Focus Assist Function

The AG-3DP1 is equipped with a focus assist function to facilitate focusing using the expanded display on the LCD monitor and the focus bar display on the LCD monitor/ viewfinder screen.

Expanded display (EXPANDED)

Pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button magnifies the image at the center of the LCD monitor to facilitate focusing. The image is magnified nearly 2x when SYSTEM MODE is 1080i, or nearly 1.5x when SYSTEM MODDE is 720P.

•The expanded display function is enabled only when LCD/EVF mode is set to left-lens (L) image.

•The status indication and the zebra pattern disappear and LCD EXPANDED appears at the top of the screen during magnification.

FOCUS ASSIST button

NOTE

This function magnifies only the image on the LCD monitor. It does not magnify the image in the viewfinder or the image of signals output via the HD SDI MONITOR OUT and HDMI connectors.

Focus bar display (FOCUS BAR)

Set the menu option FOCUS BAR to ON in the DISPLAY SETUP screen to display the focus bar. The length of the focus bar indicates whether the image is in focus.

Waveform Monitor Function

Press the WFM button to display a waveform for an image on the LCD monitor. Another press of the WFM button changes the waveform to the vector display, and one more press returns it to the normal display.

WFM button

•The waveform display does not appear in the viewfinder.

•The waveform display does not appear when the focus assist (EXPANDED) function is used.

•The waveform display cannot be recorded.

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Out of focus

The bar extends to the

 

right when the image is

 

in focus.

NOTE

The focus bar is displayed only on the LCD monitor and in the viewfinder. It is not displayed for the signals output via the HD SDI MONITOR OUT and HDMI connectors.

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