Panasonic SDR-H80-S Sd/hdd Camcorder - Page 53

Manual shutter speed/ aperture adjustment Shutter Speed: Adjust it when recording fast-moving subjects. Aperture: Adjust it when the screen is too bright or too dark. 1 Select the manual mode. (l 50) 2 Select [ ] or [ ] with the joystick. MNL 4/4 NEXT 3 Adjust the settings with the joystick. MNL  1/100  OPEN BACK A Shutter speed: 1/60 to 1/8000 1/60 to 1/500 ≥ The shutter speed closer to 1/8000 is faster. ≥ If [AUTO SLW SHTR] is set to [ON], the slowest shutter speed is 1/30. B Iris/Gain value: CLOSE # (F16 to F2.2) # OPEN # (0dB to 18dB) ≥ Value closer to [CLOSE] darkens the image. ≥ Value closer to [18dB] brightens the image. ≥ When the iris value is adjusted to brighter than [OPEN], it changes to the gain value. To restore to automatic adjustment Press the iA button. ≥ When setting both the shutter speed and the iris/gain value, set the shutter speed and then set the iris/gain value. ∫ Manual shutter speed adjustment ≥ Avoid recording under fluorescent light, mercury light or sodium light because the color and brightness of the playback image may change. ≥ If you increase the shutter speed manually, the noise on the screen may increase. ≥ You may see vertical lines of light in the playback image of a brightly shining subject or highly reflective subject, but this is not a malfunction. ≥ During normal playback, image movement may not look smooth. ≥ When recording in an extremely bright place, the screen may change color or flicker. If so adjust the shutter speed manually to [1/60] or [1/100]. ∫ Manual iris/gain adjustment ≥ If the gain value is increased, the noise on the screen increases. ≥ Depending on the zoom magnification, there are iris values that are not displayed. 53 LSQT1449