Shooting With The Zebra Pattern - Sony DCR-TRV940 Service Manual

Shooting with the zebra pattern

You can set the camcorder to display a zebra pattern (diagonal stripes) in the portion of
the picture on the screen with a subject whose brightness exceeds a certain level. You
can check the picture level of a subject by displaying the zebra pattern. Use the zebra
pattern as a guide for adjusting the exposure so that you can get the desired picture.
The zebra pattern is not recorded in the tape or the "Memory Stick."
Set the ZEBRA selector to 70 or 100 while the POWER switch is set to CAMERA or
MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only).
Setting
70
100
OFF
To erase the zebra pattern
Set the ZEBRA selector to OFF.
When the ZEBRA selector is set to 100
The portion of the picture where zebra pattern appears is an area of high brightness and
overexposure.
Meaning
The zebra pattern appears in the portion of the picture on the screen with
a subject whose brightness is about 70 IRE.
The zebra pattern appears in the portion of the picture on the screen with
a subject whose brightness exceeds more than 100 IRE.
The zebra pattern does not appear on the screen.
ZEBRA
OFF 70 100
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