Record mode
Manual shutter speed/aperture adjustment
Shutter Speed
Adjust it when recording
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 down until the shutter speed indication or aperture value indication appears.
MNL
1/60
OPEN
OdB
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| MNL | 2) | MNL |
| 1/1000 |
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| 1/60 |
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| F2.0 |
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| 0dB |
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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 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.
≥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
≥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
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, 1/4, 1/8, or 1/15, 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 canceled.
≥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 1/60 and the subject is focused in on. After that the previous shutter speed will be restored. When the subject is focused on, [MF] flashes.
MF
≥If the scene is low in brightness or contrast, the subject may not be focused in on.
≥While the Camcorder 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.
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