Sony HDC-F950 User Manual

Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording

4-4(E)

Chapter 4

Adjustments and Settings for Recording

1) The values in the table are those with 24PsF/23.98PsF.

With other formats, the available values are different.
For other formats, see page 4-28(E).

• Regardless of the shutter mode used, as the shutter

speed increases the iris opening will become wider,
and the depth of field will be reduced.

• With artificial lighting, particularly fluorescent lights

and mercury vapor lamps, the brightness appears to
be constant, but in fact the strength of the red, green,
and blue components varies at the power supply
frequency.  This phenomenon is known as “flicker”.
When using the electronic shutter under these lighting
conditions, there are certain cases in which the flicker
is more noticeable.  In particular, color flicker is
evident when the power frequency is 60 Hz.  In areas
where the power frequency is 50 Hz, setting the
shutter speed to 

1

/

100

 second will reduce the flicker.

This section explains the different modes which can be
used for the electronic shutter, and gives the
procedures for setting the shutter mode and shutter
speed.

The different shutter modes which can be used with the
electronic shutter of the HDC-F950 camera, and the
shutter speeds which may be selected, are as follows:

Shutter modes and speeds

Standard

1/32, 1/48, 1/96,
1/125, 1/250, 1/500,
1/1000 second

Use to obtain clear
images of quickly-
moving subjects

ECS
(Extended
Clear Scan)

Continuously variable
in the range from 24.0
Hz to 2200 Hz

Use to obtain images
of computer monitors
without horizontal
striping

The shutter mode, and the shutter speed in standard
mode, are set using the SHUTTER switch.

Set the SHUTTER item in the VF DISPLAY page
of the OPERATION menu to ON, using the
procedure outlined in “4-6-1 Selecting Display
Items” on page 4-16(E).

Push the SHUTTER switch from the ON position
to the SEL position.

The current shutter setting will be displayed in the
setting change/adjustment progress message
display area of the viewfinder screen for about
three seconds.
Example: “Shutter: 1/250”

Push the SHUTTER switch to the SEL position
again before the display disappears.  Repeat this
action until the desired mode or speed is displayed.
When all modes and speeds are displayed, they
will be displayed in the following order:

Example: with 24PsF/23.98PsF

SHUTTER switch

Standard mode

ECS mode

1/32

1/1000

1/500

1/250

1/125

1/96

1/48