Sony CCD-FX511 Primary User Manual - Page 65

Brightness levels Using the following chart as a reference, take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with brightness levels to improve your recording technique. Situation Snow-covered mountains Snow fields Sandy beach, clear day in summer Clear day, mid day (100,000 lx) Clear day, mid-afternoon (35,000) Overcast day, mid-day (32,000) Overcast day, one hour after sunrise (2,000) Office lit by fluorescent lamps, near window (1,000) Clear day, one hour before sunset (1,000) Department store counter (500 - 700) Station wicket (650) Office lit by fluorescent lamps (400 - 500) Room lit by two 30 W fluorescent lamps (300) Subway station platform (300) Arcade at night (150 - 200) Brightness Unit: lx 100,003 10,000 1,000 500 300 100 Condition ND filter recommended Normal recording Theater lobby (15 - 35) Candlelight (10 -15) Video light recommended 10 Using Your Camcorder Abroad Each country has its own electricity system and TV color system. Before using your camcorder abroad, check the following points. Power Sources You can use your camcorder in any country with the supplied AC power adaptor where the electricity is 110 V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz. Difference in Color Systems This camcorder is an NTSC system based camcorder. If you want to view the playback picture on a TV, it must be an NTSC system based TV or a PAL-M system based TV with NTSC/PAL-M transcoder. Check the following alphabetical list. NTSC system countries Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Canada, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Surinam, Taiwan, The Philippines, U.S.A., Venezuela, and others. PAL system countries Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany (former West Germany), Great Britain, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and others. PAL M system country Brazil PAL N system countries Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay SECAM system countries Bulgaria, France, Guiana, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Monaco, Poland, former Soviet Union, and others. 65 Additional Information