Exposure adjustment 64, Using the manual exposure recording, Program 64 – Canon XA10 User Manual

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Exposure Adjustment

At times, backlit subjects may appear too dark (underexposed) or subjects under very strong lights
may appear too bright or glaring (overexposed). In such cases, adjusting the exposure will correct this.
This camcorder features a dedicated recording program, [

y Manual Exposure], for adjusting the

exposure manually. However, you can also adjust the exposure when using other recording programs.

Using the Manual Exposure Recording Program

Using the [

y Manual Exposure] recording program, you can adjust the aperture, shutter speed and

gain to achieve the desired exposure.

1 Activate the [

y Manual Exposure] recording program.

[FUNC.]

[Rec.

Programs]

[

y Manual Exposure]

2 Touch the control button of the setting you wish to adjust.

3 Touch [

y] or [A] to set the desired value.

• You can also drag your finger along the dial.

• The exposure will change according to the setting's new value. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to adjust

other settings.

• Before touching [a], you can also use the zebra pattern (see below) and waveform monitor

(

0 84).

4 Touch [a].

NOTES

• When adjusting the exposure, you can also use the waveform monitor (

0 84).

• If you set 6

[Custom Key/Dial] to [

Manual Exposure] (

0 90), you can adjust the

aperture, shutter speed and gain with the CUSTOM dial.

Operating modes:

Aperture

Gain

Adjustment dial

Shutter speed

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