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DM-MV300E/MV300iE/MV310E
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCT
5-2-12 Lens hood
None
5-2-13 Lens cap
Provided. Covering type.
5-3 Stabilizer
Provided
5-3-1 System
Electronic stabilizer
5-3-2 Hand jitter detection system
Angular velocity detection
5-4 Shooting modes
Motion picture mode and photo shooting mode
5-4-1 Movie picture mode
Normal recording
5-4-2 Photo mode
Approx. 6.5 sec. still picture recording LOCK indication appears when pressing the Start/Stop
button halfway within the finder ( : when the AF is locked, lights in green).
5-5 Exposure control
5-5-1 Photometric method
Center-lower-weighted average photometry : Full Auto mode, Auto mode, Sports mode, Por-
trait mode, Low light mode Full screen average phot64 section evaluation photom-
etry : Spotlight mode, Surf (sand) & Snow mode
Screen division
64 sections (8V
×
8H)
5-5-2 AE function
Program AE
Full auto mode, Auto mode, Sports mode, Portrait mode, Spotlight mode, Surf (sand) & Snow
mode, Low light mode
5-5-3 Exposure compensation function
EXP Lock
EXP Lock by pressing the exposure button. Exposure compensation adjustable with the multidial
after executing EXP lock (except for the Full Auto mode).
Compensation range
±
11 levels (
±
2.75 EV), 0.25 aperture per 1 step, with bar ( ) indication in
the finder.
5-5-4 Electronic shutter
High speed shutter
1/50 sec., 1/120 sec., 1/250 sec., 1/500 sec., 1/1000 sec., 1/2000 sec., 1/4000 sec... 1/8000 sec.
(in the auto mode)
Low speed shutter
1/12.5 sec. (in the low light mode : fixed speed)
5-6 AF (Auto Focus)
5-6-1 Type
TTL video signal detection type AF.
5-6-2 AF measurement frame indication
Screen center
5-6-3 Measurement area
None.
5-6-4 AF operational range
10 mm -
∞
(WIDE); the entire zoom range : 1 m -
∞
(from the lens surface)
5-6-5 AF operational illumination range
50 lux to 100,000 lux
5-6-6 AF mode selection
Continuous AF / manual focus. AF ON/OFF selection available except for the Full Auto mode
(by pressing the focus button).
Manual focus
Manual focus available by rotating the multidial ring (when in the manual focus mode). When
in the manual focus mode (AF is off),
“M. Focus”
appears in the finder.
5-7 Viewfinder
0.44 inch color LCD (approx. 113,000 pixels); fixed length. Turned off in all modes except for
the case when the LCD monitor is closed in its storage position (with the panel facing the main
unit).
Rotation
Possible (up 70
°
: applicable for low angle)
Eyepiece removing
Impossible.
Visibility adjustment range
+1.0 to -5.0 diopters (when looking through the viewfinder)
Lens configuration
1 group, 1 element
5-8 LCD panel
2.5 inch color LCD, 112,000 pixels [480 (H)
×
234 (V)]; TFT active matrix drive. RGB delta
array. Turned on in all modes except for the case when the monitor is closed in its storage
position (with the panel facing the main unit).
Angle adjustment
Possible. High angle, low angle. also monitoring available in the self-shooting mode.
Information display
Operation modes, simple zoom position, battery status, tape status, time code, various warn-
ings, color indications. The indications are limited while in the self-shooting mode.
