False color mode

Check the exposure using the false color.

Set [MENU] → [OUTPUT SETTINGS] → [VF SDI EI ASSIST] → [FALSE COLOR SW] to [ON].

Image will be displayed with colors sored by luminosity signals. Images of other levels are displayed in black and white.

The false color can be displayed through output from the <VF SDI> terminal.

Display pattern of the false color can be set in [MENU] → [OUTPUT SETTINGS] → [VF SDI EI ASSIST] → [FALSE COLOR SEL].

Display patterns

When [FALSE COLOR SEL] is set to [FALSE] and [MAIN COLOR] is set to [V-Log]

Color	Level	Description
(Red)	(White clip −3%) or more*	White-level clip
(Yellow)	(White clip −6%) to (White clip −3%)*	Lower area of the white-level clip
(Pink)	48.7% - 51.8%	One-stopover color from neutral gray
(Green)	40.5% - 43.6%	18% gray neutral color
(Blue)	10.3% - 13.2%	Upper area of the black-level clip
(Purple)	7.3% - 10.3%	Black-level clip

The white clip level will differ according to the [EI] and [MAIN CODEC] settings.

When [FALSE COLOR SEL] is set to [FALSE] and [MAIN COLOR] is set to anything other than [V-Log]

Color	Level	Description
(Red)	(White clip −1%) or more* ¹	White-level clip
(Yellow)	98% - 100%	100% level of video output
(Green)*²	74% - 76%	75% level of HLG = 100% level when converted to SDR
(Blue)	2.5% - 4.0%	Upper area of the black-level clip
(Purple)	0% - 2.5%	Black-level clip

The white clip level will differ according to the [EI] and [MAIN CODEC] settings.

Displayed only when [SCENE FILE SETTINGS] → [GAMMA] → [GAMMA SELECT] is set to [HLG].

When [FALSE COLOR SEL] is set to [EL ZONE]

Color	Description
(White)	+6 stop
(Bright red)	+5 stop
(Red)	+4 stop
(Bright orange)	+3 stop
(Orange)	+2 stop
(Bright yellow)	+1 stop
(Yellow)	+0.5 stop
(Gray)	18% gray neutral color
(Bright green)	−0.5 stop
(Green)	−1 stop
(Dark green)	−2 stop
(Blue)	−3 stop
(Dark blue)	−4 stop
(Purple)	−5 stop
(Black)	−6 stop

[EL ZONE] in [FALSE COLOR SEL] cannot be selected when [MENU] → [SCENE FILE SETTINGS] → [GAMMA] → [GAMMA SELECT] is set to [HLG], [BC GAMMA], [VIDEO45], or [VIDEO50].

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