OUTPUT/AUTO KNEE selector switch

Used to select the video signals sent from the camera unit to the memory, viewfinder and video monitor.

CAM. AUTO KNEE ON:

Video being recorded through the camera is sent with the auto knee circuit activated.

CAM. AUTO KNEE OFF:

Video being recorded through the camera is sent in manual knee mode.

BARS:

Colour bar signal is output. The auto knee circuit does not work.

You can select between four types of colour bar signal. For more information, see [8-5-5 SW MODE].

Auto Knee function

Usually, when you adjust levels to shoot people or scenery against a strongly lit background, the background will be totally whited-out, with buildings and other objects blurred. In this case, the auto knee function reproduces the background clearly. This function is effective when:

•The subject is a person positioned in the shade under a clear sky.

•The subject is a person inside a car or building, and you also want to capture the background visible through a window.

•The subject is a high-contrast scene.

WHITE BAL (white balance memory selector) switch

Used to select the white balance adjustment method.

PRST: Use this when you have no time to adjust the white balance.

The value for the white balance is factory-set to 3200 K.

It can be changed to any colour temperature using

amenu option. For more information, see [4-9-5 Setting Colour Temperature Manually].

A or B: Pressing the AUTO W/B BAL Switch toward [AWB] automatically adjusts the white balance, saving the adjusted value in Memory A or B. For more information, see [4-1-1 Adjusting the White Balance].

Your video camera-recorder is factory-set to save the adjusted value. Through a menu option, the auto-tracking white balance (ATW) can be assigned to B, or desired colour temperatures can be assigned to A and B.

For more information, see [4-1-1 Adjusting the White Balance].

MODE CHECK button

Each press of this button changes the screen type in the viewfinder in the following order: STATUS, !LED,

FUNCTION, AUDIO.

This does not affect the signal output from the camera.

MARKER SELECT button

This button selects the marker information indicated on the viewfinder screen. It switches between two marker information indications, which can be selected using a menu option. Pressing this button once switches the indicated marker information from A (Marker A) to B (Marker B), and pressing again switches B to OFF (no marker). When the 2 power is turned on, the last selected indication before power-down appears.

For more information, see [4-7-6 Marker Check Screen Displays (MARKER SELECT button function)].

SYNCHRO SCAN ADJUSTMENT buttons

These buttons are enabled when the shutter switch is positioned at [ON] and synchro scan is selected.

They are used to adjust the speed of the synchro scan.

The – button decreases shutter speed; the + button increases shutter speed.

If you shoot a PC monitor, for example, you should adjust shutter speed so that the horizontal bars in the viewfinder will produce less noise.

Shooting and Recording/Playback Function Section (recording) REC START/STOP button

Pressing this button starts recording, pressing again stops recording.

This button has the same function as the REC button on the handle and the VTR button at the lens.

SHOT MARK button

Pressing this button while recording adds a shot mark to the thumbnail of that clip. This button also adds a shot mark to any thumbnail selected on the LCD monitor.

For more information on shot marks, see [3-9 Shot Mark Function].

SAVE ON/OFF switch

Used to select the power supply method for each output section.

ON: The output selected through the menu option SAVE SW is power-saved. This option can be found on the OPTION MODE screen on the SYSTEM SETTINGS page.

OFF: Power saving is canceled.

<Note>

During recording, this switch produces no effect. The power supply method is switched after recording is finished.

VIDEO OUT CHARACTER switch

This switch controls the superimposition of characters onto the video output from the VIDEO OUT connector.

ON: Characters are superimposed.

OFF: Characters are not superimposed.

For types of characters, see [4-9-2 Selecting Video Output Signals].

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