RET Button
The images recorded on the VTR or return video signal which has been input from an external source can be seen on the viewfinder screen when the RET (return) button is pressed or while it is kept pressed in.
What appears on the viewfinder screen differs as shown in the table below depending on the RET SW setting for setting menu MAIN FUNCTION and the VTR status.
ÈLens RET button functions
RET switch | Internal VTR mode | Description of what appears | |
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REC CHECK | Recording | Images shot by camera. | |
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| RET button does not function. | |
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| Recording paused | What has been recorded | |
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| checked. | |
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| Playing | Internal VTR’s playback | |
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| images. | |
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| RET button does not function. | |
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| Playback paused | Search operation for | |
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| successive shooting. | |
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CAM RETF | Recording | Return video signal which has | |
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| been input from an external | |
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| source. | |
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| Recording paused | Return video signal which has | |
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| been input from an external | |
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| Playing | Return video signal which has | |
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| been input from an external | |
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| source. | |
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| Playback paused | Return video signal which has | |
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| been input from an external | |
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FThis function can be operated only when this unit is connected with the peripheral devices.