Optical Image Stabilizer

Use the Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) to reduce the effects of camera shake when shooting by hand.

Press the OIS button to turn the function on and off. appears on the viewfinder and the LCD monitor when this function is on. Turn the function off when using a tripod for more natural images.

BARS

ZEBRA

 

OIS

EVF DTL

CH1 SEL

CH2 SEL

 

INT(L)

INPUT1

 

INPUT1

INPUT2

 

INPUT2

 

WFM

AUDIO

 

INPUT1

INPUT2

 

ON

 

ON

COUNTER-RESET/TC SET

OFF

 

OFF

 

MIC POWER +48V

•For lenses that have an OIS.. button, only the lens button is active and the button on the camera is deactivated. Also, some lenses do not have an OIS function.

•This function will not be as effective when the

vibration is severe or when tracking a moving

subject. FOCUSPOWER

Adding effects to images

Press the USER button you have allocated to the BLACKFADE or WHITEFADE feature to add fading effects to your images. The button’s function is forcibly canceled during playback or REC CHECK and also when thumbnails are displayed.

BLACKFADE:

Press the button to fade out to black. Audio also fades out. Fade-in starts after fade-out, when the button is released.

WHITEFADE:

Press the button to fade out to white. Audio also fades out. Fade-in starts after fade-out, when the button is released.

Using the USER buttons

 

 

Shooting

You can allocate one of thirteen features to each of

 

the three USER buttons.

 

Use these buttons to change shooting settings

 

quickly or add effects to the images you are

 

 

shooting.

 

The following features are allocated to the buttons

 

at the time of shipping.

 

USER1: FA

 

USER2: ATW LOCK

 

USER3: REC CHECK

 

For details, see the setup menus, SW MODE

 

screen, USER1 SW to USER3 SW. (Page 55)

 

If you press a USER button to which one of the

 

functions has been assigned, and then turn OFF

 

the power or change the mode during operation of

 

the USER button function, the effect added to the

 

image will not be retained.

 

 

 

 

Backlight compensation

 

Press the USER button you have allocated to the

 

BACKLIGHT feature when shooting subjects lit

 

from the back.

 

BACK appears on the screen.

 

Backlight compensation adjusts the iris so the

 

subject doesn’t come out dark.

 

Press the same USER button to turn the feature

 

off. (In the manual iris mode, the iris status is

 

retained at the corresponding point even when

 

backlight compensation is canceled.)

 

•The backlight compensation function does not operate with lenses in which AUTO IRIS is not functioning.

Color bars

Press the BARS button in the CAM mode to output a color bar screen to a television or monitor so you can adjust them. Press the button again to turn the feature off.

•While the color bar is displayed, a test tone of

1 kHz will be output from the headphone terminal or the AUDIO OUT terminal. There will be no speaker output.

•The color bar can be recorded by pressing the START/STOP button.

•The color bar display is canceled when the power is turned off.

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