Adjusting Iris, Gain, and Light Intensity
Adjust the aperture, gain and ND FILTER to suit the Adjusting the gain
scene or lighting you are shooting.
When the display is dark, increase the gain to
ND FILTER switch
brighten the display.
IRIS dial
1If the camera is in auto mode, press the AUTO
button to switch to the manual mode (goes
out).
2Switch the gain with the GAIN switch.
L:
Set here under normal conditions. (0 dB)
IRIS buttonM:
Increase the gain of the image amplifier.
(The default value is 6 dB.)
H:
Increase the gain of the image amplifier.
GAIN switch
(The default value is 12 dB.)
Iris adjustments
Light intensity adjustmentsShooting
1If the camera is in auto mode, press the AUTO Change the gain values of M and H in the setup
button to switch to manual focusing (goes menus, SW MODE screen, MID GAIN and HIGH
out).GAIN (Page 71).
2Press the IRIS button to switch how to adjust Use the ND FILTER Switch to change the ND Filter
the aperture of lens. used (filter to change light intensity).
AUTO IRIS:
Adjust the iris automatically. OFF:
MANUAL IRIS: ND filter is not used.
Adjust the iris manually. 1/8:
Cuts light intensity by up to about 1/8.
3Turn the IRIS dial to adjust the aperture of lens 1/64:
when in the manual iris mode. Cuts light intensity by up to about 1/64.
? Even if Auto IRIS is used, you can correct the
aperture with this dial.
Set the direction of the IRIS DIAL and aperture
control in the setup menus, SW MODE screen,
IRIS DIAL (Page 71).
This unit?s iris F number when it is open is F1.6
at full WIDE and F2.8 at full TELEPHOTO.
The iris display in the viewfinder or on the LCD
when the iris is open is OPEN at full WIDE and
F2.8 or OPEN at full telephoto.
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