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# Adjusting the Aperture

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# Adjusting the Aperture

You can affect the brightness of your recordings or change the depth of field by adjusting the aperture. For
example, use a small aperture value for a shallow depth of field that isolates the subject in focus and nicely blurs
the background. Available aperture values will vary depending on the EF lens attached to the camcorder.

Using the Control Dial

You can adjust the aperture value of an EF lens using the control dial on the
camcorder or that on the grip unit.
By default the control dial’s function is set to aperture control. If it has been
changed, follow the procedure below to set the control dial’s function to
[Iris] in advance.

Assigning Aperture Control to the Control Dial

1 Open the [Control Dial] submenu.

[w Other Functions] > [Custom Function] > [Control Dial]

2 Select [Iris] and then press SET.

Selecting the Increment Scale to Use When Adjusting the
Aperture

1 Open the [Iris Increment] submenu.

[~ Camera Setup] > [Iris] > [Iris Increment]

2 Select [1/2 stop], [1/3 stop] or [Fine] and then press SET.

Changing the Aperture Value

Turn the control dial to adjust the aperture.

• The selected aperture value will appear on the lower left of the screen.

• When [~ Camera Setup] > [Iris] > [Iris Increment] is set to [Fine], the

actual increments will be smaller than 1/3 stop but the onscreen display
will show the closest 1/3-stop aperture value.

NOTES

• You can use the [w Other Functions] > [Custom Function] > [Control Dial Dir.] or [Grip Ctrl Dial Dir.] setting

(A 110) to change the direction of the adjustment when you turn the control dial on the camcorder or on the
grip unit, respectively.

Remote Operation Using Wi-Fi Remote

After completing the necessary preparations (A 47) you can adjust the aperture value remotely from a Wi-Fi-
enabled device using the Wi-Fi Remote application.

Operating modes:

Control dial

[w Other Functions]

[Custom Function]

[Control Dial]

[Iris]

[~ Camera Setup]

[Iris]

[Iris Increment]

[1/3 stop]

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