JVC GY-DV550 instruction manual Front Section Cont’d, Right Side Section, Camera Setting Section

2. CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS

2-1 Front Section (Cont’d)

•	The depth of field can be reduced and the lens focusing
	can be adjusted more accurately.
		CAUTION:
	•	As the automatic shutter is activated here, flicker may
		appear on the screen depending on the lighting
		conditions (such as a fluorescent lamp, etc.)
		Colors may appear for white subjects.
	•	This operation is not possible in the LOLUX mode.

2. CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS

2-2 Right Side Section
[Camera Setting Section]
q			OPERATE/WARNING
w			RESET
			MONITOR
e
	FILTER		SELECT
		ALARM	CH-1
r	1 3200k		MIX
	2 5600k+1/8ND		CH-2
	3 5600k+1/64ND
t	SHUTTER STATUS	MONITOR
y	MENU
u			CH-1 AUDIO CH-2
			LEVEL

9	[TAKE] button
	The Super Scene Finder (S.S.F.) function retains the time
	code data for IN point and OUT point or CUE point in the
	unit's memory.
	☞ See “S.S.F. Function” on page 66.

0 Lens mounting ring/Lens lock lever Hold the lens and use the lever to turn the ring anticlockwise to release lens. To mount lens make sure the lens guide pin fits well, and

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!1 !2 !3

!4 [ALARM] Volume control

AUTO IRIS	FULL AUTO BLACK	LOLUX
BACK L		STRETCH
NORMAL		NORMAL
SPOT L

NG OPERATE

ONOFF

CAUTION:

then turn the ring clockwise until firm.

☞See "Attaching the Zoom Lens" on page 33.

! [FILTER] Color temperature conversion filter control knob This knob changes the internal color temperature filter.

Turn to adjust the volume of the alarm tone that is output from	Due to the characteristics of the CCD, the screen will
	appear to be slightly colored when changing the shutter
the monitoring loudspeaker or earphone in case of a warning
	speed greatly. After changing the shutter speed, perform
or other abnormal condition occurring with the GY-DV550.
	white balance again.
Turn this control anticlockwise to reduce the volume. Setting
	White balance may not work properly for high-speed
this control to the minimum position mutes the alarm tone.	shutters.

☞See "Camera Settings" on page 44.

2	[MONITOR] Audio monitor volume control
	Adjusts the volume of the monitoring loudspeaker and
	earphone. The audio is muted when this control is set to
	the minimum position.

3	[STATUS] Status/menu button
	•	Pressing this button in the normal screen mode (condition
		when menu is not shown) displays a status screen in the
		viewfinder.The displayed status mode changes each time
		the button is pressed.
		☞ See "Status Screens" on page 27.
	•	Pressing this button for more than 1 second in the normal
		screen mode displays the Camera Menu screen in the
		viewfinder. Pressing this button while the menu screen is
		displayed in the viewfinder makes the menu screen
		disappear.
		☞ See “How to Select from the Camera Menu” on page
		77.

4	[SHUTTER/MENU] dial
	•	Pressing this dial once in the normal screen mode
		(condition when menu is not shown) displays the shutter
		speed for approximately 5 seconds. When this dial is
		turned upwards while the shutter speed is displayed, the
		shutter speed becomes slower. When turned downwards,
		the shutter speed becomes faster. The selected shutter
		speed is memorised for each file.To return the memorised
		shutter speed to the factory preset, press the dial one
		more time while the shutter speed is displayed.
	•	When this dial is turned upwards or downwards while the
		menu screen is displayed, the cursor (>) also moves
		upwards or downwards to allow selection of items in the
		menu. To change the setting value of the item, press this
		dial. When the setting value starts blinking, turn this dial
		upwards or downwards to change the setting.
		☞ See "How to Select from Camera Menu" on page 77.

5	[LOLUX] LOLUX On/Off button
	This button toggles the LOLUX mode on and off.
	•	LOLUX gain gives extremely low light level sensitivity for
		special applications. This will result in an increase of 33
		dB (approximately 45 times) in the LOLUX mode.
	•	LOLUX operation takes priority over normal gain setting.
	•	If the unit is placed in the LOLUX mode when it is in full
		auto shooting mode, the auto level control (ALC) (one of
		the full auto shooting functions) will be made inactive, so
		that the LOLUX mode is given preference (FAW still
		remains active).
	☞ See "GAIN BOOST UNDER LOLUX CONDITION" on
		page 89.

6	[BLACK] Black stretch/black compression switch
	Switches the gain for the dark section of the image.
	Set to an appropriate position depending on the video signal
	to be shot.
	STRETCH	:	By stretching the signal only for the dark
			section, contrast in the dark portion of
			the image is enhanced.
	NORMAL	:	Standard mode.
	COMPRESS	:	When an entire image is relatively light
			and the contrast is low, the gain of the
			dark section is compressed to increase
			the contrast.
7	[FULL AUTO] Full auto shooting ON/OFF button
	and indicator

•This switch toggles the full auto shooting function on and off.

•The indicator lights when in the full auto mode.

•Full auto shooting combines the auto iris, auto level control (ALC) to automatically adjust the video signal level and the white balance to their optimum levels.

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