Contents The user manual applies to the following device types: G7 4K ULTRAHD The images and descriptions of G7 4K ULTRAHD are adopted as examples in the following document. Before reading the manual, please confirm the device type.
The unit is designed in a high impact plastic frame, and the professional screen glass at full resolution of 1920x1200 with high brightness makes G7 4K ULTRAHD capable of reproducing a natural color and great daylight viewing. In addition, the monitor has excellent assistants functionalities, versatile build-in 3D-LUTs and easy to use.
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Overview Support multiple assistants: zebra, focus assist, exposure assist, peaking adjust Provide a five directions joystick as a navigation tool to scroll between scenes pages and set features Support SONY NP-F series batteries Functionality Provide versatile build-in 3D-LUT tables, supporting the general LUT files for ARRI, RED, SONY, Panasonic, Canon, BlackMagic and Panavision, etc.
Safety Chapter 2 Safety FCC Caution Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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Safety warnings. Device Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Do not touch the screen with sharp, metallic or abrasive objects. Do not make the freeze picture displaying on the screen time too long, otherwise, it will leave the afterimage on the screen. If the brightness is adjusted to the minimum, then it might be hard to see the display screen.
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Safety serious accidents. Do not damage the power cord, place the heavy objects on the power cord, stretch the power cord, or bend the power cord. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched, particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the unit.
Chapter 3 Unpack and Installation Unpack: When unpacking the G7 4K ULTRAHD monitor, please verify that none of the components listed in Table 3.1 are damaged or missing. If there are any components missing, please contact your distributors or OSEE for it.
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Unpack and Installation Confirm all the items listed on the packing list have been received. Remove all the packing material including electrostatic-resistant packing. Retain these packing materials for future use. 2. Connect required cables for signal input and output. 3. Connect the 11~17VDC power source through DC IN interface or powered by battery.
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Unpack and Installation Install Sunhood: In case of diffusion light and direct illumination, we can use sunhood for the monitor when supervising images. First, spread the sunhood along the fold lines, then pull the rubber belts into the depressed slots at both sides of the rear panel of the monitor, adapting to the monitor tightly as below: Figure 3-2 Spread Sunhood Figure 3-3 Fasten the Belts...
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Unpack and Installation There are two 1/4 inch screw holes on the monitor for installing various types of hangers, as shown in the illustration below. Screw the hanger into the screw hole, and fasten it tightly. Figure 3-4 Positions for Hanger Installation Connect a standard signal line to the relevant input port.
Features Chapter 4 Features 4.1 Parts and Functions The parts of G7 4K ULTRAHD is shown as below, there are various input and output interfaces for G7 4K ULTRAHD monitor, as shown in Figure 4.1-1. Figure 4.1-1 Parts in Rear Panel...
Features Connector Description SDI IN SDI input interface, BNC SDI OUT SDI output interface, BNC, supports loop out External battery NP-F, 6V ~ 8.4V Battery Input DC IN DC power input, 11~17VDC Remote Remote control, headphone output, 2.5mm Jack Headphone output jack, 3.5mm stereo Jack Speaker Internal speaker Support SONY NP-F battery currently.
Features Figure 4.2-1 Buttons in Front Panel 4.3 Operations Joystick Use the joystick as a navigation tool to scroll between scenes pages and set features. The joystick provides multiple functions with five operation directions, Up, Down, Left, Right and Straight Down, as shown in Figure 4.3-1.
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Features monitor settings menu : scroll it right and hold on for 3 seconds to create a new scene : access ZOOM mode; cancel scene deletion : display backlight adjust menu; hold on for 3 seconds to delete current scene : scroll it down to display the scene TOOL menu Direction Operation...
4.4 Power On The power switch is on the right corner of the rear panel of G7 4K ULTRAHD. Use it to power the G7 4K ULTRAHD on or off.
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Figure 4.4-1 Power Switch Power Method There are two methods for powered G7 4K ULTRAHD as below: Method 1: Powered by battery. There is a built-in battery slot at the rear panel of the monitor. It supports SONY NP-F series batteries.
Features Only use the adapter and the power cord specified by the manufacture for your safety! 4.5 ZOOM You can get closer view to your image in ZOOM mode. It provides 2X ZOOM mode and 4X ZOOM mode, that is you can double(2X) or quadruple(4X) the image, and move the starting position of the enlarged image.
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Features arrows in this icon represents the current full screen image in the monitor, you can judge where this area is in the original image. Figure 4.5-2 Zoom 2X Editing Mode Moving the zoomed image Meanwhile, scroll up, down, left or right the joystick to move the displayed area to the relevant direction, then, press straight down the joystick to confirm and finish the movement and exit the Zoom 2X Editing mode.
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Features After accessing the Zoom 4X Mode, press straight down the joystick to move the starting position of the enlarged image. There will be a Zoom 4X Editing icon at the bottom right of the screen, as shown in Figure 4.5-4. The small rectangle with four direction arrows in this icon represents the current full screen image in the monitor, you can judge where this area is in the original image Figure 4.5-4 Zoom 4X Editing Mode...
Features 4.6 Supported Signal Format The supported signal format for this device is as shown in Table 4.6-1: Table 4.6-1 Supported Signal Format Signal Format HDMI 4KP30/29.97 √ 4KP25 √ 4KP24/23.98 √ 1080P60/59.94 √ 1080P50 √ 2160P30/29.97 √ 2160P 2160P25 √...
DSLR scale, status display menu, LUTs, language, firmware and so on, as shown in Figure5-1. Figure 5-1 Monitor Settings Menu The features on the screen are as shown in Figure 5-2: Figure 5-2 Tools for G7 4K ULTRAHD Monitor...
Monitor Settings And there could be multiple accessorial objects on screen, such as status display information, aspect area, safe area, crosshair, waveform, audio meter, histogram, focus assist, false color and so on. Please refer to the relevant sections for the details in this chapter. 5.1 Menu Operations Display the Monitor Settings Menu Scroll leftmost the Joystick to display the monitor settings Menu at the left...
Monitor Settings submenu item, after that, scroll left or right to switch or adjust the value of the selected submenu item, at last, Scroll straight down to return to the previous level menu and confirm the setting. The control icon is displayed as a highlight white rectangle at the background of the current active item.
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Set the anamorphic ratio X/2X/ 2XMAG Enable the input signal NONE/ from a variety of DSLR CANON cameras to fill the screen DSLR SCALE OPTIONS NONE 5D MARK of G7 4K ULTRAHD. II/CANON This item is particularly to CANON/NIKON DSLR. 1. Adjust Volume...
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Monitor Settings Select control VOLUME item, scroll straight down to confirm the selection and display the VOULME menu, as shown in Figure 5.2-2. Scroll left to decrease the volume, or scroll right to increase the volume. Scroll it down to return to the previous level menu. Figure 5.2-2 Volume Menu 2.
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-4 Vertical Rotate Image Rotate Set control Display Rotate Image Rotate item to be 180 or 0, the input image will reverse vertically. 4. Set Anamorphic Ratio This feature enables you to de-squeeze signals coming from camera utilizing anamorphic lenses that may not have a built-in de-squeeze feature of their own.
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Monitor Settings The resolution of the input and output are as shown in Table 5.2-3: Table 5.2-3 Resolution Relationship Between Input and Output ANAMORPHIC INPUT SIGNAL INPUT OUTPUT 1080P/1080I 1920x1080 1920x1080 720P 1280x720 1920x1080 1.33X 1080P/1080I 1920x1080 1920x812 720P 1280x720 1920x812 1.5X 1080P/1080I...
Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-6 DSLR SCALE For different DSLR SCALE item value, the resolution comparison of the input and output is as shown in the table below: DSLR SCALE Item INPUT RESOLUTION OUTPUT RESOLUTION NONE 1920X1080 1920x1080 CANNON 5D MARK II (1920X1080)x0.85 1920x1080 CANNON 7D (1920X1080) x0.85...
Monitor Settings Menu Items Default Domain Range Description STATUS OFF/ON/ Enable/disable the status OPTIONS OFF DISPLAY BAT ONLY bar at the top of the screen 1. STATUS BAR Set user STATUS DISPLAY item to be ON, it will display the Status bar at the top of the screen, including these information from left to right: Input source format and the battery voltage indication.
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-9 System Menu Table 5.2-5 Description of System Menu Items Domain Menu Items Default Description Range NATIVE/ D56/D65 Select a calibration standard COLOR TEMP NATIVE /D93/ for the panel USER GAMMA 2.2/2.4 Set Gamma CALIBRATION Enable/disable calibration ON/OFF BRIGHTNESS 50 0~100...
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Monitor Settings Domain Menu Items Default Description Range /D93 USER VIDEO: INPUT 64~940 VIDEO Set color range LEVELS FULL: 0~1023 ENGLIS H/ 中 文 / LANGUAG OPTIONS Select a language mode 中文 Franais/ Espaol VERSION Show the firmware versions MONITOR SERIAL Show serial number INFO...
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-10 Calibration LUT Menu Set system CALIBRATION LUT CALIBRATION LUT item as ON, it will be able to load LUT file. Set system CALIBRATION LUT CALIBRATION LUT item as OFF, it will be disable to load LUT file. Load LUT File First, write the designated LUT file to the monitor.
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-11 Calibration LUT Directory Figure 5.2-12 LUT Storage Directory For example: Load a LUT file to USER LUT, it will prompt a directory for LUT file selection, then select a LUT and choose a target USER LUT to be stored, as shown in Figure 5.2-12. For example, select...
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Monitor Settings USER1, press the joystick straight down to confirm the selection, it will write the specified LUT file into the monitor from the SD card. Second, use LOOK tool to activate a LUT to current scene. Operation: scroll the joystick right to access a scene, and add a LOOK tool for the scene, for example, set the ENABLE item as ON, SETTING item as USER, and USER LUT as USER1, thus, it will apply USER1 to current scene display.
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Monitor Settings If detecting no SD card during the operation, it will prompt ”SD Card does not exist!”; if any other wrong happened, it will pop up the relevant prompt, please check it according to this prompt. BRIGHTNESS Set system CALIBRATION BRIGHTNESS item to adjust the brightness.
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Monitor Settings item to initialize the settings to default values, it will pop up a prompt, as shown in Figure 5.2-15 , scroll right to select RESET command, and press the joystick straight down to confirm the selection. Please pay some patience during the reset operation, and it lasts about one minute.
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Monitor Settings It lasts about one minute for restarting operation, please don’t do any operations during restarting the device.
6.1 Scenes Tools Settings You can create customized scenes pages with different features and settings in G7 4K ULTRAHD. In a scene, press the joystick straight down, and select ADD NEW TOOL command, and press the joystick straight down again, it will display the Tools Menu, as shown in Figure 6.1-1.
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Scenes and Tools to the tool bar of a scene, you can edit the tool’s attributes by its tool settings menu, as shown in Figure 6.1-3: Figure 6.1-2 Tool Bar for A Scene Figure 6.1-3 Tool Settings Menu It will introduce the tools and their attributes in the following section, and refer to “6.2 Tools Operations”...
Scenes and Tools 6.1.1 Frame Tools Frame tools assist to set viewing frame, including aspect area, safe area, center and crosshatch. Show or hide these markers by their switches easily, and their display style and transparency are adjustable. Figure 6.1-4 Frame Tools Table 6.1-1 Description of Frame Tools Domain Tool...
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Scenes and Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range 16:9/14:9/ FORMAT 16:9 Set the safe marker position The safe marker is displayed as ACTION OFF/ON an outside frame, proportional to 92% of the FORMAT The safe marker is displayed as an inside frame, proportional to TITLE OFF/ON...
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Scenes and Tools Marker Illustration Description This marker enables easier CENTER checking the center portion’s MARKER focus. This marker displays multiple CROSS vertical and horizontal lines to HATCH help when users check the composition of a picture. 2. Area Marker Set the area marker FRAME ASPECT SAFE RATIO item as CUSTOM, the WIDTH and the HEIGHT of the marker are adjustable...
Scenes and Tools 6.1.2 Expose Tools Expose tools provide false color, zebra, histogram, waveform and vectorscope, as shown in Figure 6.1-6: Figure 6.1-6 Expose Tools Table 6.1-2 Description of Expose Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range Enable/Disable false color ENABLE OFF/ON function...
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Scenes and Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range Enable/Disable histogram ENABLE OFF/ON display LUMA: luminance SETTING LUMA histogram Set the type of the histogram RGB: HISTOG histogram position LOCATION RIGHT Table 6.1-4 histogram 0: 100% 1: 75% Set the transparency of the OPACITY 2: 50% histogram...
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Scenes and Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range vectorscope 1. FALSE COLOR EXPOSURE ASSIST is also known as FALSE COLOR, this function generates an artificial luminance map of the input signal that can be useful to identify over exposed areas (exposure). This is a quick way to gauge the exposure levels of an image in a clear way.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-7 Comparison Mode- Original Image and Normal Mode Image The LOOK tool is incompatible with the False Color tool. That is, enable the LOOK tool, the False Color tool will be disabled automatically, and enable the False Color tool, the LOOK tool will be disabled automatically.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-8 Illustration for ZEBRA Function 3. HISTOGRAM Histogram assists in judging the distribution of luminance in the image. Histogram Type Set EXPOSE HISTOGRAM SETTING item as LUMA or RGB, these two histogram types are as shown in Figure 6.1-9: Figure 6.1-9 RGB Histogram and LUMA Histogram 4.
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Scenes and Tools Set EXPOSE WAVEFORM SIZE item to adjust the size of the waveform, there are three kinds of sizes for waveform: Small size waveform: set SIZE item as SMALL, and this kind of waveform could be located in any one of the 8 positions listed in LOCATION item;...
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-11 VECTORSCOPE 6. LOCATION There are 8 positions for display the histogram, waveform and vectorscope on the screen, as shown in Table 6.1-4 and Figure 6.1-12. Move them through the LOCATION item. Table 6.1-4 LOCATION SETTINGS Locations TOP RIGHT BOTTOM LEFT...
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-12 Location of the Assistant Elements 7. OPACITY There are 4 degrees of opacity for display the histogram, waveform and vectorscope on the screen. Set the transparency through the OPACITY item. 0: 100%, when opacity set to 0, the assistant element (histogram, waveform or vectorscope) is opaque, not transparent.
Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-13 Different Opacity for Histogram 6.1.3 Focus Tools Focus tools provide the focus assist function and the peaking function. Set display color, sensitivity and display type for focus assist, and set intensity for peaking detecting. Figure 6.1-14 Focus Tools Table 6.1-5 Description of Focus Tools...
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Scenes and Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range Enable/Disable focus assist ENABLE OFF/ON function Select the color of the focus STANDARD /RED assist edge. For standard COLOR /GREEN color, the intensified edges /BLUE highlight in white. Set the edge difference value between the edges in FOCUS an image, and take this...
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Scenes and Tools COLOR MODE: Set FOCUS FOCUS ASSIST B&W BACKGROUND item as OFF, the image is in color mode, then set FOCUS COLOR to color the FOCUS ASSIST intensified edge. MODE: FOCUS FOCUS ASSIST B&W BACKGROUND item as ON, the image is in black and white mode, that is removing all colors and only leaving the luminance data of the signal.
Scenes and Tools 6.1.4 Look Tools Look tools provides loading 3D LUT profile and adding audio meter to current scene, as shown in Figure 6.1-17 Figure 6.1-17 Look Tools Table 6.1-6 Description of Look Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range Enable/Disable LUT profile ENABLE...
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Scenes and Tools 1. LOOK PROFILE (3D LUT) The monitor is equipped with versatile color lookup profiles for different requirements. We provide the following LUT profiles: CAMERA LUT:preset camera logs, as shown in Table 6.1-7; USER LUT: custom 3D LUTs from SD card. Select LOOK LOOK CAMERA LUT item to choose a 3D LUT file...
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DJI_X5DLog_Rec709_Improv FUJI_FLogFGamut_FLogRec709_V1 FUJIFILM FUJI_FLogFGamut_WDRRec709_V1 GoPro_Protune_Rec709 GoPro JVC_JLog1_Rec709_Daylight JVC_JLog1_Rec709_Tungsten Panasonic_VLog_V709_V1 Panasonic RED_L3G10RWG_Rec709_ R1_V1.13 RED_L3G10RWG_Rec709_ R2_V1.13 RED_L3G10RWG_Rec709_ R3_V1.13 RED_L3G10RWG_Rec709_ R4_V1.13 RED_RedLogFilm_RG3 Sony_SLog2SGamut_LC709 Sony_SLog2SGamut_LC709A Sony Sony_SLog3SG3Cine_LC709 Sony_SLog3SG3Cine_LC709A The preset LUT files are constantly under development. G7 4K ULTRAHD supports color management software CalMAN...
Scenes and Tools currently, the customized 3D LUT profiles(*.cube) produced by these software could be loaded to SD card by a control computer. The LOOK tool is incompatible with the False Color( EXPOSURE ASSIST ) tool. That is, enable the LOOK tool, the False Color tool will be disabled automatically, and enable the False Color tool, the LOOK tool will be disabled automatically.
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Scenes and Tools Table 6.1-8 Description of Scale Tools Tool Items Default Domain Range Description Enable/Disable image ENABLE OFF/ON scale function TOP RIGHT MID RIGHT BOT RIGHT IMAGE MID BOT RE-SIZE image position LOACTION BOT LEFT LIGHT screen MID LEFT TOP LEFT TOP MID CENTER...
It will introduce how to edit scene and its tools in this section. 6.2.1 Add a Scene You can customize up to 8 scenes in G7 4K ULTRAHD for various requirement, and switch swiftly among these scenes by joystick operations.
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Scenes and Tools as shown in Figure 6.2-2: Figure 6.2-1 Add New MySet Figure 6.2-2 A New Scene G7 4K ULTRAHD supports up to 8 customized scenes. No.1 scene exists by default.
Scenes and Tools Scroll the joystick left or right to switch among scenes. 6.2.2 Delete a Scene Scroll the joystick down in a scene, it will display the DELETE command at the bottom of the screen, as shown in Figure 6.2-3. Press the joystick straight down to confirm deletion, and there will be a waiting prompt during the deletion.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.2-4 Add a New Tool Figure 6.2-5 Tools Menu for Scene Scroll the joystick up or down to select your desired scene tool, and press the joystick straight down to confirm, the selected tool will be added to the Tool Bar of the current scene.
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Scenes and Tools 6.2-7: Figure 6.2-6 Choose Histogram Tool Figure 6.2-7 Histogram in the Tool Bar Continue to add other tools for the scene, and you can add up to 8 tools in a scene.
Scenes and Tools 6.2.4 Load/Close Tool Bar In a scene, after added the tools, you can load the tool bar or close the tool bar. The instructions are as below: Load Tool Bar First, scroll the joystick right to access a scene; Second, press the joystick straight down to load the tool bar for the current scene, the tool bar will be displayed the leftmost of the screen, as shown in Figure 6.2-8.
Scenes and Tools When in editing tool setting menu status, scroll the joystick left to return to the previous menu, then scroll the joystick left to close the tool bar. Open tool setting menu After loading a tool bar, scroll the joystick right to access tool settings menu, as shown in Figure 6.2-9 Figure 6.2-9 Tool Setting Menu Scroll the joystick left to return to the tool bar and close the tool...
Scenes and Tools At last, press the joystick straight down to open the tool. Close a Tool Press the joystick straight down to close the tool after opened it. Select a Tool Scroll the joystick up or down to select a tool after loading the tool bar.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.2-10 Select HISTOGRAM Press the joystick straight down to load the histogram window on the screen, and the histogram icon is lit in highlight green, as shown in Figure 6.2-11. Or press the joystick straight down again to close the histogram window.
Scenes and Tools histogram settings menu, as shown in Figure 6.2-12. It lists the characteristics of histogram in this menu, such as SETTING, LOCATION, OPACITY and ENABLE switch. After finish the parameter settings, scroll the joystick left to return to the tool bar. Figure 6.2-12 Settings Menu for Histogram The parameters of the tool could not be modified until the tool is opened.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.2-13 Delete a Tool Press the joystick straight down to confirm the selection, and it will pop up a prompt to confirm the deletion, as shown in Figure 6.2-14, press straight down to delete, then the tool will be deleted from its tool bar. Figure 6.2-14 Prompt for Deleting a Tool...
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Scenes and Tools The effect or window displayed on the current scene will be closed after the relevant tool is deleted.
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Specifications Specification Values 720P60/59.94/50/30/29.97/25/24/23.98 Connector Type HDMI IN HDMI Type A HDMI OUT HDMI Type A, loop out SDI IN SDI OUT BNC, loop out Audio 3.5mm Mini Jack Control 2.5mm Jack Power Input Voltage DC IN 11~17VDC SONY NP-F, 6V ~ 8.4V Battery Type Consumption 18.8W...
Focus Assist LUT Loaded via SD Card Peaking Firmware Upgrading Pixel Zoom(2X & 4X) Language(EN/CH) False Color 7.2 Dimensions The description of the G7 4K ULTRAHD dimensions are as shown in the following figures(Unit: mm): Figure 7.2-1 Front View(Unit: mm)
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Specifications Figure 7.2-2 Back View(Unit: mm) Figure 7.2-3 Side View(Unit: mm)
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Specifications Figure 7.2-4 Top View (Unit: mm) Specifications are subject to change without notice. ------------------No Text Below------------------...
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