Selecting The Shutter Mode And Shutter Speed - Sony HDW-650 Operation Manual

actually changing in synchronization with the
frequency of the power supply causing flicker. Using
an electronic shutter under such lighting could make
the flicker even worse. Color flicker is particularly
likely to happen when the power supply frequency is
60 Hz. However, if the power frequency is 50 Hz,
setting the shutter speed to 1/100 can reduce this
flicker.
• When a bright object is shot in ECS mode in such a
manner that it fills the screen, the upper edge of the
picture may have poor quality because of an inherent
characteristic of CCDs. Before using ECS mode, check
the shooting conditions.
Selecting the shutter mode and
shutter speed
Use the SHUTTER selector to select a shutter
mode or a standard-mode shutter speed. To set the
shutter speed in ECS mode, with the SHUTTER
selector set to ON and the ECS mode selected, use
the MENU knob for adjustment.
You can use the SHT ENABLE page of the
OPERATION menu to narrow the range of
choice in advance, or to select in advance whether
or not you use ECS.
Setting the shutter mode and standard-
mode shutter speed
Once the shutter speed is selected, it is retained
even when the camcorder power is turned off.
1
Follow the procedure described in
"Selecting the display items" on page
123 to set the VF DISPLAY MODE
item to 2 or 3 on the VF DISP 1 page of
the USER menu.
2
Flick the SHUTTER selector from ON
to SELECT.
SHUTTER selector
The current shutter setting indication appears
for about 3 seconds in the setting change and
50 Setting the Electronic Shutter
adjustment progress message display area of
the viewfinder screen.
Examples: ": SHUTTER : 1/250", ": ECS :
60.00 Hz"
3
Before the shutter setting indication
disappears, flick the SHUTTER
selector down to SELECT again and
repeat this until the desired mode or
speed appears.
Pushing the SHUTTER selector down to
SELECT repeatedly allows you to cycle
through the settings of mode and speed
preselected on the SHT ENABLE page of the
OPERATION menu.
Note that all modes and all standard-mode
speeds listed in the table on page 49 are
preselected using the SHT ENABLE page of
the OPERATION menu.
By factory default, all available shutter
modes and shutter speeds are displayed in the
sequence shown in the following figure.
(You can use the SHT ENABLE page of the
OPERATION menu to make a setting so that
only the desired (or most frequently used)
modes and speeds are displayed.)
Standard mode
ECS mode
Shutter speeds in standard mode can also be
switched to angle display by using SHT DISP
MODE in the CAM CONFIG 2 page of the
MAINTENANCE menu.
Setting the shutter speed in ECS mode
1
Set the shutter speed mode to ECS (see
the previous item).
2
Turn the MENU knob clockwise or
counterclockwise until the desired
frequency appears.
When the RM-B150 Remote Control Unit is
connected
You can set the shutter speed of ECS with the
rotary encoder of the RM-B150.