You can adjust the brightness, contrast, color, sharpness, and luminance level of the LCD screen and viewfinder independently of each other. These adjustments will not affect your recordings.
Operating modes:
- Open the setup menu page for the LCD screen or viewfinder
![](/library/CANON/CITS_TECH_SUPPORT/Camcorders/XF705/s000437.png)
(for the LCD screen)
![](/library/CANON/CITS_TECH_SUPPORT/Camcorders/XF705/s000438.png)
(for the viewfinder)
- Select the desired brightness, contrast, color, sharpness or luminance setting and the press SET.
- When the viewfinder is turned off, the menu items on
will appear grayed out.
- Select the desired level and the press SET
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 to adjust other settings as necessary
NOTE
- If you set an assignable button to [LCD Setup] or [Viewfinder Setup] you can press the button to open the
menu page, respectively
- About the LCD and viewfinder screens: The screens are produced using extremely high-precision manufacturing techniques, with more that 99.99% of the pixels operating to specifications. Very rarely, pixels may misfire or light up permanently. This had no effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a malfuntion.
Setting the screen to Black & White
The LCD screen and viewfinder display in color by default but you can set them to black & whicte. EVen when the screen is black & white, onscreen text and icons will still be displayed in color
- Select the respective [B&W image] menu setting
![](/library/CANON/CITS_TECH_SUPPORT/Camcorders/XF705/s000440.png)
- Select [On] and then press SET