Recording for Settings and Adjustments 5 Chapter

5-3 Setting the Electronic Shutter

This section describes the shutter modes that can be used with the electronic shutter of the camcorder, and describes the procedure for selecting the shutter speed and shutter mode.

5-3-1 Shutter Modes

The shutter modes that can be used with the electronic shutter and the shutter speeds that can be selected are listed below.

Selectable shutter modes and shutter speeds

Shutter

Shutter speed

Application

mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard

PDW-510/

Scan Mode:I

For shooting

 

530

1/100, 1/125,

fast-moving

 

 

1/250, 1/500,

subjects with

 

 

1/1000, 1/2000

little blurring.

 

 

(sec.)

 

 

 

Scan Mode:PsF

 

 

 

1/40, 1/60, 1/120,

 

 

 

1/125, 1/250,

 

 

 

1/500, 1/1000,

 

 

 

1/2000 (sec.)

 

 

 

Scan Mode:24P 1)

 

 

 

1/32, 1/48, 1/96,

 

 

 

1/125, 1/250,

 

 

 

1/500, 1/1000,

 

 

 

1/2000 (sec.):

 

 

 

 

 

 

PDW-

Scan Mode:I

 

 

510P/

1/60, 1/125,

 

 

530P

1/250, 1/500,

 

 

 

1/1000, 1/2000

 

 

 

(sec.)

 

 

 

Scan Mode:PsF

 

 

 

1/33, 1/50, 1/100,

 

 

 

1/125, 1/250,

 

 

 

1/500, 1/1000,

 

 

 

1/2000 (sec.)

 

 

 

 

 

ECS

PDW-510/

Scan Mode:I

For obtaining

(Extended

530

60.0 to 6000 Hz

images with

Clear

 

Scan Mode:PsF

no horizontal

Scan)

 

30.0 to 7000 Hz

bands of noise

 

 

Scan Mode:24P 1)

when shooting

 

 

24.0 Hz to 5000

subjects such

 

 

Hz

as monitor

 

 

 

screens.

 

PDW-

Scan Mode:I

 

 

 

510P/

50.0 to 6000 Hz

 

 

530P

Scan Mode:PsF

 

 

 

25.0 to 6000 Hz

 

 

 

 

 

SLS 2)

1 (1/30 sec for PDW-510/530,

For shooting

(slow

1/25 sec for PDW-510P/530P)

subjects in low

speed

to 8, 16 frames (1/2 sec for

level lighting

shutter)

PDW-510/530, 2/3 sec for

conditions

 

PDW-510P/530P)

 

 

 

 

 

Shutter

Shutter speed

Application

mode

 

 

 

 

 

EVS

Shutter speed currently

Improved

(Enhanced

selected in the Standard or

vertical

Vertical

ECS mode

resolution.

definition

 

However, the

System)

 

sensitivity and

 

 

dynamic range

 

 

are reduced.

 

 

 

1)Only when the CBK-FC01 is installed.

2)The SLS mode can only be selected when the CCD scan mode(see page

138)is set to “I (interlace scan)”.

Notes

•Whatever the operating mode of the electronic shutter, the sensitivity of the CCD decreases with increasing shutter speed.

•When the automatic iris is used, the iris opens wider as the shutter speed increases, thus reducing the depth of field.

•Under artificial light, particularly fluorescent or mercury lamps, the light intensity may appear to be constant, but the red, green, and blue intensities are actually changing in synchronization with the frequency of the power supply causing flicker. Using an electronic shutter under such lighting could make the flicker even worse. Color flicker is particularly likely to happen when the power supply frequency is 60 Hz (with the PDW-510/530) or 50 Hz (with the PDW-510P/530P). However, if the power frequency is 50 Hz (with the PDW-510/530) or 60 Hz (with the PDW-510P/530P), setting the shutter speed to 1/100 or 1/60 can reduce this flicker.

•When a bright object is shot in EVS mode or ECS mode in such a manner that it fills the screen, the upper edge of the picture may have poor quality because of an inherent characteristic of CCDs. Before using EVS mode or ECS mode, check the shooting conditions.

You can turn on or off the EVS mode on the SW STATUS page of the PAINT menu.

5-3-2 Selecting the Shutter Mode

and Shutter Speed

Use the SHUTTER selector to select a shutter mode or a standard-mode shutter speed. To set the shutter speed in ECS or SLS mode, with the SHUTTER selector set to ON and the ECS or SLS mode selected, use the MENU knob for adjustment.

You can use the SHT ENABLE page of the OPERATION menu to narrow the range of choice in advance, or to select in advance whether or not you use ECS/SLS.

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