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DP20
RECORDING FUNCTION SETUPS/OPERATIONS (REC)
5-1 Operations Using the Control Box Buttons (REC)
}After installing the CF card, set the main switch @ to “ ” (ON) and confirm that the POWER indicator LED ² lights up.
(The display shows an image in about 5 seconds after the indicator ² lights up.)
}For the display resolution setting, see page 26.
1. Press the INFO (recording information) button ³ to display or hide the
INFO display alternately.
To perform setups, it is required to display the INFO display. (Factory
setup: INFO display ON.)
2. The displayed information contents are variable depending on the
REC AUTO (auto recording), REC MANUAL (manual recording) and
PLAY (playback) mode setting. (For the INFO display in each mode,
see page 7.)
}Press the MODE button @ to switch the mode between REC AUTO
(auto recording), REC MANUAL (manual recording) and PLAY (playback).
1. Select a record mode, which is either REC AUTO or REC MANUAL .
Exposure adjustment in REC AUTO mode
}The exposure in REC AUTO mode can be corrected in the range of ±2
EV in 1/2 EV steps.
When the specimen is darkish, positive correction is effective because
this provides an overexposure effect by extending the exposure time.
When the specimen is too bright, negative correction is effective because
this provides an underexposure effect by reducing the exposure time.
· Press either cross-cursor button ² or ³ to set the exposure
adjustment value. The setting can be confirmed on the following scale
on the INFO display.
(Example) +2/3 EV
}Provided that the beep tone is set to ON, warning composed of three
short beeps is generated when the upper or lower limit is reached.
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Setting the INFO Button
(Fig. 9)
2
Setting the MODE Button
(Fig. 10)
Fig. 9
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Fig. 10
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Exposure adjustment in REC MANUAL mode
}The exposure time should be set manually in REC MANUAL mode.
The setting range is between 8 and 1/20000 sec.
· Press either cross-cursor button ² or ³ to set the exposure
time. The setting can be confirmed on the following scale on the
INFO display.
(Example) 1/400 sec.
-2EV
0
+2EV