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  Cannot change shutter speed slower than 1/60 on PAL

  Posted by Elma Okic on November 6, 2014 at 1:55 pm

  Hi everyone.

  Please let me share an issue clouded in mystery.

  I cannot understand why I cannot reduce the shutter speed on PMW-200 lower than 1/60.
  PAL is selected so I’d need to have 1/50. The format set up is UDF HD422 50/1080750i

  I am really baffled. The shutter option only allows to move the shutter speed up to 1/60, no lower.

  I tried playing with: different formats, including NTSC and 720, Direct Menu, On/Off Shutter switch, etc.
  I trawled internet and the manual. I don’t understand if I am missing something super simple, or what on earth…

  Any help and suggestions would be HIGHLY APPRECIATED. I am new to PMW, and I apologies if I am wasting your time if there is something simple that I am missing. Please help 🙂

  
  

  Elma Okic replied 11 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jim Masi

  November 7, 2014 at 11:38 am

  I don’t have an explanation for the malfunction, but maybe there’s a workaround. Try changing the shutter mode to “Angle” and from there changing selection to “180deg”. You might also want to consider a factory reset to see if that clears up the problem.
  Good luck.

  Jim Masi
  BearHand Production
  http://www.bearhand.com
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  Elma Okic

  November 7, 2014 at 2:55 pm

  Thank you very much Jim.

  Finally, it seems that I missed trying one setting which sorted out this: using 25p instead of 50i. I then had slower shutter speeds available. I think this might be a ‘Doh!’ moment.

  Elma

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