Playback and Recording 4 Chapter
Note
If the camera has a zoom lens with an automatic iris, the iris may hunt.* To prevent this, adjust the iris gain knob (indicated as IG, IS, or S) on the lens.
For details, refer to the lens operation manual.
*Hunting: Repeated brightening and darkening of the image, resulting from repeated response to automatic iris control.
If the automatic white balance adjustment cannot be made
If the white balance adjustment cannot be completed normally, an error message will appear for about 3 seconds on the viewfinder screen (in display mode 2 or 3).
Error message | Meaning |
WHITE: NG | The white video level is too low. Either |
LOW LEVEL | open the lens iris or increase the gain. |
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WHITE: NG | The color temperature is too high. |
COLOR TEMP | Select a suitable setting for the 5600K |
HIGH | button. |
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WHITE: NG | The color temperature is too low. Select |
COLOR TEMP | a suitable setting for the 5600K button. |
LOW |
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WHITE: NG | Adjustment could not be completed |
TIME LIMIT | within the standard number of |
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| few times, contact your Sony dealer. |
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WHITE: NG | The white area could not be checked. |
POOR WHITE |
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WHITE: NG | The white video level is too high. Either |
OVER LEVEL | stop down the lens iris or change the |
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If any of the above error messages is displayed, retry the white balance adjustment. If the error message occurs repeatedly, contact your Sony service representatives.
If you have no time to adjust the white balance Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST.
The white balance is automatically set as follows, depending on the 5600K button setting.
•5600K ON (lights on): 5600K
•5600K OFF (lights off): 3200K
About the white balance memory
Values stored in memory are held until the white balance is next adjusted.
There are two sets of white balance memories, A and B, and adjustments for each of the filters can be automatically stored in the memory corresponding to the setting (A or B) of the WHITE BAL switch. The camcorder has four builtin filters, so a total of eight (4 × 2) adjustments can be stored. The number of memories allocated to each of A and B can be limited to one by setting the WHT FILTER INH item to ON on the FUNCTION 3 page of the MAINTENANCE menu. In this case, the memory contents are not linked to the filter settings. If the WHITE BAL switch is set to B, and on the FUNCTION 2 page of
the OPERATION menu, the WHITE SWITCH <B> item is set to ATW, the ATW function is activated to automatically adjust the white balance of the picture being shot for varying lighting conditions.
If a memory error occurs
If the error message “: STORED DATA: NG” flashes on the viewfinder screen when the camcorder is turned on, the white balance memory contents have been lost. Adjust the white balance again. Contact your Sony representative if this message continues to appear even after the white balance have been adjusted again.
Setting the electronic shutterThis section describes the shutter modes that can be used with the electronic shutter of the camcorder, and describes the procedure for selecting the shutter speed and shutter mode.
About the shutter modesThe shutter modes that can be used with the electronic shutter and the shutter speeds that can be selected are listed below.
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Standard | Scan Mode: I | For shooting | |
| 450WS | 1/100, 1/125, | |
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| 1/250, 1/500, | subjects with |
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| 1/1000, 1/2000 | little blurring. |
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| Scan Mode: PsF 1) |
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| 1/40, 1/60, 1/120, |
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| 1/125, 1/250, |
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| 1/500, 1/1000, |
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| 1/2000 (sec.) |
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| Scan Mode:24P 2) |
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| 1/32, 1/48, 1/96, |
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| 1/125, 1/250, |
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| 1/500, 1/1000, |
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| 1/2000 (sec.) |
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| DSR- | Scan Mode: I |
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| 400P/ | 1/60, 1/125, |
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| 450WSP | 1/250, 1/500, |
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| 1/1000, 1/2000 |
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| Scan Mode: PsF 1) |
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| 1/33, 1/50, 1/100, |
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| 1/125, 1/250, |
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| 1/500, 1/1000, |
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| 1/2000 (sec.) |
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52 Recording