a), b)

Viewfinder Normal Indications

During normal operation, the following items can be indicated in the viewfinder.

1VCR operation status indication

2TAKE/CUE indication

3Recording time or time data indication a)

4NG indication

5Clip mode indication

6Clip remaining indication

7Status display area

8EZ FOCUS indication

9LOW LIGHT indication a)

!º Audio recording level indicators a) !¡ Tape remaining indication a)

REC TAPE NEAR END REC2 TCG 12:34:56:00 PARA

NG

AUTO BLACK

 

 

-OK-

 

 

198

 

 

 

￿

 

 

 

 

EZ FOCUS

 

:LOW

LIGHT

98 04

01

SS

: 1/1000

10:00AM

30-25

DIAG

ERROR

!™ VCR warning indication

!£ External VCR status indication c)

!¢ VCR recording mode indication c)

!￿ White balance indication

!§ SKIN DTL indication !¶ EVS indication

!• Lens f-stop indication a) !ª Gain indication a)

@º Filter setting indication a) @¡ Clock indication

@™ Voltage/error indication

@£ Shutter setting 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

Menus and Indications Screen Viewfinder 4 Chapter

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 86 for more information.)

•When the REC TIME switch is in the DUR position: The duration of the current recording cut

•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

DISPLAY switch

Time data displayed

setting

 

 

 

COUNTER

CNT: Tape transport time

 

 

TC

TCG: a time code from the time code

 

generator

 

TCR: a time code from the time code

 

reader

 

 

U-BIT

UBG: a user bit value from the time

 

code generator

 

UBR: a user bit value from the time

 

code reader

 

 

Time data values appear during playback, fast forward, rewind, or recording review.

4NG indication

An “NG” (No Good) indication appears if you designate a recorded scene as “NG” when using the ClipLink function for recording.

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