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Color bars
When in <CAMERA> mode, press the <BARS>
button to display color bars, which are convenient
for adjusting the picture quality of television and
external monitors. Press again to return to the
previous image.
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While color bars are displayed, a 1 kHz test tone
is output from the headphone terminal or the
<AUDIO OUT> terminal. It is not output from
speakers.
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You can set test tone output with the [TEST
TONE] item on the [AV OUT SETUP] screen.
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Press the <START/STOP> button to record color
bars.
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The color bar display is released when power is
switched off.
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When in <PB> mode, the <BARS> button is
disabled.
Changing the image size
When recording in DV mode, the size of the
images to record (aspect ratio) can be changed.
Select in the [ASPECT CONV] item on the setup
menu [RECORDING SETUP] screen.
[SIDE CROP]:
Recording is performed in standard 4:3 mode.
Crops the left and right edges.
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When set to [SIDE CROP], information displayed
in the black band portion on the left and right
of the LCD and viewnder is not displayed in
external output.
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[LETTER BOX]:
Recording is performed in 16:9 angular eld.
The black band at the top and bottom of the screen
is recorded.
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When set to [LETTER BOX], images are
displayed in a 16:9 aspect ratio and [LT.BOX] is
displayed on the LCD and viewnder.
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[SQUEEZE]:
The camera image is recorded compressed in the
horizontal direction.
When recorded images are played on a wide
screen supported TV monitor, they are displayed in
a 16:9 aspect ratio.
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When set to [SQUEEZE], images are displayed
in a 16:9 aspect ratio on the LCD and viewnder.
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* The illustration is an image gure when external
output is displayed on a 4:3 monitor screen.
Wave form monitor function
When in <CAMERA> mode, press the <WFM>
button to display the wave forms of the images on
the LCD monitor.
Press the button again to return to the normal
display.
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Switching the wave form display, vector display,
and wave/vector display is possible in the [WFM]
item on the setup menu [SW MODE] screen
(Page 87).
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Wave forms are not displayed on the viewnder.
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Wave forms cannot be recorded.
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While wave forms are displayed, use the
viewnder as well because a part of the shooting
screen and screen display will be hidden by wave
forms.
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While the focus assist function (enlarged view) is
operating, wave forms are not displayed.