User manual

Z-Finder EVF User Manual

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Will I be able to use my Z-Finder EVF and Z-Finder EVF Pro

straight out of the box without buying anything else?

A: Yes, it will come with everything you need: a hotshoe ball mount,

rechargeable battery, battery charger, HDMI cable & case. You can

start shooting with it immediately. If you already own a Z-Finder Jr or

Pro, you can purchase the EVF snap or EVF Flip Up and be ready to

shoot straight out of the box.

Why is anti-fog so important?Q:

A: When an EVF or optical viewnder fogs up, game over. It becomes

unusable. Zacuto spent a lot of time coming up with our Zacuto anti-

fog formula. Z-Finder version 1 owners complained about fog more

than any other issue. Your normal body temperature is almost 100

degrees but the Z-nder optic will never reach that point. The human

body also naturally puts out a lot of moisture. These two factors com-

bined mean any optical viewnder will fog. To eliminate the fog, you

need to separate yourself from the viewnder to let the fog dissipate,

and then you can begin to shoot again. This is a huge problem when

doing shots over 30 seconds. You must have anti-fog to really have a

usable product. We rectied the problem with the anti-fog protective

covers. Our Z-nder Pro models come with two expendable anti-fog

protective covers included. All Zacuto version 1 Z-nders can easily

and inexpensively be upgraded to anti-fog with the addition of the anti-

fog protective upgrade kit.

Will this EVF have HD-SDI?Q:

A: Not this version. We hope to make another version or converter with

HD-SDI later down the road. Adding HD-SDI does add cost and we

wanted to keep the cost as low as possible. Only a small majority

of users are interested in HD-SDI so it doesn’t make sense to have

everyone have to pay for a feature that most will not use. Since every

camera, including the new Sony F3, AG-AF100 and DSLR’s, has

HDMI we went that way. The future model or converter will allow you

to come in HDMI and cross convert to HD-SDI for output to an HD-SDI

monitor. It will also allow you to accept HD-SDI as an input.

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