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Changing the Reference Value for Automatic Iris Adjustment
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4-3 Changing the
Reference Value for
Automatic Iris
Adjustment
The reference value for automatic iris adjustment can be
changed to aid the shooting of clear pictures of back-lit
subjects, or to prevent blown-out highlights. 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
• 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
Changing the reference value
1
Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON.
The page accessed last appears.
2
Turn the MENU knob until the AUTO IRIS page
appears, then push the MENU knob.
3
Turn the MENU knob to move the
b
mark to IRIS
OVERRIDE, then push the MENU knob.
The
b
mark on the left of the selected item changes to
a
z
mark and the
z
mark on the left of the setting
changes to a ? mark.
4
Turn the MENU knob until ON appears, then push the
MENU knob.
The
z
mark on the left of the selected item returns to
a
b
mark and the ? mark on the left of the setting
returns to a
z
mark.
The IRIS OVERRIDE item is set to ON (factory
setting: OFF).
5
Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF.
The AUTO IRIS page disappears from the viewfinder
screen.
6
Turn the MENU knob to change the reference value.
When you push the MENU knob in ECS or SLS
1)
mode, the camcorder enters a mode where you can
change the frequency in the ECS mode or the number
of frames in the SLS mode by turning the MENU
knob.
1)The SLS mode is effective only when an optional HKDW-905R
extension board is installed in the camcorder.
The changed reference value is retained until the
power of the camcorder is turned off.
Even if the reference value is changed, it reverts to the
standard value every time the power is turned on.
To open the iris by 0.25 stop:
Turn the MENU knob further counterclockwise as
seen from the front of the camera.
One bar (
s
) appears in the upper part to the left of the
F number in the iris indication.
To open the iris by 0.5 stop:
Turn the MENU knob further counterclockwise as
seen from the front of the camera.
One bar (
x
) appears in the upper part to the left of the
F number in the iris indication.
To open the iris by 0.75 stop:
Turn the MENU knob further counterclockwise as
seen from the front of the camera.
Two bars (
sx
) appear in the upper part to the left of
the F number in the iris indication.
To open the iris by 1 stop:
Turn the MENU knob counterclockwise as seen from
the front of the camera.
Two bars (
xx
) appear in the upper part to the left of
the F number in the iris indication.
To close the iris by 0.25 stop:
Turn the MENU knob clockwise as seen from the front
of the camera.
One bar (
s
) appears in the lower part to the left of the
F number in the iris indication.
To close the iris by 0.5 stop:
Turn the MENU knob clockwise as seen from the front
of the camera.
One bar (
x
) appears in the lower part to the left of the
F number in the iris indication.
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