Setting Spot Meter

 

The brightness of the object during shooting is

 

displayed.

 

This function is useful when setting video or stage

 

lighting or when specifying camera exposure.

 

A cursor indicating the location and the brightness

 

(%) of that location are displayed in the images

 

shown on the LCD monitor and viewfinder screen.

0

Zebra patterns display the brightness of output

 

 

video signals.

 

 

(A P65 [Setting Zebra Pattern] )

 

0 This function allows you to check the brightness

Shooting

of input images from the lens without depending

on image processing such as gamma curve. The

above is displayed.

 

 

dynamic range of the camera recorder is 400 %

 

 

and a brightness range of 0 % to 400 % and

Memo :

0Spot meter may not be consistent with the zebra display range. When [Gamma] in the [Camera Process] menu is set to “Cinema”, the 100IRE output is not consistent with the 100 % display. When an object of more than 400 % luminance is detected, it is displayed as “400 %”.

(A P94 [ Gamma ] )

 

 

Color of Frame

Item

Settings

Indicating the

 

 

Position

 

 

Max & MinDisplays the0 Max: Green

 

brightness (%)

0 Min: Yellow

 

and positions of

 

 

the brightest and

 

 

darkest areas in

 

 

the screen.

 

 

Frames may also

 

 

be stopped at the

 

 

current positions.

 

Max

Displays the

Green

 

brightness (%)

 

 

and position of the

 

 

brightest area in

 

 

the screen.

 

 

Frames may also

 

 

be stopped at the

 

 

current positions.

 

Min

Displays the

Yellow

 

brightness (%)

 

 

and position of the

 

 

darkest area in the

 

 

screen. Frame

 

 

may also be

 

 

stopped at the

 

 

current positions.

 

Manual

Displays the

Green

MENU/THUMB

CANCEL

.

MENU/THUMB

CANCEL

AE LEVEL

brightness (%) of(Blinks in green
the specifiedwhen specifying
position.the position)

2Assign the “Spot Meter” function to any of the user buttons.

(A P36 [Assigning Functions to User Buttons] )

3Press the user button that is assigned with “Spot Meter”.

The operation switches as below when the button is pressed.

1Select the following in [Spot Meter] of the [Main Menu] B [Camera Function] B [User Switch Set] menu.

(A P92 [ Spot Meter ] )

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