In the event of any problems with the operation of the camera, contact your Sony dealer.

Note on laser beams

Laser beams may damage the CCDs. If you shoot a scene that includes a laser beam, be careful not to let a laser beam become directed into the lens of the camera.

Typical CCD

Phenomena

The following phenomena may appear on the monitor screen while you are using a CCD color video camera. These phenomena stem from the high sensitivity of the CCD image sensors, and do not indicate a fault within the camera.

Vertical smear

A “smear” may appear to extend vertically from very bright subjects, as shown below.

Video monitor

Pale vertical smear

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Very bright subject

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(such as an electric

 

 

 

 

lamp, fluorescent

 

 

 

 

lamp, sunlight, or

 

 

 

 

strong reflected light)

This phenomenon is common to CCD imaging elements using an interline transfer system, and is caused when electric charge induced by infrared radiation deep within the photo sensor is transferred to the resistors.

Aliasing

When shooting fine stripes, straight lines or similar patterns, the lines may become slightly jagged.

Blemishes

A CCD image sensor consists of an array of individual picture elements (pixels). A malfunctioning sensor element will show up as a single pixel blemish in the image. This is generally not a problem.

White speckles

When you shoot a poorly illuminated object at a high temperature, small white dots may appear all over the entire screen image.

Overview

Typical CCD Phenomena 7GB