Viewfinder Screen Display - Sony PMW-320K Operating Instructions Manual

Viewfinder Screen
Display
The viewfinder screen displays not only the video
picture but also characters and messages
indicating the camcorder settings and operating
status, a center marker, a safety zone marker, etc.
When the menu screen is not displayed and the
DISPLAY switch is set to ON, the items for
which an ON setting was made with
OPERATION >Super Impose in the setup menu
or with related switches are displayed at the top
and bottom of the screen.
Caution messages are indicated for three seconds
when you carry out operations to change
camcorder settings. Adjustment execution
messages are indicated while adjustments
proceed. When adjustments are finished,
messages showing the results of adjustments
appear for three seconds.
Not only these indications are displayed on the
viewfinder screen, but a menu setting enables
them to be output as video signals.
All items that can be displayed on the viewfinder
screen are shown below.
Top of viewfinder screen
a Extender settings
Indicates the setting of the digital extender
function (when optional CBK-CE01 is installed)
of this camcorder and the setting of the lens
extender.
EX: The lens extender is on.
08: The lens shrinker is on.
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Viewfinder Screen Display

x2D: The optional digital extender function of
this camcorder is on.
Ex2D: The lens extender and the optional digital
extender function of this camcorder are both
on.
Digital extender function can be turned on or off
by an assignable switch to which Digital Extender
is assigned.
b Zoom position (when the serial lens is
mounted)
Indicates the zoom position of the zoom lens in
the range from 0 to 99.
c Focus position (when the serial lens is
mounted)
Indicates the focus position as distance to the
subject (in units of m).
d Green tally
Lights when the camcorder is the following
states.
• MAINTENANCE >Camera Config >HD-SDI
Remote I/F is set to [G-Tally] in the setup menu
and a recording control signal is output from the
HD/SD SDI OUT connector.
• Green tally signal received (when a camera
adaptor is mounted on the camcorder and a
camera extension unit is connected)
e Media status
Displays the name of the currently active media
slot (A or B).
f Recording mode/operation status
Indicates the current recording mode/operation
status as follows.
Indication Meaning
zREC
Recording in progress
STBY Standby for recording
zCACHE Standby in Picture Cache mode
zINT REC
Recording in progress in Interval
Recording mode
zINT STBY Standby for next recording in
Interval Recording mode
INT STBY Standby in Interval Recording
mode
zFRM REC Recording in progress in Frame
Recording mode
zFRM
Standby for next recording in
STBY Frame Recording mode
FRM STBY Standby in Frame Recording mode