Video Scopes; Displaying A Video Scope; Configuring The Waveform Monitor - Canon XF205 Instruction Manual

Video Scopes

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 OLED screen. They do not appear in the viewfinder or
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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 mode.

Displaying a Video Scope

Operating modes:
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
• Alternatively, you can display the video scopes using
[w Other Functions] > [WFM (OLED)] > [Setting]. Select
[WFM] for the waveform 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.
Operating modes:
1 Open the waveform monitor [Type] submenu.
[w Other Functions] > [WFM (OLED)] > [Waveform Monitor] >
[Type]
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.
[w Other Functions] > [WFM (OLED)] > [Waveform Monitor] > [Gain]
4 Select [1x] or [2x] and then press SET.
Options
[Line]: Sets the waveform monitor to line display mode.
[Line+Spot]: The waveform of the area in the red frame is displayed in red on top of the [Line] mode waveform.
[Field]: Sets the waveform monitor to field display mode.
[RGB]: Functions like an RGB parade scope.
[YPbPr]: Functions like a YPbPr parade scope.
Vectorscope Edge monitor Off
[w Other Functions]
[Waveform Monitor]
[WFM (OLED)]
[Type]
[Line]