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Manual Exposure Adjustment
EXPOSURE
1. Turn the program selector to the Manual
recording program.
2. Press the EXPOSURE dial in.
• An arrow appears next to the shutter speed
value.
3. Turn the EXPOSURE dial to increase or
decrease the shutter speed.
• You can choose 27 shutter speeds between
1/60 and 1/15000 of a second.
• See “About the shutter speed” (p. 56).
4. Press the EXPOSURE dial in again.
• The arrow moves next to the F number.
5. Turn the EXPOSURE dial to open or close the iris.
• Choose among 23 F numbers between f/1.6 and f/11, and CLOSE to shut the iris completely.
• See “About the iris” (p. 56).
6. Press the EXPOSURE dial in once more.
• The arrow moves next to the gain value.
7. Turn the EXPOSURE dial to increase or decrease the gain.
• Set the gain to 0dB, +3dB, +6dB, +9dB or +12dB.
• See “About the gain” (p. 56).
Notes:
• The shutter speed, F number and gain values are all reset if you slide the POWER switch to OFF. If you
use the standby lever, however, the camcorder remembers your chosen values.
• A bar showing the standard exposure appears in the display.
• You can also vary the exposure manually in the Auto, Tv and Av modes, but you must first lock the
exposure to adjust the shutter speed and iris.
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