Adjusting the shutter speed

Shutter speeds you can select

Progressive

Normal shutter

Shutter speeds you can select with SPEED SEL

mode

speeds (OFF)

 

 

SYNCHRO SCAN

Shutter speed selected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF (60i)

1/60

1/60.3 - 1/250

1/100, 1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000

 

 

 

 

30P

1/50

1/30.1 - 1/250.0

1/30, 1/60, 1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000

 

 

 

 

24P/24PA

1/50

1/24.1 - 1/250.0

1/24, 1/60, 1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000

 

 

 

 

SPEED SEL button

SHUTTER button

1 Each time you press the SHUTTER button, the shutter speed switches between normal (OFF) and the speed you selected with the SPEED SEL button.

PUSH STILL

1/100

The current shutter speed appears on the viewfinder and LCD screens unless you have selected OFF in OTHER DISPLAY in the DISPLAY SETUP screen of the setup menus. It is not displayed if you have set the shutter speed to normal (OFF).

Shooting

2 After you have pressed the SHUTTER button, press SPEED SEL to select the shutter speed. The shutter speed changes as follows each time you press SPEED SEL.

When progressive mode is OFF (60i)

SYNCHRO 1/100 1/120 1/250

SCAN

1/20001/10001/500

When progressive mode is on (30P/24P/24PA)

SYNCHRO

 

1/30

 

1/60

 

1/120

 

 

 

SCAN

(1/24)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/1000

 

 

1/500

 

 

1/250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•Remember that the faster the shutter speed, the lower the sensitivity.

•If iris is set to auto, then it will open wider with higher shutter speeds and thereby reduce focal depth.

•If you have set slow shutter mode (Page 40), you cannot change shutter speeds (“INVALID” appears on the screen).

First press the USER button you have allocated to SLOWSHUT to cancel the slow shutter mode, then change the shutter speed as shown above.

With artificial lighting and especially fluorescent lights and mercury-vapor lamps, the luminance changes in synchronization with the power line frequency. When this frequency is 50 Hz, mutual interference will occur between the camera- recorder’s vertical sync frequency (approx. 60 Hz) and the lighting frequency (50 Hz). This means that the white balance may change periodically.

Before shooting in areas with artificial lighting or adjusting the white balance, set the shutter speed as follows.

Progressive

Shutter speed

mode

 

 

50 Hz

60 Hz

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF (60i)

1/100

OFF (1/60)

 

 

 

30P

OFF (1/50)

1/60

 

 

 

24P/24PA

OFF (1/50)

1/60

 

 

 

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