Sony PDW-700 - Setting the Electronic Shutter; Shutter Modes

Setting the Electronic Shutter
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Chapter 3 Adjustments and Settings for Shooting
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 X 2)
adjustments can be stored. The number of
memories allocated to each of A and B can be
limited to one by setting the FILTER WHT MEM
item to “OFF” on the WHITE SETTING page of
the OPERATION 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
WHITE SETTING page of the OPERATION
menu, the WHITE SWITCH <B> item is set to
“ATW”, the ATW function is activated to
automatically adjust the white balance of the
picture being shot for varying lighting conditions.
If a memory error occurs
If the error message “: STORED DATA : NG”
flashes on the viewfinder screen when the
camcorder is turned on, the white balance and
black balance memory contents have been lost.
Adjust the white balance and black balance again.
Contact a Sony representative if this message
continues to appear even after the white balance
and black balance have been adjusted again.
For details, refer to the Maintenance Manual.
The shutter modes that can be used with the
electronic shutter and the shutter speeds that can
be selected are listed below.
Notes
• Whatever the operating mode of the electronic
shutter, the sensitivity of the CCD decreases
with increasing shutter speed.
• When the automatic iris is used, the iris opens
wider as the shutter speed increases, thus
reducing the depth of field.
• Under artificial light, particularly fluorescent or
mercury lamps, the light intensity may appear to
be constant, but the red, green, and blue
intensities are actually changing in
synchronization with the frequency of the
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.
Setting the Electronic
Shutter
Shutter modes
Shutter
mode
Shutter speed Application
Standard Scan Mode: i
1
/
100
,
1
/
125
,
1
/
250
,
1
/
500
,
1
/
1000
,
1
/
2000
(sec.)
For shooting
fast-moving
subjects with
little blurring.
ECS
(Extended
Clear Scan)
Scan Mode: i
60.0 to 6000 Hz
For obtaining
images with no
horizontal bands
of noise when
shooting subjects
such as monitor
screens.