4-3 Changing the Reference

Value for Automatic Iris

Adjustment

The reference value for automatic iris adjustment can be changed to enable the shooting of clear pictures of back-lit subjects, or to prevent white crush from the subject on which a spot light is turned. The reference value for the lens iris can be set within the following range with respect to the standard value.

• 0.25: about 0.25 stop further open

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• 0.5: about 0.5 stop further open

 

• 0.75: about 0.75 stop further open

 

• 1: about 1 stop further open

 

• –0.25: about 0.25 stop further closed

 

• –0.5: about 0.5 stop further closed

 

• –0.75: about 0.75 stop further closed

 

• –1: about 1 stop further closed

 

Also you can set the area where light detection occurs.

 

Changing the reference value

1 Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON.

When the USER menu is first used, the CONTENTS page appears. Or if you used the USER menu already, the page that was on the screen when the last USER menu operation ended appears on the viewfinder screen.

2 When the CONTENTS page is displayed, turn the MENU knob to move t mark to AUTO IRIS, then push the MENU knob. When any page of the USER menu is displayed, turn the MENU knob until the AUTO IRIS page appears, then push the MENU knob.

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