Adjusting The Brightness; Adjusting The Iris - Sony nxcam HXR-NX3E Operating Manual

Adjusting the brightness

You can adjust the image brightness by
adjusting the iris, gain or shutter speed, or
by adjusting the light volume with the ND
B
filter .
b Notes
• When you set the AUTO/MANUAL switch H
to AUTO, iris, gain, shutter speed and white
balance are adjusted automatically. You cannot
adjust any of them manually.

Adjusting the iris

This is handy for making the background
blurred or sharp.
1
Set the AUTO/MANUAL switch H
to MANUAL.
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2
Press the IRIS button E.
or next to the iris value
disappears.
Iris value
3
Adjust the iris with the iris ring
A.
The volume of the light increases the
more that you open the aperture
(decreasing F value). The volume of the
light decreases the more that you close
the aperture (increasing F value).
To temporarily adjust the iris
automatically
Hold the IRIS PUSH AUTO button I
down.
The iris is adjusted automatically for as
long as you hold the button down.
To adjust the iris automatically
Press the IRIS button E.
The iris value disappears or
to the iris value. When AE is fixed,
appears next to the iris value.
appears next