Video Brightness and Coloring

This section describes the brightness and coloring settings used during video recording.

In “7. Metering/Exposure/ISO Sensitivity” and “8. White Balance/Image Quality”, the functions described work with both pictures and video.

Please also refer to those sections.

– [Metering Mode]

– Exposure Compensation

– Locking Focus and Exposure (AF/AE Lock)

– ISO Sensitivity

– White Balance (WB)

– [Photo Style]

– [Filter Settings]

[Luminance Level]

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You can set the luminance range to suit the purpose of video recording.

You can set to [16-235] or [16-255], the standard for video, or to [0-255], which covers the entire range of luminance, the same as pictures.

button_menu-set [ icon_movie ] [ icon_video-image-format ] Select [Luminance Level]

Settings: [0-255]/[16-235]/[16-255]

When set to a 10-bit [Rec Quality], the setting items change to [0-1023], [64-940], and [64-1023].

When [Photo Style] is set to [V-Log L], this is fixed to [0-255] ([0-1023]).

When [Photo Style] is set to [Hybrid Log Gamma], this is fixed to [64-940].

[Master Pedestal Level]

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You can adjust the black level, which serves as the reference for images.

Set the mode dial to [].

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Select [Master Pedestal Level].

button_menu-set [ icon_movie ] [ icon_photo-quality ] [Master Pedestal Level]

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Adjust master pedestal.

Rotate image_front-dial_s , image_rear-dial_s or button_control-dial_s .

Set in the range between character_minus_regular 15 and character_plus_regular 15.

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[Master Pedestal Level] is not available when using the following function:

– [V-Log L] ([Photo Style])

Recording While Controlling Overexposure (Knee)

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When [Photo Style] is set to [Like709], you can adjust the knee so that recording can be performed with minimal overexposure.

Set [Photo Style] to [Like709].

button_menu-set [ icon_movie ] [ icon_photo-quality ] [Photo Style] [Like709]

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Press [Q].

Select a knee setting.

Press character_left character_right to select a setting item.

[AUTO]

Adjusts the compression levels of high-luminance areas automatically.

[MANUAL]

You can set the luminance where compression starts (knee master point) and the intensity of compression (knee master slope).

Press character_up character_down to select an item and then press character_left character_right to adjust.

[POINT]: Master knee point

[SLOPE]: Master knee slope

Rotate image_front-dial_s to adjust the knee master point, and image_rear-dial_s to adjust the knee master slope.

Values within the following ranges can be set:

– Master knee point: 80.0 to 107.0

– Master knee slope: 0 to 99

[Off]

Confirm your selection.

Press button_menu-set or button_joy-stick-push_s .

[ISO Sensitivity (video)]

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Sets the lower and upper limits for ISO sensitivity when ISO sensitivity is set to [AUTO].

Set the mode dial to [].

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Set [ISO Sensitivity (video)].

button_menu-set [ icon_movie ] [ icon_photo-quality ] [ISO Sensitivity (video)]

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character_diamond Setting Items ([ISO Sensitivity (video)])

[ISO Auto Lower Limit Setting]

Sets the lower limit for ISO sensitivity when ISO sensitivity is [AUTO].

Set in the range between [200] and [6400].

[ISO Auto Upper Limit Setting]

Sets the upper limit for ISO sensitivity when ISO sensitivity is [AUTO].

Set to [AUTO] or in the range between [400] and [12800].

When [Filter Settings] is set to [High Dynamic], [ISO Sensitivity (video)] cannot be used.