Sony XCD-V60, XCD-SX90, XCD-U100 Bedienungsanleitung

T echnical Man ual A-CUJ-100- 11 (1) Digital Camera Module © 2007 Sony Corporation XCD-V60CR/SX90CR/U100CR (Col or mo del) XCD-V60/SX90/U100 (Black and white model)[...]

2 T able of Cont ents Overvie w Main F eatur es ................... .................. ................... 3 System Components .................. .................. .......... 4 Connection Diagr am ................. .................. .......... 5 Location and Function of P arts and Operation . . 6 Front/T op/Bottom ............................ ...[...]

Ov erview 3 Overvie w The six mode ls of the XCD-ser ies digital c amera modules (Bl ack and white mode ls and RA W color models) empl oying t he IEEE1394 b-2002 standard are equipped with qua lity digital c amera features. Although it is compa ct, the camera a llo ws high-speed image transfer an d daisy chain con nection with t wo IEEE1394b conn e[...]

Ov erview 4 System Component s The camera module i maging system comprises t he follo wing products. Product s 1 to 4 are used for th e basic conf iguration, and 1 to 7 fo r the opti onal conf igur ation. ( All the p roducts except the camera modul e are a v ailable separat ely .) 1 Camera modul e This is a small-si ze, high-resolution, came ra mod[...]

Ov erview 5 Connection Diagra m C-mount lens VCT -ST70I T r ipod Adaptor Host equipment (PC, etc.) IEEE1394b cable Host adaptor card XCD-V60/V6 0CR/SX90/ SX90CR/U100/U100CR[...]

Ov erview 6 Location and Func tion of P ar ts and Oper ation Fr ont/T op/Bottom 1 Lens mount (C -mount) Attach an y C-moun t lens or ot her optical equipment . Note The lens must not proj ect more than 10 mm (13/32 i nch) from the lens mo unt. 1 Lens mount f ace 2 10 mm (13/ 32 inc h) or l ess 2 A u xiliar y hol es (t op) 3 Reference holes (bottom)[...]

Ov erview 7 Instal lation Fitting the lens 1 Remove the lens mount cap. 2 Screw in the lens (not su pplied), an d turn it unti l it is sec ured. Note Clean th e optical filter wi th a comme rcially available blower br ush to rem ove dust. Using a trip od T o use t he tripod , install t he VCT -ST70I tripod adaptor (not suppl ied) on the c amera mod[...]

Functions 8 Functions Gain Both Manu al and Auto Gain setti ngs are a v ailable wit h this c amer a. The v ariabl e range e xtends fr om 0 to 24 dB f or the blac k and white mo dels or from 0 t o 18 dB for t he color models. The c amera is designed so t hat the gain ca n be subdi vided an d set by 0.0359 dB. At the factory d efault settin g, the ga[...]

Functions 9 A uto Exposu re AutoExposure is a funct ion that automa ticall y adjusts the gain and shutter sett ings, based on the br ightness of the subj ect. When t he gain or shut ter is set to Auto, th e brightness is ad justed automatically to the v alue specif ied with AutoExposure. Gamma This camer a uses the ga mma function t o select the lo[...]

Functions 10 Tr i g g e r T rigger shutter is u seful for capturing imag es in response t o a trigger that start s the exposure to ma tch a preset timing. It can also be used to capture an image using multiple cameras wi th the same timing. When a trig ger shutte r is used, the requi red trigger is input via the 1 2-pin connector o n the rear panel[...]

Functions 11 P an/Tilt Pan/ T ilt is a fu nction used to mo ve a c amera up and do wn or left and right. Ho we ve r this camer a supports a video mode mu ch smaller than the CCD’ s effec tiv e pixel s by cutting out ima ges fr om the whole s creen . Y ou can specify the p ortion to be cut o ut using Pan/ T ilt commands. The v ariable range d iff [...]

Functions 12 Str obe Contr ol A strobe c ontrol sig nal is assigned in the 12-p in connector . This a llo ws direct command o f light- emission fr om the strobe connec ted to the camera and controls t he light-emissi on timing an d the signa l width. The outpu t terminal is of the op en-collect or type and should be pu lled at the strob e side. A s[...]

Functions 13 Memo ry Shot The camera is equi pped with Memory Sh ot that temporarily stores an i mage in the frame memory inside the camera and tr ansfers it later . When multip le cameras are connec ted in the same b us, all the cameras may not output images at the same time due to th e restricti on of 800 Mbps b and. Memory S hot may resolv e thi[...]

Functions 14 Pa r t i a l S c a n The partial scan is a functi on for outputt ing part of a whol e image as a reg ion of inter est on the whole image. Based on the unit cell as the unit , continuous parts can be selected . Only rectan gles can be selected. T he screen cannot be cut in co n vex and L sha pes. The minimum unit size for partial scan i[...]

Functions 15 Binnin g Mode The mode used when the sensiti vity is increased and the frame rat e is multiplied b ased on mixing the CCD pix el data, is call ed the Binning mode. There a re two types of binning: 1 × 2 bi nning whe n the output i mage is compr essed in th e vert ical direct ion only , and 2 × 2 binning when the image is compressed i[...]

Control 16 Control Camera Command Status Register This camera complies with IIDC 1394-based Digital Camera Spec ification, V ersion 1.31 (hereinafter referred to as IIDC v1.31). The standards document can b e purchased from 1 394T A (the 1394 T rade Assoc iation). As it i s very hel pful in understanding t he explan ations in this T echnical Manual[...]

Control 17 Configurat ionR OM The Conf igurationR OM is normally use d for the OS to ident ify th e dev ice. The serial n umber and f irmware v ersion of t he camera are stor ed in C onf iguratio nR OM to be used when required . Note that the sett ing method for th e serial number and f irmw are ver sion informat ion is of S ony’ s u nique spec i[...]

Control 18 For off set address 434h , the length o f the UnitDep endentInfo is 0Bh Quadlets. CommandRegsBase is the base address of the camera control regi ster . F0000000h + 3c0000h × 4 = F0F00 000h The of fset add ress of V endorNameLeaf is requ ired to be 43Ch + 0 0000Ah × 4 = 464h The of fset address of Mod elNameLeaf is required to be 440h +[...]

Control 19 Contr ol Base Address Ever y regi ster address i s decided base d on the base address found in the C ommandRegsBa se fiel d of Conf igrati onR O M. F0 F00000h is t he control base address on this camera. Inquiring about Support ed Vide o Modes First, we will f ind out what video f ormats are suppor ted. Next, fo r each format, we will f [...]

Control 20 Video Mode Sett ings (S800) Select the v ideo mode you want to use from the tab les, and make the requir ed sett ings. As examples, the register settings for Format0, Mode5, and a frame rate of 60 fps for the XCD-V60; Format2, Mode2, and a frame rate of 30 fps for the XCD-SX90, and F ormat2, Mo de5, and a fr ame rate of 15 fps f or the X[...]

Control 21 Contr ol of IIDC Standar d Features Before tran smitting th e control comm and, check the v ariable ran ges of setting s and if there is an automatic mod e for each feature. As the v ariabl e ranges of the settings v a ry with video modes for t he Pan and T ilt f eatures, be sure to check t hem if the video mode i s changed. Addres s Dat[...]

Control 22 * According to the IEEE 1394 specifications, the most significant bit is sh own as 0 , and the least significant bit as 31. F0F0 051Ch (Shutter) CB003 47Eh 0 This f eatur e ex ists. 1 Abs olute value contr ol possib le. 4 The value can be read out . 6 Auto setting can be selected. 7 Manu al setting can be selected. 8-19 Min. 3 20-31 Max.[...]

Control 23 Actual control can be carried out by set ting regi sters from F0F008 00 onw ard. ddd indicat es the control v alue e xpressed as a 12 bi t hexadec imal number . xxx indi cates that an y setting made wi ll be ignored . Brig htnes s contr ol AE reference control Sharpn ess con tro l Whit e balanc e control Hue (G level) control Saturati on[...]

Control 24 Pan/Tilt cont rol Optica l Filt er contr o l GPIO control S tro b e c o nt ro l The for mul a for absolute value shutter contr ol register address Absol ute v alue sh utter co ntr ol CSR of fset address The register address for absolute v alue shutte r control is giv en by the following formula. F0000000h + 003C025Ch × 4 = F0 F00970h Th[...]

Control 25 Contr ol of IIDC Optional Fea tures Check if t he camera is equi pped with optional feat ures by r eading bit 3 of B ASIC_FUNC _INQ. Check the supported feat ure by r eading Opt_Funct ion_Inq. PIO contr ol Check the off set address of PIO. F0F20400h indicat es the address of the PIO ou tput por t. F0F20404h indica tes the add ress of t h[...]

Control 26 Contr ol of Sony’ s Unique Featur es LUT (LookUp T a ble) Enabling writing the Lookup tab le Write the follo wi ng three co mmands in sequence. Disabling writing the Lookup tab le Write the follo wi ng three co mmands in sequence. When writ ing of th e Lookup ta ble is enabl ed, th e addresses 0xF 0F60000 to 0xF0F61FFC t hat store the [...]

Control 27 3 × 3 Filter Enabling wri ting the filter Write the following three com mands in sequence. Disabling wr iting the filter Write the following three com mands in sequence. When writing of th e filt er is enabled, th e addresses 0xF0F62000 to 0xF 0F62024 th at store the f ilter ta ble become open. The f ilter coef fi cients are specif ied [...]

Control 28 T rig ger I nhibi tio n Enabling T r igger inhibition Write the follo wi ng three co mmands in sequence. Disabling T rigger inhibition Write the follo wi ng three co mmands in sequence. User Free Memory Enabl ing User free memory Write the follo wi ng three co mmands in sequence. Disabling User free memory Write the follo wi ng three co [...]

Control 29 Setting A W B (A uto White Balance) P arameter s Enabling A WB paramete r setting Write the following three com mands in sequence. The detect ion frame is highligh ted. Disabling A WB parameter setting Write the following three com mands in sequence. When A WB parameter set ting is ena bled, addresses 0xF0F63000 or later f or the setting[...]

Control 30 Memory Shot Switching to Memory shot mode Write the follo wi ng three co mmands in sequence. Switching to normal mode Write the follo wi ng three co mmands in sequence. When the Memory shot mode is set, the following control reg isters become ef fecti v e. Operation when the trigger mode is s et 1 Before starting, stop video and open t h[...]

Control 31 Notes on the Camera Operati ons If Frame Rate Decrease Occur s On this camera, frame rate may decr ease depending on your shutt er settings. a When the e xposure t ime is shorter t han one fra me, and the e xposure t ime setting is shortened using the shutter b When the shutter is set to Auto, and the expos ure time decreases automatical[...]

Specifications 32 Specificatio ns Specifi cations XCD-V60/V60 CR XCD-SX90/SX9 0CR XCD-U1 00/U100CR Image sen sor 1/3-typ e progress iv e scan IT tr ansf er CC D 1/3-ty pe pro gress iv e sca n IT transfer CCD 1/1.8-ty pe progre ssiv e scan IT transfer CCD Number of effect iv e pixels Approx. 33 0,000 659 (H) × 494 (V) Approx . 1,200 ,000 1296 (H) ?[...]

Specifications 33 Video Modes Supp or ted Fixed format Format Mode Image Size Color Coding Frame Rate XCD-V60/ V60CR XCD-SX90/ SX90CR XCD-U100/ U10 0CR 0 5 64 0 × 480 Mono8 1.875 3.75 7.5 15 30 60 6 64 0 × 480 Mono1 6 1.875 3.75 7.5 15 30 60 1 2 80 0 × 600 Mono8 7.5 15 30 5 1 024 × 768 Mon o8 1.875 3.75 7.5 15 30 6 80 0 × 600 M ono16 3.75 7.5 [...]

Specifications 34 S800 ba nd is req uired . Free f ormat The frame ra tes indicate the v alues in 8-bit mo de and under S80 0 conditi ons. T o operat e with a frame rat e of 180 fps, th e shutter spee d should be f aster than 1 /180 s. T o operat e with a frame rat e of 90 fps, the shutter speed should be f aster than 1/ 90 s. T o operat e with a f[...]

Appendix 35 Appendix Spectral Sensit ivity (Relative Res ponse) P arameters XCD-V60 Spectral sensitivity (relati ve response) parameters (withou t lens and light sou rce parame ters) XCD-V60CR Spectral sensitivity (relati ve response) parameters (withou t lens and light sou rce parame ters) XCD-SX90 Spectral sensitivity (relati ve response) paramet[...]

Appendix 36 XCD- U100 CR Spectral sensitivity (relati ve response) parameters (without l ens and li ght source par ameters) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0. 9 1.0 Wave Length [nm] Relative Response 400 450 B G R 500 550 600 650 700[...]

Appendix 37 Dimensions 26 (1 1 / 16 ) 2 - M3, depth 4 ( 3 / 32 – M 3, depth 3 / 16 ) 13 ( 17 / 32 ) 44 (1 3 / 4 ) 33 (1 5 / 16 ) 65.5 (2 5 / 8 ) 57.5 (2 3 / 8 ) (8 ( 5 / 16 )) 12-pin connector IEEE1394b connector 4 - M3, depth 4 ( 3 / 16 - M3, depth 3 / 16 ) 13 ( 17 / 32 ) 50 (2) 26 (1 1 / 16 ) Unit: mm (inches)[...]

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