Settings Detailed and Displays Menu 7 Chapter

2 Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to “VF DISPLAY MODE”, and press the MENU knob.

The b mark on the left of “VF DISPLAY MODE” changes to a z mark and the z mark on the left of the setting changes to a ? mark.

3 Turn the MENU knob until the desired display mode appears, and press the MENU knob.

The z mark changes to a b mark and the ? mark changes to a z mark.

4 To end the menu operation, set the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF or close the cover of the menu operating section.

7-2-4 Setting the Marker Display

Use the MARKER 1 page of the USER menu to switch the display of the center and safety zone markers on or off and to select whether the area indicated by the safety zone marker is 80%, 90% or 100% of the screen area.

CANCEL/PRST /

ESCAPE switch

MENU knob

MENU ON/OFF switch

1 Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON.

The last accessed menu page appears on the screen.

2 Turn the MENU knob until the MARKER 1 page appears, and press the MENU knob to select the page.

U07 MARKER

1

 

TOP

MARKER

 

 

:

OFF

CENTER

 

 

:

OFF

SAFETY

ZONE

 

:

OFF

SAFETY

AREA

 

:

90%

ASPECT

 

 

:

OFF

ASPECT

SELECT

:

4:3

ASPECT

MASK

 

:

OFF

ASPECT

MASK

LVL

:

1/4

100% MARKER

 

:

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

You can set the following items on the MARKER 1 page.

Item

Description

 

 

MARKER

Not to display all markers, set to OFF.

 

 

CENTER

To display the center marker, set to ON.

 

 

Item

Description

 

 

SAFETY ZONE

To display the safety zone, set to ON.

 

 

SAFETY AREA

To select the safety zone range (80%,

 

90%, 92.5 % or 95 %), when SAFETY

 

ZONE is set to ON.

 

 

ASPECT

To display the aspect marker, set to ON.

 

 

ASPECT

To select the type of the aspect marker.

SELECT

 

 

 

ASPECT MASK

To make the areas out of the selected

(4:3)1)

aspect marker dimmer, set to ON.

ASPECT MASK

To set the mask level (1/2, 1/4 or 1/8),

LVL

when the ASPECT MASK is set to ON.

 

 

100 % MARKER

To display the effective pixel area, set to

 

ON.

 

 

1)The ASPECT MASK item is for processing the signal to be output to the viewfinder. When R, G, or B is selected for the TEST OUT SELECT item from the menu, the same video signal is output to the viewfinder and the TEST OUT connector. Thus, when the ASPECT MASK (4:3) item is set to “ON” with R/G/B selected, the masked video signal is output to the TEST OUT connector.

3 Perform the settings for each item.

1Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to the item you want to set, and press MENU knob. The b mark on the left of the selected item changes to the z mark and the z mark on the left of the setting changes to a ? mark.

2Turn the MENU knob to change the setting, and press the MENU knob.

The z mark on the left of the selected item changes to a b mark and the ? mark on the left of the setting changes to a z mark.

4 To continue setting other items, repeat step 3.

5 To end the menu operation, set the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF or close the cover of the menu operating section.

The menu disappears from the screen, and the display indicating the current status of the camcorder appears along the top and bottom of the screen.

7-2-5 Setting the Viewfinder

Use the VF SETTING page of the USER menu to select items related to the viewfinder.

116 7-2 Status Display on the Viewfinder Screen