User's Manual

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Using the Menu
(CAMERA SET)
menu
Settings to adjust your camcorder to the
recording conditions (GAIN SETUP/BACK
LIGHT/STEADYSHOT, etc.)
The default settings are marked with B.
The indicators in parentheses appear when
the i
tems are selected.
See page 59 for details on selecting
menu items.
You can capture progressive scan images
w
it
h a vertical resolution of 1,080 lines.
B OFF
25 ( )
Captures 25 frames per second.
b Note
• The captured images are converted to 50i format
and recorded on tape.
x RING ASSIGN
You can select either [IRIS] (default
setti
ng) or [EXPOSURE] as the function
assigned to the iris ring (p. 30).
x RIN
G ROTATE
Yo
u can select the rotation direction of the
iris
ring.
B NORMAL
Makes images dark with clockwise
rotation of the iris ring.
OPPOSITE
Makes images dark with counter-
clockwise rotation of the iris ring.
b Notes
• When the AUTO/MANUAL switch is set to
AUTO, the IRIS/EXPOSURE button is not
available.
Press the MENU button t select the
(CAMERA SET) with the SEL/PUSH
EXEC dial.
PROG.SCAN
IRIS/EXPOSURE
z Tips
• The iris, gain and shutter speed values are
adjusted as follows when you change the [RING
ASSIGN] setting with the AUTO/MANUAL
switch set to MANUAL.
– When you change [RING ASSIGN] from
[IRIS] to
[EXPOSURE]
The adjustment remains in the same mode
that
it was in prior to changing [RING
ASSIGN]. If it is in automatic adjustment, it
remains in automatic adjustment after
changing [IRIS] to [EXPOSURE]. If it is in
manual adjustment, it remains in manual
adjustment after changing [IRIS] to
[EXPOSURE].
You can adjust the iris, gain and shutter speed
wit
h the
iris ring when is displayed next to
the values on the screen.
Adjustment for the gain and shutter speed can
be swi
tched between [EXPOSURE] and
manual.
– When you change [RING ASSIGN] from
[EXPO
SURE] to [IRIS]
The adjustment remains in the same mode
that
it was in prior to changing [RING
ASSIGN]. If it is in automatic adjustment, it
remains in automatic adjustment after
changing [EXPOSURE] to [IRIS]. If it is in
manual adjustment, it remains in manual
adjustment after changing [EXPOSURE] to
[IRIS].
Adjustments for the gain and shutter speed
c
an
be switched between automatic and
manual.
• You can assign [RING ROTATE] to one of the
ASSIGN butt
ons (p. 41).
You can set gain values for H, M and L
positions of the gain switch. The default
settings of [H], [M] and [L] are 18dB, 9dB
and 0dB, respectively.
1 Se
lect [H], [M] or [L] with the SEL/
PUSH EX
EC dial.
2 Set the gain value with the SEL/PUSH
EX
EC dial, and press the dial.
You can select the value between -6dB
and 21dB by 3dB. The larger the value,
the higher the gain.
GAIN SETUP
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