Record mode
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Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment
Shutter Speed
Adjust it when recording fast-moving subjects.
When recording persons outdoors at night, select
a slow shutter speed and use a flash. Both the
persons and the background will become
brighter.
Aperture
Adjust it when the screen is too bright or too dark.
≥Set to Tape/Card Recording Mode.
1Set the [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS] switch to
[MANUAL].
2Move the joystick down until the shutter
speed indication or aperture value
indication appears.
1) Shutter speed
2) (Aperture) Iris/gain value
3Move the joystick left or right in order to
adjust the shutter speed or aperture.
ªTo restore to automatic adjustment
Set the [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS] switch to
[AUTO].
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
sensitivity lowers and accordingly the gain value
increases automatically, which may increase
the noises on the screen.
≥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 the extremely bright place,
the colour of the screen may change or flickers.
If so, adjust the shutter speed manually to 1/50
or 1/100.
Manual iris/gain adjustme nt
≥If the value does not become “OPEN”, you
cannot adjust the gain value.
≥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.
ªShutter speed range
1/50–1/8000 seconds: Tape Recording Mode
1/2–1/2000 seconds: Card Recording Mode
The shutter speed closer to 1/8000 is faster.
ªIris/gain value range
CLOSE (Closed), F16, ..., F1.7,
OPEN (Opened) 0dB, ..., 18dB
Value closer to [CLOSE] darken the image.
Value closer to [18dB] brighten the image.
Values with dB are gain values.
ªCard slow shutter mode
≥If the shutter speed is set to 1/2, 1/3, 1/6, or
1/12, then the card slow shutter mode will be
activated.
≥If the [OFF/ON] switch or the mode dial is
operated, then the slow shutter mode will be
cancelled.
≥In the slow shutter mode:
≥The white balance is fixed.
≥Focus in manually.
≥If the [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS] switch is set to
[FOCUS], then the shutter speed will
automatically be set to 1/50 and the subject is
focused in on. After that the previous shutter
speed will be restored. When the subject is
focused on, [MF] flashes.
≥If the scene is low in brightness or contrast, the
subject may not be focused in on.
≥While the movie camera is focusing on the
subject, you cannot operate any control on it
with the exception of [OFF/ON] switch, mode
dial, [AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS] switch and
[POWER LCD] button.
AUTO
MANUAL
FOCUS
1/1000
MNL
1)
1/50
F2.0
0dB
MNL
2)
MNL
1
/
50
OPEN
OdB
MF
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