Sony ExwaveHAD DXC-390 Instructions For Use Manual page 17

Selection Function
OFF Any electronic shutter mode does not function.
STEP Sets the shutter speed to any of 15 steps in long-
exposure mode and 11 steps in high-speed mode.
Select SPEED and set the shutter speed from among the
following values:
Long-exposure mode: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5,
3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 sec.
To set the speed, display OFF by pressing the
buttons simultaneously, then select the desired value
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by pressing the button. Each press changes the speed
in the order as shown above.
High-speed mode: FL (flickerless), 1/125, 1/250,
1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000, 1/4000, 1/10000, 1/20000,
1/40000, 1/100000
To set the speed, display OFF by pressing the
buttons simultaneously, then select the desired value

by pressing the button. Each press changes the speed
in the order as shown above.
When using the camera in a 50 Hz lighting area, the FL
setting offers flickerless images even under fluorescent
light.
Selection
VARIABLE
 
and
 
and
Function
Use for fine adjustment of the video output level in long
exposure mode (low-speed mode) or in clear scan mode
(high-speed mode).
Long exposure mode
You can set the SPEED value in units of 1 frame.
For example, if you set to 50 frames (about 1.7 seconds),
the video signal produced during this set time is output
in the form of one complete frame at intervals of about
1.7 seconds. These pictures, which contain 50 frames of
video information, are much brighter than normal
one-frame images. This mode is useful for shooting a
poorly illuminated object in a dark place.
To set the shutter speed

1 Display OFF by pressing the
and
simultaneously.
2 Select the SPEED value by pressing the
Each time you press the button, the value changes in
units of 1 frame.
To convert the value into the shutter speed
Example: When the value is set to 5 frames
5 × 1/30 = 0.1666 seconds
Notes
 Do not use AGC, CCD-IRIS, ATW, DCC+ and
DYNALATITUDE functions in long exposure mode.
 When you set the shutter speed to 1 second or higher,
set the gain level to 0 dB.
Chapter 2 Operation

buttons

button.
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