Viewfinder Screen; Color Temperature; Vtr Save Indicator - Sony PDW-F800 Operation Manual

and stays lit when the battery is completely
exhausted.
To prevent interruption during operation, replace
the battery as soon as this indicator starts flashing.
The battery power level at which the indicator starts
flashing can be set on the BATTERY 1 page of the
MAINTENANCE menu. For details, see page 177.
c REC (recording, red tally) indicator
Lights up while camcorder is recording.
This indicator also flashes to indicate warnings, in
the same manner as the tally indicator and the
camera operator tally indicator.
d Viewfinder screen
e VTR SAVE indicator
This indicator lights when the VDR SAVE/STBY
switch is set to SAVE, putting the VDR into
power save mode.
f ! (warning) indicator
This indicator lights when any of the following
conditions occurs with the corresponding item set
to ON on the '!' LED page of the OPERATION
menu.
• The gain is set to other than 0 dB.
• The SHUTTER selector is not set to the
1), 2)
standard setting.
• The WHITE BAL switch is set to PRST.
• ATW is enabled.
• The lens extender is used.
• The FILTER selector is set to other than ND:1.
• The reference value of auto iris adjustment is
not the standard value.
For the PDW-F800, lighting-up conditions of
each item can be set on the '!' LED STD page of
the OPERATION menu.
1) The standard SHUTTER setting differs as follows,
depending on the recording format.
1080/50i, 1080/59.94i, 720/50P, 720/59.94P (SCAN
MODE: 59.9P): The SHUTTER selector is set to
OFF.
1080/23.98P, 720/59.94P (SCAN MODE: 23.9P):
1
/ shutter is ON.
48
1
1080/25P: / shutter is ON.
50
1
1080/29.97P: / shutter is ON.
60
2) For the PDW-F800, when SHUTTER SELECT on the
SHUTTER SELECT page of the MAINTENANCE
menu is set to DEGREE, the standard setting is
"SHUTTER selector: OFF", regardless of the
recording format.
34 Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls
Layout of the status display on the

viewfinder screen

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 of the DISPLAY/ASPECT switch is
set to on, the items for which an ON setting was
made on the VF DISP 1, VF DISP 2, or VF DISP
3 page of the OPERATION menu or with related
switches are displayed at the top and bottom of
the screen.
The messages that give details of the settings and
adjustment progress and results can also be made
to appear for about three seconds while settings
are being changed, during adjustment, and after
adjustment.
For details about the display item selection, see
"Selecting the display items" on page 203.
For details about setting change and adjustment
progress messages, see "Change confirmation/
adjustment progress messages" on page 204.
For details about marker display, see "Setting the
marker display" on page 205.
All items that can be displayed on the viewfinder
screen are shown below.
Top of viewfinder screen
12 3 4 5 6
59.9 i[ 30]
E X Z 99
H D 4 2 2 5 0 E 0 0 0 1 : 0 0 1 / 0 0 4 D C I N
13.9 K +
C O N T
F A N
W H I T E : N G
L E V E L T O O H I G H
R E C 2 T C G 0 1 : 2 3 : 4 5 : 1 5 H D S D I
5600
L O W L I G H T
1 W:A 18 dB 1/ 2000
0qa
a Color temperature
Displays a color temperature calculated from the
gain of R and B, in the range 0.0 K to 99.9 K (in
steps of 0.1 K). The +/– signs may be displayed
depending on the OFFSET WHT setting (see
page 214).
No display: OFFSET WHT is OFF
7 8 9
W 1 2 13.4V
35-30
E X T
1 35 30 - 125C F1.7
2
qs