Overview 1 Chapter

lTally light

When the TALLY switch is in the HIGH (high intensity) or LOW (low intensity) position, this operates in the same way as the REC/TALLY indicators.

mBarrel

You can rotate this for convenience.

Note

The position of the image may change, as a result of the earth’s magnetic field.

nBRIGHT (brightness) control

Adjusts the brightness of the viewfinder image (see page 36).

oViewfinder connector (20-pin)Connect to the VF connector (see page 12).

pTALLY switch

Set to the HIGH (high-intensity) or LOW (low-intensity) to use the tally light.

qDISPLAY switch

Set to ON when you want to display text information on the viewfinder screen.

Status Display on the Viewfinder Screen

The viewfinder screen displays not only the video picture but also characters and messages indicating the camcorder settings and operating status, a center marker, a safety zone marker, etc.

When the menu screen is not displayed and the DISPLAY switch is set to ON, the items for which an ON setting was made on the VF DISP 1 or VF DISP 2 page of the OPERATION menu or with related switches are displayed at the top and bottom of the screen.

The messages that give details of the settings and adjustment progress and results can also be made to appear for about 3 seconds while settings are being changed, during adjustment, and after adjustment.

For details about the display item selection, see “Selecting the Display Items” on page 137.

For details about setting change and adjustment progress messages, see “Change Confirmation/Adjustment Progress Messages” on page 138.

For details about marker display, see “Setting the Marker Display” on page 138.

Layout of the status display on the viewfinder screen

All items that can be displayed on the viewfinder screen are shown below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H D S P

 

23 .9 P [ 28 ]

 

 

Z 99

 

 

1 .5 m

 

 

13 .4 V

 

 

 

 

R E C

 

 

T C G

0 : 3 0 : 1 1 : 0 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W H I T E : N G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L E V E L T O O H I G H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E 0 0 9 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56 00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L O W L I G H T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

W:A

 

18 dB

 

1/ 20 00

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

F-30

184C

 

F1 .6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aVDR operation indicators

VDR operation is displayed as follows: REC: During recording

PLAY: During playback

CONT (lit): Continuous recording to extend the previous clip is possible.

CONT (flashing): CLIP CONT REC is ON, and a new clip will be created and recorded.

X: During pause of recording/playback

M: During high-speed playback or forward jump to clips

m: During reverse high-speed playback or reverse jump to clips

bRecording format

Indicates the current recording format.

cFrame frequency

Indicates the current frame frequency.

When using the slow & quick motion function, the playback frame frequency appears with the shooting frame frequency in square brackets (two-digit whole number, with decimal fractions rounded).

During normal playback, the square brackets and included value do not appear.

dTimecode

Indicates the elapsed recording/playback time, timecode, user bits or other information selected by the DISPLAY switch (see page 26).

eZoom position

Indicates the zoom position of the zoom lens in the range from 0 to 99.

fFocus

Indicates the focusing distance corresponding to the focus ring when an auto focus lens is mounted, and the focus adjustment mode is set to manual.

The displayed resolution is as shown below.

26 Location and Function of Parts