Chapter 5 Preparation

13 Turn the JOG dial button to move the arrow (cursor) to YES, and press the JOG dial button.

ACTIVE now appears on the screen. This indicates that the white shading is now being automatically compensated. Upon completion of the adjustments, W- SHD OK is displayed.

<Note>

Depending on the KNEE settings, “LEVEL OVER” may appear on the screen and white shading compensation may not be possible. If this is the case, either stop down the lens or set the AUTO KNEE OUTPUT switch to OFF, then perform a menu operation to open the <KNEE/LEVEL> screen from the PAINT screen, select “OFF” as the MANUAL KNEE item setting, and repeat steps 4 through 9. After “W-SHD OK” has appeared on the display, select “ON” again as the MANUAL KNEE item setting.

14 When the lens is provided with an extender, turn on the extender function, and repeat steps 7 to 13.

The adjustment values of the two resulting patterns–one when the lens extender is provided and the other when it is not provided–are stored in the unit as the data of one lens file.

This now completes the white shading adjustments.

The adjustment values are now stored in the non-volatile memory so that even when the unit’s power is turned off, there will be no further need to perform the white shading adjustment.

Storing the lens file data

The white shading adjustment values can be stored in the unit as lens file data.

Selecting the file No.

1 Perform a menu operation to open the <LENS FILE> screen from the FILE page, and turn the JOG dial button to move the arrow (cursor) to the FILE NO. item.

2 When the JOG dial button is pressed, the file number starts flashing. Turn the JOG dial button and select the lens file (1 to 8) in which the data is to be stored.

< LENS FILE >

 

# FILE NO.

:1

READ

 

WRITE

 

TITLE : ************

1:5:

2:6:

3:7:

4:8:

3 Press the JOG dial button to enter the lens file.

Giving a title to the selected file NO.

4 Turn the JOG dial button to move the arrow (cursor) to the “TITLE:” item.

< LENS FILE >

 

FILE NO.

:1

READ

 

WRITE

 

#TITLE : ************

1:5:

2:6:

3:7:

4:8:

5 When the JOG dial button is pressed, the arrow (cursor) moves to the title input area, and the input mode is established.

< LENS FILE >

 

FILE NO.

:1

READ

WRITE

;

TITLE : ************

1:5:

2:6:

3:7:

4:8:

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Panasonic AJ-HDX400P operating instructions Storing the lens file data, Giving a title to the selected file no

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