Setting the Electronic Shutter
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1
Display the SHT ENABLE page of the
OPERATION menu, and press the
MENU knob.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic
menu operations” (page 193).
2
Turn the MENU knob to move
b
to the
shutter mode or shutter speed you want,
then press the MENU knob.
b
on the left of the selected item changes to
z
and
z
on the left of the setting changes to
?
.
3
Turn the MENU knob until ON
appears, then press the MENU knob.
z
on the left of the selected item changes to
b
and
?
on the left of the setting changes to
z
.
To set another mode or speed, return to step
2
.
Note that only the shutter speeds set to ON
can be selected with the SHUTTER selector.
4
To end the menu operation, set the
MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF or close
the cover of the menu operating section.
The menu disappears from the screen and the
display indicating the current status of the
camcorder appears along the top and bottom
of the screen.
To set the shutter speed in degree units
On the SHUTTER SELECT page of the
MAINTENANCE menu, you can specify degrees
(angle of opening of the shutter) to select the
shutter speed in standard shutter mode.
Note
When you enable degree settings, the unit disables all
items on the SHT ENABLE page of the OPERATION
menu except SHUTTER ECS and SHUTTER SLS.
1
Display the SHUTTER SELECT page
of the MAINTENANCE menu, and
press the MENU knob.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic
menu operations” (page 193).
2
Select SHUTTER SELECT, and turn
the MENU knob to display DEGREE.
Six shutter speeds appear. A registered
shuttle angle appears in the DEGREE field of
each line. A shutter speed (exposure time, in
units of seconds) appears in the SECOND
field, as calculated by converting from the
selected frame rate.
Each time that you flick the SHUTTER
selector to the SELECT side, the setting or
mode changes in the following order. (SLS
mode and ECS mode appear only when they
are enabled on the SHT ENABLE page of the
OPERATION menu.)
To register user-defined settings
You can register up to six shutter angle settings.
If six settings are already registered, you must
delete one of the registered settings before
registering a new one.
1
Rotate the MENU knob to move the
b
mark to the DEL position, and then
press the MENU knob.
The
b
mark changes into a
z
mark, and the
z
mark changes into a ? mark.
Also, a * mark appears before the number.
025 SHT ENABLE
SHUTTER ECS : ON
SHUTTER SLS : OFF
SHUTTER 1/100 : ON
SHUTTER 1/125 : ON
SHUTTER 1/250 : ON
SHUTTER 1/500 : ON
SHUTTER 1/1000 : ON
SHUTTER 1/2000 : ON
SHUTTER SELECT : DEGREE
ADD: ---.-
DEL:
DEGREE SECOND
1: 216.0
1/99.85
2: 180.0
1/119.7
3: 90.0
1/239.0
4: 45.0
1/475.0
5: 22.5
1/940.0
6: 11.2
1/1880
M27 SHUTTER SELECT TOP
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2
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Example of standard mode display
(shutter degrees setting)
SLS mode
ECS mode
