Sony NEX-FS700E manual

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The NE X-F S 7 00R is a dedic ated video c amera featuri ng a power ful 4K Exmor Super35 C MOS sens or in addition to: Less moiré patterning and false coloration, more sensitivity in lo w -light settings The dedicated video sensor eliminat es line skipping during read pr ocessing and pr ovides increased sensitivity that helps to minimize noise suc[...]

Chapte r SEN SOR AND L ENS Chapte r AUT OMA TED FUNCTIONS Chapte r Per formance features Chapte r FI LE- B A SED Chapte r PICT URE PROFILE Chapte r R AW reco rding[...]

2 A UTOMA TED FUNC T IONS Video Set t ings AUTO EXPOSURE (AE) function lets you control image brig htnes s automatic ally Moving the AU TO /MANUA L switc h to AUTO enable s automa tic adjus tment s of th e iris , gain, shut ter s pee d and white b alanc e set t ings. You can st ar t sho oting rig ht away wit hout ch ecking those settings. AUTO E XP[...]

3 AE SHIF T for aut omat ically shootin g video a little brighte r or dark er AS SIGN The A E SHIF T func tio n enable s you to sho ot at an exp osure l evel that i s a lit tle hi gher or l ower than the A E func tion no rmally s elec t s. Usage examples ■ Wh en the subj ect i s darker th an the bac kg round, suc h as when shoo ting a per so n ag[...]

WHT B AL but ton (one pus h) button WHITE BALANCE MEMORY switch 4 A UTOMA TED FUNC T IONS WB TEMP SE T ( whit e balance tem perature set ) lets you directly set color temperat ure This f unct ion enable s you to s pec if y the c olor te mpera ture in number s, suc h as 3,20 0K and 6 ,50 0K . White B alance ( WB) T o sh oot imag es in c orrec t co l[...]

WB ( White Balance ) preset Cl ea r sk y li gh t Br ig ht ove rc as t sk ylight Ov erc as t sk y li gh t Daylight fluorescent lamp (K) 30 ,000 25, 000 1 0,000 8, 000 7 , 000 6, 000 5, 000 4, 000 3,20 0 3, 000 1, 5 0 0 Daylight Noon 2 hours after sunrise 1 hour after sunrise 10 0 W tungsten lamp 1 5, 000K WB T EMP S E T (U nit: 100 K ) WB O UT DO OR[...]

A at mono mix of CH 1 and CH2 in th e headphon es c an be us ed to c heck t he balanc e be twee n lef t and ri ght ch annels whil e rec ording. To switch to th e mono mix , use t he menu sy stem to n avigate to [ AUDIO SET ] [ HEADPH ONE OUT ] and selec t [ MONO ] . 6 A UTOMA TED FUNC T IONS The audio t rack c an be mo nitore d throug h headpho [...]

7 Adjusting the input level for external micr ophones TRIM i s use d to adjus t the micro phone inpu t level in ac cordan ce wit h the s ound volume. In the menu s ys tem, naviga te to [ AUDIO S ET ] [ XLR S ET ] [ INPUT1( 2) TRIM ] , then s elec t the re quired tr im value (- 1 8 dB, -12 dB, - 6 dB , 0 dB, +6 dB and + 12 dB). For high - sen siti v[...]

8 SENS OR AND LENS 11 .6 mi llion pix el 4K E xmor HD CMOS sensor The NE X- F S 7 00 R feature s a large image s enso r that pro duce s power f ul “bokeh” effe ct s and br ings subje ct s to life w hile providing excelle nt sen siti vit y for c lear image s wit h minimal nois e in low- lig ht set t ings in bo th st andard an d Full HD 1 0 x sup[...]

The gain and I SO set t ings can al so be modi ed vi a the menu sy stem. N avigat e to [ CAM ERA SET ] then either [ GA IN SE T ] or [ ISO S ET ] . 9 How to se t/ o per ate 1. S et t he AUTO/MANUA L swi tch to [ MANUAL ] . 2. Pre s s the GAIN/I SO b ut ton to displ ay the g ain or I SO valu e. 3. Se t the gain sw itch t o H, M or L as re quired.[...]

10 SENS OR AND LENS How to set/ operate 1. S et the AU TO /MANUA L swit ch to [ MANUAL ] . 2. Pre ss t he IRIS bu t ton to dis play the ir is se tt ing. 3. Adjus t the ir is se tt ing using t he iris r ing. * A lower iri s set ting o pens t he lens an d increa se s the available light vo lume. T o engage auto control temporarily 4. Pre ss an d hold[...]

11 Interna l ND lter ND lter correction The 1 / 4 ND filter reduce s the light volume to 25 %, e quivalen t to cl osing the aper tur e two st ops (e.g., fro m F2.8 to F5.6) or increa sing the shu tt er spe ed by two in crement s (e.g., fr om 1/125 to 1/50 0). The 1/ 16 ND filt er i s e quivalen t to four ap er ture stop s, while th e 1 / 16 i[...]

12 How to se t/ o per ate 1. MEN U [ DISPL A Y SE T ] [ ZEBR A ] 2. Sele ct O N or OFF . 3. Se lec t a brig htne s s level (70 , 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100 or 10 0+ ). Pre ss t he SEL /PUS H E XEC dial to enter t he new set t ing. How to se t/ o per ate 1. MEN U [ DISPL A Y SE T ] [ HISTOGR AM ] 2. Sele ct O N or ON [ ZEBR A POI NT ]. Pre ss t he SEL [...]

13 How to se t/ o per ate 1. S et the FO CU S switc h to MAN . 2. Pre ss t he PUS H AUTO but ton t o engage Au to Focu s. Rele ase the bu t ton to rever t to m anual focus . When lming in manual foc us mode, pre s s and hold th e PU SH AUTO but ton to tempor arily eng age Au to Focus . Releas e t he but ton to rever t to manual fo cus . Swit chi[...]

14 A UTOMA TED FUNC T IONS How to se t/ o per ate 1. MEN U [ DIS PL A Y SE T ] [ PE AKIN G ] [ ON ] 2. Sele ct t he [ color ] and the [ level ] of accentuation requir ed. Pre ss t he SEL /PUS H E XEC dial to con rm the s et tings . The p eaking dis play is u sed to c heck w hich area s of the image are in fo cus . Area s in focu s are denote d b[...]

Cu stomiz ing the A S SIG N but tons AS SI GN but tons 1 through 6 can be individually as sig ned to dif ferent func tion s. Six func tions have been as sig ned by default . The following pr oce dure shows how t o change the a s signe d func tion. How to se t/ o per ate 1. MEN U [ OTHE RS ] [ AS SIGN BUT TON ] Cho ose an A S SIGN b ut ton ( 1 throu[...]

16 Steady Shot mode s Focu s T ran sit ion shif t s th e focus au tomat icall y bet ween t wo pre - de ned p oint s. ( * Focu s T ran sit ion is onl y available during v ideo c apture and re quires an E- Mount le ns.) Focus T ransition — us ing rack focus to transition bet ween two points How to se t/ o per ate 1. MEN U [ CAM ERA S ET ] [ STEA[...]

The foll owing tran siti on set t ings are availabl e under MENU [ CAM ERA S ET ] [ FOCUS TRANSITION ] : The fo cus tr ansi tion tim e can be s et in th e range 3. 5 – 90 se cond s. The foc us tran siti on can be del ayed af ter pre s sing but ton 5 or 6 by 5, 1 0 or 20 seco nds . Focu s tran siti on st ar t s when re cording c ommenc es (choic e[...]

E- Mo un t syst em — bri ngin g out the best in e ve r y lens E-M ount len se s are comp atibl e with au tomate d func tion s such a s Auto Foc us, S tead y Shot and Au to E xp osure t hat are par t icular ly use ful for zooming in on a s ubjec t using s hallow dept h of eld in l ow- light c ondit ions . The SEL 35F18 is a wide - aper ture E-M[...]

The SEL 10 18 is a sup er wide ang le E-M ount t yp e zoom len s with a zoom rang e from 15 mm super w ide angle (conver te d to 35 mm format) to 27 mm st andard w ide angle . The opt ic al sys tem, featuring a c ombinat ion of t hree asp heric al lens g roup s and super ED g las s, c orre ct s aber rat ions at t he super wi de angle e nd to ensure[...]

Sensor Flange back 18 mm Camera body Lens So ny E-Mount lenses LA-EA2 So ny A-Mount lenses Non-Sony lenses Non-Sony mount adapt ors 20 The L A - E A 2 mount adaptor bo ast s the f aste st auto fo cus in the A - Mount cla ss , wi th a built-in A F drive motor linked to a 15 - point AF sy st em with t hree cros s s ensor s for high - preci sion focu [...]

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■ How super slow motion w orks 22 SHOOTING S T Y LE S Super slow moti on mod e The sup er slow mot ion sy stem o n the NE X- FS7 00 R repre sent s a tec hnolog ical evo lutio n from conven tional sl ow and quick mot ion func tion s, allowing sl ow- motio n reco rding at up to 10 x normal s pee d (i.e., max imum 2 40 fp s ) in Full HD resolu tion.[...]

[60i] FRAMERATE 960 480 240 120 2.5% slow 5% slow 10 ％ slow 20 ％ slow REC FORMAT 1080/24p 3.125% slow 6.25% slow 12.5 ％ slow 25 ％ slow 1080/30p 6.25% slow 12.5% slow 25 ％ slow 50 ％ slow 1080/60p [50i] FRAMERATE 800 400 200 100 3.125% slow 6.25% slow 12.5 ％ slow 25 ％ slow REC FORMAT 1080/25p 6.25% slow 12.5% slow 25 ％ slow 50 ％ s[...]

[60i] FRAMERATE 60 30 15 8 4 2 1 40% slow 80% slow 160% quick 300% quick 600% quick 1200% quick 2400% quick REC FORMAT 1080/24p 50% slow 100% (normal speed) 200% quick 375% quick 750% quick 1500% quick 3000% quick 1080/30p 100% (normal speed) 200% quick 400% quick 750% quick 1500% quick 3000% quick 6000% quick 1080/60p [50i] FRAMERATE 50 25 12 6 3 [...]

25 1. No t available in AUTO mo de. 2. When lming in HD, slow & qui ck moti on func tion s are available in pro gre ss ive mode o nly. 3. T o pres er ve con tinuit y, the time co de is re cord ed in [ REC RUN ] . 4. Audio will b e rec orded onl y at norm al playb ack sp eed s et ting s. 5. The fr ame rat e set ting c annot b e altere d while[...]

Rear Side Grip Fro n t 26 Modu lar design t o support dif feren t shootin g cong uratio ns The NEX- F S7 0 0R ha s a detac hable handle, gr ip and view nder as well a s 1 / 4" and 3/8" s crew holes for acc es s orie s suc h as mudbox and follow fo cus. The ri gid handl e and grip pr ovide exce llent s tabili t y for the larg e sens [...]

27 Time co de Editing in format ion such a s time c ode and us er bi t is rec orde d as time da ta. T here are t wo time co de mod es: [ Rec Run ] and [ Free Ru n ] . REC RUN Rec Run is t he st andard mo de, where t he time c ode adv ance s only wh en rec ording. T he time c ode als o con tinue s during splic es , thereb y providing a han dy guide [...]

Recording f ormats Recording mode Recorded pix els Aspect ratio Frame rat e Recording time (min) on 128 GB flash memory unit Dolby Digital Linear PCM 1920×1 080 60p/50p 600 640 2 460 3200 - 1910 700 750 940 1030 1560 1830 60i/50i/30p/25p/2 4p 60p/50p 60i/50i/30p/25p/2 4p 60p/50p 60i/50i 60p/50p 60i/50i 60i/50i PS mode: maximum 28 Mbps FX mode: max[...]

29 Connec ting a non - Sony e xternal rec ording device The NE X- F S7 0 0R suppo r t s Rec C ontrol s ignal for b oth S DI and HDMI . This allow s rec ording onto an ex te rnal devic e sy nchronized wi th in - cam era rec ording and the tim e code in Re c Run or Free Run mode s. T he time c ode ( TC) can als o be super po sed onto HD MI sign al ou[...]

Wha t is PICTURE PROF ILE? PICTURE PROFILE butto n PIC T URE P ROF ILE p re se ts PI C T U RE PROF IL E 30 PI C T U RE PROF IL E PI C T U RE PROF IL E PIC TURE PRO FILE is a me nu for adjust ing and changing p aramete rs th at deter mine image chara cter ist ic s. The re are many param eter s that c an be adjus ted an d changed, b ut they c an be g[...]

31 BLACK LEVEL As t he name indic ate s, thi s set t ing adjust s th e black leve l of the image. A s an image e f fec t, you c an emphas ize black to c reate a t yp e of image t hat would g ive a hard impre s sion, or yo u can weaken bl ack to g ive the imag e a sof t impre s sion. Shif t ing BL ACK L E VEL toward t he minus direc tion e mphasize [...]

BL AC K GA MM A ( + 7 ) BL AC K GA MM A (0) BL AC K GA MM A ( –7) High Middle +7 –7 0 Low 32 PI C T U RE PROF IL E High Middle +7 –7 0 Low BL ACK GAMMA The BL ACK GAM MA se tt ing let s you al ter the sh ape of th e gamma cur ve and adju st gr adati ons in dar k areas in th e image. ■ This c ontr ols th e luminance r ange that B L ACK G AMM[...]

33 10 9 10 0 50 10 0 600 Video signal output (%) Luminance (%) White clip point Knee slope ( – ) Knee point ( +) Knee point KNEE MODE AUT O SE T MANUAL SET This c hanges t he tone ex pres si on in high br ight nes s are as. In gene ral, th e KNEE po int is s et roug hly b et ween 8 5% and 100% , which i s sai d to matc h the luminan ce leve ls of[...]

34 PI C T U RE PROF IL E Color Range R – 7 (Sh allowe r red) t o + 7 (De epe r red) G – 7 (Shallo wer gr een) to + 7 (De ep er gr een) B – 7 (S hallow er blu e) to + 7 (Dee per b lue) C –7 ( Shal lower c yan) to + 7 (D eep er cy an) M – 7 (Sh allowe r mage nt a ) to + 7 (D eep er mag ent a) Y – 7 (Shallo wer yel low) to + 7 (D eep er ye[...]

35 DE TAIL / OFF DE TAIL / ON DE T AIL As d es crib ed in “Infor matio n es sen tial for making t he mo st of PI CTU RE PROFIL E,” DETAIL is a func tion t hat empha sizes imag e edge s. By al tering th e following manual s et ting s, image p roc es sing c an be var ied to cr eate di f ferent impre s sion s from the s ame subje ct . Be caus e se[...]

36 PI C T U RE PROF IL E V - D E TA I L H - D E TA I L 7 0 0 7 BL ACK LIMIT WHITE LIMIT V /H BALAN CE ■ Change s the b alance b et ween Ver tic al ( V) D ETAIL and Horizo ntal (H) DE T AIL . ■ Vert ical ( V ) DE T AIL b oos t s image edg es by ex panding the m upward and downward. H orizont al (H) DETAIL emphas izes image o utline s by thic ken[...]

37 TYP E : LB - CC CC M CC G LB A LB B ‒9 ‒9 +9 +9 Ori ginal C C+ Ori ginal LB– ■ Set ting s for corr ec ting white b alance WB SHIF T Fine - tunes w hite bal ance or c reate s an ef fe ct t hat is simil ar to using a color l ter . Two t yp es o f adjus tment me tho ds — LB - C C and [ R- B ] — are available. We rec ommend yo u st ar[...]

38 PI C T U RE PROF IL E FILTER T Y PE R- B (R=+ 9) FILTER T Y PE R- B (±0) FILTER T Y PE R- B (B =+9) ■ Al ters t he R (Red) or B (Blue) level in the vi deo sig nal. PIC TURE PROFILE S etting s F I LT E R T Y P E R-B –9 (Lowest level) to +9 (Highe st l evel)[...]

39 BL AC K LE V EL - 1 5 ~ + 15 GAMM A ST ANDARD/ STILL / CINEMA TONE1 / CINEMA TONE 2/ITU7 09 BL AC K G AMM A RANGE LOW / MIDDLE / HIG H LE VEL - 7 ~ + 7 KNEE MODE A UTO / MA NUAL AUTO S E T MA X P OINT 90% ~ 100 % SENSITIVIT Y HIGH / MIDD LE / LOW MANUAL SET POINT 75% ~ 10 5% SLOP E - 5 ~ +5 COLOR MODE T Y PE ST A NDARD /STILL /CINEMA TONE1/CINEM[...]

Dif fer ence fr om image pr oce s sing u sing nonlinear vi deo edi ting sof t ware PIC TURE PRO FILE adjus t s color s and the v ividne s s of the imag e upon re cording . You can make similar adjus tmen ts by u sing nonline ar edit ing sof t ware af te r shoot ing. B ut ther e are the following di f ferenc e s. T o f it ma ss ive amount s of image[...]

Video Gamma = 1/ 2 . 2 = 0.45 CRT Gamma = 2.2 10 0 % 10 0 % Output Input Gamma Curve and Knee Point Gamma cur ve and k nee po int are two e lement s tha t exer t gre at inuenc e over image ch arac teris tic s . By unde rs tanding t hes e, you’ll be able t o utilize PI CTU RE PROFIL E ef ci ently. Gamma cur ve s show t he relat ionship b et [...]

10 9 % CCD/CMOS Ce nso r Satu rated L evel Kne e poi nt Kne e slo pe Input Output Without Knee function With Knee function What is knee c orrection? Came ras are no t good a t clearl y cap turing a sc ene tha t con tains ex t remely di f ferent luminanc e levels , such a s one obje ct under b righ t sunlight and ano ther in the s hade. If yo u adju[...]

De tai l = OFF Luminance (a) (c) (b) Luminance De tai l = ON Luminance Sa tur ati on Hue Color Spac e The NE X- F S7 0 0R’s PICT URE PROF ILE us es t he conc ept of a c olor s pace b ase d on thre e element s — Hue, S atura tion and Lumin ance. This c olor sp ace c an be rep res ented a s a shape t hat re sembl es t wo cone s joine d at the ir [...]

44 S - Log2 gamma curve The S - Lo g2 g amma cur ve has b een add ed to the N E X-F S7 0 0R as the P P7 picture p role. The S - Log 2 gamm a cur ve is opt imized to the s ensi tivi ty char acter ist ic s of the E x mor Super 3 5 CMO S sen sor. In order to b ring out t he highlig ht s as much a s po ss ible, the s ensor o utpu t has be en ex tend[...]

45 The F S7 0 0R mimi cs t he IT U7 0 9 gamm a cur ve thro ugh to h alf ton es whi le usin g the IT U7 09 (80 0%) gamma cur ve w ith 8 00 % ex tende d dy namic ran ge for bri ght re gion s. T his is a go od op tion f or enhanc ing the d ynamic r ange of br igh t regi ons wi th a minimum of co lor g rading wor k. * S - Log 2 has b een d esi gne d sp[...]

RAW recording modes 24p , 25p , 30p , 50p , 60p 24p , 25p , 30p , 50p , 60p 100p , 120p , 200p , 240p Unlimited* 100p , 120p 4sec 4K ( 4096×2160 ) 2K ( 2048×1080 ) * Maximum clip recording time is 24 hours time code equivalent. Super slow motion Standard Approx. recording time 46 PI C T U RE PROF IL E RA W reco rd i n g m od e ■ RAW data The im[...]

47 System conguration The op tional ex te rnal R AW record er sys tem c onnec t s to the NE X- F S7 00 R via a sing le 3G - SD I cable. I t can b e at tac hed dire ctl y to the rig or c arrie d sep aratel y as require d. The p ower sourc e is the B P- FL7 5 li thium ion b at ter y pa ck or XLR4 pin w ired DC1 2V . ■ Component s lithium ion bat[...]

Gamma curve Dynamic range STD 400% STILL 400% CINE1 460% CINE2 460% CINE3 460% CINE4 460% ITU709 400% 709 ( 800% ) 1300% S-log2 1300% 48 Recommended c amera s ettings • Set t he AUTO/MANU swi tch to [ M ANUA L ] . • Set S DI out put to [ R AW ] . (SDI sign al outp ut swi tche s to R AW mode. Thi s is autom atic ally det ect ed by the I FR5. ) ?[...]

Simultaneou s A VCHD recor ding Cho os ing the ga mma cur ve • The dy namic rang e of the R AW data d epend s on the s elec ted g amma cur ve on th e FS7 0 0R . • The [ S - Log2 ] and ITU 80 0% gamma cur ve s pro duce a d ynamic r ange of 130 0% wi th co nsider able la titud e, but noi se level s can b e a proble m. Nois e reduc tio n may be re[...]

50 PL AV-RW1 pl ugin The PL AD -RW1 editing plugin c an be used to impor t R AW da ta into Adob e Premier CS 6/ C C and Avid Media Co mpos er , providing a simp le means o f adjust ing gamma and c olor s et ting s. ■ Ins talling the plug - in The plug - in allows R AW video d ata to b e impor ted direc tly fr om the edi ting app licat ion. D ownl[...]

■ Source s ettings/ gamma adjustment In Adob e Premiere, t he proje ct wind ow is disp layed onc e the S ony RAW MX F file h as fini shed imp or ting . Right- c lick the s ource thumbnail and c hoo se [ So urce Se t tings ] from th e list , then s elec t the ap propri ate se tt ing under [ T one Se tt ings ] . * The de fault so urce se t ting is [...]

Post proces sing RAW Vie wer for color adjustment and outpu t conv ersion The RW V-10 RAW Viewer app licat ion pe r forms fo ur key functi ons on S ony RAW MX F fil es: vi ewing, t rimming, g rading and output conversion. ■ Installing the [ RW V-1 0 ] RAW View er The R AW Viewer i s available for dow nload fro m : htt p:/ /w ww.sonycreatives oft [...]

53 RA W recording Col or gra ding on DaVin ci Res olve 10 DaVinci Re solve 10 fro m Black magic D es ign prov ide s a suite of p ower ful co lor co rrec tion fe ature s to enable c olor gr ading that har nes s es th e full poten tial of all th e image inform ation p res ent in R AW video da ta. Timelin e dat a edite d on Ado be Premie re Pro is wr [...]

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