Status Displays Inside the Viewfinder Screen

8 Audio level display

This displays the audio CH1 level.

During sine wave input, the audio level display corresponds roughly to the VTR level meter display as follows.

Audio Channel 1 Level Display

VTR Level Meter

-40

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5 E0

9

10

11

Iris value display

This displays the approximate iris setting (F number).

Warning display

This displays the black balance, white balance, auto knee function, super iris, super gain and other warning displays.

Safety zone marker

This indicates the safety zone to be the 80% or 90% (factory setting) range of the viewfinder screen area.

The ratio of this area to the total screen area is selected on the VF DISPLAY page of the setting menu.

ÁRefer to “Setting the Marker Displays” (page 62) for further details.

12 Center marker

13

14

15

16

17

This indicates the center of the viewfinder screen.

The marker appears when its display is set to ON on the VF DISPLAY page of the setting menu.

Super iris ON display

This indicates that the super iris is ON.

MARK1/MARK2/TAKE display

If the MARK switch is pressed while the Picture Link function is used, M1 or M2 appears to indicate the significance of the information concerned.

Nothing will appear if this function is not required.

Alternatively, T_ (TAKE) appears when the RET switch of the lens is used as the TAKE function.

TCG display

This displays the time code generator value.

Master gain & super gain setting display

When the MODE CHECK button is pressed, the current GAIN L/M/H and SUPER GAIN settings are displayed.

Battery setting display

This indicates the type of the battery currently being used.

1) Iris value display

The iris value is displayed when using a lens with the iris value display function.

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Panasonic AJ-D610WBp Audio level display, Iris value display, Safety zone marker, Center marker, Super iris on display

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