JVC GY-DV550 instruction manual External Monitor Adjustment, Viewfinder Adjustment

6. SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE SHOOTING

6. SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE SHOOTING

6-3 Viewfinder Adjustment
	1.
Eyepiece	1.
2. Eyepiece
focusing ring

1.

3.3.

CONT BRIGHT

1. Adjust the position and angle of the viewfinder.

2. Diopter adjustment

Rotate the eyepiece focusing ring until the viewfinder screen image is clearly visible.

3. Brightness and contrast adjustment

When the ambient brightness changes, etc., the brightness and contrast of the viewfinder screen can be adjusted with the BRIGHT and CONT controls.

Memo: The screen size of the viewfinder can be changed by selecting ASPECT RATIO (4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio screen) in the OPERATION MENU screen.

6-5 Back Focus Adjustment
3.	4. 6.	5.

RET	M
	A
W	T

It is only necessary to perform this when the lens is attached for the first time or when focusing is not correct in both the telephoto and wide-angle positions. Adjust the viewfinder for sharpness first.

It is easier to adjust back focus when the subject is more than 3 meters from the camera. The optimal subject for this adjustment is a Siemens star chart.

1. Set the IRIS mode switch to M (Manual).

2. Set the zoom mode to MANU (Manual).

3. Open the iris ring. If the illumination is too strong, reduce it

6-4 External Monitor Adjustment
PUSH					Display the camera built-in color bar signal on the video monitor
					and adjust the colors, contrast and brightness.
					1.	Connect a color video monitor to the MONITOR OUT
						connector of the GY-DV550.
1.	VTR/RM			DV CAMCORDER
				GY-DV550
					2.	Set the OUTPUT switch to BARS to output the color bar
						signal (SMTPE (U MODEL)/EBU (E MODEL) type color
						bars).
		Y/C OUT MONITOR OUT LINE OUT			3. Set the monitor's BLUE CHECK function to ON so that the
3.~8.						screen turns entirely blue.
					4. Adjust the CHROMA control of the monitor so that there is
	2.					no difference in brightness between the color bars 1 and
						8, 7 and D.
NORMAL	NORMAL				5.
SPOT L	COMPRESS					With the BLUE CHECK function ON, adjust the PHASE
						control of the monitor so that there is no difference in
						brightness between the color bars 3 and 0, 5 and B.
NG	OPERATE				6. If the phase control adjustment above causes a difference
	ON	OFF
						in brightness between the color bars 1 and 8, 7 and D,
						start again from the CHROMA control adjustment in step 4.
					7. Set the monitor's BLUE CHECK function to OFF to switch
						the monitor back to the standard screen (R, G and B will all
 SMTPE type color bars (U MODEL)						appear).
					8.
						Use the monitor's brightness control to adjust so that the
						color bars H and I disappear but J is visible.
White Yellow Cyan Green	Magenta		Red	Blue	 SMTPE type color bars (E MODEL)

1.

MACRO

2. 7. 8. 10.

Siemens star chart

or move to a darker place.

4. Turn the zoom lever until the lens is at the maximum telephoto position.

5. Bring the subject into focus.

6. Set the lens to maximum wide-angle.

7. Loosen the back focus ring retaining knob.

8. View the same subject and adjust the back focus ring for the best possible focus.

9. Repeat steps 4. through 8. about three times for fine adjustment until the subject remains in focus in both the telephoto position and the wide-angle position.

10.Tighten the back focus ring retaining knob to secure the ring.

Memo: ACCU FOCUS can also be used in the above step 3.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Blue	Black Magenta Black			Cyan	Black	White
8	9	0	A	B	C	D
Black	White		Black
E	F		G		HIJ K
The color bar screen has a configuration as shown above.
The description hereinafter refers to the positions in the color bar
screen using the numbers.

White	Yellow	Cyan	Green	Magenta	Red	Blue	Black
1	2 3		4 5 6			7 8
The colour bar screen has a configuration as shown above.
The description hereinafter refers to the positions in the colour bar
screen using the numbers.

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