Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording (continued)

4-9-4 Assigning Functions to USER MAIN, USER1 and USER2 Buttons

The USER MAIN, USER1, and USER2 buttons can be assigned user-selected functions.

To select desired functions, use the menu options USER MAIN SW, USER1 SW and USER2 SW. These options can be found in the <USER SW> screen, which is accessible from the CAM OPERATION page.

Selectable Functions

INH:

No function assigned.

 

 

S.GAIN:

S.GAIN function assigned.

 

S.IRIS:

Super Iris function assigned.

 

 

This is useful for backlight compensation.

I.OVR:

Iris Override function assigned.

 

 

The target (reference) value in Auto Iris mode

 

must be changed.

 

 

 

To change the target value, put the AJ-

 

SPC700P into this mode and press the JOG

 

dial button. Turn the JOG dial button clockwise

 

or anti-clockwise to change the value. The iris

 

indication section of the viewfinder screen

 

displays “+”, “+ +”, “–”, or “– –”.

 

 

When the desired value is displayed, stop

 

turning the JOG dial button. Then, press the

 

dial button to accept that value.

 

 

Note that once the mode is cancelled or the

 

power is turned off the original reference value

 

will be used again.

 

 

 

+:

Iris opens up by 0.5.

 

+ +:

Iris opens up by 1.

 

 

–:

Iris closes down by 0.5.

 

– –:

Iris closes down by 1.

 

No indication: The reference value is used.

S.BLK:

Super Black function assigned.

 

 

This function lowers the black level to the

 

pedestal level or below.

 

 

B.STR:

Black Stretch function assigned.

 

 

This function emphasises the black shades.

ATW:

Auto-tracking

white

balance

function

 

assigned.

 

 

 

Y GET:

Function of indicating the brightness level of

 

the center marker assigned.

 

NEWS-G:

Function of switching on and off News

 

 

Gamma assigned.

 

 

<Note>

 

 

News Gamma is capable of reproducing

 

 

shades without whiteout or blackout. This is

 

 

useful for such operations as news shooting.

 

 

To turn on/off News Gamma using the USER

 

 

button which is assigned NEWS-G, the menu

 

 

option GAMMA MODE SEL must be set to

 

 

“STD1” or “STD2”.

 

 

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This option can be found in the <GAMMA>

 

 

 

screen, which is accessible from the PAINT

 

 

page.

 

 

 

AUDIO CH1: Function of switching the input signal source

 

 

for Audio Channel 1 assigned.

 

 

Pressing the button switches the input signal

 

 

in the following order: FRONT  W.L. 

 

 

REAR. Note that the AUDIO IN switch can

 

 

also be used to change the input signal: later

 

 

specification takes precedence.

 

AUDIO CH2: Function of switching the input signal source

 

 

for Audio Channel 2 assigned.

 

 

Pressing the button switches the input signal

 

 

in the following order: FRONT  W.L. 

 

 

REAR. Note that the AUDIO IN switch can

 

 

also be used to change the input signal: later

 

 

specification takes precedence.

 

REC SW:

Function of the REC START/STOP button

 

 

assigned.

 

RET SW:

Function of the RET button at the lens

 

 

assigned.

 

SLOT SEL:

Function of switching the target P2 card

 

 

among multiple cards assigned.

 

PRE REC:

PRE RECORDING switch ON/switch OFF

 

 

function assigned.

 

USB:

USB Drive Mode switch ON/switch OFF

 

 

function assigned.

 

4-9-5 Setting Color Temperature Manually

The white balance can be manually adjusted by setting the color temperature. Manual color temperature settings can be performed for each of the WHITE BAL switch positions: PRST, A and B.

To enable manual color temperature setting, the menu options AWB A and AWB B must be set to VAR.

The color temperature is set using the menu options COLOR TEMP PRE, COLOR TEMP A, and COLOR TEMP B. These options can be found in the <WHITE BALANCE MODE> screen, which is accessible from the CAM OPERATION page.

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