Displaying the Color Bar

Applicable to: Manual shooting mode M

Set to the Manual shooting mode.

Displays the color bar on the screen and starts recording in this state. (See below)

There are two ways to display the color bar.

Set [COLOR BAR] in the [CAMERA PROCESS] menu to [ON]. (A Page 61)

Set [USER1], [USER2], or [USER3] in the [CAMERA SETTINGS] menu to [COLOR BAR], then press the corresponding USER button.

Assignment of USER buttons: (A Page 21, 65)

● The color bar appears.

Memo :

●Between the two methods above, setting via the USER button is given a higher priority.

●When in the Full Auto shooting mode, the color bar will not appear.

Clearing the color bar display

Set the [COLOR BAR] menu to [OFF]. Alternatively, press the USER button that is set as [COLOR BAR].

Recording the color bar

When the [SYSTEM SELECT], [REC MODE] menu is as below, the color bar can be recorded.

SYSTEM SELECT

REC MODE

1080-60/30 1920/60i(HQ), 1920/30p(HQ)

1080-50/25 1920/50i(HQ), 1920/25p(HQ)

720-60/30 1280/60p(HQ), 1280/60p(SP)

720-50/25 1280/50p(HQ), 1280/50p(SP)

On-screen display on the external monitor

If the [SYSTEM SELECT] menu is set to [720-**], the on- screen display will appear as usual when the color bar is output on the external monitors below. ([DISPLAY ON TV] setting in the [CONNECTION SETTINGS] menu is invalid.)

●A/V OUT terminal

●D1 (480i/576i) output of COMPONENT OUT terminal

●480i/480p/576i/576p output of HDMI terminal

Adjusting the Camera Image

Applicable to: Full Auto shooting mode A, Manual shooting mode M

The picture quality of the camera can be set using the [CAMERA PROCESS] menu.

Adjustment screens are displayed for the following items in the [CAMERA PROCESS] menu.

As the adjustments are shown on the screen, you can adjust the values while checking the picture quality on the camera.

DETAIL LEVEL

DETAIL V/H BALANCE

GAMMA LEVEL

COLOR GAIN

For details of the respective items, see the [CAMERA PROCESS] menu. (A Page 59)

Example: DETAIL LEVEL

Detail Icon

0

Slide Bar

1. Adjust accordingly.

Push the Set Lever to the left or right.

●Doing so moves the slide bar in the same direction. The detail level of the camera image changes according to the movement along the slide bar.

2. Confirm the adjusted value.

Press the center of the Set Lever.

●The menu screen closes.

Memo :

●When the setting values of the [GAMMA], [COLOR MATRIX], and [KNEE] items in the [CAMERA PROCESS] menu are altered, the change is reflected instantly on the screen. (A Page 59)

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