Selecting automatic or manual mode

When to adjust aperture, shutter speed, and gain manually

When selecting one of aperture, shutter speed, or gain to be adjusted manually and leaving the remaining two in automatic adjustment, the remaining two automatic settings adjust their values based on the value of that one manual setting.

In the following cases you should obtain better results by adjusting setting manually.

[a]

 

[b]

 

[c]

 

 

 

 

 

[a] Shooting portraits – adjust aperture manually.

To alter the depth of focus field, softening the background and making the subject stand out, portrait style.

[b] Shooting sporting events – adjust shutter speed manually.

•To record fast moving objects and protect against blurring of subject.

•To brighten subject in dark situations.

•To prevent the aperture from closing down in unusually bright situations.

[c] Shooting dark environments – adjust gain manually.

•To suppress color distortion when shooting bright objects in dark places.

•To protect against picture distortion when shooting bright objects.

Settings for each item

Item

Selectable steps

Variation of exposure

Brighter ˜Darker

 

 

 

 

Aperture

13 steps

0.5 EV/step

F1.6 ˜F11, CLOSE

 

 

 

 

Shutter speed

12 steps

1 – 2 EV/step

1/4 ˜1/10000

 

 

 

 

Gain

8 steps

0.5 EV / step

+18 dB ˜–3 dB

 

 

 

 

Note on recording in manual mode

We recommend that you adjust the focus and white balance manually.

Relation of aperture, shutter speed and gain

While recording, a picture’s brightness varies by exposure, you need to keep the exposure fixed to obtain a fixed brightness.

Total EV (exposure) = EV from aperture control

+EV from shutter speed control

+EV from gain control

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