User's Guide

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THE CAMERA BODY
The Xterà utilizes LED indicators in three locations to convey in-
formation: in the viewfinder and on both left and right outsides of
the camera body.
2.11.1 Position and Meaning of the Diodes
• Two yellow diodes, placed on both right and left sides of the cam-
era body indicate that the camera is either on Test or on Run mode.
• Two red diodes, placed on both right and left side of the camera
body, and a third one, visible from the viewfinder, display a special
warning.
• One yellow diode, located to the right of the Jog wheel and called
the timecode diode, flashes each second if the timecode has been
initialized in the camrea.
2.11.2 Camera Test Indicator
� Yellow diode is on.
� � � � � Red diode is blinking fast.
2.11.3 Camera Run Indicator
� Yellow diode is on.
� Red diode is off.
2.11.4 Low Battery Indicator
� Yellow diode is on.
� � � � � � � Red diode is flashing slowly.
The LCD control panel displays Lo Batt.
2.11.5 Low Speed Indicator
� Yellow diode is on.
� � � � � Red diode is blinking fast.
The LCD control panel displays Lo Speed.
2.11.6 End-of-Film Warning Sequence
The lightmeter display features pre-end-of-film and end-of-film
Displaying a 5 Digit
Speed
If the Xterà is set to a variable
(5-digit) speed, the control
panel will only display that
speed to the .01 digit. Keep
in mind, the display will not
rounf off the speed, but sim-
ply leave off the last digit. For
example, if the 5 digit speed of
23.976 is entered, the control
panel will display 23.97, not
23.98.
Remember…
Variable Speed for Phas-
ing
Keep in mind, the speed phase
function of the control panel
will only operate when a vari-
able speed is initially selected.
When shooting 29.97, for
example, be sure to choose
the specific 29.970 instead of
the preset 29.97 if you plan to
incorporate the phase function
for that particular shot.