Video Scopes; Displaying A Video Scope; Configuring The Waveform Monitor - Canon XF300 Instruction Manual

Video Scopes

The camcorder can display a simplified waveform monitor or
vectorscope. It can also display an edge monitor* to help you focus. The
video scopes appear only on the LCD screen. They do not appear in the
viewfinder or on an external monitor.
* The edge monitor looks at the focus of the entire picture and displays the results
as a waveform. The edge monitor is available only in
Operating modes:

Displaying a Video Scope

Press the WFM button.
• The waveform monitor will appear in a window on the lower right of the
screen.
• You can repeatedly press the WFM button to activate the video scopes
in the following sequence.
Waveform monitor → Vectorscope → Edge monitor → Off
• Alternatively, you can display the video scopes using [J Other
Functions] [WFM (LCD)]
monitor, [VS] for the vectorscope or [Edge Mon.] for the edge monitor.

Configuring the Waveform Monitor

The camcorder's waveform monitor function offers 5 modes. You can
also change the gain.
1 Open the [Waveform Monitor] submenu.
[J Other Functions]
2 Select the desired option and then press SET.
• If you do not need to change the gain, you do not need to perform
steps 3 and 4.
3 Open the waveform monitor [Gain] submenu.
[J Other Functions]
Monitor])
4 Select [1x] or [2x] and then press SET.
[Setting]. Select [WFM] for the waveform
[WFM (LCD)] [Waveform Monitor]
[WFM (LCD)] [Gain] (under [Waveform
Video Scopes
mode.
Recording
[J Other Functions]
[WFM (LCD)]
[Waveform Monitor]
[Line]
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