Controls and Their Functions

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(The viewfinder shown in the illustration is the AJ-VF10P.) Æ

Shooting (Recording)/Playback Function Section (2)

¬CC/ND FILTER (filter selector) knob

This selects the filter to match the light source which is illuminating the subject.

If the setting of this knob is changed when the menu display mode has been set to “3” (default setting), the new setting will appear on the setting change message display area of the view-

finder screen.

ÈThe knob and filter settings are È Examples of filter settings to match

listed below.

shooting conditions

FILTER

Description

knob setting

13200 K

25600 Ko1/8ND

35600 K

45600 Ko1/64ND

Filter

Shooting condition

1Sunrise, sunset, inside a studio

2Outdoors under a clear sky

3Outdoors under a cloudy or rainy sky

4Snow scenes, high mountains, coastlines and other extremely clear and bright scenes

-Synchro scan adjustment switches

These switches are used to adjust the synchro scan speed. Pressing the “p” switch reduces

the shutter speed; pressing the “o” switch increases the shutter speed. Set these switches to a position where the side bar noise in the viewfinder is eliminated during personal computer monitor shooting, etc.

Note{

When these switches are used for UB/TC/CTL settings while the SET position has been select- ed as the TCG switch position, they will not serve their function as synchro scan adjustment switches. The TCG switch must be set to F-RUN or R-RUN for these switches to serve their function.

®WHITE BAL (white balance memory selector) switch

PRST: Set to this position when there is no time to adjust the white balance. The white bal- ance value for 3200 K is stored in the memory.

A or B: When the AUTO W/B BAL switch ± is pressed to the AWB side, the white balance is automatically adjusted in accordance with the setting position of the filter knob ¬, and the adjustment value is stored in memory A or memory B.

When the FILTER knob and the WHITE BAL switch are set to the same positions as the ones set when the adjustment was made, the adjustment value stored in the memory is called, and the unit is automatically adjusted to the white balance which corresponds to this value.

If the setting of this switch is changed when the menu display mode has been set to “3” (default setting), the new setting will appear at the WHITE BAL switch display position on the viewfinder screen. (Example: “A”)

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Panasonic AJ-D610WBp ¬ CC/ND Filter filter selector knob, Finder screen, Synchro scan adjustment switches

AJ-D610WBp specifications

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