(CAMERA SET) menu

Settings to adjust your camcorder to the recording conditions (GAIN SETUP/BACK LIGHT/STEADYSHOT, etc.)

The default settings are marked with B. The indicators in parentheses appear when the items are selected.

See page 62 for details on selecting menu items.

Press the MENU button t select the (CAMERA SET) with the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial.

PROG.SCAN

You can capture progressive scan images with a vertical resolution of 1,080 lines.

BOFF

24 ()

Captures 24 frames per second, the same rate as that of cinema movies.

30 ( )

Captures 30 frames per second, the same rate as that of television commercials.

bNote

•The captured images are converted to 60i format and recorded on tape.

IRIS/EXPOSURE

xRING ASSIGN

You can select either [IRIS] (default setting) or [EXPOSURE] as the function assigned to the iris ring (p. 33).

xRING ROTATE

You can select the rotation direction of the iris ring.

BNORMAL

Makes images dark with clockwise rotation of the iris ring.

OPPOSITE

Makes images dark with counter- clockwise rotation of the iris ring.

bNotes

•When the AUTO/MANUAL switch is set to AUTO, the IRIS/EXPOSURE button is not available.

zTips

•The iris, gain and shutter speed values are adjusted as follows when you change the [RING ASSIGN] setting with the AUTO/MANUAL switch set to MANUAL.

–When you change [RING ASSIGN] from [IRIS] to [EXPOSURE]

The adjustment remains in the same mode that it was in prior to changing [RING ASSIGN]. If it is in automatic adjustment, it remains in automatic adjustment after changing [IRIS] to [EXPOSURE]. If it is in manual adjustment, it remains in manual adjustment after changing [IRIS] to [EXPOSURE].

You can adjust the iris, gain and shutter speed

with the iris ring when is displayed next to the values on the screen.

Adjustment for the gain and shutter speed can be switched between [EXPOSURE] and manual.

–When you change [RING ASSIGN] from [EXPOSURE] to [IRIS]

The adjustment remains in the same mode that it was in prior to changing [RING ASSIGN]. If it is in automatic adjustment, it remains in automatic adjustment after changing [EXPOSURE] to [IRIS]. If it is in manual adjustment, it remains in manual adjustment after changing [EXPOSURE] to [IRIS].

Adjustments for the gain and shutter speed can be switched between automatic and manual.

•You can assign [RING ROTATE] to one of the ASSIGN buttons (p. 44).

GAIN SETUP

You can set gain values for H, M and L positions of the gain switch. The default settings of [H], [M] and [L] are 18dB, 9dB and 0dB, respectively.

1Select [H], [M] or [L] with the SEL/ PUSH EXEC dial.

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