Sony PDW-700 Camcorder User Manual


 
Setting the Status Display on the Viewfinder Screen and the LCD Monitor
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Chapter 6 Menu Displays and Detailed Settings
Note
The four items ASPECT, ASPECT SELECT,
ASPECT MASK, and ASPECT MASK LVL are
ignored when the recording format is IMX50/40/30
or DVCAM and the aspect ratio is 4:3.
MARKER 2 page
3 Turn the MENU knob to change the
setting, and press the MENU knob.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have set
all of the desired items.
You can make settings for viewfinder screen
display functions.
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn
the MENU knob to move b to the desired item.)
1 Display the VF SETTING page of the
OPERATION menu, and press the
MENU knob.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic
menu operations” on page 163.
2 Select the desired item, and press the
MENU knob.
You can set the following items on the VF
SETTING page.
a) When you use the viewfinder which is not
equipped with the ZEBRA switch, turns the
display on or off using this item. When you use
the viewfinder with the ZEBRA switch, the most
recent operation of the ZEBRA switch and this
menu operation is effective.
3 Turn the MENU knob to change the
setting, and press the MENU knob.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have set
all of the desired items.
In the SHOT DISP page of the USER menu, you
can select which shot data is recorded
superimposed on the color bars. You can also
select which of the shot IDs (1 to 4) set in the
SHOT DATA page is recorded superimposed on
the picture.
Item Description
USER BOX Turns the display of the box
cursor on and off.
USER BOX
WIDTH
Sets the width of the box
cursor (distance from center to
left or right edge).
USER BOX
HEIGHT
Sets the height of the box
cursor (distance from center to
top or bottom edge).
USER BOX
H POS
Sets the horizontal position of
the center of the box cursor.
USER BOX
V POS
Sets the vertical position of the
center of the box cursor.
CENTER H
POS
Sets the horizontal position of
the center marker.
CENTER V
POS
Sets the vertical position of the
center marker.
ASPECT
SAFE ZONE
Turns the display of the aspect
safety zone on and off.
ASPECT
SAFE AREA
Selects the range of the aspect
safety zone (80%/90%/92.5%/
95%).
Setting the viewfinder
Item Description
ZEBRA Turns the zebra display on or
off.
a)
ZEBRA
SELECT
Selects ZEBRA 1, ZEBRA 2 or
BOTH.
ZEBRA 1
DET. LVL
Adjusts the level of the zebra 1
(20% to 70% to 107%) display.
ZEBRA 1
APT. LVL
Adjusts the aperture level of the
zebra 1 display. (1% to 10% to
20%)
ZEBRA 2
DET. LVL
Adjusts the level of the zebra 2
(52% to 100% to 109%)
display.
VF DETAIL
LEVEL
Adjusts the sharpness of the
viewfinder (–99 to 99).
VF ASPECT
(SD)
Specifies whether to set the
viewfinder screen and LCD
monitor aspect ratio
automatically or to set it to 16:9
when the IMX50/40/30 or
DVCAM recording format is
selected.
When “16:9” is selected, then
the screen is always displayed
as a 16:9 screen (before being
cut out to 4:3), even when
ASPECT RATIO (SD) is set to
“4:3”.
Recording shot data
superimposed on the color bars