Sony DVCAM DSR-PDX10 Operating Instructions Manual page 68

Shooting with manual adjustment
Notes
•Because your camcorder is set to focus only on subjects in the middle to far distance,
you cannot take close-ups in the following modes:
– Sports lesson
– Beach & ski
•Your camcorder is set to focus only on distant subjects in the following modes:
– Sunset & moon
– Landscape
•The following functions do not work in the PROGRAM AE:
– BOUNCE
– OLD MOVIE
– Shutter speed adjustment
– Spot focus
•When you set the POWER switch to MEMORY, Sports lesson does not work. (The
indicator flashes.)
The PROGRAM AE does not work
When you are recording images on a "Memory Stick" using the MEMORY MIX. (The
indicator flashes.)
While WHT BAL is set to automatic adjustment
The white balance is adjusted even if the PROGRAM AE is selected.
You can adjust the following functions while using the PROGRAM AE
– Backlight
– Spot light
– Exposure
– Flexible Spot Meter
When recording under a discharge tube such as a fluorescent lamp, sodium lamp
or mercury lamp
Flickering phenomenon which lights up or dims the screen, or the color change may
occur in the following modes. If this happens, turn the PROGRAM AE off.
– Soft portrait
– Sports lesson
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