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Adjusting the Aperture
Adjusting the Aperture
You can affect the brightness of your recordings or change the depth of field by adjusting the aperture. For
example, use a small aperture value for a shallow depth of field that isolates the subject in focus and nicely blurs
the background.
Manual Aperture Control
You can adjust the aperture value of most EF lenses using the control
dial on the grip unit. Available aperture values will vary depending on
the EF lens attached to the camcorder.
Selecting the Increment Scale to Use When Adjusting the
Aperture
1 Open the [Iris Increment] submenu.
[~ Camera Setup] > [Iris] > [Iris Increment]
2 Select [1/2 stop], [1/3 stop] or [Fine] and then press the joystick.
Changing the Aperture Value
Turn the control dial to adjust the aperture.
• The selected aperture value will appear on the lower left of the screen.
• When [~ Camera Setup] > [Iris] > [Iris Increment] is set to [Fine], the actual increments will be smaller than
1/3 stop but the onscreen display will show the closest 1/3-stop aperture value.
NOTES
• When using an EF lens with no lens contacts, such as a Canon EF Cinema lens, you cannot adjust the
aperture using the camcorder. Adjust the aperture using the lens.
• You can use the [w Other Functions] > [Custom Function] > [Grip Ctrl Dial Dir.] setting (A 98) to change
the direction of the adjustment when you turn the control dial.
• If you are using an EF lens that can correct the aperture value according to the position of the zoom, you can
use the [~ Camera Setup] > [Iris] > [Zoom-Iris Correct.] setting to select whether to maintain the f/stop as
you zoom.
• If you set an assignable button to [Iris +] or [Iris -] (A 85), you can press the button to respectively open up or
close the aperture.
Operating modes:
Control dial
[~ Camera Setup]
[Iris]
[Iris Increment]
[1/3 stop]
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