Sony Handycam HDR-FX7 Operating Instructions Manual page 36

Changing the settings of your camcorder recordings (Continued)
z Tips
• The range of focus, an important effect of the
aperture, is called the depth of field. The depth
of field gets shallower as the aperture is opened,
and deeper as the aperture is closed. Use the
aperture creatively to obtain the desired effect in
your photography.
• This is handy for making the background
blurred or sharp, or when you want to manually
adjust the iris, gain or shutter speed on the
screen.
x AE SHIFT
You can slightly adjust the exposure
between -7 (dark) and +7 (bright) during
the auto recording.
+2
b Notes
• You cannot manually adjust the IRIS.
• [AE SHIFT] does not work when the exposure
is manually set or the iris, gain and shutter speed
are all set manually.
z Tip
• You can adjust the AE SHIFT from the menu
(p. 61).
1
During recording or standby, set
the AUTO LOCK switch A to the
center position to release the
auto lock mode.
This operation is not required when AE
SHIFT is assigned to the EXPOSURE/
IRIS dial.
2
Press the EXPOSURE/IRIS button
H.
The EXPOSURE/IRIS dial G will be
effective.
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appears.
3
Adjust the picture quality by
turning the EXPOSURE/IRIS dial
G.
z Tip
• If you set the AUTO LOCK switch A to
HOLD after manual adjustment, the manually
adjusted items are saved.
To restore automatic adjustment
Press the EXPOSURE/IRIS button H, or
set the AUTO LOCK switch A to AUTO
LOCK.
b Notes
• If you set the AUTO LOCK switch
AUTO LOCK, other manually adjusted items
(gain, shutter speed, white balance) also become
temporarily automatic.
• As you shift the zoom from W (wide) to T
(telephoto), the aperture value varies from F1.6
to F2.8.
• The setting returns to automatic adjustment
(default) when you set the POWER switch to
OFF (CHG) for more than 12 hours.
z Tips
• You can adjust the dial sensitivity of the
EXPOSURE/IRIS dial G by selecting
[EXPOSURE/IRIS] t [DIAL SENS](p. 59),
and the dial operating direction by selecting
[EXPOSURE/IRIS] t [DIAL ROTATE]
(p. 59).
• Settings can also be checked by pressing the
STATUS CHECK button (p. 47).
• See page 62 for [BACK LIGHT].
Adjusting the volume of light
(ND filter)
You can record the subject clearly by using
the ND filter when the recording
environment is too bright.
There are 2 levels of ND filter setting. ND
filter 1 reduces the volume of light to about
1/4, and ND filter 2 to about 1/16.
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