Right Side Section | JVC GY-DV550U specification

: By stretching the signal only for the dark section, contrast in the dark portion of the image is enhanced.

: Standard mode.

: When an entire image is relatively light and the contrast is low, the gain of the dark section is compressed to increase the contrast.

2. CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS

2-2 Right Side Section

[Camera Setting Section]

q w e r t y u

OPERATE/WARNING

RESET

MONITOR

SELECT

	FILTER	ALARM	CH-1
1	3200k	ALARM	MIX
2	5600k+1/8ND		CH-2
3	5600k+1/64ND
SHUTTER STATUS		MONITOR

CH-1 AUDIO CH-2

LEVEL

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

NG OPERATE

ONOFF

1[ALARM] Volume control

Turn to adjust the volume of the alarm tone that is output from the monitoring loudspeaker or earphone in case of a warning or other abnormal condition occurring with the GY-DV550.

Turn this control anticlockwise to reduce the volume. Setting this control to the minimum position mutes the alarm tone.

CAUTION:

Due to the characteristics of the CCD, the screen will appear to be slightly colored when changing the shutter speed greatly. After changing the shutter speed, perform white balance again.

White balance may not work properly for high-speed shutters.

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

NORMAL

COMPRESS

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.