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 FILTER selector setting.

B:3200K

C:4300K

D:6300K

For details about setting the white balance manually, see “To automatically adjust the white balance” on page 54.

4-2 Setting the Electronic Shutter

This 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.

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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 (Auto Tracing White) function is activated to automatically adjust the white balance of the picture being shot for varying lighting conditions.

4-2-1 Shutter Modes

The shutter modes that can be used with the electronic shutter and the shutter speeds that can be selected are shown below.

Standard mode

Use this mode for shooting fast-moving subjects with little blurring.

CCD scan mode

Shutter speed (sec.)

I

DVW-970

1/100, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000,

 

 

1/2000

 

 

 

 

DVW-970P

1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000,

 

 

1/2000

 

 

 

PsF

DVW-970

1/40, 1/60, 1/120, 1/125, 1/250,

 

 

1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000

 

 

 

 

DVW-970P

1/33, 1/50, 1/100, 1/125, 1/250,

 

 

1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000

 

 

 

24P (DVW-970 only)

1/32, 1/48, 1/96, 1/125, 1/250,

 

 

1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000

 

 

 

ECS (Extended Clear Scan) mode

Use this mode for obtaining images with no horizontal bands of noise when shooting subjects such as monitor screens.

CCD scan mode

Shutter speed

I

DVW-970

60.00 to 6000 Hz

 

 

 

 

DVW-970P

50.00 to 6000 Hz

 

 

 

PsF

DVW-970

30.00 to 7000 Hz

 

 

 

 

DVW-970P

25.00 to 6000 Hz

 

 

 

24P (DVW-970 only)

24.00 to 5000 Hz

 

 

 

SLS (slow speed shutter) mode

The SLS mode can only be selected when the CCD scan mode is set to “I (interlace scan).”

Use this mode For shooting subjects in low level lighting conditions.

You can select the shutter speed from among 1 (1/30 sec for the DVW-970, 1/25 sec for the DVW-970P) to 8, 16

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