FEATURES FOR RECORDING
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Like the pupil of the human eye, the iris
contracts in well-lit environments to keep too
much light from entering, and dilates in dim
environments to allow in more light.
Use this function in the following situations:
●
When shooting a moving subject.
●
When the distance to the subject changes (so its
size in the LCD monitor changes), such as when
the subject is backing away.
●
When shooting on a reflective natural background
such as at the beach or when skiing.
●
When shooting objects under a spotlight.
●
When zooming.
1
Set the power switch to “
M
”.
2
Press
EXPOSURE
.
●
The exposure control indicator appears.
3
Adjust zoom so that the subject fills the LCD
monitor, then press and hold
SET
on the manual
focus dial for over 2 seconds. The exposure
control indicator and the “
” indication appear.
4
Press
SET
on the manual focus dial. The “
”
indication changes to “
” and the iris is locked.
To return to automatic iris control
Press
EXPOSURE
twice. Or, set the power
switch to “
A
”.
●
The exposure control indicator and “
”
disappear.
To lock the exposure control and the iris
After step
2
, adjust the exposure by rotating the
manual focus dial. Then lock the iris in steps
3
and
4
. For automatic locking, Press
EXPOSURE
twice in step
2
. The exposure
control and the iris become automatic.
Backlight compensation brightens the subject
quickly.
With simple operation, backlight compensation
feature brightens the dark subject portion by
increasing the exposure.
1
Set the power switch to “
M
”.
2
Press
BACKLIGHT
(
8
) so that the backlight
compensation indicator “
” appears.
To cancel backlight compensation
Press
BACKLIGHT
(
8
) twice so that the “
”
indicator disappears.
NOTE:
Using backlight compensation may cause the light
around the subject to become too bright and the
subject to become white.
Selection of a spot metering area enables more
precise exposure compensation. You can select
one of the three metering areas on the LCD
monitor.
1
Set the power switch to “
M
”.
2
Press
BACKLIGHT
(
8
) twice so that the
Spot Exposure Control indicator “
” appears.
●
A spot metering area frame appears at the
centre of the LCD monitor.
3
Press
3
or
5
to select the desired spot
metering area.
4
Press
SET
.
●
Spot exposure control is engaged.
●
Exposure is adjusted to make the brightness of
the selected area most appropriate.
To lock the iris
After step
3
, press and hold
SET
over 2
seconds. The “
” indication appears and the
iris is locked.
To cancel spot exposure control
Press
BACKLIGHT
(
8
) once so that the “
”
indicator disappears.
NOTES:
●
You cannot use the spot exposure control at the
same time with following functions.
•
“STROBE” in “EFFECT” (
墌
pg. 45)
•
Digital zoom (
墌
pg. 19)
•
Manual exposure control
●
Depending on the shooting location and condition,
optimum result may not be attained.
Iris Lock
Backlight Compensation
Spot Exposure Control
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