Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K (PL) - Manual (Page 110)

Focus Assist
Your URSA Mini camera has two focus assist modes, ‘peak’ and ‘colored lines.’
Peak
When ‘peak’ style focus assist is selected, areas of the shot that are in focus are heavily
sharpened on your LCD touchscreen or SDI outputs, but not in the recorded image
itself. This causes focused parts of your shot to ‘pop’ out of the softer background on
screen. As no additional overlays are used, this can be a very intuitive way to tell when
focus is dialled in, especially when the subject you’re focusing on is physically well
separated from other elements in shot.
Colored Lines
When ‘colored lines’ style focus assist is selected, a colored line is superimposed
around the parts of the image that are in focus. This can be a little more intrusive than
‘peak’ style focus assistance as the lines are drawn over your image, but especially in
busy shots with a lot of visible elements, it can be a precise focus aid.
Focus Assist Level
To set the level of focus assistance for your LCD touchscreen, front SDI and main SDI, tap the
‘low,’ ‘medium’ or ‘high’ setting.
NOTE Setting the focus assist level does not affect whether focus assistance is
enabled on your URSA Mini’s LCD touchscreen or SDI outputs. You’ll still need to turn
focus assistance on individually for each output in the ‘LCD,’ ‘front SDI, or ‘main SDI’
monitor menus.
TIP The optimum level of focus assistance varies shot by shot. When focusing on
actors, for example, a higher level of focus assistance can help resolve edge detail in
faces. A shot of foliage or brickwork, on the other hand, may show distracting amounts
focus information at higher settings.
Focus Color
Use this setting to change the color of focus line overlays when using ‘colored lines’ style focus
assistance. Changing the focus line color can make it easier to tell focus assistance lines apart
from your image. The available options are ‘white,’ ‘red,’ ‘green,’ ‘blue’ and ‘black.’
Zebra Levels
Set the exposure level that zebra appears at by tapping the arrow icons on either side of this
setting. Zebra level is adjustable in five percent increments between 75 and 100 percent
exposure.
For more information, see the ‘zebra’ guide in the ‘touchscreen features’ section of this manual.
ND Filter indicator
Adjusting your URSA Mini Pro’s ND filter will display the ND filter indicator in the top left of the
LCD touchscreen and any SDI outputs set to show status text. This indicator will remain on
when you have an ND filter engaged. When you have it set to the position where there is no ND
filter, the ‘clear’ text will disappear after four seconds.
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