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Setting the Electronic Shutter
Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording
If you have no time to adjust the white
balance
Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST.
The white balance is automatically set as follows,
depending on the FILTER selector setting.
B: 3200K
C: 4300K
D: 6300K
For details about setting the white balance manually, see
“To automatically adjust the white balance” on page 54.
White balance memory
Values stored in memory are held until the white balance is
next adjusted.
There are two sets of white balance memories, A and B,
and adjustments for each of the filters can be automatically
stored in the memory corresponding to the setting (A or B)
of the WHITE BAL switch. The camcorder has four built-
in filters, so a total of eight (4 × 2) adjustments can be
stored. The number of memories allocated to each of A and
B can be limited to one by setting the WHT FILTER INH.
item to “ON” on the FUNCTION 3 page of the
MAINTENANCE menu. In this case, the memory contents
are not linked to the filter settings.
If the WHITE BAL switch is set to B, and on the
FUNCTION 2 page of the OPERATION menu, the
WHITE SWITCH <B> item is set to “ATW,” the ATW
(Auto Tracing White) function is activated to
automatically adjust the white balance of the picture being
shot for varying lighting conditions.
4-2 Setting the Electronic
Shutter
This section describes the shutter modes that can be used
with the electronic shutter of the camcorder, and describes
the procedure for selecting the shutter speed and shutter
mode.
4-2-1 Shutter Modes
The shutter modes that can be used with the electronic
shutter and the shutter speeds that can be selected are
shown below.
Standard mode
Use this mode for shooting fast-moving subjects with little
blurring.
ECS (Extended Clear Scan) mode
Use this mode for obtaining images with no horizontal
bands of noise when shooting subjects such as monitor
screens.
SLS (slow speed shutter) mode
The SLS mode can only be selected when the CCD scan
mode is set to “I (interlace scan).”
Use this mode For shooting subjects in low level lighting
conditions.
You can select the shutter speed from among 1 (1/30 sec
for the DVW-970, 1/25 sec for the DVW-970P) to 8, 16
CCD scan mode Shutter speed (sec.)
I DVW-970 1/100, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000,
1/2000
DVW-970P 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000,
1/2000
PsF DVW-970 1/40, 1/60, 1/120, 1/125, 1/250,
1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000
DVW-970P 1/33, 1/50, 1/100, 1/125, 1/250,
1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000
24P (DVW-970 only) 1/32, 1/48, 1/96, 1/125, 1/250,
1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000
CCD scan mode Shutter speed
I DVW-970 60.00 to 6000 Hz
DVW-970P 50.00 to 6000 Hz
PsF DVW-970 30.00 to 7000 Hz
DVW-970P 25.00 to 6000 Hz
24P (DVW-970 only) 24.00 to 5000 Hz