Status Lamps
The status lamps light or flash when the microphone switches are operated or during video recording.
Operating Switches
Using the LED Brightness Switch
Use the LED brightness switch to set the brightness of the status lamps to OFF, LOW, or HIGH. Adjust the brightness according to the shooting conditions.
- If LOW or HIGH is selected while no footage is being recorded, both the front and rear status lamps will light briefly at the selected brightness level before turning off.
- Select OFF to turn the status lamps off.
Using the Pickup Pattern and Microphone-Mode Switches
Either or both of the status lamps flash twice with the brightness set with the LED brightness switch according to the position selected with the pickup pattern switch when that switch is operated.
Pickup pattern: FRONT
Pickup pattern: ALL
Pickup pattern: REAR
The status lamps flash twice with the brightness set with the LED brightness switch when the microphone-mode switch is operated.
Microphone mode: FOCUS
Microphone mode: PURE
The parts of the status lamps that flash vary depending on the combination of pickup pattern and microphone mode.
FOCUS PURE FRONT Center of the front status lamp Sides of the front status lamp ALL Center of the front and rear status lamps Sides of the front and rear status lamps REAR Center of the rear status lamp Sides of the rear status lamp
During Recording
When video recording starts with the LED brightness switch set to a position other than OFF, the status lamps will flash twice according to the microphone mode and pickup pattern settings, then the front and rear status lamps will light. This makes it easy to see whether video recording is in progress.
- If the microphone mode or pickup pattern setting is adjusted during video recording, the status lamps will flash twice according to the changed settings.
- If audio clipping is detected during video recording, the status lamps will blink rapidly.
- The status lamps turn off when video recording ends.