Setting The Viewfinder; Functions - Sony PDW-F800 Operation Manual

• TEST OUT SELECT on the OUTPUT 1 page
is set to HD-Y, and a cable is connected to the
TEST OUT connector.
• TEST OUT SELECT on the OUTPUT 1 page
is set to HD-Y, and TEST OUT SAVE on the
POWER SAVE page is set to OFF.
b) On the PDW-F800, 100% MARKER is disabled
when the focus assist indicator is displayed.
Note
The four items ASPECT, ASPECT SELECT,
ASPECT MASK, and ASPECT MASK LVL are
ignored when the recording format is IMX50/40/30
or DVCAM and the aspect ratio is 4:3.
MARKER 2 page
Item Description
a)
Turns the display of the box
USER BOX
cursor on and off.
USER BOX Sets the width of the box
WIDTH cursor (distance from center to
left or right edge).
USER BOX Sets the height of the box
HEIGHT cursor (distance from center to
top or bottom edge).
USER BOX Sets the horizontal position of
H POS the center of the box cursor.
USER BOX Sets the vertical position of the
V POS center of the box cursor.
CENTER H Sets the horizontal position of
POS the center marker.
CENTER V Sets the vertical position of the
POS center marker.
ASPECT Turns the display of the aspect
SAFE ZONE safety zone on and off.
ASPECT Selects the range of the aspect
SAFE AREA safety zone (80%/90%/92.5%/
95%).
a) On the PDW-F800, USER BOX is disabled when
FOCUS AREA MARK on the FOCUS ASSIST
page of the OPERATION menu is set to "ON".
3
Turn the MENU knob to change the
setting, and press the MENU knob.
4
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have set
all of the desired items.

Setting the viewfinder

You can make settings for viewfinder screen
display functions.
Setting the Status Display on the Viewfinder Screen and the LCD Monitor
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn
the MENU knob to move b to the desired item.)
1
Display the VF SETTING page of the
OPERATION menu, and press the
MENU knob.
For details on menu operations, see "Basic
menu operations" on page 206.
2
Select the desired item, and press the
MENU knob.
You can set the following items on the VF
SETTING page.
Item Description
ZEBRA Turns the zebra display on or
a), b)
off.
ZEBRA Selects ZEBRA 1, ZEBRA 2 or
SELECT BOTH.
ZEBRA 1 Adjusts the level of the zebra 1
DET. LVL (20% to 70% to 107%) display.
ZEBRA 1 Adjusts the aperture level of the
APT. LVL zebra 1 display. (1% to 10% to
20%)
ZEBRA 2 Adjusts the level of the zebra 2
DET. LVL (52% to 100% to 109%)
display.
VF DETAIL Adjusts the sharpness of the
LEVEL viewfinder (–99 to 99).
VF ASPECT Specifies whether to set the
(SD) viewfinder screen and LCD
monitor aspect ratio
automatically or to set it to 16:9
when the IMX50/40/30 or
DVCAM recording format is
selected.
When "16:9" is selected, then
the screen is always displayed
as a 16:9 screen (before being
cut out to 4:3), even when
ASPECT RATIO (SD) is set to
"4:3".
a) If you are using a viewfinder which is not
equipped with a ZEBRA switch, use this item to
turn the display on and off. If you are using a
viewfinder with a ZEBRA switch, you can turn
the display on and off either with the ZEBRA
switch or with this menu operation.
b) On the PDW-F800, the zebra display is included
in the HDSDI signals output from the SDI OUT
2 connector when all of the following are true.
• SDI OUT 2 SELECT on the OUTPUT 1 page
is set to HDSDI.
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