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Overview Chapter 1 Overview T5+ is a high-performance UHD HDMI On Camera Monitor to monitor professional 4K HDMI for outdoor photography. The unit is designed in a high impact plastic frame, and the professional screen glass at full resolution of 1920x1080 with 450nit brightness makes T5+ capable of reproducing a natural color.
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Overview Provide a five directions joystick as a navigation tool to scroll between scenes pages and set features Support SONY NP-F and Canon LP-E6 series batteries Provide optional dummy battery adaptors to output battery DC power to cameras Functionality ...
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. ...
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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.
When unpacking the T5+ 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. Table 3-1 Packing List No. Item...
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Unpack and Installation Type Description Optional, including SONY NP-FZ100 dummy T5+-Kit2 battery and HDMI Micro cable Optional, including Panasonic DMW-BLF19 T5+-Kit3 dummy battery and HDMI Micro cable Optional, including CANON LP-E6 dummy T5+-Kit4 battery and HDMI Mini cable Figure 3-1 Connect BATT OUT to Dummy Battery Installation: 1.
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Unpack and Installation Retain these packing materials for future use. 2. Connect required cables for signal input and output. 3. Connect the 5~17VDC power source through DC IN Type-C interface or powered by battery. 4. As a final step, turn on the device by toggling the power switch located on the rear of the unit.
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Unpack and Installation Figure 3-3 Spread Sunhood Figure 3-4 Fasten the Belts Hanger 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.
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Unpack and Installation Figure 3-5 Positions for Hanger Installation Accessory Installation: Connect a standard signal line to the relevant input port.
Features Chapter 4 Features 4.1 Parts and Functions The parts of T5+ is shown as below, there are various input and output interfaces for T5+ monitor, as shown in Figure 4.1-1. Figure 4.1-1 Parts in Rear Panel No. Connector Description Switch to “...
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 Switch to the last MySet Enter Add New MySet menu Enter Delete Current MySet menu Enter Tool Bar menu Enter Monitor Settings menu Enter Zoom&Pan menu Enter Backlight Quick Adjust menu Direction Operation Without any menu, scroll up to access ZOOM mode. Keep scrolling up, and switching among these three modes FULL2X4X;...
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Features Direction Operation In scene tool menu, scroll down to select the next item or decrease the item value; In scene page, scroll down and hold for 2 seconds to prompt the scene deletion command. Without any menu, scroll left and hold for 2 seconds to access the monitor settings menu;...
Features Direction Operation menu. 4.4 Power On The power switch is on the right corner of the rear panel of T5+. Use it to power the T5+ on or off. Figure 4.4-1 Power Switch Power Method There are two methods for powered T5+ as below: Method 1: Powered by battery.
Features Second, switch the power switch to “|” position, the device is powered on, and the control buttons on the front panel are lit up in highlight white. It will display the boot screen after power on for 3~4 seconds. ...
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Features Figure 4.5-1 Zoom 2X Mode Zoom 2X Pan Mode After accessing the Zoom 2X Mode, press straight down the joystick to enter Pan mode, scroll left, right, up or down to pan the image, press again to exit Pan mode. In Pan mode, you can move the starting position of the enlarged image.
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Features Figure 4.5-3 Zoom 4X Mode Zoom 4X Pan Mode After accessing the Zoom 4X Mode, press straight down the joystick to enter Pan mode, scroll left, right, up or down to pan the image, press again to exit Pan mode. In Pan mode, you can move the starting position of the enlarged image.
Features The scene tools are not editable in ZOOM 2X or ZOOM 4X mode. 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 √...
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Features Signal Format HDMI √ 720P60/59.94 720P √ 720P50 √ 576P50 576P50 √ 480P60 480P60...
Monitor Settings Chapter 5 Monitor Settings The chapter describes the structure and functionality of the monitor settings, and introduces how to modify and customize the monitor settings. Monitor settings contains the settings on input, volume, backlight, display rotate, anamorphic, status display menu, LUTs, language, color management and so on, as shown in Figure5-1.
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 left and hold for 2s to display the monitor settings menu on screen,...
Monitor Settings Submenu for Monitor Settings The details of the selected menu item are located at the center right of the screen. You can check the content of the current menu item. Scroll straight down the joystick, it will access the submenu, and the control icon followed.
Monitor Settings 5.2.2 Controls The CONTROLS menu items are used to adjust volume, backlight, rotating image, set probe position and status bar. The menu items are as shown in Figure 5.2-1: Figure 5.2-1 Controls Menu Table 5.2-2 Description of Controls Menu Items Domain Menu Items...
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Monitor Settings Domain Menu Items Default Description Range input signal appearance of waveform, vector, histogram, false color and zebra. STATUS OFF/ON/ Enable/disable the status OPTIONS OFF DISPLAY BAT ONLY bar at the top of the screen 1. Adjust Volume Select controlsVOLUME item, scroll straight down to confirm the selection and display the VOULME menu, as shown in Figure 5.2-2.
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Monitor Settings 3. Display Rotate Screen Rotate Set controlsDisplay Rotate Screen Rotate item to be 180, 0 or AUTO, the input image and on-screen menus will reverse vertically with the menus, as shown in Figure 5.2-4: Figure 5.2-4 Vertical Rotate ...
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-5 Horizontal Rotate 4. STATUS BAR Set controlsSTATUS 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, gamut and the battery capacity indication.
Monitor Settings 5.2.3 Camera Profile The camera profile menu items are used to set the Input Range, Input Matrix, Color Management and Load User LUT, the menu items are as shown in Figure 5.2-7: Figure 5.2-7 Camera Profile Menu Table 5.2-3 Description of Camera Profile Items Menu Items Default...
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Monitor Settings Menu Items Default Domain Range Description Refer Table GAMMA Set Gamma 5.2-4 Refer Table GAMUT Set Gamut 5.2-4 EXECUTE LOAD Load a color look LOAD LUT1~ LUT10 USER LUT profile from SD card FILE 1. COLOR PROFILE The monitor is equipped with versatile color profiles for different requirements.
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Monitor Settings Color Profile (For Versatile CAMERAs) There are versatile color profiles for cameras of various brands, supporting ARRI, BMD, Canon, DCI, EBU, Panasonic, FUJI, NIKON, RED and SONY, etc. Table 5.2-4 COLOR PROFILES FOR CAMERAS PROFILE GAMMA GAMUT Rec 709 Rec 709 Rec 709, Rec 2100...
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Monitor Settings to choose a LUT file from SD card, the User LUT file list is as shown in Figure 5.2-9, you can only see LUT ID without profile name in the list for the first time. Figure 5.2-9 LUT Storage Directory Scroll the joystick down to select LOAD USER LUT item, and press it straight down to enter the list, then scroll down to select a designated LUT file, and press the joystick straight down to confirm the selection.
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-10 Prompt for Overwriting LUT Figure 5.2-11 Calibration USER LUT Directory For example: Load a LUT file to LUT1, scroll down to select LUT1 in the LUT list, press the joystick straight down to confirm the selection, it will pop up a series of directories for navigating to the designated LUT file, as shown in Figure 5.2-11, then choose a target USER LUT to be stored.
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-12 Prompt for File Writing Second, use USER LUT tool to activate LUT to current scene. Operation: scroll the joystick right to access a scene, and press straight down to load the Tools pane for the scene. Then, add the USER LUT tool, press stratight down to enable this tool, for example, select ID item as LUT1, and INTENSITY as 100%, thus, it will apply LUT1 to current scene display, as shown in Figure 5.2-13:...
Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-14 Output Image Applied with a LUT File There will a “File format not support!” prompt for unavailable LUT file when executing file writing operation. Refer to “6.1.4 Look Tools” for the details about applying the 3D LUT file.
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-15 System Menu Table 5.2-5 Description of System Menu Items Domain Menu Items Default Description Range Show firmware VERSION versions BUILD INFO Show build information MONITOR INFO SERIAL Show serial number NUMBER MODEL Show device model ENGLISH/ LANGUAG OPTIONS ENGLISH...
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-16 UPDATE At last, please restart the device by manual. FACTORY RESET Select system FACTORY RESET EXECUTE FACTORY RESET item to initialize the settings to default values, it will pop up a prompt, as shown in Figure 5.2-17 , scroll right to select RESET command, and press the joystick straight down to confirm the selection.
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Monitor Settings Figure 5.2-18 Boot Screen It lasts about one minute for restarting operation, please don’t do any operations during restarting the device.
Scenes and Tools Chapter 6 Scenes and Tools 6.1 Scenes Tools Settings You can create customized scenes pages with different features and settings in T5+. 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 Tool Items...
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Scenes and Tools Tool Items Default Domain Range Description safe marker displayed as an outside ACTION OFF/ON frame, proportional ASPECT RATIO safe marker SAFE displayed as an inside frame, proportional ASPECT TITLE OFF/ON RATIO horizontal direction, and 90% of the ASPECT RATIO vertical direction.
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Scenes and Tools Marker Illustration Description This marker identifies an area with a specified aspect ASPECT ratio and a covered matte, (AREA area’s MARKER) transparency could adjusted. This marker displays a SAFETY rectangle to identify the MARKER safety area with a specified percentage in Area Marker.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-5 Area Marker 3. 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. This is quite useful in applications, such as outdoor post production, onset monitoring, real-time de-squeezing, etc.
Scenes and Tools ANAMORPHIC INPUT SIGNAL INPUT OUTPUT 1080P/1080I 1920x1080 1920x650 1.66X 720P 1280x720 1920x650 1080P/1080I 1920x1080 1920x600 1.8X 720P 1280x720 1920x600 1080P/1080I 1920x1080 1920x568 1.9X 720P 1280x720 1920x568 1080P/1080I 1920x1080 1920x540 720P 1280x720 1920x540 MAGNIFY This item will magnify the image of anamorphic ratio to full-fill the screen.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-7 Expose Tools Table 6.1-3 Description of Expose Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range FOLLOW CAMERA/ Set the type of the false color STYLE Spectrum SPECTRUM display /CUSTOM BLACK 3%CV 1-99%CV Set black clip, the step is 1% CLIP NEAR 4%CV...
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Scenes and Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range WHITE 98%CV 1-99%CV Set white clip, the step is 1% CLIP TONE1 minimum TONE1 0%CV 0-99%CV reference level of detecting luminance. TONE1 maximum TONE1 4%CV 1-100%CV reference level of detecting luminance. ZEBRA TONE2 minimum...
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Scenes and Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range TOP RIGHT/ BOTTOM RIGHT/ position POSITION RIGHT TOP LEFT/ vectorscope BOTTOM LEFT GAIN X1/X2 Set the gain of vector VECTOR density DENSITY 1~100% waveform, the step is 1% TRANSPA Set the transparency of the 100% RENCY vectorscope...
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Scenes and Tools useful to identify over exposed areas (exposure). This is a quick way to gauge the exposure levels of an image in a clear way. Choose FLASE COLOR tool to the current scene, and activate the FALSE COLOR tool. You can customize some parameters such as BLACK CLIP, NEAR BLACK in CUSTOM style.
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Scenes and Tools pattern if the luminance is in the range of TONE2. For example, set TONE1 MIN as 0% and TONE1 MAX as 4%, TONE2 MIN as 97% and TONE2 MAX as 100%, the compared results are as shown in Figure 6.1-9, the special Area is filled with a zebra pattern.
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Scenes and Tools Full size waveform: set SIZE item as BOTTOM, and this kind of waveform is located in the bottom of the screen from left to right, and it can’t be moved. WAVEFORM TYPE Set EXPOSEWAVEFORMSTYLE item to display the following three kinds of waveform as LUMA, RGB, PARADE, as shown in Figure 6.1-10: Figure 6.1-10 LUMA and RGB and PARADE Waveform...
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Scenes and Tools Histogram assists in judging the distribution of luminance in the image. Histogram Type Set EXPOSEHISTOGRAMSTYLE item as LUMA or RGB, these two histogram types are as shown in Figure 6.1-12: Figure 6.1-12 RGB and LUMA Histogram 6.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-13 Position of the Assistant Elements 7. TRANSPARENCY There are 4 degrees of opacity for display the histogram, waveform and vectorscope on the screen. Set the transparency through the TRANSPARENCY item. 100%: when opacity set to 100%, the assistant element (histogram, waveform vectorscope)
Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-14 Different Transparency 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 6.1-15 Focus Tools Table 6.1-5 Description of Focus Tools...
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Scenes and Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range WHITE Select the color of the focus /RED assist edge. The intensified COLOR /GREEN edges highlight in selected /BLUE color. Set the edge difference value between the edges in an SENSITIVIT image, and take this value as 1 ~...
Scenes and Tools B$W FOCUS MODE: FOCUS ASSIST BACKGROUND item as B&W, the image is in black and white mode, that is removing all colors and only leaving the luminance data of the signal. Figure 6.1-16 Illustration for FOCUS ASSIST Function Figure 6.1-17 Illustration for FOCUS ASSIST Function 6.1.4 Look Tools Look tools provides loading 3D USER LUT and DE-LOG mode to current...
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-18 Look Tools Table 6.1-6 Description of Look Tools Tool Items Default Domain Range Description SDR/ DE-LOG TYPE Select the de-log type LUT1 LUT1~LUT10 Select a user LUT ID USER Set the intensity of the LUT INTENSITY 100% 1~100% effected to current display...
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-19 COLOR MANAGEMENT SETTINGS After that, add a DE-LOG tool in scene, and press the tool again to enable it, then switch HDR or SDR through TYPE item, as shown in Figure 6.1-20: Figure 6.1-20 DE-LOG SETTINGS...
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Scenes and Tools Refer to “5.2.3 Camera Profile” for the details of the COLOR MANAGEMENT settings and versatile color profiles. 2. User LUT File If you want to apply a USER LUT tool to current signal displayed on screen, you should load the USER LUT in monitor settings at first. First, write the designated LUT file to the monitor.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.1-22 Calibration USER LUT Directory It will prompt file write complete after file loading. Then, you can see the profile name is on the left side of the current LUT ID in the list. You can load up to 10 USER LUTs into the device, for example as shown in Figure 6.1-23.
Scenes and Tools 6.1-24: Figure 6.1-24 User LUT Tool Then, you can adjust intensity of this LUT effectiveness on screen through the INTENSITY item. T5+ 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.
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Scenes and Tools charts on screen, including audio meter, waveform, histogram and vector, as shown in Figure 6.1-25 and Figure 6.1-26: Figure 6.1-25 Analysis Tools Figure 6.1-26 MULTI-SCOPES Pane Table 6.1-7 Description of Scale Tools Tool Items Default Domain Range Description LUMA/RGB/ type WAVEFORM LUMA...
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Scenes and Tools vector displayed screen, the step is 1% 1. MULTI-SCOPES This tool puts multiple analysis charts and the image together. Activate Analysis Tools Select ANALYSIS MULTI-SCOPES tool and enable it, it will zoom out to display the signal on the top left area, and show all common used analysis tools including vector, histogram, waveform and audio meter which are all activated.
Scenes and Tools 6.1.6 Meter Tools Meter tools provides adding audio meter to current scene, as shown in Figure 6.1-28: Figure 6.1-28 Meter Tools Table 6.1-8 Description of Meter Tools Domain Tool Items Default Description Range BOT LEFT/ Set the position of the POSITION BOT LEFT BOT RIGHT...
Scenes and Tools 6.2 Tools Operations 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 T5+ for various requirement, and switch swiftly among these scenes by joystick operations. Scroll the joystick right and hold for 2 seconds to add a new scene when in menu clear status, it will prompt Add New MySet command in...
Scenes and Tools Figure 6.2-2 A New Scene T5+ supports up to 8 customized scenes. No.1 scene exists by default and undeletable. Factory has 3 MySets (frame, exposure, focus) preset, you can edit them to your preferences. Scroll the joystick left or right to switch between scenes.
Scenes and Tools Figure 6.2-3 Prompt for Delete a Scene No.1 scene can’t be deleted. 6.2.3 Add a Tool After creating a scene, add some tools to assist in composition, for example, add a marker, waveform, histogram or audio meter, etc. ...
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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 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 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 6.2.5 Turn ON/OFF a Tool In tool bar, follow the instructions below to turn on or off a tool swiftly: Turn on a Tool After adding a tool, press the joystick down to turn on the tool in tool bar, the icon will turn from gray to highlight green.
Scenes and Tools The tool could only be turned on or off in the tool bar displayed status. 6.2.6 Tool Settings Add tools for a scene through tools menu, then, set a tool’s attributes by scrolling the joystick right, it will display the tool settings pane. Scroll the joystick left or right to switch among different scenes.
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Scenes and Tools select HISTOGRAM tool in the list, press it straight down to add it, as shown in Figure 6.2-11: Figure 6.2-11 Select HISTOGRAM Press the joystick straight down to turn on HISTOGRAM and the histogram icon is lit in highlight green, as shown in Figure 6.2-12. Figure 6.2-12 Display the Histogram...
Scenes and Tools Or press the joystick straight down again to turn off HISTOGRAM. Scroll right to access the Tool Settings menu, it will display the histogram settings pane, as shown in Figure 6.2-13. It lists the characteristics of histogram in this menu, such as STYLE, POSITION, TRANSPARENCY and ENABLE switch.
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Scenes and Tools Figure 6.2-14 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 6.2-15, press straight down to delete, then the tool will be deleted from its tool bar. Figure 6.2-15 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 Control 2.5mm Jack Power DC IN 5 ~ 17V, Type-C Input Voltage Battery Types Sony L Series / Canon LP-E6 BATT OUT (5 ~ 8.4VDC) Battery Output Consumption 5.5W Environmental Operating 0 ° C~50 ° C Temperature Dimensions(Bare 157.5(mm) ×...
Specifications Specification Values Pixel Zoom(2X & 4X) False Color Zebra Waveform Vectorscope RGB Parade Histogram Audio Meters Color Profiles for Cameras LUT Loaded via SD Card Firmware Upgrading Language *The unit about the appearance attributes in above table is mm. 7.2 Dimensions The description of the T5+ dimensions are as shown in the following figures(Unit: mm):...
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Specifications Figure 7.2-1 Front View(Unit: mm) Figure 7.2-2 Back View(Unit: mm)
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Specifications Figure 7.2-3 Side View(Unit: mm) Figure 7.2-4 Top View (Unit: mm) Specifications are subject to change without notice. ------------------No Text Below------------------...
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