Sony PDWF800 manual

PROFESSIONAL DISC CAMCORDER PDW-F800 PDW-700 OPERATIO N MANUAL [English] 1st Edit ion (Re vised 4)[...]

2 To red uce the risk of fire o r electr ic shock, do not expo se this apparatus to rain or moistu re. To avoid electrical sho ck, do not open the ca binet. Re fer servicing to qual ified personn el only. This Professional Disc Camcorder is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT. Laser diode properties Wavelength: 400 to 41 0 nm Emission duration: C[...]

3 For the cus tomers in the U.S.A. This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the li mits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection aga inst harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio freq[...]

4 Germany. For any servic e or guarantee matters please refer to the addresses given in separate service or guarant ee documents. For the cus tomers in Taiwan only[...]

Table of Contents 5 T able of Contents Forew ord . ....... ........ ....... ........... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ .... 11 Before use....... ........ ....... ....... ........... ....... ....... ........ ....... ........... ....... . 11 Marks fo r model-spe cific func tions ........... ....... ....... .....[...]

Table of Content s 6 Tripod Mounting .............. .......... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........... ........ ....... ....... . 52 Conn ecting a V ideo Li ght ....... ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........... . 53 Using the Sh oulder Str ap .... ........... ....... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........... .[...]

Table of Contents 7 Playin g back t he record ed cli p .... ........... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........... . 85 Deletin g the recorded cli p ........... ........ ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ .... 86 Using the Freeze Mix function.... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........ ........... .... 87 Using the Foc us Assist func [...]

Table of Content s 8 Managin g clip lists ........... ........... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........ ........... .. 138 Disc O peration s ............. ....... ....... ........... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........ ........... .. 139 Checkin g disc p roper ties .......... ....... ....... ....... ........... ........ ....... ...... 139[...]

Table of Contents 9 Assig ning fun ctions to ASSI GN switc hes ........ ....... ........ ....... ...... 221 Setting power s aving functio ns .............. ....... ........... ........ ....... ...... 224 Setting up a wireless LAN .......... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........ ........... .. 224 Setting the colo r temp erature m anually ......[...]

Table of Content s 10 Chapter 9 : Main tenance Testin g the Camcorde r before Shoot ing ............. ....... ....... ........ ........... .. 256 Prepar ations fo r testing ............ ........... ....... ....... ....... ........ ........... .. 256 Testing the camera ........... ........ ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ ....... ...... [...]

Foreword 11 After p urchasing t his unit, before op eratin g, it is necessary to set the re gion of use. (Unless this set ting is made, th e unit will not oper ate.) For deta ils of the se setti ngs, see “Se tting the Area of Use” on page 43. Note Before attachin g/removing optional compo nents or accessories to /from the c amcorder, be sur e t[...]

Features 12 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w New 2 / 3 -inch full -HD “Pow erHA D FX” CCDs • IT (Interli ne Transfer) 2 / 3 -inch p rogressive image sen sors with 2.2 million pi xels, for full HD re solution ( 1920 × 1080) • Newly develo ped “PowerHAD FX” CCDs, featu ring a signal proc essing ASI C with 14-bit A/D converters Thes e new imag e sen[...]

Featur es 13 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w 3) The PDW-HD1500 supports recording of up to eight channels in MP EG HD422 format. Format compatibility with earlier mod els The uni t is capable of reco rding in the MPE G-2 MP@HL 35/25 Mbp s formats used by earlier XDCAM HD d evices. These formats o ffer longer recordi ng times than the MPEG -2 422P@HL 50 Mbps [...]

Features 14 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w [F800] Slow & qui ck motion functi on 1) This func tion allows the shoot ing frame rate to be different from the playb ack frame rate, for the same eff ect as overcran king or underc ranking a film cam era. Unlike low- speed or high -speed playb ac k of nor mall y sh ot vide o, t his pr ovi des a smooth slow -m[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 15 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w a LIGHT switch Dete rmin es how a video light c onnec ted to the LIGHT connector (see page 16) is tur ned on an d off. AU TO : When the P OWER sw itc h of the v ide o light is in th e on position, the vide o light is turn ed on autom atica lly whil e the camc order is record[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 16 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w a Shou lder s trap fitting Atta ch t he su pplie d sho ulder str ap (see p age 53) . b Acce ssory fi tting sho e Atta ch an opti onal ac cessory such as a video l ight (see page 53) . c Viewfinde r front- to-bac k positio ning lever To adju st the viewfind er position in the[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 17 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w o Tripod mount When usi ng the uni t on a tripo d, at tach th e tri pod ada ptor (o ption al). p Lens m ount (specia l bayonet m ount) Attach th e lens. Consult a S ony represe ntative for i nformation ab out availabl e lenses. q Lens locki ng lever After inser ting the le n[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 18 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w a) A type of special effect filter. A cr oss of light appears in the highlight section. [700] The PDW-70 0 is equi pped wi th one sw itchab le filter. It is possible to switch betw een four ND filters. For the PDW- 700, you ca n change a MAINTENANCE menu setting so that diff[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 19 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w Right side (nea r the front ) a ASSI GN (ass ignable) 1/2 switche s You can assi gn the desired funct ions to these switches on t he ASSIGNABLE SW page of th e OPERATION menu. Nothin g is assi gned to t hese s witch es when th e camcor der is ship ped f rom th e facto ry (eq[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 20 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w a) By connecting stereo headphones to the EARPHONE jack on the rear of the unit, you can hear the audio in stereo. (On the AUDIO-1 page of the MAINTENANCE menu, HEADPHONE OUT must be set to STEREO.) f VDR SAVE/STBY (VDR save/standby) switch Switches the status of the power s[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 21 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w k MENU ON/OFF switch To use this switch , open the cover. This swit ch is used t o displa y the m enu on t he viewfi nder scree n or the test signa l scree n. Closin g the co ver auto matic ally set s this swit ch to OFF. ON: Displays the me nu on the viewfi nder screen or t[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 22 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w For detai ls, see “Status Displ ay on the LC D monitor and monochro me LCD” on page 23. c WARNING indicator Lights up or flas hes when an abnorm ality occurs in the VDR se ction . For detail s about the meaning of the st ates of the WARNING indicator, see “Operation Wa[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 23 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w Hold down th e SHIF T but ton and press t his button to ste p back through t he division process. For detail s of the expand function, see page 122. p HOLD (display hold )/CHAPTER (chapte r functio n) butto n Pressing th is butt on inst antly fr eezes the time dat a displaye[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 24 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w a Resolution Indicate s the resolution of HD out put video. b Video format Indica tes the format of vi deo being currently playe d ba ck or r ecord ed. a) LP is playback only. b) For the PDW-700, when the optional CBKZ-MD01 SD Record and Playback S oftware is i nstalled. c S[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 25 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w HOLD: Appe ars whe n the in ternal t imeco de generato r is stop ped. g Time counte r displa y Switche s displays of time counter, t imecode, a nd user bits, dep ending on the po sition of the DISPLAY switch. When the HOLD/CHAPTER bu tton is p ressed to hold the ti mecode va[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 26 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w i Remaining disc capacity indicator j Remain ing ba tter y capaci ty ind icato r a) You can change the threshold voltages on the BATTERY 2 page o f the MAINTENANCE menu (see page 182) . Indication Remaini ng re cording time DISC E [ x x x x x x x ] B More than 30 m inutes DI[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 27 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w GUI scre en operati ons sectio n and audio control sectio n a THUMBNAIL indicator This lig hts when thum bnails ar e displayed. b THUMBNAIL/ESSENCE M ARK butt on Press this butt on to carr y out a thumbnail sea rch or create a clip list (see pa ge 121) . When pr esse d, the [...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 28 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w k AUDIO SELECT CH-1/CH-2 (audio chan nel 1/2 adjustm ent me thod selectio n) switche s Selec t the audi o level adju stment met hod for each of audio c hannels 1 an d 2. AU TO : Automatic adj ustment MANU AL : Manual adjustment l AUDIO IN CH-1/CH-2/CH-3/CH-4 (audi o channel [...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 29 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w Use the GENLOCK page of the MA INTEN AN CE men u to ad just th e gen lock H-phase (p hase of horizont al sync signal). Avai lable referen ce signal s vary dependin g on the curren t system frequenc y as shown in the followi ng table. • This c onnector a lso inputs a return[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 30 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w Before usi ng this connec tor, you must set ETHERNET/USB on th e POWER SAVE page of the OPERATION menu to “ENABL” (see page 224) . d (netwo rk) co nnector (RJ-4 5 type) This is a 10BASE- T/100 BASE-TX connec tor for network c onnection. Before usi ng this connec tor, you[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 31 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w l AUD IO OU T conn ecto r (XLR ty pe, 5- pin, ma le) Outpu ts the audio sign als recorded on audio channe ls 1 and 2 or audi o channel s 3 and 4. The audio sign als a re se lect ed by the MONI TOR switch. m (i.L INK) S400 conn ector (6 -pin , IEEE1394 co mpliant) Use an i.LI[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 32 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w OFF: The tal ly indica tor is disab led. LO W : The tally indicator bri ghtness is set to low . l ZEB RA (zeb ra patte rn) swit ch Contro ls the zebr a patter n display o n the viewf inder scr een as fo llo ws. ON: A zeb ra pa tter n app ears and s tays. OFF: The zeb ra patt[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 33 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w d View finder scree n e VTR SAVE indicator This indicat or lights when the VDR SAVE/ST BY switch i s set t o SAVE, put ting t he VDR in to power sa ve mode. f ! (war ning) indica tor This ind icato r l igh ts wh en a ny of th e fo llowi ng conditio ns occurs wi th the co rre[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 34 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w c Extender Displays th e extender setti ngs of this unit and the lens. EX: The lens ex tender is on . 08: The le ns shrinker is on. x2D: Th is unit’s exten der function i s on. Ex2D: The le ns exte nder a nd the digita l exten der function of t his unit are both on. d Zoom[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 35 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w CONT (lit): Continuo us recordin g to extend the previ ous clip is poss ib le. CONT (flashi ng): A new c lip wil l be cr eated an d record ed. k Cooli ng fan contro l mode This appears whe n FAN CONTROL on the CAM CONFIG 2 page of the MAINTENANCE menu is set to “R .MIN” [...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 36 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w c Exte rnal inp ut s tat us and ab err at ion cor rectio n functi on EXT HDSDI/SDSDI/VBS: When the R EC VIDEO SOURCE item on the SOURCE SEL page of the OP ERATION m enu has b een set to EXT, then “EXT” and the sig nal type (HDSDI, SDSD I, or VBS) flashes w hen a valid si[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 37 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w l Remaining disc capacity Indicat es the remai nin g record ing time (in minutes) of the disc. Examples of rema ining recor ding time indication Note During shooting in s pecial modes such as Interval Rec or Slow & Quick Motion, the indicated r emaining disc time may dif[...]

Preparing a Power Supply 38 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions For safe ty, use only the Sony battery pa cks and AC adap tors l isted below. • BP-GL95/ GL65/L60S/ L80S Lithium-io n Batt ery Pac k • AC power using the AC -DN2B/DN10 AC Adaptor When a B P-GL95/G L65/L60S/ L80S Batter y Pack is used , the cam corder wil l operat e continuou sly for the time [...]

Attac hing the Viewfi nder 39 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions To detach the battery pack Holding the r elease button in, pull the batt ery pack up. Notes • During recor ding and playback (w hile the ACCESS indicator is lit), be careful never to remove the battery pack. • Make sure to po wer the camcorder off before replacing the battery pack. When usi[...]

Attach ing the View finder 40 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 2 Couple t he vi ewfinde r conne ctor to the VF c onnec tor. Detaching the viewfinder You ca n carry out th is by follow ing the attac hing procedu re in rever se order, but the re is an addit ional ac tion to ta ke: when deta chin g the viewfin der from the fitting shoe, pull up the stopper. T[...]

Attac hing the Viewfi nder 41 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 3 Attac h the h andle fr ont co ver wit h the bott om edge up . 4 Attac h the v iewfin der s lide as sembly, rever sing the step s of the remov al proced ure. By fitting a BK W-401 Vi ewfinder R otation Bracket ( not supplie d), you c an rotat e the viewfinde r out of the way so tha t your righ[...]

Attach ing the View finder 42 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions Remov ing th e eyepi ece give s a clea rer view of the screen fro m further away . It is also easy to remove dust from the viewfi nder screen an d mirro r when the ey epi ece is detach ed. 1 Tur n th e eyep iece loc king ring ful ly coun terclock wise, t o align the r ed marks on th e locki ng [...]

Settin g the A rea of Use 43 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions When using the unit for the first time The are a of use i s not fac tory prese t. Before using this u nit, yo u nee d to set th is item . (You cann ot use the unit without setting t his item.) To set the area of use 1 Set the P OWER swi tch to th e ON positi on. The s cre en fo r s etti ng t he [...]

Setti ng the Date/T ime of the In tern al Cloc k 44 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 3 Turn the ME NU knob to display the desi red ar ea of us e. a) The composite signal output from th is unit is an NTSC si gnal with no black setup. The system frequency is 59.94i. b) The composite signal output from th is unit is an NTSC signal with a black setup (7.5 IRE)[...]

Mounting the Lens 45 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 4 Turn the ME NU knob to display the desi red valu e, a nd pre ss th e ME NU knob . z chan ges to b an d ? chan ges to z . 5 To cont inue the rema ining settin gs, repeat steps 3 an d 4. 6 When y ou finish settings , turn th e MENU knob to move b to “OK”, t hen press the ME NU knob. The in ternal cl[...]

Adjusting the Flange Focal Le ngth 46 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions securing rubber be put on the lens locking lever as illustrated above. 4 Connect the lens cable to the LENS conn ector. 5 Secure t he le ns cab le with the c able clamp s. If the lens does not stay in focus properly as you zoom from tel ephoto to wide angle, adju st the flange f ocal le[...]

Prepa ring the Audio I nput Sys tem 47 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 8 Repeat steps 4 to 7 unti l the c hart st ays in focu s all th e way fro m wide an gle to tele phot o. 9 Tigh ten th e F.f or F .B rin g fix ing screws. You can attac h the ECM-68 0S stereo micr ophone (not supplie d) to the mic rophone holde r of the HDVF-20A viewfinder (not supplied[...]

Preparing the A udio I nput S ystem 48 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions On how to perf orm this operation, refe r to the operati on manual for the micro phone. 3 Plug the m icrophon e cable in to the M IC IN connecto r, the n set t he AUDIO IN switc h for th e channel on which y ou want to record the audio from th is microphone to FRONT (f or CH-1/ CH-2) o[...]

Prepa ring the Audio I nput Sys tem 49 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 2 Connect the micro phone cable to the AUD IO IN CH 1 or CH2 co nnector . 3 Se t the swit ches as follo ws. Set the LINE / AE S/EBU / MIC select or to MIC. • S et t he +48 V/OF F sw itch indi cated belo w, depen ding on the power supp ly type of the microph one. Internal power supply[...]

Preparing the A udio I nput S ystem 50 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 3 Set th e AUDIO IN switch for the chan nel to which you want to input audi o si gnal to WI RELES S (see page 28) . Notes • When the XLR connection automatic detection function is o n, even if the AUDI O IN CH-1 or CH-2 switch is set to WIRELESS, the signal input to the AUDIO IN CH1 [...]

Prepa ring the Audio I nput Sys tem 51 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions If the XLR con nectio n automa tic dete ctio n function is on, the input signal for audio recor ding is s elect ed aut omati call y, a nd therefore this setting is no t required. Connec t the audio out put connect or of the audio equipme nt that supplies t he line inpu t signal to the [...]

Tripod Mo unting 52 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 1 Attach the VC T-14 tripod adap tor (n ot suppli ed) to the trip od. 2 Moun t the c amcorder on th e tripo d adapt or. To remo ve the c amcor der from t he tripo d adapt or Hold down the r ed button a nd pull the l ever in the direct ion of the ar row. Note The tripod adaptor pin ma y remain in the enga[...]

Connectin g a Video Ligh t / Using the Sh oulder Strap 53 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions With this c amcorder, you can use the Ant on Bauer Ul tralight 2 or eq uivalent vide o light (powe red by 12 V with m aximum pow er consump tion of 5 0 W). • If you c onnect the vi deo light to the L IGHT conne ctor o n the camcor der and se t the LIGHT switch t o [...]

Adjustin g the Shoulder Pa d Positi on 54 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions To remo ve the sh ould er strap You can shift the sh oulder pad from it s center position (the facto ry default setting) bac kward by up to 10 m m ( 3 / 8 inch) o r forward by up to 25 m m (1 inch ). This adjust men t helps you get th e bes t balance for shootin g with t he camco rd[...]

Connecting the Remo te Control Unit 55 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions Note Before connecting/dis connecting a remote control unit to/from the camcorder, be sure to turn the power of the camcorder off. Connec ting the RM-B1 50/B750 Re mote Contr ol Unit e nables re mote co ntrol of the p rinci pal camera fu nctions. Connect ing the r emote c ontrol unit t[...]

Connecting t he Remote Cont rol Unit 56 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions When the monitor is connected to the MONI TOR OU T con nect or of the remo te contr ol uni t The M ONITOR connector (BNC type) of the RM-B1 50/B750 outpu ts the same signal as that from t he TES T OUT connect or on t he camc order. Use the bl ack cab le sup plie d with the RM -B15 0/ [...]

Connecting the Remo te Control Unit 57 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions indepe ndent data region w ill be renewed when you ch ange t he sett ings on the re mote contro l unit. Thus, t he sett ings o f the paint data ma de with the remote cont rol un it c an be r etai ned ev en if the rem ote control unit is removed. However, if the swit ch po sition on th [...]

Setting t he Recording Forma t 58 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g The r ecording f ormats suppo rted by t his camcor der ar e as fol lows. Video a) 59.94i/29.97P/59.94P: When the area of use i s set to NTSC(J)AREA/NTSC AREA. 50i/25P/50P: When the area of use is set to PAL AREA. 23.98P: For the P DW-700, when the optional CB KZ- FC[...]

Setting the Recording Fo rmat 59 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g You ca n select the frequ ency shown belo w depe nding on the co mbin atio n of the COUNTRY and SYSTEM LINE se ttings. • Change the COUNTRY or SYSTEM LINE setting as re quired. • Wh en SYSTEM LIN E is set to 720 and SYSTEM FREQUENCY is s et to 59 .9P, you can set[...]

Adjusting the Black Balan ce and the Whit e Balance 60 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g You can re cord clip s with diff eren t reco rdin g format s, for example HD 422 and HD42 0SP clips, by putting th is unit into mixe d format reco rding mode. To enab le mixed format recording m ode Set MIXE D RECORD ING on the CA M CONFIG 1 pag[...]

Adjust ing the Black Bal ance and the White Balan ce 61 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g 1 Set th e OUTPUT/DCC switch to CAM. 2 Flick the AUTO W/B BAL switch to BLK and release the s witch. The s witch r eturn s to the center positi on, an d the adjust ment is execu ted. Duri ng adjustme nt, the foll owing me ssage is display ed on[...]

Adjusting the Black Balan ce and the Whit e Balance 62 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g a)White balance setting values are stored in memory B only when the WH ITE SWITCH < B> item is set to “MEM” on the WHITE S ETTING page of the OPERATION menu. If th e sett ing of the G AIN selecto r or W HITE BAL swi tch is changed, a m[...]

Adjust ing the Black Bal ance and the White Balan ce 63 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g The white ba lanc e adju stmen t ends in about one second with the me ssage shown in the followi ng figure, and the adjustment setting is auto matical ly st ored in the me mory (A o r B) th at was sel ected i n ste p 1 . Note If the camer a has[...]

Adjusting the Black Balan ce and the Whit e Balance 64 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g [700] To cha nge th e col or temp eratu re wh en the ND filter is switched You can assig n elec tri cal CC (colo r corr ection ) filters to ND filters (se e page 17) . Th is allo ws you to chan ge the c olor tem perat ure autom aticall y when th[...]

Adjust ing the Black Bal ance and the White Balan ce 65 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g MEM item on t he WHI TE SET TING page o f the OPERATION menu to OFF. • Wh en the electr ical C C filte r switc hing fun ction has been assigned to an ASSIGN switch, or when a remote c ontrol unit has be en conne cted. (In th ese cases, t he c[...]

Setting t he Electron ic Shutt er 66 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g The shutte r modes that ca n be used with the electr onic shutter and the s hutter speeds that can be sele cted are l isted below. Standard m ode Select this mo de for shooting fast-m oving subj ect s with lit tle bl urring . a) This speed cannot be selected when[...]

Settin g the Elect ronic Sh utter 67 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g power su pply causing fl icker. Using an electro nic shutter under suc h lighting coul d make the flic ker eve n worse. Color flic ker is part icul arly l ikel y to happ en wh en t he po wer supply fre quency is 60 Hz. However, if the power freq uency is 50 Hz, s[...]

Setting t he Electron ic Shutt er 68 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g To ch ange the rang e of choice of shut ter mode and speed settings You can red uce th e time re quire d to se lect the shutter mod e and speed by narrowing the c hoice of settings i n advance . This can b e done by usin g the SHT ENABLE page of t he OPERATION me[...]

Settin g the Elect ronic Sh utter 69 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g To regist er user-defin ed settings You can register up to six shutter ang le settings. If six settings ar e alread y registered, you must delete on e of the registered settings before registerin g a new one. 1 Rotate the ME NU kn ob to m ove th e b mark to t he [...]

Changing the Ref erence Valu e for Automat ic Iris Adj ustment 70 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g The re ference value f or au tomati c ir is adjus tment can be ch ange d to aid the sho oting of cl ear pict ures of b ack-li t subject s, or to pr eve nt bl own- out highlig hts. The refe rence value for th e lens iris can be set wit[...]

Changing the Ref erence Valu e for Automat ic Iri s Adjustment 71 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g When the R M-B150 Remote Con trol Unit is connec ted The I RIS cont rol knob o f the R M-B150 c an be used for lens iri s setting . In this case , the ind icator is not displayed . To set the automatic iris window 1 Fol low the pr oce[...]

Adj usti ng the Au dio Lev el 72 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g Setting the AUDIO SELECT CH-1/CH-2 switch es to AUTO automa tica lly adj usts th e inpu t leve ls of t he audi o si gnal to be rec ord ed i n a udio channe ls 1 and 2. You ca n also adjust the au dio level man ually . For audio cha nnels 3 and 4, menu se ttings allow[...]

Adjusting t he Audio Leve l 73 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g REAR2/WRR LEVEL: Audio reco rd ing le ve l of cha nnel 2 Note When you have operation of the LEVEL (CH-1/CH-2) controls and M IC LEVEL control linked together, if t he MIC LEVEL control is set to 0, the audio signals on channels 1 and 2 cannot be recorded. Check the po[...]

Adj usti ng the Au dio Lev el 74 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g To au tomatically select the same audio as on channel s 1 and 2 On the AUDIO-1 page of t he MAINTENANCE menu, set the AUDIO CH3/4 MODE item to “CH 1/2”. Note When the LINE / AES/EBU / MIC se lector is set to LINE or MIC, th e audio signals re corded on audio chan[...]

Setti ng the Ti me Data 75 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g Note Breakup may occur in the camera video when th e unit’s format is set to SYSTEM LINE: 720, SYSTEM FREQUENCY: 59.9P, and SCAN MODE: 2 3.9P, and DF/NDF on the TIMECODE page of the MAINTENANCE menu is set to NDF. This may occur when you do any of the following. • Set [...]

Setti ng the Time Da ta 76 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g 1 Set the DISPLAY switch to U-BIT. 2 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to SET. The first (le ftmos t) di git fl ashes . 3 Use the u p and down arrow b uttons to change values , and use t he left a nd right arr ow button s to move the flas hing digit. Repeat until all digits a[...]

Setti ng the Ti me Data 77 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g Example 2: Interconnec ting a number of camco rders or timec ode sync hronization a) Set GENLOCK to ON on the GENLOCK page of the MAINTENANCE menu, if GENLOCK is set to OFF. To lock the timecode to an external source 1 Tu rn on th e POWER sw itch. 2 Se t the PRESET/REGEN/C[...]

Setti ng the Time Da ta 78 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g This opera tion synchr onizes th e inter nal timeco de genera tor with the ex ternal timeco de. After abou t 10 seconds, you can disconn ect the exte rnal timeco de without losing the sync hroniza tion. However, there will be nois e on th e recor ded im age if y ou connec [...]

Handling Discs 79 Chapter 4 Shoo ting The foll owing Professi onal Discs 1) can be us ed for re cordi ng an d play back on this un it: • PFD23A (c apacity 23. 3 GB) • PFD50DL A (capacity 50. 0 GB) 1) Professional Disc is a trademark of Sony Corporation. Notes • It is not possible to use t he following discs f or recording or playback on this [...]

Handling Discs 80 Chapter 4 Shoo ting You can also write protect-in dividual c lips. For details , see “Locking (wri te-protecti ng) clips” on page 130. To lo ad a d isc 1 Turn on th e POWER switch . Note If there is condensation inside the VDR section, the message “HUMID” appears i n the status display on the color LCD . If this happens, w[...]

Handling Discs 81 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Yo u need no t retur n the s crew to its ori gina l posi ti on af ter ta ki ng out the di sc. Turni ng on the power makes the di sc compar tment mecha nism oper able aga in. Note Do not touch the disc or try to forcibly remove it unti l it has been completely ejected. When using a n ew dis c An unuse d disc req[...]

Handling Discs 82 Chapter 4 Shoo ting power off, clip s are recon structed on the basis of marker s reco rded on the disc when the dis c is loaded in thi s unit. There fore, p rocessin g take s longer t han for a quick salvage (a bout 30 second s, althou gh it depends on t he state of the disc) . Proceed as follows to per form a full salv age. 1 In[...]

Basic Pro cedure for Sh ooting 83 Chapter 4 Shoo ting This se ction descri bes the b asic procedu res for shoo tin g and reco rd ing. Before a shooting session, ensure that the camcord er is functioni ng properly. For detail s, see “Testing the Camcor der before Shooting” on page 2 56. Basic p roced ure for sho otin g: fro m powe r supply to di[...]

Basic Proce dure for Sh ooting 84 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Shooting 1 Flick the AUTO W/B BAL switch to BLK to adjust the blac k balance. For detail s of black balanc e adjustment, see page 60 . 2 Select the C C filter a nd ND filt er to matc h the lightin g conditions , and adju st the whi te balanc e. For d etails, see “Adjusting the whit e balance ?[...]

Basic Pro cedure for Sh ooting 85 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Notes • It is not possible to record a clip shorter than 2 seconds. If you stop recording within 2 seconds of starting, this results in a 2-second clip. If you stop recording and restart within 2 seconds of the original start, this creates a single cont inuous clip from the origina l start tim[...]

Basic Proce dure for Sh ooting 86 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Playbac k in single cl ip playback mode Playback stops when it reache s the start or end of the clip. The next and preced ing clips are no t playe d, even if t hey exist on th e dis c. The availa ble pl ayb ack type s inclu de nor mal playba ck, and high-spe ed playbac k in the forward or reve r[...]

Basic Pro cedure for Sh ooting 87 Chapter 4 Shoo ting The F reeze Mix f unc tion a llows you to displa y a freez e imag e ov er the c urre nt s hoot ing vide o. F or examp le, you can use this function to frame summer a nd winter shot s of a landscape scene in exa ctly th e same way, or to r esum e an in terru pted shooting session with exactly the[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 88 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Note The focus indica tor may show little or no variation when you are shooting a smooth subject or a dark scene. Shot marks and ot her essence marks can be recorded on the disc. Rec ordi ng e ssen ce ma rks for scen es contai ning important imag es and sounds enables qu ick acces s to th[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 89 Chapter 4 Shoo ting “ShotMa rk1” or “ShotMark2” appears in the viewfin der screen for abo ut one second ne ar the timeco de displa y. If the SHOT MAR K 1 or SHOT MA RK 2 recordi ng function ha s been assigned to one of the ASSIGN 1/ 3/4 switches, CO LOR TEMP. but ton (PDW-700) , and ASSIG N 5 switch (P[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 90 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Setting the Picture Cache mode/Picture Cache time To recor d in Picture Ca che mode, you ne ed to turn on Picture Cach e mode an d set the pic ture data st orage t ime ( Pictur e Cache t ime) using the USER menu. The Pi cture Cach e time de termin es the nu mber of secon ds r ecord ed fro[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 91 Chapter 4 Shoo ting select ing P ictu re Ca che mode, chang ing t h e Pictur e Cache tim e or perform ing playbac k or record ing revie w, the picture data for the dura tion of the Picture Ca che tim e will not be stored i n memor y. Thus, the time di sc access stops after the STOP button is pressed beco mes s[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 92 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Auto Interval Rec mode settings and shooting To make sett ings 1 Displa y the REC FUNCTION page of the OPERATION menu. For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on page 205. 2 Select CACHE/ INTVAL REC, and turn th e MENU knob to dis play “A.I NT”. (The figure [...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 93 Chapter 4 Shoo ting continuously. ( The light does n ot turn on an d off automatica lly.) When the setti ng is complet ed, the messa ge “AUTO INTERVAL **M**S” appears alo ng the bottom of the viewf inder screen. “* *M**S” indi cates the sho oting interv al. For examp le, th e message “AUTO INTER VAL [...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 94 Chapter 4 Shoo ting To make sett ings 1 Displa y the REC FUNCTION page of the OPERATION menu. For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on page 205. 2 Select CACHE/ INTVAL REC, and turn th e MENU knob to dis play “M.IN T”. (The figure shows the PDW-700 me nu.) As yo u tur n the M[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 95 Chapter 4 Shoo ting To shoot an d record 1 After perf orming t he basic procedur es for sho oting and re cording , following the i nstru ctions i n “Bas ic Proced ure for Shoo ting” (page 83 ) , se cure the camcor der so that i t will n ot move . 2 Press th e REC START button o r the VTR button on the lens[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 96 Chapter 4 Shoo ting The fr ame r ate setti ng rang es ar e as fol lows . When yo u have finished making setting s, the system f requenc y and the f rame rate appear a t the top of t he viewfi nder screen . You can change the frame rate with t he MENU knob while viewing this d isplay. Even if you run ou t of [...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 97 Chapter 4 Shoo ting contains a large number of clips. As a result, the video and audio may be interrupted. Nor mally, a cl ip is creat ed a s an indep enden t file each t ime t hat yo u sta rt an d sto p reco rdin g. B ut this funct ion allows you to start and stop recordi ng while co ntinuously re cording to [...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 98 Chapter 4 Shoo ting In this case, the message “RE-TAKE NOT ALLOWED!” appears. When you want to replace the last clip with a new clip, delete the clip (see page 131) . Once you carry out a retake operation, the last clip is deleted even if you do not carry out a recording operation afterwards. About the a[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 99 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Cli p titles will b e gene rated a utoma ticall y if you recor d in this st ate. The tit le of the n ext cli p to b e rec orded wil l be a combi nati on of th e pref ix in th e PREFI X field and t he ser ial nu mber in the NU MERIC field. To create a list of title prefix strings Prepar e th[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 100 Chapter 4 Shoo ting 3 Sele ct the desire d ti tle pre fix fro m the list, and t hen press the MENU kn ob. The C LIP TITL E page a ppears aga in, and t he selec ted pref ix app ears in the PREFIX fi eld. To enter a title prefix directly (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to [...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 101 Chapter 4 Shoo ting The titl e of the selected clip appear s in the u pper left of the sc reen. See “C lip thumbn ail screen” (page 11 3) for more inform ation about t he thumbn ail screen. Notes • It is not possible to specify 00000 as the initial value. Even if you enter 00000, the value is reset to 0[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 102 Chapter 4 Shoo ting 3 Se lect NAMI NG FO RM an d t hen p res s the MENU kn ob. 4 Turn the ME NU knob to display “FREE” and t hen pre ss th e MEN U knob . You ca n now enter a user-d efined na me. 5 Turn t he MEN U knob t o sele ct “AUT O NAMING” and th en pr ess t he MEN U knob . 6 Turn the ME NU kn[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 103 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Ther e are three w ays to loa d files. • Automatica lly load a fil e th at h as be en wr itte n to the follo wing directo ry on a Professional Disc via an FTP or FAM conn ecti on. If y ou d o no t wa nt to load a f ile au toma tical ly, add a “loa d” propert y to t he Plan ning Met a[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 104 Chapter 4 Shoo ting names sp ecifie d in t he pla nning me tadata file. An u nderscore (_) and a thre e-digit seri al numbe r (001 to 999) is ap pended t o each clip name. Examples of automatically gene rated clip names • C lip names displayed in the viewfinder: Typhoo n_001, Ty phoon_002 , ... • T he a[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 105 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Essenc e mark name stri ng example <?xm l sp version="1 .0" sp encoding= "UTF -8" ?> 3 <Plann ingMetada ta xmlns=" http: // xmlns.son y.net/ pro/meta data /planni ngmetad ata " sp assignId= "H00123" sp creati onDate= "2009-04 -15T08:0 0[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 106 Chapter 4 Shoo ting For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on page 205. 2 Select REC VIDEO SOURC E, and turn the M ENU knob to disp lay “EX T”. 3 Select EXT VIDEO SOURCE, and turn the MENU kn ob to sel ect the de si red sign al to be re cord ed. As yo u tur n the ME NU kno b,[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 107 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Notes • The CBKZ-UPG01 S oftware Upgrade Key must be installed to us e the Live Logging f unction. • In Live View mode, it is not possible to set tim e data by setting the F-RUN/SET/R -RUN switch to SE T. To set time data, fir st switch from Live View mode to another operating mode. ?[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 108 Chapter 4 Shoo ting This enab les proxy data rec ording and copyin g from discs to USB flash dri ves. Notes • It is not possi ble to make proxy data re cording settings while t his unit is in the followin g states. - Wireless LAN connections are e nabled. • The Live Logging function is disabled automati[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 109 Chapter 4 Shoo ting • DV stream output from the (i.LINK) S400 connector 1 Search for the vide o of the clip (being play ed or st oppe d) tha t you wan t to copy. 2 Select COPY CURRENT CLP in the MEMORY RE C page of the OPERATION menu, and then pres s the MENU knob . The mes sage “EXEC UTE OK? ” appe ars[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 110 Chapter 4 Shoo ting To format a USB flash drive Proc eed as foll ows to fo rmat a USB flas h dr ive with the FAT3 2 file system. 1 Se lect FORMAT MEMORY i n the MEMORY RE C page of the OPERATION menu, and then pres s the MENU knob . The mes sage “EXEC UTE OK? ” appe ars. 2 Se lect “YES ”, a nd t hen[...]

Over view 111 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You can perfo rm sc ene sear ches , play the searc hed sce nes, and s elect sc enes (edi t clip lis t) in Grap hical U ser Inte rface (GU I) screens . The GUI screens a re your gateway s to discs and the data saved on discs. (The GUI scree ns can display E uropean languages , Japanese, Korean , Si[...]

Overvie w 112 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s The ot her thu mbna il sc reen s a re: • Expan d thumbna il screen • Cha pter thumbn ail screen • Essence mark thumbnail screen 1 1 2 2 Clip List: E0001 002/013 TC 00:00:00:00 TC 00:00:28:08 TC 00:00:59:16 DA TE&TIME 28 JUL 2006 19:55 TOT AL DUR 00:01:31:16 TC 00:00:04:14 TC 00:00:35:15 [...]

Over view 113 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s About the display of clip and clip list names You can spec ify that titles should appear instead of nam es in th e clip n ame are as of thum bnail screens. You ca n also change the disp lay language . To spec ify that titl es (see page 10 1) , if th ey exis t, should be displ ayed with high er pri[...]

Overvie w 114 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s g Duration Displays th e duration (re cording tim e) of the sele cted c lip. When mu ltiple clips are selec ted, displa ys the total re cordin g time of the sele cted clips. 1 Thumbn ail display item s a Index pict ure Displ ays an ima ge to s tand for the co nten t of the clip. Th e index pict ur[...]

Over view 115 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Notes • “New File” appears when no clip list has been loaded into the unit’s memory , and when a clip list has been cleared from the unit’s memory. • A mark appears b efore the date of creation or modification when a disc is write inhibited. You can create clip lists when the dis c is [...]

Overvie w 116 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s d Chapter nu mber/to tal cha pters Display s the to tal n umber of chap ters an d the number of th e select ed chapt er. Note The total number of ch apters is the total number of chapters in the specified cl ip only. e Scro llbar See the descrip tion in “Clip thu mbnail screen ” (page 113). f [...]

Over view 117 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s a) Clip thumbnail screen b) Thumbnail Menu of the clip thumbnail screen Shortcut ope rations Shortcut but ton names are displa yed next to the menu item s of command s that have shortcut s ( see page 1 53) . Note Shortcuts displayed within parenth eses should be used with all menus closed. Thumbn [...]

Overvie w 118 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Disc M enu The Disc Menu allows you to do the f ollowing. (Un derli ned va lues in t he Oper ation /Sett ing colum n are the fact ory defaults. ) Item Operatio n/Setti ng Load Cl ip List Loa d clip list int o this unit’s memory . Save Clip Lis t Save a clip list to th e disc unde r its curre nt [...]

Over view 119 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To disp lay the Disc Menu To display the Di sc Menu, press the SUB CLIP/ DISC MENU button w ith the SHIFT button held down in one of t he fol lowing scr een s. • Clip th umbnail scree n • Cli p list th umbn ail scr een • Clip pl ayback scree n • Clip list pl ayback scree n To re turn to th[...]

Overvie w 120 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To select items Do one of the following t o select thumbn ails, menu item s, timecode dig its, and other item s. • Turn the ME NU knob. • Press the up- , down-, left-, or right-a rrow button . • Press the PRE V or NEXT button. • With t he SHIFT button hel d down, pre ss the PREV or N EXT b[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 121 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You can use t humbnail scree ns to display clip info rmat io n and to fi nd, prote ct, and del ete clips . The thu mbnails p rovide v isual conf irmation of these an d other oper ations. The thumbn ail selec tion fr ame (see page 113) indica tes the cu rrently s elected thumb nail. To [...]

Thumbnail Op erations 122 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s See “Sele cting thumb nails” (pa ge 121) for more infor mation. Using the expand function to find scenes The exp and func tion allow s you t o divide a selected clip into equ ally sized block s, and to displa y thumbnails of the firs t frame in each block. This is a quick a nd effi[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 123 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 4 Select OK to dele te the mark, or Cancel to canc el the delet ion, and th en press t he SET/S.SEL button or the MENU knob. To adjust the positio n of shot marks at chapter positi ons You can use the ch apte r thum bnail scre en t o adjust the position of shot marks (Shot Mark0 to Sho[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 124 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s In the clip play back scree n, the PR EV and NEX T buttons j ump to the prev ious or next re cording start poin ts. Aft er f indin g a cl ip wi th o ne o f the met hods explai ned in the prev ious section, “Se arching with thum bnails” (page 121) , you c an cue up and play t he cli[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 125 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 6 Press the SET/ S.SEL button or the MENU knob . A filter thumbnail sc reen appear s, showing only cl ips tha t mee t the spec ified cond ition. The filt ering condit ion app ears at the lower left of the sc reen . 7 If you w ant t o fil ter t he c lips agai n with a different filt eri[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 126 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You c an select the inform ation to be display ed at the bott om of the thum bnails in thumbnail screens. See p age 120 for more information about thumbnail screen ope rations. 1 Display the Thumbn ail Menu in the cli p thum bnail scre en. 2 Se lect Cli p Info rmatio n. A wi ndow appea[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 127 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 3 Select Set Inde x Picture. A message appea rs asking you to confirm that y ou wan t to set the curr ent f rame as the index pi cture. 4 Select OK, and then p ress the SET/ S.SEL bu tton or th e MENU kn ob. After p ressing the RESET/RE TURN button to re turn to the cl ip thu mbnai l s[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 128 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 2 Press the SET/ S.SEL button or the MENU knob . An inpu t scre en ap pears for t he sel ected item. (A keyboa rd appears th at corresponds to the font selec ted with Disc Menu item Sett ings >Selec t Font if the ar ea of use settin g is NTSC AREA or PA L AREA. A Japanese keyboa rd [...]

Thumbnail Op erations 129 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s is set to Korean, Simpl ified Chinese, or Tra ditional Chinese. The keyboa rd icon on the softw are keyboard is highli ghted wh en a USB keybo ard has been recogni zed and en abled fo r use with t his unit, an d the mou se icon is high lighted and a mouse point er appea rs when a USB m[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 130 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You can se t three types of c lip flags (OK/NG /KP (KEEP)) du ring recordin g or playback. Setting thes e flag s in each cl ip t hat yo u rec ord ma kes it easy for e ditors a nd othe r co llea gue s t o fi nd an d selec t th e cli ps they ne ed. See page 1 20 for more inform ation abo[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 131 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s A messa ge ap pears aski ng yo u to co nfi rm the unlo cking . 4 Select OK, and then p ress the SET/ S.SEL bu tton or th e MENU kn ob. In step 1 , you can also p erform a shortcut operat ion by pressing the STOP button wi th the SHIFT button he ld down. To unl ock all clip s 1 Displa y[...]

Scene S election (Clip L ist Ed iting) 132 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Scene sele ction is a func tion which allows you to select ma terial (clips) fro m the materia l recorded on a d isc and perfo rm cut edi ting. You can do this by operat ing on this un it only. • Sce ne select ion is a conven ient way to perfo rm cut ed iting in the [...]

Scene Selection (Clip List Editing) 133 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Clip list playba ck Clips and clip l ists are saved together on a disc. To pl ay a cl ip lis t, inse rt a di sc in to the unit, lo ad the clip list that you want to play , and press the PLAY/PAUSE button. Clips are play ed acco rdin g to the d ata in the clip list. The fo[...]

Scene S election (Clip L ist Ed iting) 134 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Addi ng s ub clip s fr om th e cl ip t humb nail sc reen The f ollowing pr ocedure explains op eration s in the clip thumbn ail scr een . You can pro ceed in the same wa y in the exp and thum bnail scre en and the chapt er t humbn ail sc reen . Expa nde d bl ocks are a[...]

Scene Selection (Clip List Editing) 135 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s where t he c urre ntly sele cted s ub cl ips will b e insert ed. To display the total duration after addit ion of the s elect ed cl ips Press the SHI FT button. 5 In the Scen e Selectio n window , move the I cur sor to th e locati on whe re you want to inse rt th e cl ip.[...]

Scene S election (Clip L ist Ed iting) 136 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 5 When yo u fin d the po int that you wan t to mak e the en d point, se lect “OU T” and t hen press the SET/S. SEL butto n or the MENU kn ob. The tim ecod e of t he n ew Out poin t ap pears in the ti mecode displa y, and the To tal (t otal duration) a nd DUR (clip [...]

Scene Selection (Clip List Editing) 137 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 3 Pre ss the left- or rig ht-ar row button to selec t the digit that y ou wa nt to change . 4 Turn the MENU kno b to cha nge the value of th e d igit. 5 Repeat step s 3 and 4 as req uired. To reset the timecode to 00:00:0 0:00 Select Rese t to Zero in t he Thumbn ail Menu[...]

Scene S election (Clip L ist Ed iting) 138 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To load clip lists The fol lowing proc edure lo ads a clip list stored o n the d isc into the u nit’ s interna l memor y as th e curren t clip lis t. See p age 120 for more information about thumbnail screen ope rations. 1 In the cli p list thu mbnail sc reen, dis pl[...]

Disc Operations 139 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 4 Select o ne of t he follow ing so rt met hods, and t hen press the SET/S. SEL butto n or the MENU kn ob. Name(A-Z ): Sort in a scending o rder by clip list name. Date(N ewest First): Sort by da te and time of clip l ist cr eati on, n ewest first . Clip lists will be displaye d in the speci[...]

Disc Operations 140 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To edit disc information You ca n edit th e user disc ID , tit le 1 1) , and ti tle 2 by us ing a soft ware keybo ard. 1) Only ASCII characters can be us ed for the title 1. See “T o edit clip infor mation” ( page 12 7) for inform ation about operati ons. Planni ng meta data is a file th[...]

Disc Operations 141 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To che ck pla nning metad ata pr oper ties You ca n check the pro perties of t he planning metadat a that is lo aded in to th is unit ’s memory , inclu ding the da te and time of cr eati on and the clip titles. See page 120 for mor e informatio n about GUI screen ope rations. 1 Displa y th[...]

Disc Operations 142 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s The , button i s enabled when the planning metadat a co ntai ns u ser- defin ed es sence marks (see page 104) . 2 Press , , and then t urn the S ET/S.SEL button or the MENU knob . The User De fined Essence Marks screen appears . See page 120 for more informa tion about GUI screen operatio ns[...]

Disc Operations 143 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 2 St art t he bro wser o n the comput er, and enter “ http:/ /IP_ad dress _of_th is_uni t/” in the a ddress ba r of the brow ser, and then press th e Enter ke y. For example , if the IP address of th is unit is “192.1 68.001.010 ”, enter “http:// 192.168 .1.10/”. If the connec ti[...]

Disc Operations 144 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s See “C hecking cl ip propertie s” (page 127) for more in formation a bout the v arious pr operties. To do wnload h igh-resoluti on clip data (HIGH reso lution file), proxy AV data (LO W reso luti on fi le), or metad ata (C lip NRT metadat a), clic k the FTP Download or HTTP Download but [...]

Disc Operations 145 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s “OK” appea rs in th e “Stat us” fiel d when the transf er is compl ete. Note To load planning metadata, you must install the CBKZ-UPG01 Software Upgrade Key.[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 146 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You can tra nsfer cl ips ( MXF fil es) bet ween th is unit and extern al d evi ces o ver a netw ork. This unit has an D irect FTP functi on, which allows you to conn ect to any X DCAM device or compute r with an FTP serv er function an d transfe r files wi th a f ew[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 147 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Check t he followi ng points. • Thi s unit an d the targe t transf er devic e (XDCAM device or com puter) must be supplied with stabl e power and must be conn ected to a ne twork. • The set tings under the NET WORK 1 page of the MA INTEN AN CE me nu m ust be s e[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 148 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 6 Select th e remot e host (the t arget de vice to which y ou wan t to tr ansf er the clips) . You can re gister up to four rem ote hosts. Remote H ost 1 to 3: Re giste r th ese i n the sett ings s creen . Remote Host 4( UPnP): A remot e host that supports UP nP (un[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 149 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s a) If a n XDCAM device is sel ected as the Device Type, then the User Name and P assword are set automatica lly to the default, and you do not ne ed to make the Port and Path settings. Simply selecting the Host Name (or as appr opriate the Description) is enough to [...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 150 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s When the conne ction is comp lete (the indic ators of al l items hav e turned g reen), th e Upload Clip s vi a Dir ect FT P scr een appear s. To ch eck t he conn ecti on on the remot e host side If the remote host is a n XDCAM dev ice, check that the “NETWORK !”[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 151 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s The du rat ion o f t he tr ansf er ra nge appea rs in the lower ri ght of the scree n. Note When the selected r ange (duration) in the expand thumbnail screen is less than two seconds, it is expanded automatically to two seconds. 3 Execute st ep 2 to 9 of the prev i[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 152 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Settings on this unit Settings on the PDW -HD1500 3 Power both un its off and on a gain, and wait for about three m inutes . 4 Check th at the IP addres ses of th e two units ha ve been se t as fo llows by t he Auto -IP fu ncti on. IP address of this unit IP address[...]

Shor tcut List 153 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You c an acce ss many fu nctions fro m the keyboa rd, without displayi ng a menu (shortcut oper ations). Shortcuts are available for the fo llowing functions. The pl us sign (+) indicates t hat one button i s held dow n while another i s pressed, for examp le “SHI FT + R ESET/R ETURN”. No[...]

Menu Organ izati on 154 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings The f ollowing c hart shows t he organi zation of menus in this ca mcorde r. [A] USER menu [B] OPERATION me nu a) PDW-F80 0 only Chapter 6 Menu Displays and Detailed Setti ngs Menu Or ganiz ati on T OP ME N U USER [A] USER ME N U CUST OMIZE ALL OPERA TIO N [B] PA I N T [C] MAI [...]

Menu Organiz ation 155 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings [C] PAINT m enu a) PDW-700 only b) PDW-F800 only [D] MAINTE NANCE men u a) PDW-700 only b) PDW-F800 only [E] FILE menu a) PDW-F80 0 only [F] DI AGNO SIS men u The TO P menu appear s when, with no menu displayed, you hold down the ME NU knob and set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON. [...]

Menu Organ izati on 156 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings USER MENU CUSTO MIZE menu This me nu allows you to ad d pages to or dele te pages from th e USER menu to sui t your needs. ALL m enu This men u allo ws you to handle all items in the OPERATION, PAINT, MAINTENANCE, FILE, and DIAGNOSIS menus as if they were in one menu. OPERATION[...]

Menu List 157 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings Tips • No. indi cates the PDW -F800 and PDW -700 page numb er. “—” indi cates that the page does not exist. • The bol d-faced num bers designat e the pages th at have bee n registered in the USER me nu at the fac tory. • The fol lowing lists incl ude items an d settings that [...]

Menu Li st 158 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 02/02 OUTPUT 2 LIVE & PLA Y OFF /ON For details, se e “To display camera vid eo in the vi ewfinder during playba ck (Live & Play function)” on page 8 5. DOWN CON MODE (D oes not app ea r wh en the FOR MA T page item SYSTEM LINE is set to 1080 and the SYSTE M FREQUENCY item i[...]

Menu List 159 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 03/03 SUPER IMPOSE SUPER(VF DISP) OFF/ ON When th e SDI OUT 2 SUPER item or the TE ST OUT SUP ER item on the OUTPUT 1 page is set to ON, turn t he output o f text (superimpose d) informa tion from the SDI OUT 2 or TEST OUT connec tor on or off for each item . SUPER(ME NU) OFF/ ON SUPE R([...]

Menu Li st 160 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 05/05 REC FUNCTION [F8 00] SLO W & QUI CK OFF /ON For details, se e “Shooting with Slow & Quick Moti on” on page 95. [F8 00] FRAME RATE 1080/23. 98P: 1 to 48 1080/25P : 1 to 50 1080/29. 97P: 1 to 60 CACHE/INT V AL RE C OFF /CA CHE/A. INT / M. INT For detail s, see “S tarti[...]

Menu List 161 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 06/06 ASSIGN AB LE SW ASSIGN SW <1> For details, se e “Assigning functions to ASSIG N switches ” on page 221. ASSIGN SW <2> ASSIGN SW <3> ASSIGN SW <4> [F8 00] ASSIGN SW <5> ASSIGN SW <RET> [700 ] COLOR TEMP SW ZOOM SPEED 0 to 20 to 99 RETU RN VIDE[...]

Menu Li st 162 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 11/11 ‘!’ LED GAIN <!> OFF/ ON For details, see “Indicat ors” on page 32. SHUTTER <!> OFF/ ON [700] WHITE PRESET < !> OFF/ ON [F80 0] WHITE BAL <!> OFF/ ON [F80 0] CC 5600K <!> OFF/ ON A TW RUN <!> OFF/ ON EXTENDER <!> OFF/ ON [700] FIL [...]

Menu List 163 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 13/12 MARKER 1 MARKER OFF/ ON For details, se e “Setting the marker disp lay” on p age 215. CENT ER OFF /O N CENT ER MARK 1 /2/ 3 /4 SAFTY ZONE OFF /ON SAFTY AREA 80%/ 90% /9 2.5%/95 % ASPECT OF F /O N ASPECT SELECT 1 5:9/14:9/13:9/ 4:3 /1. 85/ 2.3 5 ASPECT M ASK OFF/ ON ASPECT M ASK[...]

Menu Li st 164 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 17/15 VF SETTING ZEBRA OFF /ON F or details, se e “Setting the viewfinder” on page 216. ZEBRA SELECT 1 /2/BOTH ZEBRA1 DET L VL 20% to 70% to 1 07% ZEBRA1 APT L VL 1% to 10% to 20% ZEBRA2 DET L VL 52% to 100% to 109% VF DET AIL LEVEL (–99 t o 99) VF ASPECT (SD) (Wh en the R EC FORM[...]

Menu List 165 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 22/20 WHITE SETTING WHITE SWITCH <B> MEM /A TW Specifies the ope rating mode when the WHITE B AL swit ch is set to the B si de. MEM: Auto white balance AT W : A uto tracing whi te balance SHOCKLESS W HITE OFF/ 1 /2/3 Sp ecifies the tra nsition time when the WH ITE BAL switch is cha[...]

Menu Li st 166 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 24/22 SHT ENAB LE SHUTTER ECS OFF/ ON The items which can be set diff er dependin g on the s etting o f the SYSTEM FREQUENCY item on the FORMAT page. For details, see “S etting t he El ectronic Shutter” o n page 6 6. When the rec ording format is 1080/23.98P an d 720/59.94P (SCAN MO[...]

Menu List 167 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 26/24 FORMA T SYSTEM LINE 1080 /720 The selectable SYSTEM FREQU ENCY sett ings diff er dependin g on the s etting o f SYSTEM LINE . For details, se e “Settin g the Record ing Form at” (page 58) . SYSTEM FREQUENCY 59.9i/2 9.9P/50i/25P / 23.9P/59. 9P/50P SCAN MODE (On ly whe n SYST EM [...]

Menu Li st 168 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 27/25 SOURCE SEL FR O NT MIC SELECT (When stereo microphone is conn ected ) MONO/ STRE O I nput mode sel ection for front microphone . REC VIDEO SOURCE (When the CBK-HD01 or CBK-SC 02 option board i s installe d) CAM /EXT For details, see “Recording video from exter nal devices ” (p[...]

Menu List 169 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 29/27 CLIP TITLE TITLE DSABL /ENABL For details, se e “Assigning user- defined clip t itles a utomatic ally” on page 98. SEL ECT P REFIX (When the TITLE item is set to “ENABL ”) EXEC CLEA R NUME RIC (When the TITLE item is set to “ENABL ”) EXEC LOAD PREFIX D A T A (When the T[...]

Menu Li st 170 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 31/29 SELECT FUNCTION (Does not appear when t he FORMA T page item SYSTE M LINE is set to 1080 and the SYSTEM FREQUENCY item is se t to 23.9P) LETTER BOX DISABLE /ENABLE Enable t he selection of “LETTR ” (LETTER BOX) in the DOWN CON MODE item on t he OUT PUT 2 pag e. Note Breakup ma[...]

Menu List 171 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 33/30 MEMOR Y REC MEMOR Y REC DSABL /ENABL For detail s, see “Re cording prox y data” on page 107 . COPY CU RRE NT CLP E XEC COPY A LL CLIP S EXEC ABOR T COPY EXEC DEL ALL MEM CLP EXEC FORMA T MEMOR Y EXE C PA I N T m e nu No. Page Item Settings Description 01/01 SW ST A TUS GAMM A O[...]

Menu Li st 172 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 03/03 BLA CK/ FLARE MASTER BL A CK (–99 to 99) Adjusts t he master black level. R BLACK (–99 to 99) Adjusts the R b lack level. [F8 00] G BLAC K (–99 to 99) Adju sts the G black level. B BLACK (–99 to 99) Adjusts the B b lack level. MASTER FLAR E (–99 to 99) Adjusts t he flare[...]

Menu List 173 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 04/04 GAMMA GAMMA OFF/ ON Tu rns the gamma co rrection function on or off. STEP GAMMA 0.35 to 0.45 to 0.90 Sets t he g amma c orrectio n curv e by steps. MASTER GAMM A (–99 to 99) Sets the master gamma correct ion c urve. R GAMMA (–99 to 99) Sets the R gamma cor rection curve. G GAMM[...]

Menu Li st 174 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 05/05 BLA CK GAMMA BLA CK GAMMA OFF/ ON T ur ns the bl ack gamma correction on or off. BLA CK GAM RANGE LO W/L.MID/H.MID/ HIGH Sets t he ran ge af fect ed by b lack gamma . MASTER BLK GAMMA (–99 to 99) Adjusts the mas ter black ga mma. R BL A C K GAMM A (–99 to 99) S ets the correct[...]

Menu List 175 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 08/07 DET AIL 1 DET AIL OFF/ ON Sets the detail cor rection func tion on or off. AP ER TUR E OF F/ ON T urns the aperture correc tion function on or off. DET AIL LEVEL (–99 to 99) Sets t he gene ral lev el of the detail signal. APER TURE LEV EL (–99 to 99) Set s the aperture co rrect[...]

Menu Li st 176 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 10/09 SD DET AIL SD DET AIL OF F /ON T ur ns the SD de tail correc tion on or off. SD DET AIL LEVEL (–99 to 99) Sets the general level of the SD detail signal. SD CRISPENI NG (–99 to 99) S ets the SD crispening level. SD DTL W HT LIMIT (–99 to 99) S ets the SD deta il white lim it[...]

Menu List 177 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 11/10 SKIN DET AIL SKIN DET A IL ALL OFF /ON T urns on or off all of chann els 1, 2 and 3 for the color det ail function. SKIN DETECT Moves to color detection page. Executes the color detail function. SKIN AREA IND OFF / ON T urns on an d off the function that display s a zebra patter n [...]

Menu Li st 178 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 12/11 MTX LINEAR MA TRIX OFF /O N T ur ns the line ar matr ix correct ion and us er -set ma trix c orrecti on functions on or of f. MA TRIX(USER) OFF /ON Turns the user-set matrix correction function on or off. MA TR IX(PRESET) OFF/ ON T urns the preset matrix correction function on or [...]

Menu List 179 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 14/13 V MODULA TION V MOD OFF/ ON Turns the V mo dulation function on or off. MASTER V MOD (–99 to 99) Adjusts the master V modul ation level. R VMOD ( –99 to 99) Adju sts the R V modulation level. G VMOD (–99 to 99) Adjusts the G V modulation level. B VMOD ( –99 to 99) Adju sts [...]

Menu Li st 180 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings MAINTENANCE menu No. Page It em Settings Description 01/01 WHITE SHADING WHT SHAD CH SEL R /G/B /TEST Sel ects the cha nnel adju sted by this menu. If TEST is sele cted, the set ting is linked to the setting of TEST OUT SELECT . TEST OUT SELECT VBS /Y/R/G /B/ LCD Selects the signal out [...]

Menu List 181 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 04/04 BA TTER Y 1 Info BEFORE EN D 5% /10 %/ 15%...95%/ 100% Used when a BP-GL65/GL95 Battery Pa ck is used. Sets t he remain ing power (% value) o f the batter y at which the BEFORE EN D warning s hould be i ssued. a) Info EN D 0% /1% /2%/3% / 4%/5% Used when a BP-GL65/GL95 Battery Pa c[...]

Menu Li st 182 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 05/05 BA TTER Y 2 TYPE DETECTION AU T O /O THER AU T O : Autom atically det ects th e type o f the battery . OT HE R : Always judges the batt ery to be of the “ O T HER” c) type regardless of the actual ba ttery type. SEGMENT NO.7 11.0V to 17.0V (in 0.1 V steps) When th e batt ery t[...]

Menu List 183 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 06/06 A UDIO-1 FR ONT MIC SELECT MONO/ STREO Input mode selection for front microph one. A UDIO CH3/4 MODE CH1/2/ SW Sele cts the sou rces to be recorde d to ch annels CH-3/ 4. CH1/2 : Same sources as CH-1/ 2. SW : Sign als s ele cted b y t he AUDIO I N C H- 3/CH-4 s witches . REAR X LR [...]

Menu Li st 184 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 08/08 A UDIO-3 A U SG (1KHz) ON/ OFF /AUT O Sets whether to output a 1 kHz test ton e during the Color B ar mode o r not. ON: A 1 kHz test tone is output during the Color B ar mode. OFF: A 1 kHz test tone is not output during the C olor Bar mod e. AU TO : A 1 kHz t est tone is output on[...]

Menu List 185 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 08/08 A UDIO-3 A UDIO CH4 LEVEL e) FIX /FRONT Selects the audio lev el reco rded on cha nnel 4. FIX: Fix ed FRONT : Le vel as adjust ed by the M IC LEVEL contro l on the front panel of the camcorder No. Page It em Settings Description[...]

Menu Li st 186 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 09/09 WRR SETTING WRR V ALID CH SEL f) ALL /CH1 Selects whethe r to enable channels 1 and 2 of the wirele ss receiver , or cha nnel 1 only . ALL: Enable both channel 1 and 2. CH1: Enable channel 1 only . Sel ect this settin g to use the wireless rece iv er as a monaural r eceiv er . WRR[...]

Menu List 187 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 10/10 TIMECODE TC OUT AU T O /GENE Se lect s the time code signal outpu t. AU TO : Ou tputs the tim ecode genera tor output during r ecording and outpu ts the timecode reader output dur ing playback. GENE : Outputs the timecod e generator output during recor ding and playback. DF/NDF (W [...]

Menu Li st 188 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 11/11 ESSENCE MARK RET S HOT MAR K 1 OFF/ ON For details, see “Rec ording essence mar ks” on page 88. RET S HOT MAR K 2 OFF/ ON INDEX PIC. POS 0SEC t o 10SEC (in 1 sec steps) For de tails, see “ Setting t he thumbna il ima ge at record ing time” on page 89. FIND MODE R.ST /CLIP [...]

Menu List 189 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 12/12 CAM CONFIG 1 REC T AL L Y BLINK OFF/ ON Turns the t ally illum ination c ontrol on o r off when the batte ry is almost exhaust ed or the disc is almos t full . REC ST AR T BEEP OFF /ON T urns on or of f the REC ST AR T/STOP alarm sound. SUB LCD MODE SEL TIMER /O FF/ CONT Sets the t[...]

Menu Li st 190 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 13/13 CAM CONFIG 2 TEST SA W SELECT SA W /REC Selects the te st signal. COLO R B AR SELECT ARIB /100%/ 75%/SMPTE Select s the HD color bar typ e. USER & ALL ONL Y OFF /ON Show only USER menu in the top me nu. RM COMMON MEMOR Y OFF /ON Selects whether or not to share se ttings for wh[...]

Menu List 191 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 14/14 CAM CONFIG 3 ALA C OFF/ AU T O Speci fies whether to a ctiv ate the ab erratio n correct ion f unction. OFF: Do not acti v ate. AU TO : Activa te abe rration corre ction when a lens tha t supports aberra tion correctio n is mounted. Note For so me ab erratio n corre ction lenses , [...]

Menu Li st 192 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings –/16 [700] WHITE FIL TER ND FIL TER CTEM P OFF /ON T urns on and off the functi on which assigns elec trical CC fi lte rs to neut ra l dens ity (ND ) fi lt er s. ND FL T CTEMP <1> 3200K /430 0K/ 5600K/6300K Select the co lor t emperat ures wh en the electri cal CC fi lters are a[...]

Menu List 193 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 17/18 A UTO IRIS 2 IRIS WINDOW 1 /2/3 /4/5/6/V AR Selects t he auto i ris dete ction wi ndow . V AR: var iab le IRIS WINDO W IND OFF /ON T urns on and off the function which d isplays a frame marker for the au to ir is detec tio n windo w . IRIS L EVEL (–99 to 99) Adjusts th e le vel o[...]

Menu Li st 194 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 20/21 A UTO SHADING AU T O B L K SHA DING EXEC Execut es the auto b lack s hading correct ion function. RESET BL K SHD EXEC Cl ear bl ack shad ing co mpensat ion v alu es. TEST OUT SELECT VBS /Y/R/G /B/ LCD Selects the signal out put of the TEST OUT connector. MASTER GAIN(TMP) –6dB/?[...]

Menu List 195 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 22/23 NETWORK 1 NETWORK SETUP EXEC Di splays the NETWORK SETTING page, so that you can make network settings . DHCP Dis play only Enables or disable s automa tic acquisi tion of a n IP addres s from a DHCP serv er IP ADDRESS Display only IP address SUBNET MA SK Display only S ubnet mask [...]

Menu Li st 196 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 23/24 NETWORK 2 NET CFG RESET EXEC Reset network sett ings to the fac tory defaults. MAC Displa y only MAC address of this unit 24/25 WPS W i-Fi DSABL /ENA BL For det ails, see “To specif y a connectio n destination by WPS operations” (page 226). WPS MODE ONE PUSH / PIN CODE PIN UPD[...]

Menu List 197 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 25/26 W i-Fi Wi -Fi SETUP EXE C Displays the W i-Fi SETTING page so that you can make wirele ss LAN settings. W i-Fi ST A TUS [-----]/ [ xxxxx ]/ CONNECT (display onl y) Communi cation/conne ction sta tus xxxxx : Displays the signal strength by the number of x ’s . CONNECT : Executing [...]

Menu Li st 198 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings a) The setting o f this item is overri dden by the setting of Other BEFORE END wh en TYPE DETECTION in the BATTERY 2 page is set to “OTH ER”. 27/28 UP CONVER TER UP CON PR OCESS FIELD/ ADPT Sele cts the con version sou rce picture when SD is upc on verted to HD. FIELD: Us e the f ie[...]

Menu List 199 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings b) The setting of th is item is overridden by t he setting of Other END when TYPE DETECTION in the BATTERY 2 page i s set to “OTHER”. c) When T YPE DETECTION in the BAT TERY 2 page is set to “AUTO”, any batteries other than Son y BP- series batteries and Anton Bauer intelligent b[...]

Menu Li st 200 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 03/03 ALL FILE ALL FILE LOAD – Load ALL file. ALL FILE SA VE – Save ALL f i le. F. I D Blan k /up to 16 charact ers Name A LL file. ALL PRESET EXEC Return all items to pre set values. STORE ALL PRESET EXEC Save the current settings of all item s as p res et value s. CLEAR ALL PRESET[...]

Menu List 201 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 06/— [F800] USER GAMMA GAMMA LO AD EXEC Loads user -created gamma t able data (a user gam ma file) from a “Memo ry Stick” into int ernal memor y . GAMMA RESET EXEC Clear s a user gamm a file from intern al m emory . F .ID — Displays th e name of the use r gamma file in int ernal [...]

Menu Li st 202 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings a) “EX” is displayed when th e extender is on, and “08” is displayed wh en the shrinker is on. 08/07 LENS FILE 2 LENS M VMOD a) (–99 to 99) Adj usts the lens file V SA W shading c ompensa tion. LENS CENTER H a) –480 to 0 to 47 9 Compe nsa tes the hori zo nta l position of le[...]

Menu List 203 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings DIAGNOSIS menu No. Page Item Description 01/01 HOURS METER OPERA TION Display s th e tot al ti me t hat this uni t ha s been po we red o n, in units of hours. LASER Displ ays the total num ber of output pa rameters to th e optical heads. OPERA TION (rst) Displa ys the to tal time tha t t[...]

Menu Li st 204 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 06/06 DEV ST A TUS I/O: MS, FP , CN, DCP , VF Displays the status of each internal device of this unit . D/A: DCP1, DCP2, DCP3 EEPROM: CN, DCP , DR FRAM: A T FA N : M B LSI: DCP1, DCP2 , DCP3, DCP4, TG SCI: SY , RM 07/07 OPTION HD/ SD-SDI INPUT a ap pears when the optional CBK-HD01 HD/S[...]

Menu Operatio ns 205 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings To use the MENU ON/OFF switch, open the cover of th e menu operati ng section. When th e camcorder is po wered on, set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON to disp lay the menu on the vi ewfi nder scree n and the LC D monitor . If this is the f irst time th e menu has been used after the [...]

Menu Opera tions 206 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings To sc roll pages To select a menu or settin g item To cha nge a s etting valu e To confirm the selection of a menu, a setting item, or a setting value Each time yo u press the MENU knob, the menu display switches in the f ollowi ng sequenc e. TOP ?001 OUTPUT1 SDI OUT1 SELECT: OFF [...]

Menu Operatio ns 207 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings Example: When using the OPERATION m enu Note If the TOP menu has not been d isplayed since the camcorder is powered on, “TOP” does not appear at the upper right on the above screen, and you cannot go to the TOP menu. In this case, follow the procedure in “To display the TOP [...]

Menu Opera tions 208 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings To di splay th e TO P menu when anoth er menu is displayed Move b to “TOP ” displaye d at the top righ t of each page of the menu, and press the MENU knob. Or flic k the CANCE L/PRST/ ESCAPE swi tch re peatedl y to ES CAPE u ntil t he TOP menu is displ ayed. This se ction expl[...]

Menu Operatio ns 209 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 7 To co nti nue settin g othe r ite ms on the same page , repe at s teps from 4 to 6. 8 To e nd the me nu op erat ion, se t the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF. The m enu disa ppears fro m the sc reen, an d the displa y indicating th e current status of t he camcord er appe ars along t [...]

Menu Opera tions 210 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 3 If the CONTEN TS page is disp layed, press th e MENU knob . Then sel ect on e of EDIT USER 1 to EDIT USER 19, and press the ME NU knob. If a differe nt page othe r than the CONTENTS pag e is displaye d, tur n the MENU kn ob until the desired page appears, then pre ss the MENU kn[...]

Menu Operatio ns 211 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 3 Select DELETE, and press the MENU knob . The p reviously d isplayed pag e appear s again, and t he mes sage “DEL ETE OK? YE S b NO” appears. 4 Se lect YES, and pre ss th e ME NU kn ob. To r eplace item s on a page 1 Fol low ste ps 1 to 3 i n “To add a ne w page” ( page 2[...]

Menu Opera tions 212 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings To del ete a page by using the CANCEL/PRST/ ESC APE swit ch 1 Fol low ste ps 1 to 3 i n “To add a pa ge” (page 2 11). 2 Press t he MEN U k nob. T hen se lect th e page th at you want to delete. 3 Flick the CANCEL/PRST/ESCAPE switch to the CANCEL/PRST positi on. The mess age ?[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and the LCD Monitor 213 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings You can r etur n all se tting s in th e USER men u to standard set tings. (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the de sired item.) 1 Display the USER FILE page of the FILE me nu,[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and t he LCD Monitor 214 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings a) The viewfinder display can be also turned on or off by using the DISPLAY of the DISPLAY/ ASPECT swi tch on the viewfinder. b) For detailed information on the display mode, see “Change confirmation/adjustment prog ress[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and the LCD Monitor 215 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings Y: Me ssa ge is dis pl aye d. N: Me ssa ge is not dis pla ye d. a) This is also displayed for about 3 seconds when the SHUTTER selector is set to ON. Chan ging th e displa y mode 1 Display t he VF DIS P 1 page of th e OPERA[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and t he LCD Monitor 216 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings • TEST OU T SELE CT on the OUTP UT 1 page is set to HD-Y, and a cable is connected to the TEST OUT connector. • TEST OU T SELE CT on the OUTP UT 1 page is set to HD-Y, and TEST OUT SAVE on the POWER SAVE page is set to[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and the LCD Monitor 217 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings • Both SDI OUT 2 SUPER on the OUTPUT 1 page and SUPER(ZEBRA) on the SUPER IMPOSE page are set to ON. 3 Turn the MENU kno b to cha nge the settin g, and press the MENU kn ob. 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until y ou have set all [...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and t he LCD Monitor 218 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings Note When the menu is displayed, the shot ID is not displayed even if the color bar signal is output. (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the de sired item.) 1 Display t he SHO[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and the LCD Monitor 219 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings ABNOR MAL <!> scre en This window allows you to confir m why the ! (warning ) indicator lights in the viewfi nder. You can use t he ‘!’ LED page of the OPERA TION me nu to set whet her or not the ! (warning ) indi[...]

Adjustments and S ettings from Men us 220 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings You can se t the gain v alues fo r the L, M, and H positions of the GAIN se lector, which switches the gain of the video ampl ifier. (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the de sired item.) 1 Display th e GAIN SW pa[...]

Adjustmen ts and Settin gs from Menus 221 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 3 Turn the MENU kno b to cha nge the settin g, and press the MENU kn ob. 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until y ou have set all of the desired it ems. You can assi gn the desired functio n to any of the ASSIGN sw itches. (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en:[...]

Adjustments and S ettings from Men us 222 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings a) Even when the MARKER item is set to OFF on the MARKER page of the USER menu, t he SUPER (VFDISP& MENU) Assigns a m ixing switch function that selec ts mixing or no mixing of superimp osed viewfinder and men u text data into the video signals out put fro[...]

Adjustmen ts and Settin gs from Menus 223 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings ASSIGN 1/3 /4 switches allow you to display or not to display all markers. b) This function cannot be assigned to t he RET button on t he lens. c) Even i f the RETURN VIDEO item is set to OFF on the ASSIGNABLE SW page of the OPERATION menu, yo u can use this s[...]

Adjustments and S ettings from Men us 224 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings You ca n limit t he function of some output connec tors to save power consu mption. (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the de sired item.) 1 Display th e POWER SAVE p age of th e OPERAT ION menu , and pr ess th e [...]

Adjustmen ts and Settin gs from Menus 225 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings The scree n changes to the Wi-Fi SETTING page. 3 Spe cif y the co nnect ion desti nati on (see the next sectio n for how to specify it) . To specify a connection destination by automatic detection 1 On the Wi-Fi SETTING page, select “SCAN NETW ORKS” and th[...]

Adjustments and S ettings from Men us 226 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings See step s 3 and 4 in “Setting t he shot ID” (page 217) for info rmation about how to en ter characters . To set E NCRYPTION o ptions Dependi ng on the set ting of ENC RYPTION, you must set the follow ing options. When ENCRYPTION is W EP: When ENCRYPTION i[...]

Adjustmen ts and Settin gs from Menus 227 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 5 Se lect the desi red co nne ctio n des tination from th e detect ed access points , and then pr ess t he MENU k nob. You can man ually ad just the value of the white balanc e by setting th e color tem perature . (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en[...]

Adjustments and S ettings from Men us 228 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 3 Set the WHITE BA L switch to the channe l (A or B) that you wa nt to set. Note If the W HITE BAL sw itch is not s et to A or B, the adjusted value is not reflected in the video output even though you carry out the following operation. 4 Turn the MENU kno b t[...]

Adjustmen ts and Settin gs from Menus 229 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 1 Display the UMID SET page of the OPERAT ION menu , and pr ess th e MENU knob . For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on page 205. 2 Set the fo llowing ite m. For detail s on how to enter charac ters, see “Setting th e shot ID?[...]

Handling the “Memo ry Stick” 230 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data The “M emory S tick ” can be in sert ed t o or removed fro m the camcorder with the power turned on or o ff. ”Memory Sticks” usable with this camc order With th is ca mcor der, you can use a Sony “Memo ry Stick”, “M emory Stick D uo”, “Memory St[...]

Saving and Recalling Use r Files 231 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the desire d item.) 1 Disp lay the MEMORY ST ICK pa ge o f the FILE menu, and pr ess the M ENU knob . For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on page 205.[...]

Saving and Recalling User Files 232 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 2 Select US ER FILE SAVE, and press the MENU knob . The U SER S AVE page appears. Up to 20 pa ges, from P00 t o P19, can be used to sa ve us er fi les t o th e “Memo ry Sti ck”. Each page can hold up to fiv e files. 3 Turn the MENU knob un til the p age which [...]

Saving and Recalling Use r Files 233 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on page 205. 2 Select F. I D, and pres s the ME NU knob. A char acter ta ble appe ars. 3 Follow st eps 3 and 4 de scribed in “Setti ng the s hot ID ” on page 217 to enter ch aract ers. 4 When [...]

Saving a nd Lo ading S cene Files 234 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data When the load is compl eted, the messa ge “COM PLET E” appe ars and th e access indicat or goes off. If data canno t be loaded If one of the following error messages appears during or after the lo ad operat ion, then the data was not loaded. (Ho w to sel ect[...]

Saving and Loadi ng Scene Fil es 235 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 2 Select SCENE STO RE, and pres s the MENU knob . The SCENE STORE page ap pears . 3 Press t he ME NU k nob, t hen se lect the desir ed file num ber, an d press th e MENU knob again. The file to be saved is select ed. When no “M emor y Sti ck” i s insert ed Se[...]

Saving a nd Lo ading S cene Files 236 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data To select the file information items to be displayed You can s elect the it ems of file infor matio n to b e displayed on the SCENE STORE pa ges (P01 to P20) or the SCE NE RECALL pages (P01 to P20) used for saving da ta to or loading da ta from a “Memo ry Stic[...]

Jumping to a F ile-Related Menu Page When Insert ing a “Memory Stick” 237 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 5 To c arr y out t he l oad (rec all), select YES and press the M ENU knob. To cance l, press the MENU kn ob leaving b poin ting t o NO. Whe n load ing is co mple te, the messag e “COM PLET E” appe ars and th e access [...]

Jumping to a File-Re lated Menu Page When Insert ing a “Memory Sti ck” 238 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data • When any of the following menu pages is already dis pla ye d. - A f ile-related page such as the USER FILE page of the FILE menu - MEMORY STIC K, AL L FILE, SCE NE FI LE, LENS FILE, REFE RENCE or ROM VERSION page[...]

Over view 239 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations A re mote com pute r can be c onnec ted to this un it and used to operate on recorded data w hich has been save d in data files, such as vide o and audio data fi les. Ther e are two w ays to co nnect a rem ote comput er. • FAM connecti on Conn ect the (i.LINK) S400 connect or on this unit t o the i. LINK [...]

Overvie w 240 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations This se ction ex plains w hich opera tions are possible on files stored in eac h directory. When required, t he followi ng opera tion ta bles distinguish reading and w riting from part ial read ing and writin g. Read: Read data seque ntiall y from the start to th e end of the f ile. Part ial re ad: Rea d on[...]

Over view 241 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations a) Only when NAMING FORM on the FILE NAMING page of the OPERATION menu is set to FREE. b) Only files which can be written by XDCAM. Notes • Directories cannot be cr eated in the root dir ectory. • The directories in the root directory (Cl ip, Edit, Sub, UserData, General, and PR OAV) cannot be deleted o[...]

Overvie w 242 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations Comp onent di recto ry a) The “P*” part can be handled like a f ile with a user- defined name. b) Only files which are 2 sec onds or longer in length and which can be written by XDCAM. c) Overwriting is not possible. d) Multiple files cannot be opened at the same time. e) Only when NAMING FORM on the FI[...]

Over view 243 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations Sub di recto ry a) The “C*” part can be changed to a user-defined na me. b) When the “C*” part of a C*.MXF file name is changed, a C *S01.MXF fi le with the same n ame in the “C*” part is generated automatically. c) When a C*.MXF fil e is cr eated, a C*S 01.MXF file with the same name in the “[...]

Overvie w 244 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations • To create a new directory in the General directory, first create a directory on the desktop and r ename it using only characters that can be used on this unit. Then drag it from t he desktop and dro p it in the General di rectory. 1) The following character codes cannot be used by FAM connections. U+010[...]

File Operat ions in File Acces s Mode (for Windows) 245 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations File ac cess m ode op erati ng e nvironm ent Operating system requ irements fo r file operat ions by file acces s mode (cal led FAM below) are as follows. Computer op erating system: Microsoft Wind ows XP Profe ssi ona l SP3 or high er, Microsoft Windows Vista Busin[...]

File Operation s in File Access Mode (for Windows) 246 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations Setting o f LIVE L OGGING on t he REC FUNCTION page of the OPERA TION me nu: Values other than VIEW (OFF or LIVE) MENU ON/OFF switch: OFF Unsaved cu rrent clip list: Sa ve o r clea r 2 If this uni t is c onnected to a re mote compu ter by FTP, log out from the FTP se[...]

File Operat ions in File Acces s Mode (for Macint osh) 247 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations In Windo ws Vista, the message “This device can be saf ely removed from your compute r.” appears . This unit can now resume no rmal oper ations. (The limita tions descr ibed in “Opera tion limitations du ring FAM conne ctions” on pag e 246 no l ong er app[...]

File Operation s in File Access Mode (for Macint osh) 248 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations Connections between t his unit and a comput er by the Liv e Logging function: D isconne cted Setting o f LIVE L OGGING on t he REC FUNCTION page of the OPERA TION me nu: Values other than VIEW (OFF or LIVE) MENU ON/OFF switch: OFF Unsaved cu rrent clip list: Sa ve[...]

FTP File Operations 249 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations File operat ions betwe en this unit an d a remo te compute r can be carried out by the File Transfer Protocol (ca lled FTP below). Prepa ratio ns 1 Connect the networ k connect ors of this unit and a remote computer with a netw ork cable. O r connect this unit to the network to which the remot e c[...]

FTP File O perations 250 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations MENU ON/OFF switch: OFF Unsaved cu rrent clip list: Sa ve o r clea r Note Login is not possible unles s the unit is in the state described above. 2 Star t the co mmand pro mpt. 3 Enter “ftp <SP > <IP addre ss>”, and press th e Enter ke y. (<S P> refer s to a space. ) For exa[...]

FTP File Operations 251 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations PASV This command reque sts this unit to “Listen” on a data port (which is not its default da ta port). It puts this unit into pass ive mode, waiting for the remote co mputer to make a data connection. Syntax : PASV < CRLF> TYPE Specifies the type of data to be transferred. Syntax : TYPE[...]

FTP File O perations 252 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations STOR Begins transfer of a copy of a file in the specified path on the remote computer to the current directory on this unit. Depending on the type of file transferred, the following items are c reated. • C*. MXF file 1), 3) - C*M01.XML file (metadata) - C *M02.KLV file (user met adata) - C *S01[...]

FTP File Operations 253 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations • Inpu t example: HELP RETR NOOP Does nothing except return a response. (Used to check whether this unit is runnin g.) Syntax : NOOP <CRLF> PWD Displays the current directory (“/” if the di rectory is the root directory). Syntax : PWD <CRLF> CWD Changes the current d irectory (mo[...]

FTP File O perations 254 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations specify a segment in the body of the MXF file (composed of video and audio data), for transfer of the requi red segment only. Note A segment greater than the file size cannot be specified. Syntax : SITE REPFL <S P> “<path-n ame>” <SP> <star t-frame> <S P> <tra[...]

Recordin g Continuous Time code with FAM and FTP Conne ctions 255 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations When you ar e connec ted to the unit by FAM or FTP, you can create new c lips wit h time code th at is contin uous wit h the ti mecode of the last f rame of the last clip on the disc. To record continuous timeco de, set PRESET/REGEN/ CLOCK switc h to “RE[...]

Testing the Ca mcorder b efore Shooting 256 Chapter 9 Main tenance Check t he functions of th e camcorde r before setting out for a shoo ting session, preferably by operati ng the camc order to gether with a color video moni tor. 1 Attach a fully char ged batt ery pack. 2 Set th e POWER switch to ON and check tha t the HUMID indi cato r do es not a[...]

Testing th e Camcorder bef ore Shooting 257 Chapter 9 Main tenance 3 Check ea ch of the fo llowing op erations . • The menu is displa yed on the view finder screen. • Turn th e MENU k nob and ch eck that the menu page ch anges to the nex t page. • P ress the MENU kno b and check that sett ings of eac h item of th e sele cted pag e are dis pla[...]

Testing the Ca mcorder b efore Shooting 258 Chapter 9 Main tenance 6 If an exte nder me chanis m is incor porated in your lens, pu t the exten der lever of th e lens into the 2× posit ion and ch eck the fo llowin g points. • The indicat ion “EX” appears at the top lef t on th e viewf inder scree n. • T he au to iris fu nctio ns co rrectly [...]

Testing th e Camcorder bef ore Shooting 259 Chapter 9 Main tenance (4) Te sting the ea rpho ne a nd spea ker 1 Tur n the MONIT OR volu me cont rol and ch eck that th e speaker volume chan ges acco rdingly. 2 Connect an earphone to the front o r rear EARPHONE jack. 3 Che ck t hat th e sp eake r soun d is cut off and that you can hea r the sound f ro[...]

Maintenance 260 Chapter 9 Main tenance 6 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to F-RUN, and check t hat the timecode indi cati on st arts chan ging aga in and conti nues to chan ge even when you rest art re cord ing and st op r eco rdin g again . 7 Set t he DISPLAY switch to U-BIT, and check tha t the use r bit data th at was set is displa yed. Use a dus[...]

Mainte nance 261 Chapter 9 Main tenance Fog-proof filter Dependi ng on t he temp erature and h umidity, t he protecti ng filter may mist be cause of vapor or your brea th. To ensure that the viewfi nder is alway s cle ar, re plac e th e prot ecti ng fi lter with a fog-proof fi lter (option , part No. 1-547 -341-11). Fitting the fog-proof filte r Re[...]

Op erati on Wa rnin gs 262 Chapter 9 Main tenance If a pr oble m occur s when the cam corde r is powered or is being operated, a warning is i ssued by var ious vi si ble an d audi ble in dica tors . These visi ble an d audib le ind icator s are: • In the status di splay on the LCD monitor: a warni ng mess age (“A” in the “La yout of the tab[...]

Operation Warnin gs 263 Chapter 9 Main tenance Warni ng mess ages Error**- ** a) Wa r n i n g indicati on State W ARNING indi cator W arning sound REC/T ALL Y BA T T —— — Problem VDR operation Action to take Recordin g error Recording stops . T urn off the po wer and consult a Sony ser vice representative. MEM Full! Wa r n i n g indicati on S[...]

Op erati on Wa rnin gs 264 Chapter 9 Main tenance Disc E rror! Wa r n i n g indicati on State W ARNING indi cator W arning sound REC/T ALL Y BA T T —— b) b) b) — Problem VDR operation Action to take A disc d efect w as det ected. Recordi ng conti nues, a voiding the defect, but ma y be su bstandard. If defect s are detected repeat edly , exch[...]

Operation Warnin gs 265 Chapter 9 Main tenance a) Asterisks (*) are replaced by digits in the display. b) During recording c) During playback, fast forward, fast reverse, or stop d) During recording pause e) During recording or pa use f) 1 flash/s g) 4 flashes/s h) During recording, displayed in the LCD monitor o nly (When the DISP SEL/EXPAN D butt[...]

Op erati on Wa rnin gs 266 Chapter 9 Main tenance a) Contact a Sony service representative to replace the battery. VDR ope ration messages a re displayed in the sett ing chan ge a nd a djus tment pr ogr ess mess age displa y ar ea o f the viewf inder scr een ( see page 3 5) . Take the act ions li sted i n the fo llow ing table. AU TO INTERV A L **M[...]

Operation Warnin gs 267 Chapter 9 Main tenance HD422 1080 HD422 720 HD420 1080 HD420 720 IMX50 Clip IMX40 Clip IMX30 Clip DV C A M C l i p 8CHx16 Clip 4CHx24 Clip 2CHx16 Clip This appears wh en mix ed fo rmat recording mode i s disable d and the current record ing format of this unit does not m atch the recording format o f the inserted d isc. T o [...]

Op erati on Wa rnin gs 268 Chapter 9 Main tenance Alar m mess ages d uring thum bnai l search, scene selection, and clip list oper ations An alarm message may appe ar in the LC D monitor during thum bnail search, sce ne select ion, and clip l ist oper ations . In that ca se, take the action indi cated in the following tab le. SUB Clip NG The In and[...]

Operation Warnin gs 269 Chapter 9 Main tenance Clip List does not E xis t. An atte mpt is made to execute a Delete C lip List op eration (s ee page 138) when th ere ar e no cli p lists on th e disc. Move is In valid. An atte mpt is made to execute a Move Sub Clips operation (see page 135) when th ere ar e no sub clip in the cur rent clip li st, or [...]

Important Notes on Operati on 270 Appendix Use a nd st orage Do no t su bjec t th e un it t o se vere sho cks The int ernal mech anism may be damaged or th e body warpe d. Do not cov er the unit while operating Putting a cloth, for exampl e, over the unit c an cause ex cessive inte rnal heat bui ld-up. After use Always turn off the POWER switch . B[...]

Impor tant Notes on Op eration 271 Appendix Fitting the zoom len s It is im por tant to f it the le ns co rrectly , as otherwi se damage may re sult. Be sure to refer to the sectio n “Mounting th e Lens” on page 45. Viewfinder • Do not le ave the unit w ith th e eye piece p ointi ng direct ly at th e sun. The eyep iece le ns can conc entrat e[...]

Specifications 272 Appendix Power voltage 11 V to 17 V DC Power consumption Appr ox. 40 W Main uni t only, recordin g, power from battery pack , VDR SAVE/STBY switch set to SAVE, LC D monitor on (bac klig ht: low ). Note Do not allow the total power consumpt ion of peripherals to exceed 60 W when peripherals a re connected. However, power consumed [...]

Specifications 273 Appendix 59 dB (Wi th noise suppression on. O ff value is 54 dB .) Modulation (at screen center) 45% o r m ore Registration 0.02% or less for entire screen are a (excluding distortion due to lens) Geometri c dist ortio n None i dentified (excluding distortion due to lens) Smear –135 d B LCD panel 3.5 in ches Pixel resol ution: [...]

Specifications 274 Appendix 11 to 17 V DC, maximum ra ted current 0.5 A LENS: 12-pin REMOTE: 8-pin LIGHT : 2- pin (i.LINK) S400: 6-pin, complies with IEEE 1394 (network) : RJ-45 type 100B ASE -TX: Co mplies with IEEE8 02.3u 10BASE- T: Compli es with IEEE8 02.3 USB 2.0 : HOST Ty pe-A, 4-pin (for maintenan ce) Shoulder st rap (1) Microph one cable (f[...]

Specifications 275 Appendix VCT -14 T rip od Adaptor Maintenance Manua l Des ign and sp ecif icatio ns ar e su bject to ch ange without notice. Not es • Alway s make a test rec ording, and verify that it was recorded successfully. SONY WILL NOT BE L IABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATI ON OR REIMBURSEMENT ON ACC[...]

Chart of Optiona l Component s and Accesso ries 276 Appendix Char t of Opt ional Co mponen ts and Access ories a) T he car rying case is large enough to hold the camcorder with lens and microphone mounted. However, remove them if they protrude more than 25 cm from the front of the main unit. ECM- 680S/67 8/ 674 Micr ophone CAC-12 Microph one Holder[...]

Using PDZ-1 Pr oxy Browsi ng Software 277 Appendix When a compu ter with the P DZ-1 P roxy Browsing Soft ware Version 2. 7 installed is connec ted to t his unit, you can t ransfer the p roxy AV data and meta data file s recorded on a di sc to the comp uter. On th e comput er sid e, PDZ-1 enables y ou to br owse the pro xy AV d ata, add o r modify m[...]

List of Support ed USB Keybo ards 278 Appendix When the area of use is set to NTSC AREA/PAL AREA and the font setting is European Alphab et 1) On thi s unit, yo u can ente r any of the ch arac ters and symbo ls supported by the keyboa rds listed below. Select the correspond ing languag e by selectin g Settings > Select USB Keybo ard Langua ge in[...]

List of Supported USB Ke yboar ds 279 Appendix German [Germany ] Italia n [It aly] Polish (Progra mmers) [Pola nd] Russian [R ussia] Span is h [Spa in][...]

List of Support ed USB Keybo ards 280 Appendix When the area of use is set to NTSC A REA/PAL AREA and the font setting is Korean The key board is fixed as th e Korean keybo ard, and you ca n enter Han gul character s. Note The keyboard language ca nnot be changed. When t he area of us e is s et to N TSC(J )AREA The keyboa rd is fixed as the Jap ane[...]

Recommend ed USB Flash Drives (As of June 2009 ) / Trademark s and Licens es 281 Appendix The f ollowi ng So ny USB flash drives are recom mended for use wi th this unit. Pocket Bit L Series • USM16GL • USM8GL • USM4GL Pocket Bit Hi-Speed LX Series • USM16GL X •U S M 8 G L X • USM4G LX (availabl e in Japan only) Note USB flash drives ot[...]

Trademarks and Licenses 282 Appendix MAN NER TH AT COM PLIES WITH THE MPEG-2 STANDARD FOR ENCODING VIDEO INFORMATION FOR PACKAGED MEDIA IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED WITHOUT A LICENSE UNDER APPLICABLE PATENTS IN THE MPEG-2 PAT ENT PO RTF OLIO, W HICH LICEN SE IS AVAILABLE FRO M MPEG LA, L .L.C., 250 STEELE STRE ET, SUITE 30 0, DENVER, COLORADO 80 206. ?[...]

Trademarks and Licens es 283 Appendix * modifica tion, are perm itted provid ed that the fol lowing co nditions * are m et: * * 1. Redistribut ions of source code must retain the above copyrig ht * notic e, this list of c ondit ions and the follow ing discla imer . * * 2. Redistribut ions in binary form must re produce the abov e copyright * notic [...]

Trademarks and Licenses 284 Appendix /* Copyri ght (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay @cryptsoft. com) * All rights reserv ed. * * This pa ckag e is an SS L imple mentati on writt en * by Eric Youn g (eay@crypt soft.com). * The imp lementati on was written so as to conf orm with Nets capes SSL. * * This libra ry is free for co mmercia l and non-com merc[...]

Trademarks and Licens es 285 Appendix * The lice nc e and dis tri but ion te rms for any publi cally av aila ble v ersi on or * derivativ e of this code canno t be changed. i.e. this code cannot simp ly be * copied a nd put under anot her distributio n licence * [in cluding t he GNU Public L icence.] */[...]

About a “Memory S tick” 286 Appendix What is “Mem ory Sti ck”? “Memor y St ick” is a ne w comp act, port able an d versatile IC (Int egrated Circ uit) recordin g medium with a da ta capa city tha t excee ds a floppy di sk. “Memory Stick” i s specially designe d for ex changing a nd shari ng digital data among “M emory Stick” c o[...]

About a “Memory Stic k” 287 Appendix • Do not dis assemble or modify the “Memory Stick”. • Do not allow the “Memory Stick” to get wet. • Do not us e or store the “Memory Stick” in a lo cation that is: - Extr emely hot, such as in a car parked in the sun - U nder direct sunlight - Very humid or subject to corrosive substances ?[...]

Index 288 Inde x Symbol s ! (warni ng) in dica tor 33 +48V/OFF switch es 30 Numerics 10BAS E-T/100BA SE-TX 30 5600 K function 222 A AC power 39 ACCESS indicator 22 Acce ssorie s 276 Acce ssory fit ting shoe 16 Addi tional equi pment 274 ALA RM knob 19 ALL menu 156 Area of us e, sett ing 43 Arrow buttons 27 ASSIGN switches 19, 28 assign ing funct io[...]

Index 289 Inde x changi ng 64 setting manually 2 27 Conde nsa tion 270 CONTRAST control 31 Cooling fan control mode 35 Cover 21 Current clip list 1 32 Cust om izatio n assign ing func tions to ASSI GN swit ches 221 D Date, setti ng 4 4 DC IN conn ector 15 DC OUT 12V connector 15 DCC (Dynamic Contrast Co ntrol) 20 DIAGNOSIS menu 15 6, 203 Digital ex[...]

Index 290 Inde x G GAIN selector 20 Gain value 36 setting 220 GENLOCK IN connector 2 8 Green tall y indicator 32 GUI screen operat ions 120 swit chin g 111 GUI s cree n op erat ions section 27 H HOLD/CHAPTER button 23 I i.LINK S400 co nnector 31 Imag e inversi on cancel ing 170 Index pi cture changi ng 126 Indi cato rs and stat us displa y 3 1 Inte[...]

Index 291 Inde x Outp ut signal, s electin g 220 OUTPUT/DCC switch 20 Own ersh ip in forma tio n 229 P PAINT menu 156, 1 71 PDZ- 1 Prox y Br owsing So ftware 27 7 PEAKING control 31 Pict ure Cache func ti on 89 Pixel noise redu ction fu nction 194 Plannin g metadat a 103, 140 PLAY/PAUSE button 22 Playba ck clip l ist 133 freeze -fram e 85 normal 85[...]

Index 292 Inde x trimming 135 SUB CLIP indicator 27 SUB CLIP/DISC MENU bu tton 27 Syste m frequen cy 24 setting 58 System fre quency an d frame rate 34 T TALLY i ndicator 29, 32 Tall y in dic ator 3 1 TALLY switch 29, 31 TC IN co nnector 29 TC OUT conne ctor 29 TEST OUT connector 29 Tes ting 256 Thumb nail display items 114 operat ions 121 search i[...]

Index 293 Inde x X XLR connection automatic dete ction function 49 Z ZEBRA switch 32 Zoom po sition 34[...]

The ma terial co ntained in this man ual consist s of informat ion that is the propert y of Sony Corporat ion and is intended solely for use by the purchase rs of the equipm ent described in this manual. Sony Corp ora tio n ex pre ssly pr ohi bits the duplic ation of any port ion of this man ual or the use t hereo f fo r an y pur pose other th an t[...]

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