ARRICAM Lite Quick Guide 01/2004, Page 19 of 20
Manual Gain Control
• Press the MGC button to toggle between Manual Gain Control (LED on) and Automatic Gain Control
(LED off).
• When MGC is on, turn (but do not depress!) the MENU/STORE/MGC dial clockwise to increase or counter-
clockwise to decrease gain.
The on-screen menu
The on-screen menu allows adjustment of the following features: Manual White Balance, Manual Gain Control,
video settings (e.g. video sync), Format Marking, Image Compare/Store, Text Inserter (camera status, system
status, LDS info, timecode and more), VITC/WHITELINE.
• To display the main menu, depress the MENU/STORE/MGC dial for 3 seconds.
• To select a sub-menu, turn the dial. The left arrow indicates which sub-menu is selected.
• To enter the selected sub-menu, press the dial.
• To go back to the main menu choose EXIT, which can be found at the bottom of each screen.
• To leave all menus depress the dial for 3 seconds.
BNC mode
• Press the BNC MODE button to assign which video signal will be output by the video out (BNC) connectors:
COMP. Top BNC: composite video without on-screen data.
Bottom BNC: composite video with on-screen data.
Y/C Top BNC: C (chrominance) portion of the video signal, with on-screen data
Bottom BNC: Y (luminance) portion of the video, with on-screen data.
Y/C Top BNC: C (chrominance) portion of the video signal, without on-screen data
Bottom BNC: Y (luminance) portion of the video, without on-screen data.
How to get black/white video
• Press the BNC MODE button to Y/C (on-screen data visible) or to Y/C (on-screen data not visible).
• Connect the video cable to the bottom video out (BNC) connectors.
How to preview motion blur
When a fast moving object is filmed with a slow frame rate and a wide open shutter angle, the object will
appear blurred on film (motion blur). This effect can be previewed with the Integrated Video Systems.
• Remove the magazine from the camera to save film.
• Depress the MENU/STORE/MGC dial 3 seconds to view the on-screen main menu.
• In the VIDEO CONFIG. sub-menu, set FLICKERFREE to ON.
• In the VIDEO CONFIG. sub-menu, set EXPOSURE TIME to FILM.
• Depress the dial 3 seconds to exit the on-screen menu.
• Run the camera. Now you see a close approximation of the motion blur that will be exposed on film.
Varying degrees of motion blur can be achieved by changing fps, shutter angle, lighting contrast and the
speed of object and camera movement. Motion blur is most visible at slow fps and wide open shutter angles
(e.g. 6 fps and 180° ).
Integrated Video System
