180°

Preparations

90°

Adjusting the backlight

 

LCD B.LIGHT + and – buttons LCD B.LIGHT switch

A

B

TC/U-BIT/

STATUS

 

 

DURATION

 

SHOT

TRANSITION LCD B.LIGHT

DISPLAY

BATT INFO BARS/CAM

ONOFF

 

 

IRIS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANU

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MACRO

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.5

OFF

ON

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOCUS

ZEBRA

PEAKING

 

B

 

 

MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

FULL AUTO

ACCESS

SLOT

SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAIN

 

 

 

 

CH-1

 

W-EX

1

 

 

 

WHITE BAL

 

 

PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEVEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPEN

 

 

 

 

 

Turning the backlight on/off

The backlight may not be necessary for viewing images on the LCD monitor under bright ambient light, such as in an outdoor location. Set the LCD B.LIGHT switch to OFF to turn off the backlight.

Adjusting the brightness of the backlight

When you set the LCD B.LIGHT switch to ON, you can adjust the brightness of the backlight, using the LCD B.LIGHT + and – buttons. Press the – button to darken the backlight. Press the + button to make it brighter.

During adjustment, the backlight level bar appears to indicate the adjustment value.

Adjusting the color, contrast, and brightness

These adjustments can be made using the LCD/ VF SET menu.

Press the MENU button to set the camcorder to

Menu mode and select (LCD/VF SET menu) then “LCD” from the menu.

LCD/VF SET

 

 

 

 

Re t u r n

 

Ret u rn

 

 

LCD

B

Color

:

0

EVF

B

Cont rast

:

0

Peaking

B Br i ght ness :

0

00:00 Marker

B

 

 

 

ZebraB

Display On/O f f B

Set color, contrast and brightness of the LCD monitor with the corresponding LCD menu items: Color, Contrast, and Brightness

For details on menu operations, see “Basic Menu Operations” on page 95.

Adjusting the Viewfinder

If the picture on the LCD monitor is hard to view under bright ambient light, you can use the viewfinder to check the picture.

You can adjust the display conditions of the viewfinder according to your current lighting conditions.

These adjustments of the viewfinder have no effect on pictures being recorded.

Caution

Do not leave the camcorder with the eyepiece of the viewfinder facing the sun. Direct sunlight can enter through the eyepiece, be focused in the viewfinder, and cause fire.

Hereafter the viewfinder is referred to as “EVF” (abbreviation of Electronic Viewfinder).

Turning the EVF on/off

With the factory setting, the EVF is turned on when the LCD monitor is in its park position or is rotated to face the subject.

You can change the setting so that the EVF is always on regardless of the status of the LCD monitor, using “EVF” (page 104) of the LCD/VF SET menu. Change the “Power” setting from “Auto” to “On.”

Adjusting the focus in the viewfinder

The eyepiece focusing (diopter compensation) knob enables adjustment to match the eyesight of operator so that the operator can view the image clearly in the eyepiece.

26Adjusting the LCD Monitor and Viewfinder