User Manual

To set the language:
1 Press the ‘menu’ button to open the dashboard on the LCD. You can also bypass
the dashboard by pressing and holding the ‘menu’ button. Select ‘settings’ using the
navigation buttons and press ‘ok’.
2 Navigate to the ‘display’ settings and select ‘language’.
3 Cycle through the different languages by pressing the right and left navigation buttons
and press ‘ok’ to confirm. You can also confirm your language setting by pressing the
‘menu’ button. It may take a second to two for the display to update.
HDMI Overlays
You can monitor your video on an external display using the HDMI output on your camera.
Set the HDMI overlays to ‘on’ or ‘off’ in Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera
The ‘HDMI overlay’ setting lets you display useful information on your monitor. On Blackmagic
Pocket Cinema Camera, use the arrow icons to select which overlays to display on your
HDMI feed.
All: displays both frame guides and recording information.
Status: displays only the recording information, such as f-stop number, frame rate,
battery life etc.
Guides: displays only the frame guides.
Off: gives you a clean feed.
On Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera, you can set HDMI overlays to ‘on’ or ‘off’. Use the left
and right arrow buttons to select, then press the ‘play’ button to confirm your selection.
LCD Overlay
On Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, you can turn the frame guides on or off for the LCD
independently of the HDMI output. For example, you may want to view frame guides on the
LCD, but output a clean video feed over the camera’s HDMI output.
29Menu Settings