Displaying Zebra Patterns; Displaying False Color - Canon XF605 Instruction Manual

Onscreen Markers, Zebra Patterns and False Color

Displaying Zebra Patterns

The camera has a zebra pattern function that shows black and white diagonal stripes over
areas that are overexposed. There are two types of zebra patterns and you can display both
simultaneously. Zebra 1 lets you identify areas within a certain range (±5% of a specified level
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from 5% to 95%) while zebra 2 lets you identify areas that exceed a specified level (from 0%
to 100%).
1 Press the ZEBRA button to activate the selected
zebra pattern on all monitoring devices at once.
• You can also use direct touch control (A 49) to turn the
[Zebra: LCD] setting on/off.
• Alternatively, you can press an assignable button set to
one of the [Zebra:] settings (A 115), to turn the zebra
pattern overlay on and off on the corresponding video
output.
2 Select > [
> Desired option.
3 Select > [
[Zebra 1 Level] or [Zebra 2 Level] > Desired option.

Displaying False Color

In CAMERA mode, you can display the false color overlay to check the brightness levels as different colors.
A
Select > [
• You can also use direct touch control (A 49) to turn the [False Color: LCD] setting on/off.
• Alternatively, you can press an assignable button (A 115) set to one of the [False Color:] settings to turn the
false color overlay on and off on the corresponding output destination.
NOTES NOTES
• You can use the
colors used in the false color overlay.
Color
Red White clipping
Yellow Just below white clipping
Pink One stop over 18% gray
Green 18% gray (medium gray)
Blue Just above black clipping
Purple Black clipping
• When the Look File registered to the custom picture file is active, the color displayed might not be that of the
correct brightness level.
A
Assistance Functions] > [Zebra]
A
Assistance Functions] >
Assistance Functions] > Desired [False Color:] setting > [On].
> [A Assistance Functions] > [False Color Index] setting to check an index of the
Meaning
Zebra 1 Zebra 2