LCD Touchscreen

This section describes the structure and layout of the graphical user interface (GUI) for the built-in camera touchscreen LCD. Advanced GUI menu controls enable convenient access to menus, camera features, and critical camera information.

NOTE: NOTE: After 10 minutes of inactivity, the touchscreen will go to sleep. Tap the touchscreen or touch any button to wake the touchscreen. The touchscreen will not sleep while the camera is recording.

The LCD Touchscreen home page contains the following features:

Status Bar

The Status Bar contains the button for displaying the Home screen and Menu screen. It also contains status icons for various camera settings and inputs.

When you tap the Home/Menu toggle button (RED logo), the camera toggles the display between the menu page and the home page:

     

When you tap the Status bar icons the Status Page displays:

Exposure

The Exposure section of the LCD home page displays the RGB exposure levels for the camera.

Exposure
Meter

 

Overexposed

Example

 

Underexposed

Example

 

Balanced

Example

 

   

RGB Exposure displays the pixel exposure quantity of the separate RGB channels and indicates when a channel is underexposed or overexposed. This meter measures the raw image data regardless of the ISO and LUT settings.

The top and bottom RGB lights illuminate when a small amount of pixels on the sensor are overexposed or underexposed. This indicates that a small bright or dark area is in the image.

The level bars show the levels of overexposed and underexposed RGB pixels on the sensor. Adjust the settings on the camera to compensate.

Tap the Exposure section to toggle between this display and the Monitoring Tools page display.

Media / Histogram

The Media section of the LCD home page displays the Timecode or Edgecode, clip ID, clip duration, resolution/format, and frame rate for the camera. Tap the Media section to toggle between this display and the Histogram display.

The Histogram section of the LCD home page displays the image color histogram. Tap this area to toggle between this display and the Media display. For more information, refer to Histogram.

Audio

The Audio section of the LCD home page displays the audio levels for the camera. Tap the Audio section to toggle between this display and the Audio Tools display.

The Audio VU meters display the audio levels in decibel (dB) for the selected channels. Refer to the Audio / TC Menu section for more information about the audio channels.

In this example, channel 2 displays the VU meter clipping at maximum dB.

Camera Designation and REC Button

            

The Camera Designation and Record button on the LCD touchscreen home page displays the camera letter assigned to the camera (refer to Slate and Camera ID). You can tap this area to start pre-recording, and to start and stop recording.

Pre-recording:

 

Recording:

 

Quick Settings

The Quick Settings section of the LCD home page displays the Quick Settings buttons for changing the most often used camera settings. These settings include Recording Frame Rate, ISO, IRIS (refer to Lens), Shutter, and White Balance.

 

 

Tap on a button to change the settings.

Swipe the setting left or right to make a selection.

Tap on the Quick Setting button to close the selection screen.

Button Navigation

Pressing the Menu button next to the LCD touchscreen opens the main menu page. You can select the desired menu items by using the Up, Down, and Select (SEL) buttons. Pressing the Menu button also navigates backwards (BACK) from submenus in the menu tree.

Pressing the Up arrow and the Down arrow simultaneously locks/unlocks the touchscreen and the menu buttons. The Lock icon in the Status bar displays the lock status. The REC button is not locked and it functions normally.

Pressing the Playback button starts and stops playback (refer to Playback for more information).

Home Screen

 

Menu Screen

 

The menus include:

Menus

Details

Image / LUT Menu

ISO, Shutter, White Balance, Output Color Space, Output Tone Map, Highlight Roll-Off, Display Preset, 3D LUT, CDL, Exposure Adjust

Project Settings Menu

Format, Recording Frame Rate, Project Time Base, File Format, R3D Quality, ProRes Resolution, ProRes Codec, ProRes Baked-In Settings, Pre-Record, Slate

Audio / TC Menu

Audio Source, Internal Audio, External Audio, Headphone, Timecode Source, Jam Timecode to TOD, Timecode Display Mode

Monitoring Menu

LCD, SDI, Live Stream, Tools, Guides

Media Menu

Eject, Media Info, Secure Format

Presets Menu

Create Preset, On Media, In Camera

Autofocus - BETA Menu

Enable, Mode, Size, Position, Start AF1

Communication Menu

Camera, Wi-Fi, Serial

System Settings Menu

Date / Time, Lens, Power, Indicators, Status Settings, System Status

Language Menu

English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish

Maintenance Menu

Calibrate, Calibration, Save Log, Reset Defaults, Factory Reset, Upgrade

  1. The camera's autofocus feature requires lenses that support EF type autofocus.