● Day/Night Control
● White Balance
● Appearance
Accordion style menus at the bottom of the Image tab are opened/closed by clicking the
menu's title bar.
Preview
Click Show Preview>> to open the preview and see the effect of your current settings.
11.1.1
Camera setup
Item
Description
PAL/NTSC
PAL
Sets the video display standard. Affects the
selectable frame rates on the encoder tabs
(PAL: 1-25 fps; NTSC: 1-30fps). Note that
this setting also determines the video
standard on the analogue output on the back
of the camera.
NTSC
Aspect ratio
Sets the proportional relationship between the width and the height of
the preview images shown on the BC840-MC webpages.
16:9
Produces a widescreen format (letterbox-like)
picture.
4:3
Produces a box-like picture. Note that the
video will be cropped on the left and right to
fit within the preview.
Iris type
DC
Activates electrical iris control. The camera
will automatically handle the level of light
allowed to enter the lens. Select this option
for DC Auto Iris lenses. Video Auto Iris lenses
are not supported.
Manual
To be selected for lenses without iris setting
or manual iris setting.
Flip image
Horizontal
Rotates the image around a vertical axis
through the centre of the image (left becomes
right, and vice versa). See pictures below.
Vertical
Rotates the image around a horizontal axis
through the centre of the image (top becomes
bottom, and vice versa). See pictures below.
Focus assist
enable
Activates the Focus Assist function. Alternatively, you can also press
the Focus Assist button on the back of the camera. Using Focus Assist
is described below.
Focus assist meter
With Focus Assist enabled, a blue bar indicates the focus level. A white
bar with the same function appears as an overlay over the image.
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