Panasonic AVCCAM AG-HMC151E Operating Instructions Manual

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Shooting37Iris adjustmentsRING (FOCUS/IRIS) switchIRIS dialIRIS button1 Use the AUTO/MANUAL switch to set tomanual mode. (Page 36)2 Press the IRIS button to switch how toadjust the aperture of lens.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.Set the direction of the IRIS DIAL and aperturecontrol in the setup menus, SW MODE screen,IRIS DIAL. (Page 88)If you have set ON under A.IRIS item on thesetting menu AUTO SW screen, auto iris willbe forcibly selected when auto mode has beenestablished. (Page 90)The lens aperture can be adjusted in the focusring by setting the RING (FOCUS/IRIS) switchto IRIS. However, as this will make it impossibleto adjust the focus in the focus ring, please setthe focus control method to A (AUTO) with theFOCUS switch. (Page 36)When this camera’s lens aperture is open, theF-value will be F1.6 when the lens zoom is setto maximum wide-angle (W), and F3.0 when setto maximum telescopic (T).While the lens aperture is open, the iris displayson the viewfinder or LCD monitor will showOPEN when the lens zoom is set to maximumwide-angle (W), and F3.0 or OPEN when set tomaximum telescopic (T).••••Using focus assistPressing the FOCUS ASSIST button enlargesthe center of the screen or displays a frequencydistribution graph in the top right of the screen,enabling the focus to be aligned more easily,and therefore particularly useful when usingmanual focus. The screen display that appearsafter pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button can bechanged with the FOCUS ASSIST setting in thesettings menu SW MODE screen. (Page 89)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.“EXPANDED” is displayed on the screen during theexpanded display.The center of the angle of view is shifted slightlyfrom the center of the LCD monitor.GRAPH:Frequency distribution graph will be displayed inthe top right of the viewfinder or the LCD monitor.Adjust the lens focus ring so that the graph areaexpands toward right as shown below.Focus not aligned White area moves tothe right as focus isalignedBOTH:Display both enlargement and graph at the same time.This function cannot be used while the digitalzoom function is in use.Press the FOCUS ASSIST button again to returnto the original screen.The graph cannot be displayed in both theviewfinder and the LCD monitor at the sametime. To display the graph in the viewfinder,please close the LCD monitor.••••