Chapter 2
Operation
Chapter 2
Operation
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Switching Between Landscape and Portrait Orientations
You can turn the tripod mount through 90 degrees to alter the camera
orientation, for either portrait or landscape images.
Menu and status indications
When the camera head is in the landscape orientation, the display of menus
and status information on the monitor screen is also turned through 90
degrees.
To make these displays horizontal as in the portrait mode, from the main
menu select the CAMERA menu, and set the “ROTATE” item to “OFF.”
For details of menu operations, see Chapter 4.
Notes
• It is recommended to use a portrait monitor when shooting in portrait
format and a landscape monitor when shooting in landscape format.
Physically rotating a monitor through 90 degrees may damage it or cause
it to fail.
• When using the camera head in the orientation shown below, select the
CAMERA menu from the main menu and set the “ROTATE” item to
“OFF.”
Turn tripod
mount through
90 degrees
Portrait
Landscape