(Camera Set) Menu; Settings To Adjust Your Camcorder To The Recording Conditions - Sony HVR-Z5N Operating Manual

(CAMERA SET)
menu
Settings to adjust your camcorder to the
recording conditions (GAIN SETUP/BACK
LIGHT/STEADYSHOT, etc.)
The default settings are marked with B.
The indicators in parentheses appear when
the items are selected.
See page 64 for details on selecting
menu items.
Press the MENU button t select the
(CAMERA SET) with the SEL/PUSH
EXEC dial.
IRIS/EXPOSURE
RING ASSIGN
x
You can select either [IRIS] (default
setting) or [EXPOSURE] as the function
assigned to the iris ring (p. 30).
x RING ROTATE
You can select the rotation direction of the
iris ring.
B NORMAL
Makes images dark with clockwise
rotation of the iris ring.
OPPOSITE
Makes images dark with counter-
clockwise rotation of the iris ring.
b Notes
• You cannot assign [RING ASSIGN] to an
ASSIGN button.
• When the AUTO/MANUAL switch is set to
AUTO, the IRIS/EXPOSURE button is not
available.
z Tips
• The iris, gain and shutter speed values are
adjusted as follows when you change the
[RING ASSIGN] setting with the AUTO/
MANUAL switch set to MANUAL.
– When you change [RING ASSIGN] from
[IRIS] to [EXPOSURE]
The adjustment remains in the same mode
that it was in prior to changing [RING
ASSIGN]. If it is in automatic adjustment, it
remains in automatic adjustment after
changing [IRIS] to [EXPOSURE]. If it is in
manual adjustment, it remains in manual
adjustment after changing [IRIS] to
[EXPOSURE].
You can adjust the iris, gain and shutter speed
with the iris ring when
the values on the screen.
Adjustment for the gain and shutter speed can
be switched between [EXPOSURE] and
manual.
– When you change [RING ASSIGN] from
[EXPOSURE] to [IRIS]
The adjustment remains in the same mode
that it was in prior to changing [RING
ASSIGN]. If it is in automatic adjustment, it
remains in automatic adjustment after
changing [EXPOSURE] to [IRIS]. If it is in
manual adjustment, it remains in manual
adjustment after changing [EXPOSURE] to
[IRIS].
Adjustments for the gain and shutter speed
can be switched between automatic and
manual.
• You can assign [RING ROTATE] to one of the
ASSIGN buttons (p. 46).
GAIN SETUP
You can set gain values for H, M and L
positions of the gain switch. The default
settings of [H], [M] and [L] are 18dB, 9dB
and 0dB, respectively.
1 Select [H], [M] or [L] with the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial.
2 Set the gain value with the SEL/PUSH
EXEC dial, and press the dial.
You can select the value between -6dB
and 21dB by 3dB. The larger the value,
the higher the gain.
3 Select [OK] with the SEL/PUSH EXEC
dial.
4 Press the MENU button to hide the
menu screen.
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