Sony PDX10 Operating Instructions - Page 70

Shooting with manual adjustment When the shutter speed is fast When shooting a bright subject, vertical lines may appear on the image, but this is not a malfunction. In such cases, set the shutter speed a little slower. When shooting at slow shutter speed At slow shutter speed, automatic focus may be lost. Use a tripod and adjust the focus manually. When recording under a discharge tube such as a fluorescent lamp, sodium lamp or mercury lamp Flickering phenomenon which lights up or dims the screen, or the color change may occur depending on the shutter speed. When the POWER switch is set to MEMORY Shutter speeds available in the MEMORY mode are different from those in the CAMERA mode. Even if you set the shutter speed faster than 1/500 or slower than 1/60 while the POWER switch is set to CAMERA, the shutter speed setting is automatically reset to 1/500 or 1/60 respectively if you set the POWER switch to MEMORY. Once you have set the POWER switch to MEMORY as the operation above, the shutter speed remains at 1/500 or 1/60 even if you set the POWER switch to CAMERA again. 70