Right Side Section

CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS

X See “LCD/VF[1/4] Menu Screen” on page 86.

7Clamp

Attach the cable from the viewfinder here.

8[USER1/2/3] User buttons

You can assign camera functions to the USER1 - 3 but- tons.

a[STATUS] Status/Menu button

• Pressing this button in the normal screen mode (condi-

tion in which the menu screen is not shown) displays a

status screen in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor.

The displayed status screen changes each time the but-

ton is pressed.

X See “Status Screens” on page 22.

d[POWER] Power ON/OFF switch Switch that turns the power ON/OFF.

When the power is OFF, “POFF” is displayed in the LCD monitor or viewfinder.

*Wait at least 5 seconds if you need to turn the power on again.

7 6

2 1

5 4 3

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Use them to switch shooting conditions depending upon the subject.

Set them using the USER1 - 3 items in the SWITCH MODE menu screen.

X See page 83.

Use this button to preset the time code. X See page 46.

• Pressing this button for more than 1 second in the nor-

mal screen mode displays the menu screen in the view-

finder or on the LCD monitor. Pressing this button while

the menu screen is displayed in the viewfinder or on the

LCD monitor makes the menu screen disappear.

X See “Setting Menu Screens” on page 72.

b[GAIN] Sensitivity selector switch

e[REC] REC trigger button (start/stop recording) Start and stop recording using this button.

(This works together with the REC trigger button on the top and the lens VTR trigger button.)

When “SPLIT” is set for the 1394 REC TRIGGER item on the OTHERS[2/2] menu screen, this button becomes the start/stop recording button for an external device. X See page 94.

		VF BRIGHT
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	USER 1 USER 2	USER 3
9	ND FILTER
0	2
	1
	MENU

STATUS

POWERREC

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1Monitoring speaker (Cheek pad)

•In the Camera mode, the input sound can be EE moni- tored.

In the VTR mode, the speaker outputs the VTR play- back sound. In the VTR mode, the HDV/DV input sound can be EE monitored. (HDV/DV signal input is possible with the GY-HD200U/GY-HD201E.)

The sound to be output is selected with the MONITOR SELECT switch d on page 19.

•The sound level is adjusted with the MONITOR sound level volume 3. This speaker also outputs various warning sounds superimposed on other sound.

X See “Alarm Sound” on page 105.

2Cheek pad set screw

Screw for adjusting the height of the cheek pad.

3[MONITOR] Audio monitor volume control

Adjusts the volume of the monitoring loudspeaker and ear- phone.

4[VF BRIGHT] Viewfinder brightness adjustment To adjust the brightness of the viewfinder.

X See page 49.

5[PEAKING] Contour adjustment

To adjust the contours of the LCD monitor and viewfinder image.

* When the Focus Assist function is running, this control does not operate.

X See page 49.

6[FOCUS ASSIST] Focus assist button

When you press this button during shooting, the area of focus is displayed in blue, red or green, making it easy to focus accurately.

MEMO

•When FOCUS ASSIST on the LCD/VF[1/4] menu screen is set to ACCU-FOCUS and this button is pressed, ACCU FOCUS functions with FOCUS ASSIST. This makes depth of field shallower, making it easier to focus.

•This button has the same function as the FOCUS ASSIST button 7 in the Top Section.

MEMO

•The USER buttons work together with the menu settings.

•When a menu screen is being displayed, they also func- tion as menu operation buttons. X See “Setting Menu Screens” on page 72.

9[SHUTTER] Shutter/Menu dial

•Every time this dial is pressed while in the normal screen mode (when the menu screen is not displayed), the shutter speed switches between on/off.

•When this dial is turned 1 click up or down in the normal screen mode, the shutter speed indicator is shown for about 3 seconds on the LCD monitor or in the view- finder. The shutter speed is changed when this dial is turned while the shutter speed indicator is shown.

X See page 83.

•When this dial turned upward or downward while the menu screen is displayed, the cursor (K) also moves upward or downward 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 upward or downward to change the setting.

X See “Setting Menu Screens” on page 72.

0[ND FILTER] ND filter switch Switches the built-in ND filter.

OFF : Turns the filter OFF (FILTER OFF)

1: Cuts the light intensity to approximately 1/4. (1/4ND)

2: Cuts the light intensity to approximately 1/16. (1/16ND)

When you change this switch, the type of the new ND filter is displayed in the LCD monitor or viewfinder.

CAUTION

If you switch the ND filter while shooting is in progress, the picture may be disturbed or noise may occur in the audio. X See “Camera Settings” on page 54.

Electronically boosts the light sensitivity when there is insufficient illumination on the subject.

The boosting level differs depending on the switch position as follows:

(Factory presets)

L: 0 dB (no boosting is applied)

M: 9 dB (boosted to approximately 3 times the original)

H: 18 dB (boosted to approximately 8 times the original)

• The boosting level for each switch position can be changed with the SWITCH MODE menu screen.

X See page 83.

The more the boosting level is increased, the more the resulting image will be noisy.

• When the FULL AUTO switch g on page 19 is “ON”, this is fixed at “ALC”.

c[WHT.BAL] White balance switch

Three white balance modes are selectable with this switch.

B: Switch into white balance mode memorized in B. If white balance is performed with the switch in this position, it will be memorized

into B.

A: Switch into white balance mode memorized in A. If white balance is performed with the

switch in this position, it will be memorized into A.

PRST : Switch into white balance mode (3200K or (PRESET) 5600K) set in PRESET TEMP. item on the

CAMERA OPERATION menu screen. X See page 77.

FAW (Full Auto White Balance) mode can be set to A, B or PRESET with the SWITCH MODE menu screen.

X See page 83.

In the FAW mode, video color temperatures are constantly sampled for automatic adjustment to a proper white bal- ance.

•When the FULL AUTO switch g on page 19 is “ON”, this is fixed at “FAW”.

MEMO

Fine-tune red and blue to match the white adjusted in auto white balance in WHITE PAINT<R>/<B> on the WHITE BALANCE menu screen. (Available only when this switch is set to A or B.)

X See “WHITE BALANCE Menu Screen” on page 82.

X See “Backup Recording” on page 67.

f[CH-1/CH-2 AUDIO LEVEL] CH-1/CH-2 Audio level con- trols and AUTO LED

Allow you to adjust the audio level for the CH-1 and CH-2 audio channels.

•To use these controls, set the CH-1/CH-2 AUDIO SELECT switch 2 on page 13 to “MANU”.

•When the FULL AUTO switch g on page 19 or the CH- 1/CH-2 AUDIO SELECT switch 2 on page 13 is set to “AUTO”, “AUTO” LED lights. (The audio level controls do not work.)

g[HDV/DV LED]

•In camera mode, this lights according to the setting for the video format being shot.

•In VTR mode, it lights according to the video format being recorded on tape or the IEEE1394 input video for- mat.

HDV	: Lights when the format is HDV.
DV	: Lights when the format is DV.

HDV/DV : Turns off when the format is 1080i.

MEMO

•During a system error, HDV/DV flash alternately. X See page 104.

•Select whether or not to have this light in the FORMAT

LED item on the OTHERS[1/2] menu screen. X See page 93.

hLCD door lock and release knob

To open the LCD door, move this knob on the direction toward the rear section.

iLCD door

LCD monitor door.

The LCD monitor is located on the inner side of the door. The LCD monitor can be viewed when this door is opened. The door can be turned to change the orientation of the LCD monitor, and it can be rotated so that it can be accommodated in the main body of the camera.