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2 Preparation: Attaching a Viewfinder
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Detaching the Viewfinder Barrel/
Eyepiece
1
Push the clip on the bottom to release.
2
Flip up the viewfinder barrel.
3
Slide the knob on the top to the opposite side
of the viewfinder barrel.
4
Detach the viewfinder barrel by horizontally
sliding it.
3
4
2
1
Reversing the display (image/text
indication) horizontally
By setting the MIRROR switch on the rear panel of
the viewfinder to L/R, you can reverse the picture
and other information displayed in the viewfinder
horizontally.
Adjust the Diopter
Turn the diopter adjustment ring until the
viewfinder image is sharpest.
Diopter adjustment ring
You can also attach a commercially available
protection filter, close-up lens, etc. that is 52 mm
in diameter.
Adjusting the Screen
Adjust the brightness, contrast, and peaking of the
viewfinder screen with the controls shown below.
Outlines: Adjust using the PEAKING knob.
Contrast: Adjust using the CONTRAST knob.
Brightness: Adjust using the BRIGHT knob.
Attaching the BKW-401 Viewfinder
Rotation Bracket
By fitting an optional BKW-401 Viewfinder Rotation
Bracket, you can rotate the viewfinder out of
the way so that your right leg does not hit the
viewfinder while you are carrying the camcorder.
1
Loosen the front-to-back viewfinder
positioning levers and the front-to-back
viewfinder positioning knobs, and then pull
the viewfinder slide assembly forward.
2
Using a 2.5 mm diameter hexagonal wrench,
detach the viewfinder slide assembly.
Viewfinder slide assembly
Hex socket bolts
3
Attach the BKW-401 with the supplied bolts.
Bolts supplied with the BKW-401
4
Adjust the front-to-back position so that the
arm of the BKW-401 does not touch the
handle when it is raised.
Adjust position so that arm does not
touch handle
