Adjusting the exposure manually

You can adjust and set the exposure. Normally the exposure is automatically adjusted. Adjust the exposure manually in the following cases:

To make a fine exposure adjustment

To shoot a bright subject against a background

To record dark pictures (e.g. night scenes) faithfully

(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY.

(2) Press FN to display PAGE1.

(3) Press EXPOSURE. The EXPOSURE screen appears.

(4) Press MANUAL.

(5) Adjust the exposure using –/+.

– : To dim

+ : To brighten

(6) Press OK. The display returns to PAGE1.

 

3

 

4

 

 

EXPO–

 

MANU–

 

 

SURE

 

AL

 

 

AUTO

OK

AUTO

OK

 

MANU–

 

MANU–

 

2

AL

 

AL

 

EXPOSURE

 

EXPOSURE

+

 

 

 

+

FN

To return to FN

Press EXIT after step 6.

To return to the automatic exposure mode

Press

AUTO in step 5. The display returns to PAGE1.

Note

When you adjust the exposure manually, the following functions do not work:

Backlight

Color Slow Shutter

Your camcorder automatically returns to the automatic exposure mode:

NightShot

If you change the PROGRAM AE mode

NightFraming

Operations Recording Advanced

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