Chapter 5 Preparation — Mounting and adjusting the lens

ffThe [CHECK LUMINANCE LEVEL ZEBRA ON EVF] message appears.

LENS SETUP

SHADING SELECT

USER1

 

SHADING(USER)

 

RETURN

 

CAC

 

EXECUTE

 

CAC PROPERTY

 

 

>>>

 

CAC CARD READ

>>>

 

CAC FILE DELETE

>>>

 

CAC FILE INIT

>>>

 

IRIS GAIN

LENS

 

PUSH MENU TO RETURNCHECK LUMINANCE LEVELZEBRA ON EVFSHADING: USER1 SET OK?YESNO PUSH SET

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ttSince fluorescent lights, mercury lamps, and other such kinds of lighting tend to flicker, use a light source which is less subject to flickering such as sunlight or a halogen lamp.

ttMake adjustments to the position of the lighting, etc. also when the lens aperture is not between F4 and F11.

ttMake sure to leave the shutter switch at OFF.3Adjust the white balance/black balance.

1)Set the <WHITE BAL> switch to <A> or <B>, and use the <AUTO W/B BAL> switch to perform automatic white balance adjustment (AWB).

2)Perform automatic black balance adjustment (ABB) with the <AUTO W/B BAL> switch.

3)Use the <AUTO W/B BAL> switch to perform automatic white balance adjustment (AWB) again.

4 Perform step 2-2) again.5Execute the white shading adjustment.1)Select [YES], and press the jog dial button.2)The [SHADING ACTIVE] message appears on the screen during the adjustment.
2 Set the screen.

1)Shoot a white sheet of paper with no unevenness of color for the whole screen.

2)Set the lens aperture control to manual, and adjust it so that the zebra pattern covers the whole viewfinder screen.

ffAdjust the position of the lighting because the zebra pattern will not cover the whole screen if there is any unevenness in the lighting.

ffMake adjustments to avoid several light sources of different color temperature (e.g. fluorescent lights and halogen lamp) from illuminating on the white paper.

3)When the adjustment is complete after a few seconds, the [SHADING OK] message appears.

ffIf an error message such as [SHADING NG LEVEL OVER] or [SHADING NG LOW LIGHT] appears, readjust the aperture.

ffThe adjusted value is automatically stored in the set memory [USER1], [USER2], or [USER3].

6If the lens is equipped with extender function, turn on the extender function and repeat steps 2 to 5.

In this case, white shading does not need to be adjusted again with the extender function released.

CHECK LUMINANCE LEVEL

ZEBRA ON EVF

SHADING: USER1 SET OK?

YES

NO PUSH SET

Chromatic aberration compensation function (CAC)

The chromatic aberration compensation function is a function to automatically compensate for registration error that is caused mainly due to slight chromatic aberration, which is hard to completely compensate with the lens itself, using the camera recorder unit, and to minimize lateral chromatic aberration of surrounding image.

When the lens compatible with the chromatic aberration compensation function is mounted, if the camera has the chromatic aberration compensation data of the lens, then the chromatic aberration compensation function is activated automatically.

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ttIn the menu, representative lens model numbers are displayed.

ttThe chromatic aberration compensation function of the camera is effective only in the horizontal direction. ttThe chromatic aberration compensation function does not operate in +18 dB.

ttWhen the lens is for macro shooting, the chromatic aberration compensation function may not operate correctly.

ttFor addition or change in compatible lenses after release of the camera, visit the support desk at the following website: http://pro-av.panasonic.net/

Confirming the chromatic aberration compensation function operation status

The chromatic aberration compensation function is operating if [CAC] is displayed on the upper right of the mode check screen while the menu is not displayed.

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