Setting The Electronic Shutter - Sony DSR-400L Operating Instructions Manual

Note
If the camera has a zoom lens with an automatic iris,
*
the iris may hunt.
knob (indicated as IG, IS, or S) on the lens.
For details, refer to the lens operation manual.
* Hunting: Repeated brightening and darkening of the image,
resulting from repeated response to automatic iris control.
If the automatic white balance adjustment cannot
be made
If the white balance adjustment cannot be completed
normally, an error message will appear for about 3 seconds
on the viewfinder screen (in display mode 2 or 3).
Error message Meaning
WHITE: NG The white video level is too low. Either
LOW LEVEL open the lens iris or increase the gain.
WHITE: NG The color temperature is too high.
COLOR TEMP Select a suitable setting for the 5600K
HIGH button.
WHITE: NG The color temperature is too low. Select
COLOR TEMP a suitable setting for the 5600K button.
LOW
WHITE: NG Adjustment could not be completed
TIME LIMIT within the standard number of
attempts. Try to adjust again. If fails a
few times, contact your Sony dealer.
WHITE: NG The white area could not be checked.
POOR WHITE
AREA
WHITE: NG The white video level is too high. Either
OVER LEVEL stop down the lens iris or change the
ND filter.
If any of the above error messages is displayed, retry the
white balance adjustment. If the error message occurs
repeatedly, contact your Sony service representatives.
If you have no time to adjust the white balance
Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST.
The white balance is automatically set as follows,
depending on the 5600K button setting.
• 5600K ON (lights on): 5600K
• 5600K OFF (lights off): 3200K
About the white balance memory
Values stored in memory are held until the white balance
is next adjusted.
There are two sets of white balance memories, A and B,
and adjustments for each of the filters can be automatically
stored in the memory corresponding to the setting (A or B)
of the WHITE BAL switch. The camcorder has four built-
in filters, so a total of eight (4 × 2) adjustments can be
stored. The number of memories allocated to each of A and
B can be limited to one by setting the WHT FILTER INH
item to ON on the FUNCTION 3 page of the
MAINTENANCE menu. In this case, the memory
contents are not linked to the filter settings. If the WHITE
BAL switch is set to B, and on the FUNCTION 2 page of
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To prevent this, adjust the iris gain
the OPERATION menu, the WHITE SWITCH <B> item
is set to ATW, the ATW function is activated to
automatically adjust the white balance of the picture being
shot for varying lighting conditions.
If a memory error occurs
If the error message ": STORED DATA: NG" flashes on
the viewfinder screen when the camcorder is turned on, the
white balance memory contents have been lost. Adjust the
white balance again. Contact your Sony representative if
this message continues to appear even after the white
balance have been adjusted again.

Setting the electronic shutter

This section describes the shutter modes that can be used
with the electronic shutter of the camcorder, and describes
the procedure for selecting the shutter speed and shutter
mode.
About the shutter modes
The shutter modes that can be used with the electronic
shutter and the shutter speeds that can be selected are listed
below.
Shutter Shutter speed
mode
Standard DSR-400/ Scan Mode: I
450WS 1/100, 1/125,
1/250, 1/500,
1/1000, 1/2000
(sec.)
Scan Mode: PsF
1/40, 1/60, 1/120,
1/125, 1/250,
1/500, 1/1000,
1/2000 (sec.)
Scan Mode:24P
1/32, 1/48, 1/96,
1/125, 1/250,
1/500, 1/1000,
1/2000 (sec.)
DSR- Scan Mode: I
400P/ 1/60, 1/125,
450WSP 1/250, 1/500,
1/1000, 1/2000
(sec.)
Scan Mode: PsF
1/33, 1/50, 1/100,
1/125, 1/250,
1/500, 1/1000,
1/2000 (sec.)
Application
For shooting
fast-moving
subjects with
little blurring.
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