Chapter 4 Adjustments and settings for recording

4-2 Setting the electronic shutter

This section describes the unit’s electronic shutter, its settings and operations.

4-2-1 Shutter modes

The table below lists the shutter modes in which the unit’s electronic shutter can be used as well as the shutter speeds which can be selected.

Mode

Shutter speed

Applications

Standard

POSITION1 - 6

For shooting fast-moving subjects

 

 

clearly.

SYNCHRO

Within the 50.4 Hz to

For shooting monitor screens with

SCAN

248.0 Hz range

a vertical scanning frequency

 

 

exceeding 50 Hz in a way that

 

 

minimizes the pattern of horizontal

 

 

lines.

SUPER V

 

For improving the vertical

 

 

resolution.

<Notes>

O No matter in which mode the electronic shutter is used, the higher the shutter speed, the lower the camera’s sensitivity.

O When the aperture is in the automatic mode, it will increasingly open and the depth of focus will become shallower as the shutter speed is increased.

O The electronic shutter will not function when the cumulative gain-boosting DS. GAIN (digital super gain) mode is in use.

4-2-2 Setting the shutter mode and speed

The shutter speeds used in the shutter mode are set by switching the SHUTTER switch.

The shutter speeds in the SYNCHRO SCAN mode can easily be changed using the SYNCHRO SCAN (+ and -) buttons on the side panel.

Open the <SHUTTER SPEED> screen and <SHUTTER SELECT> screen from the OPERATION page by performing menu operations. It is now possible to restrict the shutter speed selection range to the required range beforehand and/or select whether to use the SYNCHRO SCAN mode and SUPER V mode beforehand.

Once selected, the shutter speed is retained even after the unit’s power has been turned off.

#< SHUTTER SPEED >

SYNCHRO SCAN :ON

SUPER V :OFF

POSITION1 :ON

POSITION2 :ON

POSITION3 :ON

POSITION4 :ON

POSITION5 :ON

POSITION6 :ON

#< SHUTTER SELECT >

SUPER V MODE

:FRM1

POSITION1 SEL

:1/60

POSITION2 SEL

:1/120

POSITION3 SEL

:1/250

POSITION4 SEL

:1/500

POSITION5 SEL

:1/1000

POSITION6 SEL

:1/2000

1 Press the SHUTTER switch from ON to SEL.

SHUTTER switch

2 Press the SHUTTER switch to the SEL position again, and repeat this until the desired mode or speed is displayed.

When all the modes and speeds are displayed, the display will change in the sequence shown below.

Standard mode

 

 

POSITION

 

POSITION

POSITION

 

POSITION

 

POSITION

POSITION

 

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPER V

 

 

 

 

SYNCHRO SCAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode

 

 

 

<Note>

Since the factory setting for the SUPER V mode is OFF, there is no display at this setting. To designate the mode, open the <SHUTTER SPEED> screen from the OPERATION page and select ON for the SUPER V item setting by performing menu operations.

Viewfinder screen displays relating to the shutter

For details, refer to “4-7 Viewfinder screen status displays.”

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