CAM/DL: This setting uses the DynaLatitude function, which finely adjusts the contrast of each pixel according to a histogram of luminance signal levels. Access advanced menu page 2 to set the DynaLatitude function ON or OFF. The DynaLatitude effect can be set to any of three levels, Low, STD (standard), and High with basic menu page 2.

BARS: This setting displays color bars.

For details of menu operation, see Chapter 4 “Viewfinder Screen Displays and Menus” (page 51).

qa GAIN switch

This selects one of the three gain settings, high, medium or low. You can choose the gain values assigned to the H, M and L settings from values from –3 dB to 24 dB + DPR and HYPER GAIN.(See page 64.) The factory default selections are 18 dB (H), 9 dB

(M) and 0 dB (L).

Note

When the HYPER GAIN switch ql is in the ON position, the GAIN switch has no effect.

qs NG button

When using the ClipLink function during shooting, you can designate a particular scene as “NG” (No Good) by pressing this button before shooting the next scene. Press the button again to cancel the NG setting.

qd Breaker switch

If there is a fault in the camera power supply, the breaker trips, and the camera power supply is disconnected. Correct the fault in the power supply, then press this switch.

qf REC (recording) TIME switch

This selects the recording time indication in the viewfinder.

TTL: Displays the total recording time.

The total recording time is not reset even when you stop the VTR and power off the camera, for example, to replace the battery pack.

DUR: Displays the recording time of the current cut.

OFF/TC: Switches off the recording time display. If, however, a PVV-3/3P is connected, and in the advanced menus you set the time code display item (TC IND) to ON (see page 67), then the VTR time data (time code, CTL count, or user bit value) is displayed.

Note

The recording time displayed when this switch is set to the TTL or DUR position is obtained by counting the duration of the internal reference signal input to the camera.

The value may not agree exactly with the value derived from the time code values. Furthermore, the value displayed may not be correct when another manufacturer’s VTR is connected to the camera.

qg TTL (total) RESET button

Pressing this button resets the total recording time (TTL selection) to zero.

qh SKIN DTL (skin detail) switch

Set this switch to ON to use the skin detail correction function.

For details, see “Skin Detail Correction” (page 93).

qj SKIN DTL (skin detail set) SET button

Press this button with the SKIN DTL button qh to display the area detect cursor on the viewfinder screen. Place the cursor on the target and press this button to perform skin detail correction.

For details, see “Skin Detail Correction” (page 93).

qk SET UP switch

Use this switch to select the camera head setup method.

STD: Set up using the setup menu. Setup file data is not displayed.

FILE: Set up using setup files and the setup menu.

ql HYPER GAIN switch

Setting this switch to the ON position increases the gain by a factor of about 60 or 120 with respect to 0 dB (a 30 or 36 dB increase by electronic amplification and a 6 dB increase for DPR, bringing about a total gain increase of 36 or 42 dB).

When this switch is in the ON position, the indication “HYPER” appears in the viewfinder, and the GAIN UP indicator in the viewfinder also lights.

When finished shooting, return this switch to the OFF position. The “HYPER” indication disappears and the GAIN UP indicator goes out.

Note

Increasing the gain with this switch reduces the horizontal resolution by 50%.

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