Recording 8 Recording manually (motion/still pictures) (cont.)

Adjusting shutter speed (shutter speed)

Adjust shutter speed to record fast-moving objects, etc.

Focus, colouring, shutter speed and brightness can be manually adjusted. indicates functions used with motion pictures and functions used with

still pictures.

Adjusting brightness (iris/gain)

Adjust iris/gain (sensitivity) settings if location is too bright or too dark.

After steps 1 and 2 (P.44) Select [].

4/4NEXT

Adjust shutter speed.

BACK

Shutter speed

SHTR–: Slower

SHTR+: Faster

After steps 1 and 2 (P.44) Select [].

4/4NEXT

Adjust brightness.

BACK

IRIS–: Darker

IRIS+: Brighter

Shutter speed adjustment range

1/50

1/500

1/8000

Slower

During still

Faster

picture

 

recording

 

During motion picture recording

Slower extreme becomes 1/25 when auto slow shutter (P.31) is set to [ON].

●When adjusting both shutter speed and brightness (iris and gain), adjust the shutter speed first.

●Interference may increase with faster shutter speeds (as sensitivity becomes lower and gain value rises automatically).

●Vertical bands of light may appear during playback on shiny or highly reflective objects.

●Avoid fluorescent, mercury, and sodium lighting. Such lighting conditions may affect colouring and brightness.

●In normal playback, image movement may not look smooth.

●Colours may change and flicker when recording in extremely bright locations. Set the shutter speed between 1/50 and 1/100.

To return to automatic adjustment

Iris/gain value adjustment range

CLOSE……F16……F2.0…OPEN (0 dB)………18 dB

Iris adjustment

Gain adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darker

Brighter

●Depending on the zoom magnification, some iris values (F number) may not be displayed.

●Interference will increase as gain value is raised.

To return to automatic adjustment

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Panasonic SDR-S15 Adjusting shutter speed shutter speed, Adjusting brightness iris/gain, Shutter speed adjustment range

SDR-S15 specifications

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