Notes

•Whatever the operating mode of the electronic shutter, the iris opens wider as the shutter speed increases, thus reducing the depth of field.

•Under artificial light, particularly fluorescent or mercury lamps, the light intensity may appear to be constant, but the strengths of each of the R, G, and B colors are actually changing in synchronization with

the frequency of the power supply ("flicker"). Using an electronic shutter under such lighting could make the flicker even worse. Color flicker is particularly likely to happen when the power supply is 60 Hz.

4 However, if the power supply is 50 Hz, setting the shutter speed to 1/100 can reduce this flicker.

4-2-2 Selecting the Shutter Mode and Speed

Setting the shutter mode (standard-mode/ECS mode) and standard-mode shutter speed

Use the SHUTTER selector to select a shutter mode or a standard-mode shutter speed.

Once the shutter speed is selected, it is retained even when the camcorder power is turned off.

1 Follow the procedure described in “ Selecting the Display Items” (page 4-39) to set SHUTT to ON from the VF DISPLAY page of the OPERATION menu.

2 Push the SHUTTER selector from ON to SEL.

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