Setting The Shutter Speed; Selection Switch - Sharp ViewCam Slim VL-ME100S Operation Manual

Advanced Features
Camera Recording

Setting the Shutter Speed

Available modes: TAPE-CAMERA, DUAL-
CAMERA, CARD-CAMERA
The shutter speed of the camcorder is preset to
auto mode, which automatically chooses the
optimal shutter speed for the ambient light.
However, depending on the subject or
situation, you may want to set the shutter
speed manually to create a high-quality
picture.
Recommended shutter speeds
Situation
• Recording sports action
in bright daylight.
• Recording in bright day-
light at a ski resort.
• Recording outdoor
sports on a partially
cloudy day.
• Recording an outside
scene through a car win-
dow (when you want to
minimize blur caused by
the camera shaking).
• When you want to
reduce the light by half.
Use as a substitute for
an ND2 filter.
• Recording in a poorly-
illuminated location.
• When you want to create
artistic trailing images of
fast-moving subjects.
Tips on using the manual shutter speed
• Fast shutter speeds can be used with the still
recording functions (see pages 40 to 42 and
84) to record higher quality still images of
fast-moving subjects.
• If the on-screen picture flickers when
recording under fluorescent lighting, you may
be able to compensate by setting the shutter
speed to 1/120 sec.
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1
Set the camcorder to TAPE-CAMERA,
DUAL-CAMERA, or CARD-CAMERA
mode.
Recommended
shutter speed
2
In Recording Standby mode, set the
Manual Selection switch to MANUAL to
1/10,000 sec.
display the MANUAL screen.
l
1/1,000 sec.
3
1/1,000 sec. Touch [SHUT.SPEED] to display the
l
SHUT.SPEED selection screen.
1/250 sec.
1/120 sec.
Note: To cancel setting the manual shutter
speed, touch [RETURN] on the SHUT.SPEED
1/25 sec.
selection screen.
4
Touch [MANUAL] to display the
SHUT.SPEED adjustment screen.
SHUT.SPEED
selection
screen
Manual Selection switch
MANUA L
WH I T E B A L . AU T O
E XPO SURE AU T O
BR I GHT E R AU T O
SHU T . SP E E D AU T O
SC E NE ME NU OF F
SHUT . S P E E D
AU TO
MAN -
UAL
6 0 min
RE -
TURN
6 0 min