need to ensure your lens is set to auto focus mode. Sometimes this is set by sliding the
focus ring on the lens forward or backward.
Click on the auto focus button or drag the manual focus
adjustment left or right to focus a compatible lens.
Manual Focus Adjustment
When you want to adjust the focus on your camera manually, you can use the focus
adjustment located at the bottom of each camera controller. Drag the wheel control
left or right to manually adjust focus while viewing the video feed from the camera to
ensure your image is nice and sharp.
Camera Gain
The camera gain setting allows you to turn on additional gain in the camera. On
Blackmagic Studio Cameras, this setting relates to ISO. This is important when you are
operating in low light conditions and need extra gain, or ISO, in the front end of the
camera to avoid your images being under exposed. You can decrease or increase gain
by clicking on the left or right arrows on the dB gain setting.
You can turn on some gain when you need it, such as outdoor shoots when the light
fades at sunset and you need to increase your image brightness. It's worth noting that
adding gain will increase noise in your images.
Shutter Speed Control
The shutter speed control is located in the section between the color wheel and the
iris/pedestal control. Decrease or increase the shutter speed by hovering your mouse
pointer over the shutter speed indicator and then clicking on the left or right arrows. On
Blackmagic Studio Cameras, this setting relates to shutter speed.
If you see flicker in lights you can decrease your shutter speed to eliminate it.
Decreasing shutter speed is a good way to brighten your images without using camera
gain because you are increasing the exposure time of the image sensor. Increasing
shutter speed will reduce motion blur so can be used when you want action shots to be
sharp and clean with minimal motion blur.
White Balance
The white balance setting next to the shutter speed control can be adjusted by clicking
on the left or right arrows on each side of the color temperature indicator. Different
light sources emit warm or cool colors, so you can compensate by adjusting the white
balance. This ensures the whites in your image stay white.
Hovering your mouse pointer over the gain,
shutter speed and white balance indicators
reveal arrows you can click on to adjust their
respective settings
Using ATEM Software Control
82