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Sony DXC-D55 manual

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    Digital Video Camera DXC-D55 Series DXC-D55 DXC-D55P DXC-D55WS DXC-D55WSP[...]

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    2 From the very first model, Sony DXC Series standard definition (SD) production cameras have been widely accepted by a great number of video professionals around the world, due to their excellent picture performance, system versatility, and cost efficiency. Sony is now proud to introduce the new DXC-D55 Series which uses the latest 14-bit A/D conv[...]

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    3 FEA TURES Excellent Picture Quality Three-chip 2/3-inch T ype Power HAD EX CCDs The DXC-D55/D55WS Series is equipped with the field-proven thr ee-chip 2/3-inch type Power HAD EX CCDs, offering high horizontal resolutions of 920* TV lines. These high- performance CCDs also provide an excellent sensitivity of F11 (at 2000 lx, 3200K), a remarkable s[...]

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    4 CREA TIVE VERSA TILITY Knee Saturation Control In general, shooting very bright portions of an object such as key light reflections fr om a person’ s forehead can reduce color saturation and change the hue in highlight areas. The knee saturation control function incorporated in the DXC-D55/D55WS Series effectively r educes this ‘washed-out’[...]

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    Low Key Saturation Off Skin-tone Detail Control The skin-tone detail control function in the DXC-D55/D55WS Series allows softening of the skin-tone detail in the facial area, while maintaining the sharpness of other parts of the picture. The skin-tone detail ar ea can be selected simply and quickly , using an area- detect cursor in the viewfinder s[...]

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    DXC-D55 SERIES 6 OPERA TING VERSA TILITY • Built-in Optical ND Filter and Electronic CC Function The DXC-D55/D55WS Series provides optimum light and color temperature contr ol by using a built- in optical ND (Neutral Density) filter wheel and electronic CC (Color Correction) function. The use of electronic color corr ection allows all filters in [...]

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    7 Other Convenient Features • Programmable gain (-3/0/3/6/9/12/18/24/30/36 dB) • V ariable-speed electronic shutter • Clear Scan™(CLS) function: 60.1 (NTSC)/50.2 (P AL) Hz to 6000 Hz • Monitor output • Built-in 1 kHz audio refer ence • Date-and-time superimposition on the video signal and viewfinder • Enhanced V ertical-Definition S[...]

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    8 SYSTEM VERSA TILITY The high picture quality and operability of DXC-D55/D55WS cameras is supported by a range of peripherals that make camera system installation very smooth, both in the studio and out in the field. The DXC-D55/D55WS can be configured in two main operating styles: Multi-core CCU and Triax CCU operation. Easy-to-use remote control[...]

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    9 CCU-TX50 Front Panel CCU-TX50 Rear Panel T riax CCU Operation – for Wide-bandwidth T ransmission CCU-TX50/TX50P* and CA-TX50/TX50P With the CA-TX50/TX50P T riax Camera Adaptor attached, the DXC-D55/D55WS can be r emotely controlled fr om the CCU-TX50/TX50P Camera Control Unit using a triax cable, the use of which enables sophisticated remote co[...]

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    10 RCP-D50 (Joystick) RCP-D51 (Dial) Remote Control Panels T wo types of remote contr ollers are available for remote operation of the DXC-D55/D55WS camera, each offering dir ect camera control. RCP-D50 (Joystick T ype) RCP-D51 (Dial T ype) The RCP-D50 and RCP-D51 have been designed for use with Sony DXC-D55/D55WS cameras. The RCP-D50 is a joystick[...]

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    11 SYSTEM CONFIGURA TION PRODUCT CONFIGURA TION 4:3 model 16:9/4:3 model DXC-D55H DXC-D55L DXC-D55WSH DXC-D55WSL DXC-D55PH DXC-D55PL DXC-D55PK DXC-D55WSPH DXC-D55WSPL VCT -U14 T ripod Adaptor Option Supplied Supplied Option Supplied DXF-801 Viewfinder Option Supplied Supplied Option Supplied Microphone Option Supplied Supplied Option Supplied Lens [...]

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    12 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES CA-D50 Camera Adaptor (Multi-core) CA-TX50/TX50P Camera Adaptor (T riax) CCU-D50/D50P Camera Control Unit (Multi-core) CCU-TX50/TX50P Camera Control Unit (T riax) RCP-D50 Remote Control Panel RCP-D51 Remote Control Panel DXF-801 1.5-inch* 1 4:3 Monochrome Viewfinder DXF-20W 2-inch* 1 16:9 Monochrome Viewfinder DXF-51 5-inch*[...]

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    13 SPECIFICA TIONS DXC-D55 DXC-D55P DXC-D55WS DXC-D55WSP General P ower requirements DC 12 V (10.5 to 17 V) P ower consumption 14 W Operating temperature -10 °C to +45 °C (+14 °F to +113 °F) Storage temperature -20 °C to +60 °C (-4 °F to +140 °F) Operating humidity Less than 85% Mass (camera head only) 2.2 kg (4 lb 13 oz) Signal inputs/outp[...]

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    MSD2007-603(10403V1)WEL0067 Distributed by ©2007 Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd. All rights reser v ed. Reproduction in whole or in par t without written permission is prohibited. Designs, f eatures, and specifications are subject to change without notice. All non-metric weights and measurements are approximate . Some images in this brochure ar[...]