Zebra Patterns; Marker; Checking And Displaying Shooting Status - Panasonic AG-AC160A Operating Instructions Manual

Zebra patterns

When you press the <ZEBRA> button while in
<CAMERA> mode, a zebra pattern or marker is
displayed on the viewfinder and LCD monitor, so
you can check brightness of the subject.
Portions where over exposure might cause white
out are displayed in a striped pattern.
• Extremely bright area
• Reflecting area
When you adjust iris and shutter speed in manual
mode so that the zebra pattern disappears, you get
images with less white out.
Every time you press the <ZEBRA> button, the
display switches as follows.
You can set the level of the zebra pattern with
the [ZEBRA DETECT1] item and the [ZEBRA
DETECT2] item on the setup menu [DISPLAY
SETUP] screen. (Page 93)
Also when you set the [ZEBRA DETECT2] item
to [OFF], even though you press the <ZEBRA>
button, [ZEBRA2] will not be displayed.
The set zebra pattern is displayed for a fixed time
(approximately 2 seconds) as [%].

Marker

If the [Y GET MARKER] item on the setup menu
[DISPLAY SETUP] screen is set to [ON], press the
<ZEBRA> button and set [MARKER ON] (Page 25),
to display the marker in the center of the screen.
You can check brightness near screen center as a
number ([0%]-[99%]).
When brightness exceeds [99%], [99%] is
displayed.
[ZEBRA1]  [ZEBRA2]
 
[ZEBRA OFF]  [MARKER ON]
Image level detection area
99%
Image level
Press the <ZEBRA> button again to return to the
normal screen.

Checking and displaying shooting status

<DISP/MODE CHK> button
Hold down the <DISP/MODE CHK> button
during shooting standby or shooting to display all
information items including the setting status of
various shooting functions, and list of functions
assigned to the USER buttons, etc. Release the
button to return to the normal display.
Press the <DISP/MODE CHK> button during
shooting standby or shooting to hide all displays
other than operation status display, frame display
such as area, counter, marker, and safety zone
display. Press the button again to return to the
normal display. (Page 82)
This setting will be maintained even if the power
of the camera is turned off by turning the POWER/
MODE switch <OFF> or if the operation mode is
changed.
In addition, press the <DISP/MODE CHK> button
while the thumbnail screen is displayed in <PB>
mode to display the properties of the selected
clip. (Page 64) (Clips can be selected by moving the
cursor with the OPERATION lever.)
Marker
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