Viewfinder Screen Indications

There are four types of indication screen which appear in the viewfinder, as follows.

•Normal indications

These show the operating state of the camcorder. (See page 76.)

•Status indications

Pressing the MENU switch up while the normal indications are present calls a display of current settings. (See page 79.)

Display by holding the

 

Status indications

MENU switch up while

 

 

the normal indications

 

 

 

 

are present.

 

 

 

WHITE

: A 3200K

 

 

 

A.IRIS: STD

 

 

 

FILE

: STD

 

 

 

DCC+

: ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SS :OFF

 

 

 

 

BATT:14.4V

 

 

 

 

 

Viewfinder 4 Chapter
•Basic menu

This provides settings for the lens iris, shutter speed and so forth, and also a titling screen. (See the section “Viewfinder Basic Menu” on pages 80 to 85.)

•Advanced menu

This provides settings for the center marker, zebra pattern, viewfinder screen indications, and so forth. (See the section “Viewfinder Advanced Menu” on pages 86 to 92.)

Changing the Viewfinder Display

Use the dial and switches shown in the following figure to switch the viewfinder display among the normal indications, basic menu pages and advanced menu pages.

MENU dial

STATUS

ONOFF MENU

POWER switch

 

 

MENU switch

 

 

Displaying the normal indications and switching to the basic menu

Display by moving the POWER switch to the ON position.

Switch by pressing the MENU switch down or press and turn the MENU dial downward.

Basic menu

Normal indications

REC

TAKE TCG 12:34:56:00

W:A

NG

CLIPM

198F5.6

0dB

3200

:LOW LIGHT 00 04 01 SS :1/100 10:00:00 AM

30-25 BATT:14.4V

Page 1a)

mA.IRIS : ± 0

DTL LEV: ± 0

M.BLACK: ± 0

STRETCH: ± 0

SHUTTER: OFF

Page 2

mSKIN DTL: OFF

DL LEV : STD

PRE WHT : 3200

Page 9 b)

mTITLE IND( YES mPUSH)

Menus and Indications Screen

To display the normal indications, move the POWER switch to the ON position.

To switch to and from the basic menu, use the MENU switch or MENU dial.

“CHECK DIAG” appears before basic menu page 1 when the self diagnostic function has detected an abnormality. (see page 85.)

a)If you set MENU MODE to 2 on the advanced menu page 9, the menu for selecting the 16:9/4:3 mode is added before the basic menu page 1.

b)The menu configuration differs according to the camcorder’s switch settings, the connected VCR, and the type of input signal. A nine-page configuration results when all of the basic menu pages are displayed.

Chapter 4 Viewfinder Screen Indications and Menus 75