≥Noise increases in dark locations. Colour balance and brightness on the screen may change with some light sources such as fluorescent lamps.
≥Still picture quality can be changed. (l 39)
≥Image quality is different from ordinary still picture recording. To record more vivid still pictures, turn off this function before recording. (l 37)
≥If you turn off the power or set the mode switch
to 
, this function is cancelled.
Built-in flash:
≥Do not block the flash with your hand or by other means.
≥Set the flash to [OFF] where using a flash is prohibited.
≥Do not use the flash with the ND filter (optional) attached.
≥The unit automatically determines if the flash is necessary even when it has been set to [OFF] by detecting the ambient brightness. (If it
determines that the flash is necessary, the [ 
]
indication lights up in red when the 
button is pressed halfway.)
≥If the [ß] indication etc. flashes or is not
displayed when the 
button is pressed halfway, the flash is not activated.
≥The available range of the flash is approx. 1 m to 2.5 m in dark places. Pictures will appear dark or reddish when they are recorded by using the flash at distances greater than 2.5 m.
≥Using the flash fixes a shutter speed to 1/500 or slower.
≥The picture may appear dark if the flash is lit in front of a white background.
≥A conversion lens (optional) can block the flash and may cause a vignetting effect.
≥If the flash is activated a large number of times, it may take longer to charge it.
Red eye reduction:
≥The flash is activated 2 times. Do not move until the second flash is finished.
≥Red eye phenomenon may appear depending on the recording conditions.
Colour bar:
≥This function is cancelled when the power is turned off.
≥The icon will not be displayed.
≥When the colour bar is on, the menu settings of [GUIDE LINES], [25pDIGITAL CINEMA], [MIC LEVEL],
Auto slow shutter:
≥If the scene is low in brightness or contrast, the subject may not be focused in on.
≥When the shutter speed becomes 1/25, the screen may be seen as if frames are missed and afterimages may appear.
Digital cinema colour:
≥To play back images recorded in the digital cinema colour with vivid colours of wider colour ranges, a device compatible with x.v.Colour™ is required. When these images are played back with devices other than ones compatible with x.v.Colour™, it is recommended to record the images after this function is turned [OFF].
≥When motion pictures recorded while this function is turned [ON] are played back with a TV not compatible with x.v.Colour™, colours may not be reproduced properly.
≥x.v.Colour™ is a name for devices that are compatible with the xvYCC format, an international standard for expanded colour in motion pictures, and that follow the rules for signal transmission.
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