User Manual , Advanced
9. Using Menu Functions
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Applicable modes:
You can display color bars, which is convenient for adjusting settings such as the picture
quality of an external monitor. When you display color bars, a test tone will also be output.
• The brightness and color tone that appear on the camera’s monitor or viewfinder may differ
from those that appear on another device such as an external monitor.
Check the final picture quality on another device such as an external monitor.
• Color bars will be displayed and a test tone will be output.
• You can set the test tone level from among three options (s12 dB, s18 dB, and s20 dB) by
rotating the rear dial.
• If you press the motion picture button, the color bars and the test tone will be recorded as a
motion picture.
• Press [MENU/SET] to stop displaying the colour bars and outputting the test tone.
[Color Bars]
> [Motion Picture] > [Color Bars]
[SMPTE]
Color bars compliant with SMPTE
[EBU]
Color bars compliant with EBU
[ARIB]
Color bars compliant with ARIB
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