Viewfinder Normal Indications
During normal operation, the following items can be indicated in the viewfinder.
1VCR operation status indication
2 TAKE/CUE indication
3 Recording time or time data indication a)
4 NG indication
5 Clip mode indication
6 Clip remaining indication
7 Status display area
8 EZ FOCUS indication
9LOW LIGHT indication a)
0Audio recording level indicators a)
qa Tape remaining indication a)
a)Whether or not to display can be selected by menu setting.
b)This is recorded over the picture being shot.
c)Displayed only when an external VCR is connected
qs VCR warning indication
qd External VCR status indication c)
qf VCR recording mode indication c)
qg White balance indication
qh SKIN DTL indication qj EVS indication
qk Lens
w; Filter setting indication a) wa Clock indication a), b)
ws Voltage/error indication wd Shutter setting indication a)
The significance of each of the indications shown in the figure is as follows.
1VCR operation status indication
This indicates the VCR’s current operation status (REC, PLAY, etc.).
2TAKE/CUE indication
This displays a TAKE or CUE indication when using the ClipLink function for recording.
TAKE: When recording in Mark mode, this indication appears when a Mark IN point is set and disappears when the next Mark OUT point is set.
CUE: When recording in Cue mode, this indication appears for about 1 second when a Cue point is set.
3Recording time or time data indication This shows the following values.
•When the REC TIME switch is in the TTL position: The total recording time. (When an external VCR is connected, you can select whether to show the recording time of the internal VCR or of the external VCR using advanced menu page 4. See page 102 for more information.)
•When the REC TIME switch is in the DUR position: The duration of the current recording cut.
When there is an external VCR connected to the VTR/CCU connector or the DV OUT connector, you can switch the display as follows, according to the setting of the VTR TRIGGER switch.
VTR TRIGGER switch | Display |
setting |
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PARALLEL or INT ONLY | Recording time of the current |
| cut on the internal VCR |
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EXT ONLY | Recording time of the current |
| cut on the external VCR |
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Note
Recording time for an external VCR (total recording time, or recording time of the current cut) is calculated based on the time that REC2 is displayed in the external VCR status indication.
•When the REC TIME switch is in the OFF position and the item TC IND in advanced menu page 6 is set to “ON”: A time data value depending on the DISPLAY switch settings as shown in the following table.
Menus and Indications Screen Viewfinder 4 Chapter
Chapter 4 Viewfinder Screen Indications and Menus 87