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

SHUTTER

SPEED SELECT

CH1 SELECT

CH2 SELECT

INPUT 1

INPUT 2

INT(L)

INT(R)

ON

ON

INPUT1

INPUT2

OFF

OFF

INPUT2

 

MIC POWER +48V

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

COUNTER

RESET/TC SET

ZEBRA

OIS

LCD

 

EVF DTL

WFM

•This function will not be as effective when the vibration is severe or when tracking a moving subject.

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 and hold to fade out to black. Audio also fades out. Fade-in starts when the button is released.

WHITEFADE:

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

Using the USER buttons

You can allocate one of eleven 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: WHITEFADE

 

USER2: BACKLIGHT

 

USER3: INDEX

 

For details, see the setup menus, SW MODE

 

screen, USER1 to 3. (Page 88)

 

If you press a USER button to which one of the

 

functions has been allocated and then turn off the

 

power, the added effect to the image will not be

 

retained.

Shooting

 

 

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 backlight

 

compensation status is retained even if the

 

backlight compensation is released.)

 

 

 

 

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 997 Hz∗ will be output from the headphone terminal or the AUDIO OUT terminal. There will

be no speaker output.

∗ 1 kHz when SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59.9 Hz

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

•The BARS button does not work in the PB mode or PC mode.

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

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