Manual Shutter Speed/Aperture Adjustment - Panasonic HDC-SD5 Operating Instructions Manual

Manual shutter speed/aperture
adjustment
Shutter Speed:
Adjust it when recording fast-moving subjects.
When recording people outdoors at night, select
the auto slow shutter mode and use a flash. Both
the subject and the background will become
brighter.
Aperture:
Adjust it when the screen is too bright or too
dark.
¬ Rotate the mode dial to select
1
Set the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS
switch to MANUAL.
The icon shown in the illustration is displayed
automatically.
2
Move the cursor button left or
right to select [
[ ] (shutter speed).
3
Move the cursor button left or
right to make the adjustment.
A Shutter speed:
1/25 to 1/8000
≥ The shutter speed closer to 1/8000 is faster.
≥ If [AUTO SLOW SHTR] is set to [OFF], then
the shutter speed will be set between 1/50 to
1/8000.
.
] (aperture) or
B Iris/Gain value:
CLOSE # (F16 to F2.0) # OPEN # (0dB to
18dB)
≥ Value closer to [CLOSE] darken the image.
≥ Value closer to [18dB] brighten the image.
≥ When the iris value is adjusted to brighter than
[OPEN], it changes to the gain value.
To restore to automatic adjustment
Set the AUTO/MANUAL/FOCUS switch to
AUTO.
≥ When setting both the shutter speed and the
iris/gain value, set the shutter speed and then
set the iris/gain value.
Manual shutter speed adjustment
≥ Avoid recording under fluorescent light,
mercury light or sodium light because the
colour and brightness of the playback image
may change.
≥ If you increase the shutter speed manually, the
gain value will increase automatically
depending on how much the sensitivity lowers
and the noise on the screen may increase.
≥ You may see vertical lines of light in the
playback image of a brightly shining subject or
highly reflective subject, but this is not a
malfunction.
≥ During normal playback, image movement
may not look smooth.
≥ When recording in an extremely bright place,
the screen may change colour or flicker. If so
adjust the shutter speed manually to [1/50] or
[1/100].
Manual iris/gain adjustment
≥ If the gain value is increased, the noise on the
screen increases.
≥ Depending on the zoom magnification, there
are iris values that are not displayed.
Recording
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