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1. Basic Operation
FrogEye™ Controls
FrogEye™ is controlled using onscreen information (the Status Bar) and menu commands (the Control Menu). Control
buttons (the trigger, CB1, CB2 and CB3) are used to navigate and choose menu commands and settings.
The following
table and guided tour demonstrates the basic controls.
Full-View
Detail-View
Button
In imaging mode (Status Bar visible)
In control menu (Control Menu visible)
Trigger
Shoots an image (press short) or movie (hold)
Note: see
trigger
menu item for special settings
Selects highlighted menu item or list item
CB1 & CB2
pressed
Selects iris, focus or exposure time as ‘active
control’ (yellow highlight in status bar)
No function
CB1
Active control (yellow highlight):
If exposure time active: shorter exposure
If aperture active: open (smaller F number)
If focus active: shorter distance
Moves menu selection highlight left or moves ‘up’ in a
selected list (list item select)
CB2
Active control (yellow highlight):
If exposure time active: longer exposure
If aperture active: close (larger F number)
If focus active: greater distance
Moves menu selection highlight right or moves ‘down’
in a selected list (menu select)
CB3
Short press: toggles between detail & full view.
Acquires new ‘dark frame’ in night vision modes.
Hold 1 sec: switch to
control menu
Hold 3 sec: switch status bar off
Short press: return to
imaging mode
Hold 3 sec: return to
imaging mode
, status bar off
Status Bar, Full-View, and Detail-View
1. The
Status Bar
is shown at the bottom of the display (see diagram on next page). Hold CB3 down for 3 seconds to
turn it off and on.
2.
The screen is in
Full-view
mode. Briefly press the CB3 button to place the image display in
Detail-view
. This view
provides pixel-level digital magnification so you can check critical image detail and adjust focus with the CB1 and
CB2 buttons, if necessary.
Note: Detail-view has no impact on image acquisition. If you take a picture in this mode it
will actually be a picture of Full-View Mode.
3. Press the CB3 button again to switch back to Full-view.
Adjusting the Focus and Exposure Target
4. The
Focus Distance
value is highlighted, this indicates the CB1 and CB2 buttons will adjust it.
5. To adjust exposure, press CB1 & CB2 simultaneously until the exposure time value is highlighted. Then, use CB1
and CB2 to make the exposure time shorter (CB1, less motion blur) or longer (CB2, less noisy: better color and shade
definition). If auto exposure (AE) is ON (default setting), the control sets the ‘exposure target’ while exposure time
automatically adjusts to light level. Max. exposure time in AE mode is 1/35 sec. Switch AE off for longer exposures.
The Control Menu
6. Hold CB3 down for 1 second to display the Control Menu at the bottom of the Status Bar (see example on next page).
7. Scroll to the right or left on this menu using CB1 and CB2.
8. Using the Trigger, select any of the options that are not “grayed-out”.
9. This will present you with either a setting to adjust or a “blind” list of sub-options to choose from (in a “blind” list you
can only see one sub-option at a time as you scroll through them).
10. Use CB1 and CB2 to adjust a value or scroll up and down through the blind list.
11. Use the Trigger to select any of the sub-options, click CB3 to return to imaging mode.
