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-510/530: 1/100,

For shooting fast-

 

1/125, 1/250, 1/500,

moving subjects with

 

1/1000, 1/2000 (sec.)

little blurring.

 

PDW-510P/530P:

 

 

1/60, 1/125, 1/250,

 

 

1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000

 

 

(sec.)

 

 

 

 

ECS

PDW-510/530: 60.0 to

For obtaining images

(Extended

6000 Hz

with no horizontal

Clear Scan)

PDW-510P/530P: 50.0

bands of noise when

 

to 6000 Hz

shooting subjects

 

 

such as monitor

 

 

screens.

 

 

 

SLS 1)

1 (1/30 sec for PDW-

For shooting

(slow speed

510/530, 1/25 sec for

subjects in low level

shutter)

PDW-510P/530P) to 8,

lighting conditions

 

16 frames (1/2 sec for

 

 

PDW-510/530, 2/3 sec

 

 

for PDW-510P/530P)

 

 

 

 

EVS

Shutter speed

Improved vertical

(Enhanced

currently selected in

resolution. However,

Vertical

the Standard or ECS

the sensitivity and

definition

mode

dynamic range are

System)

 

reduced.

 

 

 

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

100)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.

•In SLS (slow speed shutter) mode, the iris is fixed in the fully-open position.

•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.

Setting the shutter mode and standard- mode shutter speed

Once the shutter speed is selected, it is retained even when the camcorder power is turned off.

1 Follow the procedure described in 6-2-2 “Selecting the Display Items” (page 85) to set the VF DISPLAY MODE item to “2” or “3” on the VF DISP 1 page of the USER menu.

2 Push the SHUTTER selector from ON to SELECT.

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