5
Chapter
4
Adjustments
and
Settings
for
Recording
Focus Assist Function
The AG-3DP1 is equipped with a focus assist function to
facilitate focusing using the expanded display on the LCD
monitor and the focus bar display on the LCD monitor/
viewfinder screen.
Expanded display (EXPANDED)
Pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button magnifies the image
at the center of the LCD monitor to facilitate focusing. The
image is magnified nearly 2x when SYSTEM MODE is
1080i, or nearly 1.5x when SYSTEM MODDE is 720P.
• The expanded display function is enabled only when
LCD/EVF mode is set to left-lens (L) image.
• The status indication and the zebra pattern disappear
and LCD EXPANDED appears at the top of the screen
during magnification.
FOCUSASSISTbutton
NOTE
This function magnifies only the image on the LCD monitor.
It does not magnify the image in the viewfinder or the image
of signals output via the HD SDI MONITOR OUT and HDMI
connectors.
Focus bar display (FOCUS BAR)
Set the menu option FOCUS BAR to ON in the DISPLAY
SETUP screen to display the focus bar. The length of the
focus bar indicates whether the image is in focus.
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NOTE
The focus bar is displayed only on the LCD monitor and in the
viewfinder. It is not displayed for the signals output via the HD
SDI MONITOR OUT and HDMI connectors.
Waveform Monitor Function
Press the WFM button to display a waveform for an image
on the LCD monitor. Another press of the WFM button
changes the waveform to the vector display, and one more
press returns it to the normal display.
WFMbutton
• The waveform display does not appear in the viewfinder.
• The waveform display does not appear when the focus
assist (EXPANDED) function is used.
• The waveform display cannot be recorded.
