Exposure Adjustment
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Exposure Adjustment
At times, the overall exposure obtained automatically by the camcorder may not be best for your shot.
You can select a shooting mode that will give you a varying amount of control over the aperture,
shutter speed and gain, from partial to full control, while the camcorder automatically adjusts the
settings that you do not.
Manual Exposure (
n
)
This shooting mode gives you the most control over shooting settings as you can set the aperture,
shutter speed and gain to get the exposure that you want.
1 Set the shooting mode to [
n
Manual Exposure] (
A
39).
• The aperture value, shutter speed and gain value will appear at the left of the screen.
2 Set the aperture, shutter speed and gain.
Aperture: [FUNC]
>
[
Aperture]
Shutter speed: [FUNC]
>
[
Shutter Speed]
Gain: [FUNC]
>
[
Gain]
• An adjustment dial will appear on the screen.
3 Drag your finger along the dial to set the desired value.
• You can select [
] to display the zebra pattern (
A
46, step 2) and check for overexposed
areas.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 as necessary to adjust the exposure to the desired level.
5 Select [
X
].
Available settings
1
Available values depend on the zoom position. Aperture values displayed on the screen are for
reference only.
2
During slow & fast motion recording, available values will vary depending on the selected slow/fast
motion rate.
3
Only when the frame rate is 23.98P.
Operating modes:
Aperture
1
F1.8, F2.0, F2.2, F2.4, F2.
6
, F2.8, F3.2, F3.4, F3.7, F4.0, F4.4, F4.8, F5.2, F5.
6
, F
6
.2, F
6
.7, F7.3,
F8.0
ND filter When the aperture value is F4.0 or higher: ND1/2, ND1/4, ND1/8
Shutter speed
2
1/
6
3
, 1/8, 1/
9
, 1/10, 1/12, 1/15, 1/17, 1/20, 1/24, 1/25, 1/30, 1/34, 1/40, 1/48, 1/50, 1/
6
0, 1/75,
1/
9
0, 1/100, 1/120, 1/150, 1/180, 1/210, 1/250, 1/300, 1/3
6
0, 1/420, 1/500, 1/
6
00, 1/720, 1/840,
1/1000, 1/1200, 1/1400, 1/1700, 1/2000
Gain
0.0 dB to 24.0 dB (1-dB increments)
