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Setting the Electronic Shutter
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Chapter 3 Adjustments and Settings for Shooting
power supply causing flicker. Using an
electronic shutter under such lighting could
make the flicker even worse. Color flicker is
particularly likely to happen when the power
supply frequency is 60 Hz. However, if the
power frequency is 50 Hz, setting the shutter
speed to
1
/
100
can reduce this flicker.
• When a bright object is shot in ECS mode in
such a manner that it fills the screen, the upper
edge of the picture may have poor quality
because of an inherent characteristic of CCDs.
Before using ECS mode, check the shooting
conditions.
• The selectable shutter speeds vary depending on
the current system frequency.
Switching the shutter mode, and the shutter
speed in standard mode: Repeatedly flick
the SHUTTER selector to the SELECT side
(see the next section).
Switching the shutter speed in ECS mode and
SLS mode: Select ECS mode or SLS mode
with the SHUTTER selector, and then turn
the MENU knob (see page 66).
You can use the SHT ENABLE page of the
OPERATION menu to narrow the range of
choice in advance, or to select in advance whether
or not you use ECS or SLS.
To set the shutter mode and standard-
mode shutter speed
Once the shutter speed is selected, it is retained
even when the camcorder power is turned off.
1 Follow the procedure described in
“Selecting the display items” on page
201 to set the VF DISPLAY MODE
item to “2” or “3” on the VF DISP 1
page of the USER menu.
2 Flick the SHUTTER selector from ON
to SELECT.
The current shutter setting indication appears
for about 3 seconds in the setting change and
adjustment progress message display area of
the viewfinder screen.
Examples: “: SS : 1/250”, “: ECS : 60.0 Hz”
3 Before the shutter setting indication
disappears, flick the SHUTTER
selector down to SELECT again and
repeat this until the desired mode or
speed appears.
When all modes and speeds are displayed,
the display changes in the following order.
If you have changed the configuration, only
the selected modes and speeds appear.
• When the unit is shipped from the factory, it is
configured to display all of the modes and
speeds in “Shutter modes” on page 65, except
SLS mode. You can change this configuration
by selecting only the required modes and
speeds on the SHT ENABLE page of the
OPERATION menu (see page 161).
• Shutter speeds in standard mode can also be
switched to angle display by using SHT DISP
MODE in the CAM CONFIG 2 page of the
MAINTENANCE menu (see page 182).
To set the shutter speed in ECS or SLS
mode
1 Set the shutter speed mode to ECS or
SLS (see the previous item).
2 Turn the MENU knob to select the
desired frequency or number of frames.
When the RM-B150 Remote Control Unit is
connected
You can set the shutter speed of ECS or SLS with
the rotary encoder of the RM-B150.
Selecting the shutter mode and
shutter speed
SHUTTER selector
MENU knob
ECS mode
Standard mode (with system frequency: 59.94i)
SLS mode