VI Basic Operations

CAMERA

 

 

 

 

2 Photographing Images

 

 

Other settings required

•In File Settings of the SETUP menu, set the source to “s5M” or “s2M” (high picture quality).

•In Additional Settings of the SETUP menu, set External Out to “OFF” (without shutter delay).

Check the screen for any abnormality. If no problems are found, save the image.

NOTE: If you are photographing a dark subject that requires a long exposure time, use the camera head in a cool place to allow for its temperature to decrease. This will help to reduce star-shaped noise and increase camera performance.

2.1.5Special Photography on Advn. Menu – Stroboscope Photographing

When you photograph an image with synchronized lighting using a stroboscope plugged into the EXTERNAL OUT connector, observe the following precautions as you set up the DS-L1.

• Select “ON” for External Out in Additional Settings on the SETUP menu and press SAVE . This setting enables output of a synchronizing signal.

•The stroboscope is synchronized when the shutter speed of the DS-L1 is in the following range:

5M cameras

5Mi mode: 1/3 s to 1 s

 

1.3Mp and 1.3Mi modes: 1/7 s to 1 s

2M cameras

1/15 s to 1 s

Select “MANU” for exposure mode and set the shutter speed within the above range.

• No noise reduction functions are supported. Select NR OFF and leave it selected while in use.

•The DS-L1 does not have an automatic exposure function for stroboscope. Use the automatical-brightness adjustment function of a stroboscope or select manual exposure in the DS-L1 settings.

•Adjust the white balance from a frozen image, following the procedure described below.

1)While photographing a uniformly white subject, press the freeze button to freeze the display. (At this time, the stroboscope will flash. Be careful to avoid overexposure.)

2） Press the WB button, then deselect freeze.

•The stroboscope emits light when you press the CAPTURE button to save an image or the freeze button to freeze the display. Freeze the display before saving an image; this will allow you to check the photographic conditions.

NOTE: Compared to ordinary photography, there is a shutter delay in strobe photography because the stroboscope emits light only after you press the CAPTURE button.

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