To leave the menu, press ‘menu’ to step back through the options and return to the
home screen.
TIP You can position the menu to any of the four corners of your HDMI display. Refer
to the ‘setup menu’ section for more information.
Settings
The settings menu is arranged into eight distinct categories, including record, monitor, audio,
storage, setup, LUTs, presets and slate. Each of these submenus contains related settings.
Record Menu
The ‘record’ menu allows you to set your video codec as well as other settings that are
important for your recorded video, such as dynamic range and detail sharpening.
Codec
The ‘codec’ menu lets you set the quality for Blackmagic RAW when recording to a USB-C
flash disk. You can choose from a selection of constant bitrate settings, or constant quality. For
example 3:1, 5:1, 8:1, 12:1, or Q0, Q1, Q3 and Q5 respectively. These provide options so you can
set the amount of compression used. More information on Blackmagic RAW is provided later in
this section.
Resolution
This setting displays the resolution being recorded if you are recording to an external flash disk
via USB-C. Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K G2 records clips in Ultra HD resolution.
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