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Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
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Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
You can have the camera generate color bars and a 1 kHz audio reference signal and output them from the
following terminals.
Color Bars
The camera offers SMPTE, EBU and ARIB color bars.
1 Select > [
v
Camera Setup] > [Color Bars] > [On].
The selected color bars appear on the screen.
2 Select > [
v
Camera Setup] > [Color Bar Type] > Desired option.
The selected color bars will be recorded when you press the REC button.
Turning off the camera or changing the operating mode to MEDIA mode will deactivate the color bars.
NOTES
NOTES
If you set an assignable button to [Color Bars] (A 115), you can press the button to turn the color bars on/off.
Color bars cannot be displayed in the following cases:
- When slow & fast motion recording is activated.
- When the gamma curve component of the [Gamma/Color Space] setting in the custom picture is set to an
option other than [BT.709 Wide DR], [BT.709 Normal] or [BT.709 Standard].
Audio Reference Signal
The camera can output a 1 kHz audio reference signal with the color bars.
Select > [
¡
Audio Setup] > [1 kHz Tone] > Desired option.
You can select one of three audio levels (–12 dB, –18 dB, –20 dB), or [Off] to turn off the signal.
The reference signal will be output at the selected level when you display the color bars, and will be recorded
when you press the REC button.
LCD monitor Viewfinder SDI OUT terminal HDMI OUT terminal
×
(headphone) terminal
Color bars Ü Ü Ü Ü
Audio reference signal Ü Ü Ü