On-Screen Indications

Indications in Camera Mode

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When this unit is in Camera mode (mode for recording), pressing the DISPLAY/BATT INFO button displays the statuses and settings of this unit in the viewfinder.

When you press the DISPLAY/BATT INFO button again, these indications are canceled. The recording status indication, such as “zREC,” is always displayed, regardless of operation of the DISPLAY/BATT INFO button.

Remarks

[M]: The indication of the items named with this suffix can be independently turned on/off with “Display On/Off” of the VF SET menu (see page 124).

[A]: The indication of items named with this suf- fix can be turned on/off using the assignable buttons to which the corresponding on/off functions have been assigned (see page 75).

[D]: The settings of the items named with this suf- fix can be changed using the Direct menu on the screen (see page 26).

 

 

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S&Q REC

 

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S&Q Motion

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1. Battery remaining/DC IN voltage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S&Q STBY Standby for Slow & Quick

 

indication [M] (page 28)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motion recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. i.LINK status indication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

zINT REC

 

Interval Recording in progress

 

Only when an external device is connected to

 

 

 

INT STBY

 

Standby for Interval

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording

 

 

the i.LINK connector (page 135), the status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(zREC or STBY) of the device is displayed.

 

 

 

zFRM REC

 

Frame Recording in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Special recording/operation status

 

 

 

 

 

FRM STBY Standby for Frame Recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Media status indication

 

 

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zREC

 

Recording in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory card in slot A is active.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STBY

 

Standby for recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory card in slot B is active.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

zS&Q REC

 

Slow & Quick Motion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recording in progress

5. Time data indication [M] (page 70)

 

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PMW-EX3 specifications

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