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Using focus assist function

Pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button magnifies the image at the center to facilitate focusing.

Set the menu option FOCUS BAR to ON in the DISPLAY SETUP screen to display the focus bar.

FOCUS BAR: (DISPLAY SETUP menu)

The length of the bar indicates whether the image is in focus.

The focus bar extends to the far right when the image is in focus.

Shooting

Out of focus

FOCUS ASSIST button

This function magnifies only the image at the center of the LCD monitor and viewfinder.

It is not superimposed on signals output via the VIDEO OUT, SDI OUT and HDMI OUT connectors.

EXPANDED: (FOCUS ASSIST button)

Trebles the size of the center of the image. The status indication and the zebra pattern disappears and EXPANDED appears at the top of the screen.

EXPANDED

•The EXPANDED display is available only during recording and does not work in external input mode.

In VIDEO OUT, SDI OUT, and HDMI OUT, the center of the image is not magnified and status indications do not appear.

The bar extends to the right when the image is in focus.

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