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Manual exposure control is recommended in the
following situations:
●
When shooting using reverse lighting or when the
background is too bright.
●
When shooting on a reflective natural background
such as at the beach or when skiing.
●
When the background is overly dark or the subject
is bright.
Before starting, perform the procedures listed
below:
●
Set the Power Switch to “
M
” while pressing down
the Lock Button located on the switch.
●
Open the LCD monitor fully, or pull out the
viewfinder fully.
1
Set “
p
EXPOSURE” to “MANUAL”. (
墌
pg. 43)
●
The exposure control indicator appears.
2
To brighten the image, rotate the
MENU
Wheel
towards “+”. To darken the image, rotate the
MENU
Wheel towards “–”. (maximum ±6)
●
+3 exposure has the same effect as the
backlight compensation. (
墌
pg. 57)
●
–3 exposure has the same effect as when
“
r
PROGRAM AE” is set to “SPOTLIGHT”.
(
墌
pg. 42)
3
Press the
MENU
Wheel in. Exposure adjustment
is complete.
To return to automatic exposure control...
Set “
p
EXPOSURE” to “AUTO”. (
墌
pg. 43) Or, set
the Power Switch to “
A
”.
●
If
EXPOSURE
is pressed once, the camcorder will
enter the exposure control mode again.
NOTE:
You cannot use the manual exposure control at the
same time when “
r
PROGRAM AE” is set to
“SPOTLIGHT” or “SNOW” (
墌
pg. 38, 42), or with
the backlight compensation. (
墌
pg. 57)
Exposure Control
OFF
PLA
Y
A
M
Power Switch
MENU
Wheel
Lock Button
VIDEO/MEMORY
Switch
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