Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)

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.

• “Using the USER buttons” (Page 39)

Color bars

Press the BARS button in CAMERA 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.

BARS button

The color bar screen turns off and camera-recorder image appears.

A 1 kHz test tone is output in the color bar screen when LEVEL1 or LEVEL2 is selected under TEST TONE on the setting menu AUDIO SETUP screen. (Page 143)

•The color bar can be recorded together with a 1 kHz test tone.

Waveform monitor function

Press the WFM button in CAMERA mode to display a waveform of the image on the LCD monitor. Pressing the WFM button once again closes the waveform display.

•WFM (Page 139) on the setting menu SW MODE screen allows you to switch between the waveform and vector display.

•The viewfinder does not show the waveform display.

•The waveform does not appear when the focus assist function is used.

•The waveform display cannot be recorded.

•You can allocate the same function as the WFM button to USER buttons. (Page 39)

Adjusting the volume while shooting

Adjusting the volume

If you are monitoring the sound through headphones while shooting, you can adjust the volume with the PAGE/AUDIO MON/VAR button.

•Adjustment of input audio level is performed with the AUDIO LEVEL knob. (Page 54)

Backup recording

If you have connected equipment to the 1394 terminal (Page 103), you can make automatic backup recordings of whatever you are shooting.

•“Control of external devices through 1394 connection” (Page 106)

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