Tips on outdoor shooting

If the subject is too bright when, for instance, shooting outdoors under a clear sky, adjust the brightness either using the electronic shutter or the built-in ND filter.

Phenomena inherent to CCD cameras

The following phenomena are known to arise in CCD cameras.

Smear

Although this unit has extremely low smear characteristics, smear may arise when shooting an extremely bright subject.

Extremely bright subject

Vertical lines made down the

 

screen

Flicker

Flickering may occur if fluorescent lights are used for the lighting. This is the case in areas where the commercial power line frequency is 50 Hz or when a high shutter speed is used. To prevent flicker, set the electronic shutter speed to 1/100 where the commercial power line frequency is 50 Hz and to OFF where it is 60 Hz.

Moiré

Shooting a subject with striped patterns may give rise to the formation of Moiré patterns.

White streaks

White streaks may appear at high temperatures. They may be more conspicuous when the gain has been increased.

Picture roughness

Roughness in a specific pattern may appear all over the screen when the temperature is extremely high.

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