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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 items are selected.
See page 54 for details on selecting
menu items.
You can capture progressive scan images
with a vertical resolution of 625 lines.
BOFF
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
setting) or [EXPOSURE] as the function
assigned to the iris ring (p. 25).
x RING ROTATE
You can select the rotation direction of the
iris ring.
BNORMAL
Makes images dark with clockwise
rotation of the iris ring.
OPPOSITE
Makes images dark with counter-
clockwise rotation of the iris ring.
b Notes
• You cannot assign [RING ASSIGN] to an
ASSIGN button.
Press the MENU button t select
(CAMERA SET) with the SEL/PUSH
EXEC dial.
PROG.SCAN
IRIS/EXPOSURE
• When the AUTO/MANUAL switch is set to
AUTO, the IRIS/EXPOSURE button is not
available.
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
with the iris ring when is displayed next to
the values on the screen.
Adjustment for the gain and shutter speed can
be switched between [EXPOSURE] and
manual.
– When you change [RING ASSIGN] from
[EXPOSURE] 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
can be switched between automatic and
manual.
• You can assign [RING ROTATE] to one of the
ASSIGN buttons (p. 41).
You can set gain values for the H, M and L
positions of the gain switch. The default
settings of [H], [M] and [L] are 18dB, 9dB
and 0dB, respectively.
1 Select [H], [M] or [L] with the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial.
GAIN SETUP
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