Nightshot Light - Sony Handycam HDR-SR5E Handbook

HD LP
Increases the recording time (Long Play)
(AVC HD 5M (LP)).
b Notes
• If you record in the LP mode, details in movies
with quick movements may appear rough when
you play the image back.
z Tips
• See page 11 for the expected recording time of
each recording mode.
REC MODE
You can select a recording mode to record a
movie with SD (standard definition) image
quality from 3 levels.
SD HQ
Records in high quality mode
(SD 9M (HQ)).
B SD SP
Records in standard quality mode
(SD 6M (SP)).
SD LP
Increases the recording time (Long Play)
(SD 3M (LP)).
b Notes
• If you record in the LP mode, the quality of
movies may be degraded, or scenes with quick
movements may appear with a block noise when
you play back the image.
z Tips
• See page 11 for the expected recording time of
each recording mode.
AE SHIFT (HDR-SR7E/
SR8E)
Select [ON] to adjust the exposure using
(dark)/
setting value appear on the screen (The
default setting is [OFF]).
64
(bright). and the
z Tips
• Touch if the subject is white or the
backlight is bright, or touch
is black or the light is dim.
• You can adjust the automatic exposure level to
brighter or darker when [EXPOSURE] is set to
[AUTO].
• You can also adjust the setting manually using
the CAM CTRL dial (p. 33).
WB SHIFT (White
Balance Shift) (HDR-
SR7E/SR8E)
Select [ON] to adjust the white balance to
the desired setting using
and the setting value appear on the
screen (The default setting is [OFF]).
z Tips
• When the white balance is set to a lower value,
images appear bluish, and when set to a higher
value, images appear reddish.
• You can also adjust the setting manually using
the CAM CTRL dial (p. 33).

NIGHTSHOT LIGHT

When using either the NightShot (p. 31) or
[SUPER NIGHTSHOT] (p. 82) function to
record, you can record clearer images by
setting [NIGHTSHOT LIGHT], which
emits infrared light (invisible), to [ON] (the
default setting).
b Notes
• Do not cover the infrared port with your fingers
or other objects (p. 31).
• Remove the conversion lens (optional).
• The maximum shooting distance using
[NIGHTSHOT LIGHT] is about 3 m (10 feet).
if the subject
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