I want to calibrate my ikan monitor (the 5" one, the newest as far as I know); I am loosely familiar with the blue gun method, but am trying to load a jpeg of SMTPE color bars onto the SD card that I can play back to use—and have done so (put in the DICM folder Sony uses for stills), but the camera will not recognise this jpeg.
Does anyone know how to get the color bars onto the NEX 6 in a form it will recognise and be able to play back? I just tried renaming the color bars file as _DSC0470.JPG, following the Sony naming convention, but there must be some other invisible tag—Playback will still not recognise the file.
Otherwise, I can report that all the ikan functions work perfectly: guides, peaking, full screen, etc.: the peaking function, especially combined with the NEX 6 focussing aids, allows extremely fine focus. I am amazed that this quality is available at this price, and this newest of the Ikans has functions that the more expensive (7") ones do not.
Now: how to calibrate?
A further thought—I have a pair of HMC-152s as well—I am guessing that I could use the bars-out from one of these to calibrate the ikan, then use the calibrated monitor on the NEX 6. Trouble is, the Panasonics are in Austraiia, and I am in Vancouver at present!
Does anyone know how to get the color bars onto the NEX 6 in a form it will recognise and be able to play back? I just tried renaming the color bars file as _DSC0470.JPG, following the Sony naming convention, but there must be some other invisible tag—Playback will still not recognise the file.
Otherwise, I can report that all the ikan functions work perfectly: guides, peaking, full screen, etc.: the peaking function, especially combined with the NEX 6 focussing aids, allows extremely fine focus. I am amazed that this quality is available at this price, and this newest of the Ikans has functions that the more expensive (7") ones do not.
Now: how to calibrate?
A further thought—I have a pair of HMC-152s as well—I am guessing that I could use the bars-out from one of these to calibrate the ikan, then use the calibrated monitor on the NEX 6. Trouble is, the Panasonics are in Austraiia, and I am in Vancouver at present!
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