATION menu screen when the AUTO IRIS switch is set to BACK L or SPOT L. ☞ See page 71.

2BLACK stretch/black compress switch

This switch makes the image easier to see by varying the black gain.

BLACK STRETCH : Boosts the gain of black areas to improve the reproducibility of black.

NORMAL: Normal black gain.

BLACK COMPRESS : Attenuates the gain of black areas to make the image sharper.

FULL AUTO SHOOTING (FAS) FUNCTION

FULL AUTO indicator	FULL AUTO/shooting button
AUTO IRIS	FULL AUTO BLACK		LOLUX
BACK L		STRETCH	MODE
			VTR
NORMAL		NORMAL
SPOT L		COMPRESS	CAM

POWER VTR

ON OFF

The FAS function provides a wide range of compatibility with shooting conditions that varies as you move between indoors and outdoors or between bright and dark locations. It eliminates the need to change the switch and filter positions every time you move.

The FAS function provides an integrated control of the ALC (Automatic Level Control), Auto iris and FAW (Full-time Auto White balance) functions.

Operation

1. Simply press the FULL AUTO button to enter the FAS mode, in which the FULL AUTO indicator lights and “FAS” is displayed to the right in the viewfinder or LCD monitor.

2. Pressing the FULL AUTO button again cancels the FAS mode and turns the FULL AUTO indicator off.

CAUTION:

●When the power is turned on while the camera is in the FAS mode, it takes about 10 seconds before the automatic adjustment of FAS is completed.

■Automatic Setting Contents

●If you have been displaying the colour bars, the screen is switched automatically to the camera image.

●The auto iris adjustment mode is entered even if the iris mode switch of the lens is set to manual.

●The GAIN switch and WHT.BAL switch settings are defeated in the FAS mode.

●The LOLUX button setting is active even in the FAS mode. However, the ALC and EEI are defeated in the LOLUX mode, in which only the auto iris adjustment and FAW are used.

●All of the previous setting contents are recalled when the FAS mode is cancelled.

●The SMOOTH TRANS function is defeated during switch to the FAS function.

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