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Exposure mode

Select the exposure mode of the camera from among Full auto, Shutter priority, and Manual.

The setting items required for each setting appear.

Full auto: The camera executes the gain adjustment and the shutter speed adjustment automatically.

When you select this, Flickerless mode, Slow shutter and Backlight compensation are displayed and you can set them as you require.

Shutter priority: The camera executes the gain adjustment automatically and you can select the shutter speed. When you select it, Backlight compensation and Shutter speed are displayed and you can set them.

Manual: You can set the exposure manually. When you select it, Shutter speed and Gain are displayed and you can set them.

According to the Exposure mode, the following setting options are displayed.

Flickerless mode

If the image is flickering by the fluorescent light, select On to reduce it.

Note

This mode is available only for CE model.

Slow shutter

Set the Slow shutter. When On is selected, auto exposure setting including the long time exposure is set to suit to the brightness of the scene.

Backlight compensation

You can set On or Off of the exposure compensation. When you select On, the exposure compensation function starts to work.

Shutter speed

Select the shutter speed of the camera from the list box. Selectable values of the shutter speed are 1/10000, 1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/100, 1/50, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and 1/1 second.

Gain

Select the gain from the list box.

Selectable values of the gain are 0, 6, 12 and 18 dB.

Brightness

Tweaks the exposure set in the exposure mode. It is brighter when a large value is selected, and it is darker when a small value is selected. The value among –5to 5 can be set.

Saturation

Select the saturation in 7 steps, from –3to 3. Selecting 3 gives the image with the highest saturation.

Sharpness

Select the sharpness in 7 steps, from –3to 3. Selecting 3 gives the image with the highest sharpness.

Contrast

Select the contrast in 7 steps, from –3to 3. Selecting 3 gives the image with the highest contrast.

OK/Cancel

See “Buttons common to every setting menu” on page 29.

User preset

You can save the present settings in the camera as the custom, or you can load the settings saved in the camera. Save: Click to save the present settings of the Picture

tab.

Load: Click to load the saved settings. To use them, click OK.

MPEG4 Tab

Frame rate

Set the frame rate of the MPEG image.

Selectable values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25 and

30fps.

“fps” is a unit indicating the number of frames transmitted per second.

Bit rate

Set the bit rate of MPEG image transmission for a line. Selectable values are 64, 128, 256, 384, 512, 768, 1024, 1536 and 2048 kbps.

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