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Canon RM-Software User Manual

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Configure the Camera

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• [Manual]

Compensate for the exposure manually. The

following exposure compensation settings are

displayed.

[Iris]: Specify the iris setting. Drag the slider to the left

to close down the iris and make the image

darker or to the right to open up the iris and

make the image brighter.

[Shutter]: Specify the shutter speed using 15 levels,

from 1/1 to 1/8000 seconds.

[Gain]: Specify the gain (sensitivity to brightness). Drag

the slider to the left to decrease the gain and

make the image darker or to the right to

increase the gain and make the image brighter.

➁ [Smart Shade Control]

Specify a value to use for the camera’s smart shade

control feature for live image. Select one of seven

levels, from 1 (weakest) to 7 (strongest), or [Off]. If [Off]

is selected, the camera’s smart shade control setting is

used for live image.

➂ [Aperture Mode]

Specify the camera aperture mode.

[Night Mode]

• [Disabled]

Disable the night mode function.

• [Enabled]

Display live image in night mode.

• [Auto]

The camera automatically switches to night mode.

➃ [White Balance]

Specify the appropriate white balance by selecting one

of the camera’s light source settings displayed in the

list.

If [Manual] is selected, use one of the following two

methods to adjust the white balance.

• [R Gain] and [B Gain]

Specify the white balance parameters by dragging

the sliders. Drag to the right to increase the gain (the

sensitivity to brightness).

• [One Shot WB]

Force white balance adjustment to a light source.

Using a white object (such as piece of white paper)

as a standard, fill the shot with the object and click

this button.

• You cannot specify [Aperture Mode] when you select

[Auto] for [Aperture Mode] in a recording schedule.

• [Compensation] can be specified using seven levels,

from -3 to +3. To disable exposure compensation,

specify [0].

• [Compensation] can be specified as [Off], [Low],

[Medium] or [High].

• The Smart Shade Control feature is not supported.

• You cannot select the [Metering Mode].

You cannot specify [Aperture Mode] when you select

[Auto] for [Day/Night] in Video and Camera settings.

• [Auto] is unavailable for [Aperture Mode].

• [Exposure] and [White Balance] are unavailable.

Note

When [Night Mode] is enabled in [Aperture Mode], both the

displayed and recorded images are in black and white.

Important

If you select [Enabled] for Night Mode, you will not be able to

set the white balance. If you select [Auto] for Night Mode,
however, you will be able to set the white balance, but those

settings will be cleared when the camera switches to Night

Mode.