Viewfinder Screen Display - Sony PMW-400K Operating Instructions Manual

Viewfinder Screen
Display
The viewfinder screen displays not only the video
picture but also characters and messages
indicating the camcorder settings and operating
status, a center marker, a safety zone marker, etc.
When the menu screen is not displayed and the
DISPLAY switch is set to ON, the items for
which an ON setting was made with
"OPERATION" > "Super Impose" in the setup
menu or with related switches are displayed at the
top and bottom of the screen.
Not only these indications are displayed on the
viewfinder screen, but a menu setting enables
them to be output as video signals.
Top of viewfinder screen
a Extender settings
Indicates the setting of the digital extender
function (when optional CBK-CE01 is installed)
of this camcorder and the setting of the lens
extender.
EX: The lens extender is on.
08: The lens shrinker is on.
x2D: The digital extender function of this
camcorder is on.
Ex2D: The lens extender and the digital extender
function of this camcorder are both on.
Digital extender function can be turned on or off
by an assignable switch to which Digital Extender
is assigned.
b Zoom position (when the lens is
mounted)
Indicates the zoom position of the zoom lens in
the range from 0 to 99.
c Focus position (when the serial lens is
mounted)
Indicates the focus position as distance to the
subject (in units of m).
d Green tally
Lights when the camcorder is the following
states.
• "MAINTENANCE" > "Camera Config" >
"HD-SDI Remote I/F" is set to "G-Tally" in the
setup menu and a recording control signal is
output from the HD/SD SDI OUT connector.
• Green tally signal received (when a camera
adaptor is mounted on the camcorder and a
camera control unit is connected)
e Media status
Displays the name of the currently active media
slot (A or B).
f Recording mode/operation status
Indication Meaning
zREC Recording in progress
STBY Standby for recording
zCACHE
Standby in Picture Cache mode
zINT REC Recording in progress in Interval
Recording mode
zINT STBY Standby for next recording in
Interval Recording mode
INT STBY Standby in Interval Recording
mode
zFRM REC Recording in progress in Frame
Recording mode
zFRM Standby for next recording in
STBY Frame Recording mode
FRM STBY Standby in Frame Recording mode
zS&Q REC Recording in progress in Slow &
Quick Motion mode
S&Q STBY Standby in Slow & Quick Motion
mode
zCALL Being called from a connected
device
BREVIEW During recording review

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