User's Guide

Installation

Microphone

To attach the optionally available microphone to the camera proceed as follows:

• Open the microphone holder by unscrewing the knurled screw (1) of the microphone

support bracket (2) on the viewfinder and open.

• Slide the microphone into the split tube until the microphone shoulder reaches the

mark (4) in the tube (about half way in).

• Place the tube with the microphone into the holder with the split facing upwards.

Mount the microphone as straight as possible.

• Ensure that the rubber supports at the back and front of the holder fit into the rims (6)

around the tube.

• Close the holder and tighten the knurled screw at the top. Don’t allow the wind hood to

touch the holder as this reduces the damping effect.

• Connect the microphone cable to the MIC audio XLR connector on the right side of the

camera. To avoid mechanical pick-up, do not let the microphone cable touch the

holder.

Other microphones with a diameter of 21 mm (0.83 in) can also be used, however, ensure

that the sensitivity of the input that match that type of microphone are correctly selected in

Audio section of the camera

Configuration menu. When a longer microphone is used, it is

not necessary to place it in the split tube.

Phantom power can be switched on or off for the front microphone socket in the Audio

section of the camera

Configuration menu.

LDK 5301/10 Tripod adapter plate

To mount the camera on a tripod, the tripod plate must first be attached to the tripod.

Follow the tripod manufacturer’s instructions to mount the wedge plate supplied with the

tripod and the tripod adapter plate firmly onto the tripod. Attach the camera to the tripod

adapter plate as follows:

• Slide the camera horizontally along the tripod adapter plate from back to front

ensuring that the front of the camera engages the V-slot (1) at the front of the tripod

adapter plate, and that the slot on the bottom of the camera engages the stud (2) at the

rear of the tripod adapter plate.

• Firmly push the camera forward until it clicks into place.

• When the camera is mounted firmly, the locking lever (5) swings around fully to the rear

of the plate. If the lever does not travel the full distance, you should manually lock it

into place.