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.

1 Select the manual mode. (l 45)

2 Select [ ] or [ ] with the joystick.

MNL

4/4NEXT

3 Adjust the settings with the joystick.

 

MNL

 

 

1/100

OPEN

BACK

AShutter speed:

1/50 to 1/8000 1/50 to 1/500

The shutter speed closer to 1/8000 is faster.

If [AUTO SLW SHTR] is set to [ON], the

slowest shutter speed is 1/25.

BIris/Gain value:

CLOSE # (F16 to F2.2) # OPEN #

(0dB to 18dB)

Value closer to [CLOSE] darkens the image.

Value closer to [18dB] brightens the image.

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

To restore to automatic adjustment

Press the iA button.

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 noise on the screen may increase.

≥ 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 SDR-H80 Manual shutter speed/ aperture adjustment, Select the manual mode. l Select or with the joystick

SDR-H80 specifications

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