Adju
s
ting the Expo
s
ure
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Adjusting the Exposure
The first part of this section covers the main shooting modes used to adjust the exposure. Select a shooting
mode according to which elements of the exposure (aperture, shutter speed and gain) you want to control and
let the camcorder adjust the rest of the settings automatically.
This section also covers exposure adjustment functions that can help you achieve the brightness you want when
the overall exposure obtained automatically by the camcorder is not the best for your shot.
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
S
et the
s
hooting mode to [
n
Manual Expo
s
ure] (
A
• The aperture value, shutter speed and gain value will appear on the left of the screen.
2 Open the aperture,
s
hutter
s
peed or gain adju
s
tment
s
creen.
[FUNC]
>
[
Aperture], [
Shutter Speed] or [
Gain]
• An adjustment dial will appear on the screen.
3 Drag your finger along the dial to
s
et the de
s
ired value.
• You can select [
] to display the zebra pattern (
A
66, step 2) and check for overexposed areas.
4 Repeat
s
tep
s
2 and 3 a
s
nece
ss
ary to adju
s
t the expo
s
ure to the de
s
ired level.
5
S
elect [
X
].
Available
s
etting
s
1
Available values depend on the zoom position (F2.8 to F11 at full wide angle; F4.5 to F11 at full telephoto). 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.
4
From 9.0 dB when [FUNC]
>
[Looks] is set to [
Wide DR] or the gamma curve component of the [Gamma/Color Space]
setting in the custom picture file (
A
94) is set to [BT.709 Wide DR] or [Canon Log 3].
NOTES
NOTES
• If you set the CUSTOM dial’s function to [
IRIS / SHTR / GAIN] (
A
91), you can adjust the aperture, shutter
speed and gain with the CUSTOM dial and button.
Operating modes:
Aperture
1
F2.8, F3.2, F3.4, F3.7, F4.0, F4.4, F4.5, F4.8, F5.2, F5.
6
, F
6
.2, F
6
.7, F7.3, F8.0, F8.7, F
9
.5, F10, F11
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
4
to 3
9
.0 dB (1-dB increments)
The exposure bar
When the shooting mode is set to [
n
Manual Exposure], the exposure bar will
appear on the screen, showing the optimal automatic exposure and current
exposure. When the difference between current and optimal exposure is larger
than ±2 EV, the indicator will flash at the edge of the exposure bar.
Optimal exposure AE±0
Current exposure
Summary of Contents for XA70
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