Panasonic AG-HMC40 Operating Instructions Manual

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41 ShootingSetting the aperture and gainIRIS dial1 Use the AUTO/MANUAL switch to set tomanual mode. (Page 40)2 Press the IRIS dial to switch the method ofadjustment for the aperture of the lens.The method switches to AUTO IRIS orMANUAL IRIS with each press of the dial.AUTO IRIS: Adjust the iris automatically.MANUAL IRIS: Adjust the iris manually.3 Turn the IRIS dial to adjust the aperture oflens when in the manual iris mode.In the auto iris mode, the lens iris can becorrected using this dial.Increase in brightness beyond the maximumaperture (OPEN) is performed via gainadjustment (CAMERA mode: 0 to 4 dB;PHOTO mode: 0 to 18 dB).If further gain adjustment is necessary,assign HIGH GAIN to one of the USERbuttons 1 to 3. The gain mode switchesbetween normal and high with each press ofthe button.Gain can be set to up to 34 dB in high gainmode.In PHOTO mode, switching to high gainmode is disabled.Set the direction of the IRIS DIAL and aperturecontrol in the setup menus, SW&DISP SETUPscreen, IRIS DIAL.The lens aperture can be adjusted in the focusring by setting the RING switch to IRIS. Therelationship between the direction of rotationand aperture control is based on the IRISDIAL setting in the SW&DISP SETUP screen.However, as this will make it impossible to adjustthe focus in the focus ring, please set the focuscontrol method to A (AUTO) with the FOCUSswitch. Zoom control can also be assigned to theFOCUS ring.(Page 40)As you shrink the aperture to a near closed state,resolution will decrease due to light diffraction.You can prevent this by adjusting the shutterspeed and increasing the aperture size.••••••Using focus assistPressing the FOCUS ASSIST button enlargesthe center of the viewfinder and LCD monitorscreens, or displays a bar at the bottom center ofthe screen. These displays make aligning the focuseasier and are particularly useful in manual focusmode. The display that appears when the FOCUSASSIST button is pressed can be configured withthe FOCUS ASSIST SW item in the setting menuSW&DISP SETUP screen. (Page 106)FOCUS ASSIST buttonEXPANDED:The central part of the screen will be enlarged bya factor of about 4 in the vertical direction and by afactor of about 6 in the horizontal direction.A blue box will appear in the viewfinder and LCDmonitor screens during expanded display. Only theoperation status display and counter will appear onthe screen.The center of the angle of view is shifted slightlyfrom the center of the LCD monitor.BAR:A bar will appear at the bottom center of theviewfinder and LCD monitor screens, indicating thelevel of focus alignment with its length.The peak hold mark (▼) appears over the bar, andthe bar expands to the right as focus is aligned.Focus not aligned Bar expands to rightas focus is alignedBOTH:Displays both the expanded display and focus bar.This function cannot be used while the digitalzoom function is in use.Press the FOCUS ASSIST button again to returnto the original screen.•••