(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 59 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

25 ()

Captures 25 frames per second.

bNote

•The captured images are converted to 50i 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. 30).

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.

z Tips

• 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

Using

be switched between [EXPOSURE] and

 

manual.

 

– When you change [RING ASSIGN] from

the

[EXPOSURE] to [IRIS]

Menu

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. 41).

 

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.

2Set the gain value with the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial, and press the dial.

You can select the value between -6dB and 21dB by 3dB. The larger the value, the higher the gain.

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