Viewfinder Screen Indications

There are four types of indication screen which appear

Status indications

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in the viewfinder, as follows.

•Normal indications

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

•Status indications

Display by holding the MENU switch up while the normal indications are present.

WHITE : A 3200K

A.IRIS: STD

FILE : STD

DCC+ : ON

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

SS :OFF

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Viewfinder

•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

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mA.IRIS : ± 0 DTL LEV: ± 0 M.BLACK: ± 0 STRETCH: ± 0

SHUTTER: OFF

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mSKIN DTL: OFF DL LEV : STD PRE WHT : 3200

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mTITLE IND( YES mPUSH)

usMen 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.

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