Panasonic DMCGH4YAGH 219, Displaying color bars/Outputting a test tone, Smpte, Ebu, Arib

8.Recording Motion Pictures

Displaying color bars/Outputting a test tone

Applicable modes:

You can display color bars, which is convenient for adjusting settings such as the picture quality of an external monitor. When you display color bars, a test tone will also be output.

•The brightness and color tone that appear on the camera’s monitor or viewfinder may differ from those that appear on another device such as an external monitor. Check the final picture quality on another device such as an external monitor.

1Select the menu. (P54)

> [Motion Picture] > [Color Bars]

2Press 3/4 to select an item and then press [MENU/SET].

Color bars compliant with SMPTE

[SMPTE]

Color bars compliant with EBU

[EBU]

Color bars compliant with ARIB

[ARIB]

•Color bars will be displayed and a test tone will be output.

•You can set the test tone level from among three options (s12 dB, s18 dB, and s20 dB) by rotating the control dial.

•If you press the motion picture button, the color bars and the test tone will be recorded as a motion picture.

3Press [MENU/SET].

• The color bars will disappear and the test tone will stop.

•If you press [MENU/SET] while recording color bars as a motion picture, the color bars will disappear, but you can continue the recording. This operation allows you to record color bars in the beginning of a motion picture.

•If you assign [Color Bars] to [Fn Button Set] (P317) in the [Custom] menu, each time you press the function button to which the setting is assigned, you can display or hide color bars. In this operation, the color bars you used last time will be displayed.

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