Sony 500WSPL Camcorder User Manual


 
Chapter 4 Viewfinder Screen Indications and Menus 89
Chapter 4 Viewfinder Screen Indications and Menus
Item
MARKER
Selects ON/OFF
setting for center
marker, size setting
(percentage of
viewfinder screen
area), and display ON/
OFF setting.
CENT/90% (normal value):
Displays center marker and safety
zone marker at 90% size.
CENT/80%: Displays center
marker and safety zone marker at
80% size.
90%: Displays only safety zone
marker at 90% size.
80%: Displays only safety zone
marker at 80% size.
CENT: Displays only center
marker.
LIMITS OFF (normal value): Displays the
image inside the safety zone
according to the scan size.
4:3: Displays the image inside the
4:3 safety zone during 16:9 scan
size.
14:9: Displays the image inside
the 14:9 safety zone during 16:9
scan size.
ZEBRA
Selects type of zebra
pattern display.
1 (normal value): Displays the
zebra pattern over parts having a
video level. between 70 and 90
IRE (or 70 and 90%).
Use the next item (ZEBRA1) to
select the base level.
2: Displays the zebra pattern over
parts having video levels of 100
IRE or above (or 100% or above).
1/2: Dual display (both 1 and 2)
70 IRE (normal value) to 90 IRE
or 70% (normal value) to 90%:
Can be set for each IRE step or
1% step.
×1: Uses only the upper REC/
TALLY indicator.
×2 (normal value): Uses two
REC/TALLY indicators.
Settings
INT (normal value): Recording
time of the internal VCR
EXT: Recording time of the
external VCR connected to the
VTR connector (26-pin).
VF TALLY
Selects whether or not
to use more than one
REC/TALLY indicators
in the viewfinder
(displayed only when
the DXF-701WS/
701WSCE viewfinder
is attached).
ZEBRA1
Sets base level for
zebra pattern 1.
REC TIME
Selects whether to
show the recording
time (TTL) of the
internal VCR or of the
external VCR.
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MARKER : CENT/90%
LIMITS : OFF
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ZEBRA : 1 
ZEBRA1 : 70IRE
REC TIME: INT
VF TALLY:
×
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LENS SEL: 1
EXIT MENU (YES
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LENS SEL
Select the types of the lens.
Advanced menu page 4
a) For DSR-500WSPL: 70%
Advanced menu page 5
Item
Settings
SS IND
a)
Selects the mode for
showing the shutter setting
when displaying the normal
indications.
3SEC: Displays shutter
setting for three seconds only
when the setting has been
changed.
ALWAYS (normal value):
Displays the shutter setting at
all times.
LL IND
a)
Selects whether or not to
show the LOW LIGHT
indication on the normal
indications when inadequate
lighting is detected.
ON (normal value):
Displays.
OFF: Not display.
IRIS IND
a)
Selects whether or not to
show the lens’s F-stop value
(iris indication) on the
normal indications. The F-
stop value is always
displayed when in EZ mode.
ON (normal value):
Displays.
OFF: Not display.
GAIN IND
a)
Selects whether or not to
always show the gain
setting indication on the
normal indications.
ON (normal value): Always
displays.
OFF: Displays for two
seconds only when the
setting has been changed.
FILTER IND
a)
Selects whether or not to
always show the FILTER
control setting indication on
the normal indications.
The FILTER control setting
indication is always
displayed when in EZ mode.
ON (normal value): Always
displays.
OFF: Displays for two
seconds only when the
setting has been changed.
WHITE IND
a)
Selects whether or not to
show the setting of the white
balance switch.
ON (normal value): Displays.
OFF: Not display.
SKIN IND
a)
Selects whether or not to
show the setting for skin
detail correction.
ON (normal value): Displays.
OFF: Not display.
1 (normal value), 2,3,4
For details, see “Designating
the lens” on page 121.
Item
Settings
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SS IND: ALWAYS
LL IND: ON 
IRIS IND: ON
GAIN IND: ON
FILTER IND: ON 
WHITE IND: ON
SKIN IND: ON
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a)
a) When the viewfinder’s DISPLAY switch is set to OFF,
indications related to these items are not displayed even
when menu settings are set to ON.