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Menu Settings
Dashboard
The dashboard feature is opened by pressing the 'menu' button. From the dashboard you can access
the 'settings' menu and key features such as metadata, media formatting, activating meters, frame
guides and focus peaking. Press 'menu' again to exit the dashboard.
To view menu settings on Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera, simply connect an external monitor
such as the Blackmagic Video Assist to the HDMI port or use the composite output on the expansion
cable to connect to a low cost composite display. Pressing the 'menu' button brings you directly to
the menu screen. You can also use the composite output on the expansion cable to connect to a
low cost composite display.
Camera Settings
To configure camera settings on your Blackmagic camera, press the 'menu' button to open the
dashboard, select the 'settings' icon, then select the camera icon to the left of the settings menu.
If you want to bypass the dashboard for direct access to the menu screen, simply hold down the
menu button. Pressing the 'menu' button in Micro Cinema Camera opens the menu settings display.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
Press the up and down buttons to highlight each settings menu. Press 'ok' to enter a settings menu.
Use the left and right directional arrows to adjust values and the up and down arrows to move between
settings. Press 'menu' again to return to selecting between main settings pages.
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera
Press the left and right arrow buttons to navigate and change settings. Press the 'play' button to
highlight a setting and to confirm a change. Press the 'menu' button to return to the menu screen.
Blackmagic Cinema Camera & Production Camera 4K
Tap or slide the relevant arrows and icons on the touchscreen to change values or switch between
settings menus.
Camera ID
If using more than one Blackmagic Camera, it's helpful to set each camera's ID which will be included
with any metadata recorded with your clips. Set the camera ID with the onscreen keyboard. When you
have finished entering a new camera ID, select 'enter' to save, or select 'cancel' to discard any changes.
If you're using the Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera, you will find the 'camera number', 'date' and
'time' settings in the 'setup' menu.
The 'camera' settings screen lets you adjust key features such
as ISO, white balance, shutter angle, date, time and camera ID.
Menu Settings
Press the 'menu' button to open the dashboard.
Change the camera ID using the onscreen keyboard.
