Adjusting The Shutter Speed - Panasonic DVX100B Operating Instructions Manual

Adjusting the shutter speed

Shutter speeds you can select
Progressive Normal shutter
mode speeds (OFF)
OFF (60i)
30P
24P/24PA
SHUTTER button
1
Each time you press the SHUTTER button, the
shutter speed switches between normal (OFF)
and the speed you selected with the SPEED
SEL button.
2
After you have pressed the SHUTTER button,
press SPEED SEL to select the shutter speed.
The shutter speed changes as follows each
time you press SPEED SEL.
When progressive mode is OFF (60i)
SYNCHRO 1/100
SCAN
1/2000 1/1000
When progressive mode is on (30P/24P/24PA)
SYNCHRO 1/30
SCAN
(1/24)
1/1000 1/500
• Remember that the faster the shutter speed,
the lower the sensitivity.
• If iris is set to auto, then it will open wider with
higher shutter speeds and thereby reduce
focal depth.
• If you have set slow shutter mode (Page 40),
you cannot change shutter speeds
("INVALID" appears on the screen).
First press the USER button you have
allocated to SLOWSHUT to cancel the slow
shutter mode, then change the shutter speed
as shown above.
Shutter speeds you can select with SPEED SEL
SYNCHRO SCAN
1/60 1/60.3 - 1/250
1/50 1/30.1 - 1/250.0
1/50 1/24.1 - 1/250.0
SPEED SEL button
1/120 1/250
1/500
1/60 1/120
1/250
Shutter speed selected
1/100, 1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000
1/30, 1/60, 1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000
1/24, 1/60, 1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000
1/100
The current shutter speed appears on the
viewfinder and LCD screens unless you have
selected OFF in OTHER DISPLAY in the DISPLAY
SETUP screen of the setup menus. It is not
displayed if you have set the shutter speed to
normal (OFF).
With artificial lighting and especially fluorescent
lights and mercury-vapor lamps, the luminance
changes in synchronization with the power line
frequency. When this frequency is 50 Hz, mutual
interference will occur between the camera-
recorder's vertical sync frequency (approx. 60 Hz)
and the lighting frequency (50 Hz). This means that
the white balance may change periodically.
Before shooting in areas with artificial lighting or
adjusting the white balance, set the shutter speed
as follows.
Progressive
mode
50 Hz
OFF (60i) 1/100
30P OFF (1/50)
24P/24PA OFF (1/50)
PUSH STILL
Shutter speed
60 Hz
OFF (1/60)
1/60
1/60
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