Adjusting The Exposure - Canon XL1 Instruction Manual

Adjusting the Exposure

Set the aperture value (of the iris) and the shutter speeds completely independently to give you total
creative freedom in setting the exposure.
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SHUTTER
1. Turn the POWER dial to the Manual recording program.
2. Press the SHUTTER r and t buttons to increase or decrease the shutter speed.
• Set the shutter to one of 27 speeds between 1/60 and 1/15,000 of a second.
3. Turn the IRIS wheel to open or close the iris.
• Set the aperture value to one of 27 F numbers between f/1.6 and f/16, or select CLOSE to close the
iris completely.
You can also vary the exposure manually in the Auto, Tv and Av modes, but you must first lock the
exposure to activate the SHUTTER buttons and the IRIS wheel.
• The maximum and minimum settings for the shutter and aperture are the same, but there are 9 possible
speeds and 8 possible F numbers.
Exposure lock
You can lock the exposure at the current level in order to control the brightness of the image.
To lock the exposure, press the EXP. LOCK button. Press it again to return to the automatically set exposure
level.
Notes:
• You cannot lock the exposure in the M (Manual) recording program.
• The standard exposure level depends on which recording program you have selected, but the shutter
normally operates at 1/60 of a second.
• Exposure lock is canceled if you change the setting of the POWER dial.
• You cannot use exposure lock or adjustment when the POWER dial is set to the [ (Easy Recording) or
(Spotlight) position.
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OFF
A
Tv
Av
POWER
M
EXP.LOCK
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