Look around on SDI out

[Dan Nestel]

Using our Dragon, with 5.3.29, shooting 4k HD, the LCD touchscreen shows the lookaround area, with marks signifying the record area, just like the crop marks menu implies.

However, the SDI out, shows the look around area as well, with out the crop marks. Is there any way to show only the record area on the sdi out?

I'm sure there's a loose nut behind the camera.

Thanks

Dan Nestel
Digital Bytes
Salt Lake City

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Do you have the "Guides" checkbox checked and an appropriate set of guides for the SDI output?

Should be in:

? Menu \ Setup \ Monitor ?

(Don't have my camera available to check the exact menu tree for 3.x)

 

[Dan Nestel]

Durn!

Durn!

I have the guides set, but need to double check that they aren't just blending into the background on me (not near the camera right now), but had this reply from Red:

"Unfortunately lookaround mode cannot be set independently between monitors. Once enabled, it will be applied to all monitors connected. This may change in a future firmware build. The only workaround I can see is if your HD-SDI monitor has a feature built in that will allow you to zoom/crop on the HD-SDI display itself. If anything changes with firmware to where this feature becomes available I will let you know."

Zooming in wasn't an option, as the client was very concerned about sharpness.

Thanks for the suggestion.


Dan Nestel