Panasonic AG-HPX250EN Camcorder User Manual


 
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Shooting in manual mode (continued)
Iris adjustments
IRIS ring
IRIS button
1 If the camera-recorder is in auto mode,
use the AUTO/MANUAL switch to switch to
manual mode. (Page 28)
2 Press the IRIS button to switch how to
adjust the aperture of lens.
AUTO IRIS:
Adjusttheirisautomatically.
MANUAL IRIS:
Adjusttheirismanually.
3 Turn the IRIS ring to adjust the aperture of
lens when in the manual iris mode.
Intheautoirismode,thelensiriscanbe
correctedusingthisring.
IfyouhavesetONunderA.IRISonthesetting
menuAUTOSWscreen,autoiriswillbeforcibly
selectedwhenautomodehasbeenestablished.
(Page140)
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Thisunit’sirisFnumberwhenitisopenisF1.6
atfullWIDEandF3.2atfullTELEPHOTO.
TheirisdisplayintheviewnderorontheLCD
whentheirisisopenisOPENatfullWIDEand
F3.2orOPENatfullTELEPHOTO.
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Youcandisplaythebrightnesslevelforthe
centerpartofthescreenbypressingaUSER
button(Page39)towhichYGEThasbeen
assigned.
Adjusting the gain
Whenthedisplayisdark,increasethegainto
brightenthedisplay.
GAIN switch
1 If the camera-recorder is in auto mode,
use the AUTO/MANUAL switch to switch to
manual mode. (Page 28)
2 Switch the gain with the GAIN switch.
L: Sethereundernormalconditions.
(Thedefaultvalueis0dB.)
M: Increasethegainoftheimageamplier.
(Thedefaultvalueis6dB.)
H: Increasethegainoftheimageamplier.
(Thedefaultvalueis12dB.)
YoucanchangeeachL,MandHgainvaluesusing
theLOWGAIN,MIDGAINandHIGHGAINitems
onthesettingmenuSWMODEscreen.(Page138)
Inautomode,autogainisavailableregardlessof
theGAINswitchsettingwhenasettingotherthan
OFFisselectedunderAGConthesettingmenu
AUTOSWscreen.(Page140)
Invariableframerate(VFR)mode,gainisxed
to0dBwhentheframerateissetto4framesor
less.