Using focus assist
When you press the <FOCUS ASSIST> button, the image contour has red edges or the screen center of the LCD monitor is enlarged to set the focus easily. The screen display of the viewfinder or the LCD monitor that appears when you press the <FOCUS ASSIST> button can be set in the [FOCUS ASSIST] item on the setup menu [SW MODE].
<FOCUS ASSIST> button
[IN RED]:
The image contour displayed on the viewfinder or the LCD monitor has red edges. The screen border turns red. Adjust the focus so that the contour of the subject you want to focus on becomes red.
[EXPAND]:
The center of the screen is enlarged 2.25 times vertically and horizontally. The screen border of the LCD monitor turns blue in enlarged view.
Only eight items are displayed on the screen: the counter, audio level meter, iris meter, iris status, shutter speed, focus bar, zoom value, and focus value. The message is not displayed.
•When you press the <START/STOP> button while the enlarged view is operating, the previous screen returns, and the enlarged view is disabled while recording.
•The enlarged view is disabled while displaying the menu.
•The enlarged view is disabled while displaying the color bar.
•The enlarged view is disabled while operating the REC CHECK function.
•The enlarged view is disabled while operating the AREA function using the <FUNCTION> knob.
•When you press the USER button to which [D.ZOOM] was assigned while the enlarged view is operating, the enlarged view is set to [OFF] and is disabled while in [D.ZOOM] mode.
•The zebra pattern, marker, and safety zone are not displayed while the enlarged view is operating.
•When you press the <DISP/MODE CHK> button while the enlarged view is operating, the enlarged view is set to [OFF].
Adjusting the iris
Shooting
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1Use the <AUTO/MANU> switch, to switch to manual mode. (Page 18)
2Press the <IRIS> button to switch the lens aperture adjustment method.
[AUTO IRIS]: (auto iris) Automatically adjusts the iris value.
[MANUAL IRIS]: (manual iris) Manually adjusts lens aperture.
3When manual iris is on, adjust the lens aperture by turning the IRIS ring.
•When auto iris is on , use this ring to correct lens aperture.
••When [ON] is selected in the [A.IRIS] item on the setup menu [AUTO SW] screen, during auto mode, auto iris is turned on forcibly. (Page 84)
••See the display on the IRIS METER display for the status of the light intensity. See page 75 regarding IRIS METER display.
•Regarding the F values when the lens aperture is open on this camera, [F1.6] is the wide angle side (W) end, and [F3.2] is the telescopic side
(T) end. In the iris display displayed on the viewfinder and the LCD monitor when the lens aperture is open, [OPEN] is displayed on the wide angle side (W) end, and [F3.2] or [OPEN] is displayed on the telescopic side (T) end.
•When the iris is near closed, resolution goes down due to light diffraction. In this case, you can improve things by adjusting shutter speed, and not letting the iris close.
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