Record mode

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. Set to Tape/Card Recording Mode.

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

AUTO

MANUAL

FOCUS

2Move the joystick left or right to select

aperture icon [] or shutter speed icon [] .

MNL

3Move the joystick left or right in order to adjust the shutter speed or aperture.

During normal playback, image movement may not look smooth.

When recording in an extremely bright place, the color of the screen may change or flicker. If this happens adjust the shutter speed manually to 1/60 or 1/100.

Manual iris/gain adjustment

Set the shutter speed before setting the aperture (iris/gain) when manually adjusting both settings.

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

1/60 to 1/8000 seconds: Tape Recording Mode

1/30 to 1/2000 seconds: Card Recording Mode The shutter speed closer to 1/8000 is faster.

ªIris/gain value range

CLOSE (Closed), F16, ..., F2.0, OPEN (Opened: F1.8) 0dB, ..., 18dB Value closer to [CLOSE] darken the image. Value closer to [18dB] brighten the image. Values with dB are gain values.

1)

MNL

1/60

OPEN

OdB

MNL

1/1000

2)

MNL

1/60 F2.0 0dB

1)Shutter speed

2)(Aperture) Iris/gain value

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 color 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.

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Panasonic NV-GS300B, PV-GS300 Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment, Shutter speed range, Iris/gain value range

PV-GS300, NV-GS300B specifications

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