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 assistant functionalities, versatile built-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-direction joystick as a navigation tool to scroll between scene pages and set features ◼ Support SONY NP-F series batteries Functionality ◼ Provide versatile built-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 too long, otherwise, it will leave the afterimage on the screen. ...
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Safety serious accidents. Do not damage the power cord, place 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. Connect required cables for signal input and output. Connect the 11~17VDC power source through DC IN interface or power the monitor 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 monitoring 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, adapt the sunhood 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 ...
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, 2.5mm Jack Headphone output jack, 3.5mm stereo Jack Internal fan 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 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 scroll it left and hold for 3 seconds to access the monitor settings menu : scroll it right once to go to the next scene if there is one, scroll it right and hold for 3 seconds to create a new scene : access ZOOM mode : scroll it down and hold on for 3 seconds to delete current scene : press it straight down to display the scene TOOL menu...
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 powering 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 a closer view of your image in ZOOM mode. It provides 2X and 4X ZOOM mode, which means you can double(2X) or quadruple(4X) the image, and move the starting position of the enlarged image.
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Features Figure 4.5-2 Zoom 2X Editing Mode ◼ Moving the zoomed image Meanwhile, scroll the joystick up, down, left or right to move the displayed area to the relevant direction, then, press joystick straight down to confirm and finish the movement and exit the Zoom 2X Editing mode.
Features 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, you can judge where this area is in the original image. Figure 4.5-4 Zoom 4X Editing Mode ◼...
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Features 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 √ 2160P24/23.98 √ √ 1080P60/59.94 √ √ 1080P50 √ √ 1080P 1080P30/29.97 √ √ 1080P25 √ √...
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Features Signal Format HDMI √ 1080SF24/23.98 √ 1035I 1035I60/59.94 √ √ 720P60/59.94 √ √ 720P50 √ 720P 720P30/29.97 √ 720P25 √ 720P24/23.98 √ 576P50 576P50 √ 480P60 480P60...
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 the Joystick left and hold for 3 seconds to display the monitor...
Monitor Settings up or down to select the submenu item, after that, scroll left or right to switch or adjust the value of the selected submenu item, at last, press straight down to return to the previous level menu and confirm the setting. ...
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-1 Controls Menu Table 5.2-2 Description of Controls Menu Items Domain Menu Items Default Description Range 0~31 VOLUME VOLUME Adjust the volume BACKLIG 0~10 Adjust the backlight Set the ambient temperature 25C/77F BACKLIGHT according to actual working AMBIENT 30C/86F /86F...
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Monitor Settings Domain Menu Items Default Description Range II/CANON ULTRAHD. This item is particularly to CANON/NIKON DSLR. Adjust Volume Select control→VOLUME item, press 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.
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Monitor Settings AMBIENT 25℃/77℉ 30℃/86℉ 35℃/95℉ 40℃/104℉ BACKLIGHT ◼ BACKLIGHT Select control→BACKLIGHT → BACKLIGHT item, press straight down to confirm the selection and display the BACKLIGHT menu, as shown in Figure 5.2-3. Scroll left to decrease, right to increase the backlight.
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Monitor Settings relationship of the fan speed, ambient temperature and backlight degree is as shown in the above table. Display may damage if TEMP is set below actual value for too long, select a higher value for AMBIENT TEMP or shut the monitor down before overheating! Display Rotate ◼...
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Monitor Settings feature of their own. This is quite useful in applications, such as outdoor post production, onset monitoring, real-time de-squeezing, etc. Select control→ANAMORPHIC item, press straight down to confirm the selection and display the ANAMORPHIC, as shown in Figure 5.2-5, scroll left or right to cycle through these anamorphic ratios: 1X, 1.33X, 1.5X, 1.66X, 1.8X, 2X, 2XMAG.
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Monitor Settings 720P 1280x720 1920x540 1080P/1080I 1290x720 1920x803 2XMAG 720P 860x720 1920x803 DSLR SCALE This function is designed for some DSLR cameras (CANON 5D MARK II, CANON 7D). The valid area which will fill the screen is controlled by control→DSLR SCALE item selection. When the input source is coming from CANON 5D MARK II or CANON 7D DSLR device, but the control→DSLR SCALE item is set as NONE, the DSLR SCALE function is disabled, there will be blank...
Monitor Settings CANNON 7D (1920X1080) x0.85 1920x1080 5.2.3 User The menu items of User menu are as shown in Figure 5.2-7: Figure 5.2-7 User Settings Menu Table 5.2-4 Description of User Menu Items Menu Items Default Domain Range Description STATUS OFF/ON/ Change the status bar at OPTIONS OFF...
Monitor Settings NO SIGNAL: appears if no signal is detected. Normal: the signal format is displayed as HDMI 1080i59.94, etc. when the input is supported by the monitor. 5.2.4 System The system menu provides calibration, language selection, firmware update,...
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Monitor Settings Domain Menu Items Default Description Range BRIGHTNESS 50 0~100 Adjust the brightness SATURATION 0~100 Adjust the saturation R-GAIN 0~512 Adjust the Red Gain G-GAIN 0~512 Adjust the Green Gain B-GAIN 0~512 Adjust the Blue Gain GAIN Reset R,G,B GAIN RESET D56/D65 Copy this parameter value to...
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Monitor Settings Domain Menu Items Default Description Range FILE EXECUTE FACTORY Revert the factory settings FACTORY RESET RESET LOGO Enable/disable LOGO OFF/ON DISPLAY display Enable/Disable Calibration Set system→ CALIBRATION LUT item to display the CALIBRATION menu, as shown in Figure 5.2-10: Figure 5.2-10 Calibration LUT Menu Set system→...
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Monitor Settings Load LUT File First, write the designated LUT file to the monitor. Operation: Select system→ LOAD LUT FILE → EXECUTE LOAD LUT FILE item to choose a LUT file from SD card. Scroll the joystick right to display the LUT file list menu, as shown in Figure 5.2-11, scroll up or down to select a LUT type as USER LUT, CAMERA LUT or CALIBRATION LUT, and press the joystick straight down to confirm the selection.
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Monitor Settings 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 USER1, press the joystick straight down to confirm the selection, it will write the specified LUT file into the monitor from the SD card.
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-13 Output Image Applied with a LUT File Make sure to restart the device to effect the selected user LUT file after loading it to a designated LUT directory through the SD card. There will a “File format not support!” prompt for unavailable LUT file when executing file writing operation.
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Monitor Settings Set system→ CALIBRATION →R-GAIN/G-GAIN/B-GAIN item to adjust the gain values. Scroll left to decrease the gain, or scroll right to increase the gain. FIRMWARE UPDATE Select system→ FIRMWARE UPDATE→EXECUTE FIRMWARE UPDATE item to upgrade the firmware, it will prompt as shown in Figure 5.2-14: Figure 5.2-14 FIRMWARE UPDATE Scroll right to select OK command, and press the joystick straight...
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-15 Prompt for Factory Reset Figure 5.2-16 Boot Screen 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 scene 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 Enable/Disable safe marker ENABLE OFF/ON display 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 SAFE 92% of the FORMAT The safe marker is displayed as an inside frame, proportional to TITLE...
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Scenes and Tools Marker Illustration Description ASPECT This marker identifies an area (AREA with a specified aspect ratio. MARKER) This marker displays SAFETY rectangle to identify the safety MARKER area with specified percentage in Area Marker. This marker enables easier CENTER checking the center portion’s MARKER...
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-5 Marker Mat Style Level Calibration Set LEVEL→ENABLE item as ON, and LEVEL→ SENSITIVITY item to a proper numeric, the lower the level sensitivity is, the more sensitive the detection is. There will be a level indicator displayed at the bottom of the screen, as shown in Figure 6.1-6 or Figure 6.1-7.
The horizontal will be recorded, and you can see the level indicator changes into green to indicate it as the level reference, then use this OSEE monitor as a level to calibrate your cameras or other recorders in order to synchronize them all with the same horizontal level.
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Scenes and Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range Enable/Disable false color ENABLE OFF/ON function FALSE Table COLOR Set the type of the false color SETTING Spectrum 6.1-3 display Enable/Disable zebra function that will compare the signal luminance with ZEBRA LEVEL, and fill the ENABLE OFF/ON relevant image area where...
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Scenes and Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range PARADE SMALL/ SIZE SMALL MIDDLE/ Set the size of the waveform LARGE position LOCATION RIGHT Table 6.1-4 waveform Set the transparency of the 0 ~ 3 OPACITY waveform Enable/Disable vectorscope ENABLE OFF/ON display position...
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Scenes and Tools FALSE COLOR TYPES ARRI LOGC SONY LC709A CANON CLOG2 SONY LC709 CANON CLOG3 PANASONIC V709 PANASONIC VLOG RED RG3 RED LOG FILM RED RG4 RED RL3G10 For example: Set FALSE COLOR →ENABLE item as ON, set FALSE COLOR→ SETTING item as ARRI LogC, as shown in Figure 6.1-10: Figure 6.1-10 Comparison Mode- Original Image and Normal Mode Image...
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Scenes and Tools The ZEBRA function is used to display images on the screen with a zebra pattern to adjust the camera exposure parameter. It will compare the signal luminance with the ZEBRA LEVEL, and fill the relevant image area where signal luminance is higher than the ZEBRA LEVEL with a zebra pattern For example, set the ZEBRA LEVEL as 80, the compared results are as shown in Figure 6.1-11, the special area is filled with a zebra...
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-12 RGB Histogram and LUMA Histogram WAVEFORM ◼ WAVEFORM SIZE 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 6.1-13 LUMA Waveform and RGB Waveform and PARADE Waveform VECTORSCOPE Set EXPOSE→VECTOR→ENABLE item to display or hide the vectorscope. Figure 6.1-14 VECTORSCOPE LOCATION There are 8 positions for display the histogram, waveform and vectorscope on the screen, as shown in Table 6.1-4 and Figure 6.1-15.
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Scenes and Tools Locations TOP RIGHT BOTTOM LEFT MIDDLE RIGHT MIDDLE LEFT BOTTOM RIGHT TOP LEFT MIDDLE BOTTOM TOP MIDDLE Figure 6.1-15 Location of the Assistant Elements OPACITY There are 4 degrees of opacity for display the histogram, waveform and vectorscope on the screen. Set the transparency through the OPACITY item.
Scenes and Tools 3: 25%, when opacity set to 3, the assistant element (histogram, waveform or vectorscope) is proportional to 25% opacity. For example: set EXPOSE→HISTOGRAM→ OPACITY as 0, 1, 2, 3 separately, the comparison are as below: Figure 6.1-16 Different Opacity for Histogram 6.1.3 Focus Tools Focus tools provide the focus assist function and the peaking function.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-17 Focus Tools Table 6.1-5 Description of Focus 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.
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Scenes and Tools FOCUS ASSIST The FOCUS ASSIST function is used to display images on the screen with intensified edge to help camera focus operation. The intensified edges are those areas whose difference value exceeds the reference focus level (SENSITIVITY), and the intensified edge are displayed in the designated color set by COLOR.
Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-19 Illustration for FOCUS ASSIST Function 6.1.4 Look Tools Look tools provides loading 3D LUT profile and adding audio meter to current scene, as shown in Figure 6.1-20 Figure 6.1-20 Look Tools Table 6.1-6 Description of Look Tools Domain Tool Items...
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Scenes and Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range ~ User1 USER LUT User1 Select a user LUT User16 USER LUT Display the user LUT name NAME Enable/Disable audio meter ENABLE OFF/ON display AUDIO BOT LEFT/ Set the position of the audio LOCATION BOT LEFT METER BOT RIGHT...
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The preset LUT files are constantly under development. G7 4K ULTRAHD supports color management software CalMAN 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 ...
Scenes and Tools The volume in normal range appears in green, above -20dB but below -10dB appears in yellow, and above -10dB appears in red, as shown in Figure 6.1-21: Figure 6.1-21 Audio Meter 6.1.5 Scale Tools Scale tool is used to adjust the size and position of the screen, as shown in Figure 6.1-22 Figure 6.1-22 Scale Tools Table 6.1-8 Description of Scale Tools...
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Scenes and Tools after scaling down, the blank area will be filled with black, as shown in Figure 6.1-23: Figure 6.1-23 Scale Illustration ◼ Image Position There are 9 positions for display the small image on screen, they are TOP RIGHT, MIDDLE RIGHT, BOTTOM RIGHT, MIDDLE BOTTOM, BOTTOM LEFT, MIDDLE LEFT, TOP LEFT, TOP MIDDLE and CENTER, as shown in Figure 6.1-24.
This chapter 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 requirements, and switch swiftly among these scenes by joystick operations.
Scenes and Tools Figure 6.2-2 A New Scene G7 4K ULTRAHD supports up to 8 customized scenes. No.1 scene exists by default. Scroll the joystick left or right to switch among scenes. 6.2.2 Delete a Scene Scroll the joystick down and hold for 3 seconds in a scene that’s not Scene 1, it will display the DELETE command at the bottom of the screen, as shown in Figure 6.2-3.
Scenes and Tools No.1 scene can’t be deleted. 6.2.3 Add a Tool After creating a scene, add some tools to assist monitoring, for example, add a marker, waveform, histogram or audio meter, etc. Each scene supports up to 8 scene tools. ...
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Scenes and Tools 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. For example: Add histogram to Tool Bar Scroll the joystick up or down to select HISTORGRAM item, as shown in Figure 6.2-6, press the joystick straight down to confirm the selection, the...
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Scenes and Tools 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 adding 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 left or right to access a scene you want to use;...
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 ...
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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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