Preparations before recording – Adjusting and setting the LCD monitor
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Adjusting the LCD monitor
Adjusting brightness, contrast, color level, redness, and blueness
By setting the following items in the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu
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[LCD], you can adjust items such as brightness and contrast
for the LCD monitor:
[BRIGHTNESS]:
Adjusts the brightness.
[COLOR LEVEL]:
Adjusts the density of the colors.
[CONTRAST]:
Adjusts the contrast.
[RED TINT]:
Adjusts the strength of red.
[BLUE TINT]:
Adjusts the strength of blue.
The adjustments of the LCD monitor do not affect the images output or recorded by the camera.
Adjusting the backlight luminance
The following operations switch the luminance of the backlight of the LCD monitor:
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Set with the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu
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[LCD]
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[BACK LIGHT].
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Each time you either press the USER button assigned to [LCD BACKLIGHT] or touch the USER button icon, the brightness
switches in the order [0], [1], [2], [-1].
Mirror shooting
When recording with the LCD monitor rotated towards the lens side, if the unit is set to the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu
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[LCD]
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[SELF SHOOT]
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[MIRROR], the image is displayed in reverse in left and right on the LCD monitor. This allows shooting as
if looking at a mirror image. Note that only the display of the LCD monitor is horizontally reversed. The settings for mirror
shooting do not affect the images output or recorded by the camera.
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Take care not to apply excessive force on the LCD monitor when it is opened. Doing so may result in a malfunction.
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The image brightness and color hue seen on the viewfinder and LCD monitor may be different from that seen on a TV
monitor. The final check of the image should be done on a TV monitor.