Adjusting The Brightness; Adjusting The Iris - Sony XDCAM PXW-X70 Operating Manual

Adjusting the brightness

You can adjust the image brightness by
adjusting the iris, gain or shutter speed, or
by adjusting the light volume with the ND
filter .
E
b Notes
• When you set the AUTO/MANUAL switch F
to AUTO, iris, gain, shutter speed and white
balance are adjusted automatically. You cannot
adjust any of them manually.

Adjusting the iris

This is handy for making the background
blurred or sharp.
1
Set the AUTO/MANUAL switch F
to MANUAL.
2
Press the IRIS button B.
The or next to the iris value
disappears, and the iris value is
highlighted.
Iris value
3
Turn the MANUAL dial A to
adjust the value.
The volume of the light increases the
more that you open the aperture
(decreasing F value). The volume of the
light decreases the more that you close
the aperture (increasing F value).
To temporarily adjust the iris
automatically
1. Hold the ASSIGN5/IRIS PUSH AUTO
button down.
The iris is adjusted automatically for as
long as you hold the button down.
To adjust the iris automatically
Press the IRIS button B while the iris
value is highlighted.
The iris value disappears or
to the iris value. When AE is fixed,
appears next to the iris value.
appears next
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