Manual Shutter Speed/Iris Adjustment - Panasonic HDC-SD100 Operating Instructions Manual

Shutter Speed:
Adjust it when recording fast-moving subjects.
Iris:
Adjust it when the screen is too bright or too dark.
p Set the AUTO/MANUAL switch to MANUAL. (F 58)
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1/50 to 1/8000
p If [AUTO SLOW SHTR] is set to [ON], the
p The shutter speed closer to 1/8000 is faster.
CLOSE
18dB)
p Value closer to [CLOSE] darken the image.
p Value closer to [18dB] brighten the image.
p When the iris value is adjusted to brighter than
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Manual shutter speed/iris adjustment

Press the camera function button
and select [SHUTTER SPEED] or
[IRIS] by rotating the ring. (F 64)
CAM FUNC
Enter the selection by pressing
the camera function button.
Adjust by rotating the ring.
Shutter speed:
shutter speed will be set between 1/25 and
1/8000.
Iris/Gain value:
(F16 to F2.0) OPEN
[OPEN], it changes to the gain value.
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Enter the selection by pressing
the camera function button.
p Select [RETURN] with the ring, and press the
camera function button again to complete the
settings.
p Set the AUTO/MANUAL switch to AUTO to
restore to automatic adjustment.
p When setting both the shutter speed and the
iris/gain value, set the shutter speed and then
set the iris/gain value.
Manual shutter speed adjustment
p If you increase the shutter speed manually, the
noise on the screen may increase.
p You may see a band of light around the object
that is shining very bright, or having very high
reflection.
p During normal playback, image movement
may not look smooth.
p Colour or brightness of the image may change,
or you may see horizontal bars in the image
when the object is recorded in extremely bright
place or under fluorescent light, mercury light
or sodium light, etc. In this case, record in auto
mode or set the shutter speed to 1/100 in
areas where the power supply frequency is
50 Hz, or 1/125 in areas of 60 Hz.
(0dB to
Manual iris/gain adjustment
p Luminance level and histogram are displayed
during the iris adjustment. It is also possible
not to display them. (F 62)
p If the gain value is increased, the noise on the
screen increases.
p Depending on the zoom magnification, there
are iris values that are not displayed.