User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Preparations
- Settings and Adjustments Before Use
- Power Supply
- Power Status Display
- Turning On/Off the Power
- Initial Settings
- Displays on the LCD Monitor and Viewfinder
- Adjusting the LCD Monitor and Viewfinder
- Assignment of Functions to User Buttons
- Tally Lamp and LED
- Recording Media
- Usable Cards
- Usable SSD Media
- Estimated Recordable Time of SD Cards
- Estimated Recordable Time of SSD Media
- Inserting an SD Card
- Removing the SD Card
- Switching the SD cards
- Inserting the SSD Media Adapter
- Formatting (Initializing) of Recording Media
- Repairing the Recording Media
- Clips Recorded to Recording Media
- About the Operation Lock Feature (KEYLOCK)
- Shooting
- Basic Shooting Procedures
- Selecting System Definition, File Format and Video Format
- Zoom Operation
- Focus Operation
- Adjusting the Focusing by Face Detection
- Adjusting the Brightness
- Adjusting the Iris
- Setting the Gain
- Setting the Electronic Shutter
- Setting the ND Filter
- Adjusting the White Balance
- Adjusting the Camera Image
- Using the Image Stabilizer
- Audio Recording
- Monitoring Audio Sound During Recording Using a Headphone
- Time Code and User’s Bit
- Setting Time Code Generator
- Setting the User’s Bit
- Synchronizing Time Code on Another Camera
- Setting Zebra Pattern
- Setting Spot Meter
- Acquiring Positioning Information by GPS
- Viewing Recorded Videos Immediately (Clip Review)
- Displaying the Histogram
- Recording Simultaneously at Two Different Definitions
- Series Rec
- Dual Rec
- Backup Rec
- Special Recording
- Splitting the Clips Freely (Clip Cutter Trig)
- Configuring Infrared Recording
- Playback
- Menu Display and Detailed Settings
- Display/Status Screen
- Camera Features
- Connecting External Devices
- Network
- Functions of Network Connection
- Preparing Network Connection
- Connecting to the Network
- Importing Metadata
- Uploading a Recorded Video Clip
- FTP Resume Feature
- Connecting from a Web Browser
- Editing Metadata
- Uploading a Recording Clip via a Web Browser
- View Remote Feature
- Camera Control Function
- Changing the Settings via a Web Browser
- Managing the Network Connection Settings File
- Performing Live Streaming
- Return Video/Audio from the Network (Return over IP)
- IFB (Return Audio)
- Tagging Feature
- Overlay
- Others
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Displaying the Histogram
The histogram shows the brightness distribution,
and is
employed mainly for checking the exposure
of the image.
1
Set the histogram feature to ON.
0
Set
[LCD/VF
] B [Display Type] B
[Histogram] to “On”.
0
You can also press the user button that is
assigned with “Histogram
”.
(
A P116 [User Switch Set Item] )
2
Set the upper and lower limits of the
histogram display.
After
setting, the brightness level is displayed in
red color.
Item Settings Options
Top Sets the maximum
brightness limit for
changing the
histogram display
color
5% to 110% (in 5 %
increments)
Bottom Sets the minimum
brightness limit for
changing the
histogram display
color
0% to 105% (in 5 %
increments)
o When the upper limit is set to 110% and the lower
limit to 0%
.
* The area in red is not displayed.
o When
the
upper limit is set to 90% and the lower
limit to 10%
.
To p
Bottom
How to read the histogram
0
The vertical
axis denotes the number of pixels.
0
The horizontal axis denotes the pixel
brightness.
Recording
Simultaneously at Two
Different Definitions
By setting [System]
to “HD+Web”, you can record
simultaneously at two different definitions.
0
When HD+Web is selected:
Records a high-definition (HD) file to slot A and
a web file to slot B at the same time.
Web files
can be used as a proxy file for the HD
file.
Memo :
0
If
a
recordable SD card is inserted into only one
of the slots, files will only be recorded to that slot.
0
The [Rec Mode] is fixed at “Normal”.
0
Clip Cutter Trig is disabled.
0
[Slot Mode] cannot be selected.
0
Clip Review can only be performed for slot A.
(“No Media”
appears if there is no card in slot A
while a card is inserted into slot B.)
0
Playback of web files is only possible from slot
B when “HD+Web” is selected.
Series Rec
0
Series Rec mode is specified in the factory
default.
([System
] B [Record Set] B [Slot Mode] is set to
“Series”.)
(A
P153 [ Slot Mode ] )
0
If both the slots are loaded with recordable
cards, pressing the [REC]
button starts
recording only to the media in the selected slot.
When the remaining space in the selected
media runs out, recording continues by
automatically activating the media in the other
slot.
0
The slot mode can be identified on the status
screen.
Displaying the Histogram
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Shooting