User manual
Table Of Contents
- Read this first
- Identifying parts and controls
- Screen indicators
- Table of Contents
- Getting Started
- Step 1: Checking supplied accessories
- Step 2: Charging the battery pack
- Step 3: Attaching the microphone and the lens hood with lens cover
- Step 4: Attaching the accessory shoe
- Step 5: Turning on the camcorder and setting the date and time
- Step 6: Adjusting the LCD screen and viewfinder
- Step 7: Preparing the recording media
- Recording
- Recording
- Adjusting the focus
- Changing the recording setting
- Adjusting the brightness
- Adjusting the color tone
- Audio setup
- Useful functions
- Recording in dim places (Video light)
- Selecting the suitable setting automatically for the recording situation (AUTO MODE setting)
- What you can do with the Wi-Fi function of the camcorder
- Downloading “PlayMemories Mobile”
- Connecting the camcorder to an Android smartphone equipped with the NFC function using One-touch
- Using a smartphone as a remote controller
- Transferring images to a smartphone
- Connecting without using the NFC function (Android)
- Connecting without using the NFC function (iPhone/iPad)
- Customizing the picture quality (Picture profile)
- Setting time data
- Recording with the Slow & Quick Motion function
- Reviewing the most recently recorded scene (Last Scene Review)
- Assigning the functions to the ASSIGN buttons
- Playback
- Editing
- Using the Menu
- Connecting with another device
- Troubleshooting
- Additional Information
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Adjusting the brightness
You can adjust the image brightness by
adjusting the iris, gain or shutter speed, or
by adjusting the light volume with the ND
filter
B.
b Notes
• When you set the AUTO/MANUAL switch H
to AUTO, iris, gain, shutter speed and white
balance are adjusted automatically. You cannot
adjust any of them manually.
This is handy for making the background
blurred or sharp.
1 Set the AUTO/MANUAL switch H
to MANUAL.
2 Press the IRIS button E.
or next to the iris value
disappears.
3 Adjust the iris with the iris ring
A.
The volume of the light increases the
more that you open the aperture
(decreasing F value). The volume of the
light decreases the more that you close
the aperture (increasing F value).
To temporarily adjust the iris
automatically
Hold the IRIS PUSH AUTO button I
down.
The iris is adjusted automatically for as
long as you hold the button down.
To adjust the iris automatically
Press the IRIS button E.
The iris value disappears or appears next
to the iris value. When AE is fixed,
appears next to the iris value.
Adjusting the iris
Iris value