Recording using manual adjustments
You can manually adjust the iris, gain, etc. according to the brightness of the recording scene or in order to obtain desired effects.
Adjust the iris, gain, shutter speed, and white balance after setting the AUTO LOCK switch to the center position to release the auto lock mode.
Depending on the position of the AUTO LOCK switch, you can hold or release the settings of these functions.
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AUTO LOCK | To adjust automatically. |
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Center (to | To adjust manually. |
release the auto |
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HOLD | Select this position after adjusting |
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See page 27 for details on how to adjust the white balance.
bNote
•If you want to set the exposure intentionally to other than a proper level, adjust the iris, gain, and shutter speed manually.
•If you adjust only one of either iris, shutter speed, or gain manually, you can record with iris priority, shutter speed priority, or gain priority, respectively.
zTip
•To adjust the brightness of pictures, set all of the iris, gain, and shutter speed to the manual adjustment mode, then rotate the iris dial.
Adjusting the iris
You can manually adjust the light volume |
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entering the lens. |
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As the iris is opened (smaller aperture |
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values), the light volume increases. The |
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range of focus narrows and only the subject |
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appears in sharp focus. |
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As the iris is closed (larger aperture values), |
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the light volume decreases and the range of |
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focus widens. | Recording |
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IRIS dial
1 During recording or in the standby mode, set the AUTO LOCK switch to the center position to release the auto lock mode.
2 Press IRIS.
The current aperture value (F) appears.
3 Rotate the IRIS dial to a desired aperture value.
The aperture value (F) varies from F1.6 to F11, and Close, and the corresponding value appears.
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