5DC IN/battery indicator

This shows the battery voltage of an internal battery pack or an external battery connected to the DC IN connector.

When the power is supplied from an external battery pack connected to the DC IN connector, DC IN appears.

When the DISP VOLT item is set to OFF on the VF DISP 2 page of the USER menu, the battery indicator does not appear, except when the Anton Bauer battery or BP-M50/M100 battery pack is used. The remaining battery capacity of those batteries is automatically detected and the battery indicator shows the detected remaining battery capacity

4 as a percentage even when the DISP VOLT item is set to OFF. It changes in units of 10 %. Until the remaining battery capacity is reduced to 40 %, the indicators MAX, 90 %, 80 %...40 % are displayed for three seconds on the viewfinder each time the remaining battery capacity reduces by 10 %. When the remaining battery capacity is less than 40 %, this battery indicator is displayed all the time. When the remaining battery capacity is less than 10 % a), the battery indicator blinks. When the remaining battery capacity is reduced further, the LOW indicator blinks.

a)This value can be set to either 10 % or 20 % on the FUNCTION 2 page of the OPERATION menu.

6Setting change and adjustment progress message display area For detailed information, see “4-7-3 Display Mode and Setting Change and Adjustment Progress Message” on page 4-73.

7Operation/error message area

For detailed information, see “Operation/error messages” on page 6-15.

8Iris setting/auto iris override

This indicator indicates the f-stop (iris setting) of the lens.

Also, the auto iris override is displayed using two x which appear in the upper and lower parts to the left of the F number respectively.

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