Changing the settings of your camcorder recordings (Continued)

zTip

•The focal distance information (for when it is dark and hard to adjust the focus) appears for about 3 seconds in the following cases. (It will not be displayed correctly if you are using a conversion lens (optional)).

–When the focus mode is switched from automatic to manual.

–When you rotate the focus ring.

To use the expanded focus (Expanded focus)

During standby, press the EXPANDED FOCUS button B.

[EXPANDED FOCUS] appears and the center of the screen is magnified by about 2 times. It will be easier to confirm the focus setting during manual focusing. The screen returns to the original size when you push the button again.

bNote

•The image returns to the original size when you press the REC START/STOP button or the PHOTO/EXPANDED FOCUS button.

You can assign any one of [EXPOSURE] (the default setting), [IRIS] and [AE SHIFT] to the EXPOSURE/IRIS dial G from the menu (p. 56).

zTips

•Even if you open the aperture more than F2.8 (i.e. make the iris value smaller, such as F1.6) during camera EXPOSURE/IRIS setting, changing the zoom from wide to telephoto will change the iris to F2.8.

•When the EXPOSURE/IRIS dial is set to

[EXPOSURE], appears next to the values that can be set with the EXPOSURE/IRIS dial.

xEXPOSURE (the default setting)

You can adjust the display brightness by adjusting the iris and gain (the shutter speed remains fixed).

The iris, gain and shutter speed are displayed on the screen.

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zTip

•You can select the type of a picture on

EXPANDED FOCUS ([EXP.FOCUS TYPE] p. 63).

Adjusting the EXPOSURE/IRIS

H

 

G

A

F

 

B

C

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You can adjust the brightness of a picture with the EXPOSURE/IRIS dial G.

bNote

•The GAIN button and the SHUTTER SPEED button are inactive.

zTip

•This is handy for changing the brightness of the screen and setting the desired brightness by dial operation.

xIRIS

You can manually adjust the light volume of the light entering the lens between F1.6 and F11 or close the aperture.

As the iris is opened (smaller aperture values), the light volume increases or the iris is closed (larger aperture values), the light volume decreases. The current aperture value (F) appears on the screen.

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