Preparations before recording – Adjusting and setting the viewfinder
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Adjusting and setting the viewfinder
This unit is equipped with a 0.39-inch organic EL display viewfinder. Use either the viewfinder or the LCD monitor depending on
your purpose and the shooting conditions.
Using the viewfinder
When the LCD monitor is difficult to use because the surroundings are bright, you can check the image using the viewfinder.
Positioning your eye near the viewfinder will trigger the eye sensor to automatically display the image.
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The sensitivity of the eye sensor is set in the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu
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[VF]
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[EYE SENSOR]
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[HIGH] or [LOW].
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The eye sensor may not work properly depending on the shape of the eyeglasses you may be wearing, how you hold the
camera, or by strong light present in the vicinity of the eyepiece. If this happens, switch the image display by assigning [VF
ON/OFF] to the USER button.
(A) Eye sensor
(B) Diopter adjuster lever
1
Move the viewfinder in the vertical direction to adjust the screen to a comfortable
angle.
The viewfinder can be elevated approximately 90°.
2
Adjust the characters on the viewfinder screen so that they are clearly visible using
the diopter adjuster lever.
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(For the
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Set to the following setting when the [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu
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[VIDEO OUT SEL]
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[SDI + HDMI OUTPUT] is set to
[ON].
– [VIDEO OUT/LCD/VF] menu
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[VIDEO OUT SEL]
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[LCD/VF OUTPUT]
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[AUTO].
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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.
(A)
(B)