Recording

Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment

Shutter Speed:

Adjust it when recording fast-moving subjects.

Aperture:

Adjust it when the screen is too bright or too dark.

¬Rotate the mode dial to select .

1Set the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch to MANUAL.

The icon shown in the illustration is displayed automatically.

2Move the cursor button left or right to select [ ] (aperture) or [ ] (shutter speed).

3Move the cursor button left or right to make the adjustment.

AShutter speed: 1/50 to 1/8000

≥The shutter speed closer to 1/8000 is faster.

BIris/Gain value:

CLOSE # (F16 to F2.0) # OPEN # (0dB to 18dB)

≥Value closer to [CLOSE] darken the image. ≥Value closer to [18dB] brighten the image.

≥When the iris value is adjusted to brighter than [OPEN], it changes to the gain value.

To restore to automatic adjustment

Set the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch to AUTO.

≥When setting both the shutter speed and the iris/gain value, set the shutter speed and then set the iris/gain value.

Manual shutter speed adjustment

≥Avoid recording under fluorescent light, mercury light or sodium light because the colour and brightness of the playback image may change.

≥If you increase the shutter speed manually, the gain value will increase automatically depending on how much the sensitivity lowers

and the noise on the screen may increase. ≥When recording still pictures, we recommend setting the shutter speed to 1/500 or less for

even more beautiful pictures.

≥You may see vertical lines of light in the playback image of a brightly shining subject or highly reflective subject, but this is not a malfunction.

≥During normal playback, image movement may not look smooth.

≥When recording in an extremely bright place, the screen may change colour or flicker. If so adjust the shutter speed manually to [1/50] or [1/100].

Manual iris/gain adjustment

≥If the gain value is increased, the noise on the screen increases.

≥Depending on the zoom magnification, there are iris values that are not displayed.

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Panasonic HDC-SD1 operating instructions Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment, To restore to automatic adjustment