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32 EN RECORDING FEATURES

 

 

Manual Settings in MSET

 

 

 

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Manual Exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manual exposure is recommended in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

following situations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can use manual recording functions easily

 

 

When shooting using reverse lighting or when

by selecting items in the MSET menus.

 

 

 

 

 

the background is too bright.

 

How to Select a Menu Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When shooting on a reflective natural

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

background such as at the beach or when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

skiing.

 

 

 

 

1 Set the power switch to .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the background is overly dark or the

2 Press and hold ( /

) so that

is

 

 

 

subject is bright.

 

displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Select [AE] in the MSET menu. ( pg. 32)

3 Press

(

). The menu screen

 

 

 

 

 

2 If [AUTO] is selected, press

. (video mode

appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

only)

 

 

 

 

4 Press

/

to select

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 To brighten the image, press

. To darken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a desired item from the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the image, press .

 

MSET menu, then press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment range

 

49.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For video recording: –6 to +6 or AUTO (automatic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

exposure)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

 

AUTO

AUTO

AUTO

OFF

OFF

 

 

For still image recording: –2.0 to +2.0 (EV)

 

 

 

 

 

AE

 

AF

WB

S.SP

P.AE

EF

 

 

There are 6 items in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Press 49. The setting is completed.

MSET menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 Press

(

 

) to close the MSET menu.

AE: Manual Exposure ( pg. 32)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AF: Manual Focus ( pg. 33)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To lock the exposure

 

WB: White Balance ( pg. 34)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After step 5, press and hold 49 for over 2

S.SP: Shutter Speed ( pg. 35)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

seconds. The

 

indicator appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.AE: Program AE ( pg. 36)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

 

 

 

 

EF: Effect ( pg. 36)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cannot use the manual exposure at the same

Step 5 and 6 below are example of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

time when [P.AE] is set to [SPOTLIGHT] or

manual exposure setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SNOW] ( pg. 36), or with backlight

5 Press

/

to select

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

compensation ( pg. 31).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the adjustment does not make any visible

a setting, then press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

change in brightness, set [GAIN UP] to [ON] when

49. The setting is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recording videos ( pg. 50), or set [GAIN] to

completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 Press

 

 

± 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AUTO] when recording still images ( pg. 51).

(

) to

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

 

AUTO

AUTO

AUTO

OFF

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

close the MSET menu.

AE

 

AF

WB

S.SP

P.AE

EF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

While recording is in progress, [S.SP], [P.AE] and

[EF] cannot be set even if ( ) is pressed.

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JVC GZ-MG70EK manual EN Recording Features, Manual Exposure Menu, Manual Settings in Mset

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