Sony FCB-H10 Technical Manual page 9

AE – Iris Priority
The iris can be set freely by the user to 18 steps
between F1.8 and Close.
The gain and shutter speed are set automatically
according to the brightness of the subject.
parameter IRIS (F1.8) F No.
11 F1.8
10 F2.0
0F F2.4
0E F2.8
0D F3.4
0C F4.0
0B F4.8
0A F5.6
09 F6.8
AE – Manual
The shutter speed (21 steps), iris (18 steps) and gain (8
steps) can be set freely by the user.
AE – Bright
The bright control function adjusts both the gain and
iris using an internal algorithm according to a
brightness level freely set by the user. Exposure is
controlled by gain when dark and by iris when bright.
As both gain and iris are fixed, this mode is used when
exposing at a fixed camera sensitivity. When switching
from Full Auto or Shutter Priority Mode to Bright
Mode, the current status will be retained for a short
period of time.
Only when the AE mode is set to "Full Auto" or
"Shutter Priority," the user can switch it to "Bright."
Gain
IRIS AGC
OPEN MAX
AGC gain curve
CLOSE MIN
Dark
Controlled
by gain
Bright limit controllable
for this unit
parameter IRIS (F1.8) F No
08 F8.0
07 F9.6
06 F11
05 F14
04 F16
03 F19
02 F22
01 F26
00 CLOSE
IRIS gain curve
Bright
Controlled by IRIS
Parameter IRIS (F1.8)
F No.
17 F1.8
16 F1.8
15 F1.8
14 F1.8
13 F1.8
12 F1.8
11 F1.8
10 F2.0
0F F2.4
0E F2.8
0D F3.4
0C F4.0
0B F4.8
0A F5.6
09 F6.8
08 F8.0
07 F9.6
06 F11
05 F14
04 F16
03 F19
02 F22
01 F26
00 CLOSE
When switching from the Shutter Priority mode to the
Bright mode, the shutter speed set in the Shutter
Priority mode is maintained.
Spot Exposure Mode
In Full Auto AE, the level for the entire screen is
computed and the optimum Auto Iris and Gain levels
are determined. In Spot AE, a particular section of the
subject can be designated, and then that portion of the
image can be weighted and a value computed so that
Iris and Gain can be optimized to obtain an image.
For example, in an image with a lot of movement and
with varying levels of brightness, portions without
much change can be designated as such a "spot," and
changes to the screen can be minimized in that area.
As shown in the following diagram on the next page, a
range of 16 blocks vertically and 16 blocks
horizontally can be designated.
In the case where the center is designated (shown in
black), the level is computed along with a weighted
value for the surrounding block (shaded), including the
specified portions; and then the Gain and Iris are set.
The value of the designated portions and the
surrounding areas should be calculated as 100%, the
Basic Functions
GAIN
18dB
15dB
12dB
9dB
6dB
3dB
0dB
0dB
0dB
0dB
0dB
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0dB
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