Shooting with the manual adjustments (MVC-CD400 only)

Mode dial: S/A/M

You can manually adjust the shutter speed and aperture values according to the purpose of shooting.

60min

640

M

 

 

 

4

Aperture

 

 

0EV

 

 

F 5 . 6

value

 

 

5 0

Shutter

 

 

 

 

 

 

speed value

Mode dial

Description

 

 

S

Shutter speed priority mode.

 

Other settings are

 

automatically adjusted to attain

 

correct exposure according to

 

the brightness of the subject.

 

 

A

Aperture priority mode. Other

 

settings are automatically

 

adjusted to attain correct

 

exposure according to the

 

brightness of the subject.

 

 

M

Mode for manually adjusting

 

both the shutter speed and

 

aperture values to achieve the

 

desired shooting condition.

 

 

You cannot make manual adjustments when shooting movies.

After making the settings, the setting value indicators on the LCD screen may flash when the shutter button is pressed halfway down. You can shoot in this condition, but we recommend that you adjust the flashing values again.

Mode dial

Jog dial

Shutter speed priority mode

This function lets you shoot a fast-moving subject with its motion frozen, or the flow motion of a moving subject.

60min

640

 

 

AE S

 

60min

640

 

 

AE S

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

0EV

 

 

 

 

 

 

0EV

 

 

 

 

F 5 . 6

 

 

 

 

 

F 5 . 6

 

 

 

1 0 0 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 ”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/1000 s (shortest) 8 s (longest)

aSet the mode dial to S.

bSelect a shutter speed.

Select a shutter speed with the jog dial, then press the jog dial. The shutter speed can be selected from 1/1000 to 8".

If you select a shutter speed of

1/2 second or slower (MVC-CD250) or 1/25 second or slower (MVC-CD400), “NR” is displayed before the shutter speed and the NR slow shutter mode is automatically activated.

Shutter speeds of one second or longer are indicated with ["] after the value, such as 1".

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