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Sony HDW-730S manual

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  • Page 1

    1                                                                     Neil Thompson January 2006     The HDW -750P is a high definitio[...]

  • Page 2

    2 As usual with these guides, the gene ral philosophy i s to record as much information as cleanly as possible to the tape. There are many ways you can change the look of your pictures in c amera, but unless you ’re sure you’ re going to get exactly the final eff ect you want, then you’ re probably better spending tim e on lighting and compos[...]

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    3           ! ! ! !                 " "     # #                                     In most respects the two camcorders are identical. The fol[...]

  • Page 4

    4 • Paint Menu Picture control. ‘Th e look’. Detail, Gamma, Knee etc. are all adjusted in t his menu. Also has access to s cene files to store and recall different ‘lo oks’. • Maintenance Menu Format switching (25P/50i ) is here, plus more obscure technical stuff. Includes the thi ngs that used to be in the menu a ccessed v ia the butto[...]

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    5 • Preset A default settin g where y ou can deci de what the default should be. W hen y ou hit the STD button on an RCP, or ALL PRESET in t he menus, y o u are deleting vario us values hel d in the user lay er, leaving th e camera at its preset valu e. Use STORE USER PRESET or ST ORE ALL PRESET to cha nge the default settin gs. • Serv i ce Thi[...]

  • Page 6

    6  (   +  $%    (   +  $%    (   +  $%    (   +  $%   Load and save operations relate to file transfer to and from memory st ick. Store and recall relate to file transf er within the camera. If [...]

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    7 *,& -+  Use the same ‘ALL’ f ile for all came ras on a multi-camera shoot. Easiest meth od of keeping things colour matched is to use preset white balance and the sa me filter on all cameras. (Unless of course colour temperature changes during the shoot, and y ou w ant the white balance to stay[...]

  • Page 8

    8 At a frame rate of: A film s hutter angle of: Is equival ent to: 24 fps 200 degrees 43.2 Hz 24 180 48 24 172.8 50 24 144 60 24 120 72 25 200 45 25 180 50 25 150 60 25 120 75 W ith software version 1.7 and ab ove it is pos sible to change t he display of shutter speed to angular notation. This can be done from the service menu (see y our dealer fo[...]

  • Page 9

    9 24 5 &  +  HD will not fit into a PAL monit or. Too many lines, too high line frequency . This can make things a little awkw ard for location monitoring and v iewing. The HDW -750P / 730S however,comes with a number of standard and optional output signal s that should give y ou[...]

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    10 34 -4 5  These are the optional boards that can be fitted int ernally to the HDW -75 0P or 730S: • HKDW -702 Down-converter for SD SDI or VBS outputs. • HKDW -703 Cache recording for time-lapse or loop rec ording. • HKDW -704 GPS support (TBA) • HKDW -705 Slow shutter option. Up to 64 frame exposure[...]

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    11  & 6 + ,, • Key to the matrix and gamma curve nu mbers used in the paint menu: o EBU matrix is recommended, or ITU-709 preferred by BBC R&D. o Matrix off will give an accep table but desaturated look. o Standard Gamma curve 4 has a high initi al gain, and is u seful if going through[...]

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    12 OPERATIO N MENU 01 OUTPUT SELECT HD SDI OUT on /off Highest qu ality output for c ritic al monitoring, or re cording to exte rnal dev ice. Max cab le run appro x 60m. Uses po wer, so turn off if you need to conse rv e batter ies. REAR BNC OUT VBS /SDI/off Composite v ideo (VBS) or SDI sel ectable fr om this output, as long as the do wnconv erter[...]

  • Page 13

    13 08 MARKER 2 USER BOX On / Off You can d raw a box c ursor in the v iewfinder, any s ize and posit ion. USER BOX WIDTH 240 USER BOX HEIG HT 135 USER BOX H POS 0 USER BOX V POS 0 CENTER H POS CENTER V POS ASPECT SA FE ZONE Turns ON/OFF the SAFETY ZONE MARKER display wi th res pect to the ASPECT MARK ER. ASPECT SA FE AREA Selects the ra nges of the[...]

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    14 17 SHUTTER ENABLE ECS On /off Electronic clear -sc an. Continu ously v ariable s hutter u sed for e xa m ple to eliminate flicker fr om CRT computer monitors 1/33 On /off You can eliminate any shutte r spe ed options you nev er us e. 1/50 On /off (Sav es time when selec ting a s hutter s peed with the toggle switch o n the fro nt of the c amera.[...]

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    15 05 BLK GAMMA BLACK GAMMA Off/ On [on] Bl ack gamm a changes the in itial slope of the gamma curv e , only in the blac ks. BLK GAMMA RA NGE Low/l.mid/h.m id/ high [High] MASTER BLK GAMMA -99 to 99 (0) [22] R BLK GAMMA -99 to 99 ( 0) G BLK GAMMA -99 to 99 (0) B BLK GAMMA -99 to 99 ( 0) OUTPUT SELECT Y /R/G/B 06 KNEE KNEE Off/ on Usually leav e the[...]

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    16 13 V MOD VMOD Off/ on MASTER VMOD -99 to 99 ( 0) R VMOD -99 to 99 ( 0) G VMOD -99 to 99 (0 ) B VMOD -99 to 99 (0) OUTPUT SELCT Y /R/G/B 14 LOW KEY SAT LOW KEY S AT Off/ on Use d to inc rease colour s atur ation in low luminance areas of pic ture. LEVEL -99 to 99 ( 0) Use with care, as effec t on one sc ene may not look good for a diff erent sc e[...]

  • Page 17

    17 07 VTR MODE 2 AU REC EMPHAS IS Off /on CUE REC Off/ on AU REF LVL -18dB/- 2 0dB AU REF OUT 0dB /+4dB/-3dB AU SG 1KHz Off /on/auto MIC CH1 LVL Side1/ front/ f+S1 MIC CH2 LVL Side2/ front /f+S2 REAR1 WRR LVL Side1 /fro nt/f+S1 REAR2 WRR LVL Side2 /fro nt/f+S2 08 VTR MODE 3 TC OUT Auto /gene DF/NDF DF /NDF EXT-LK DF/NDF Int/ ex t EXT-LK UBIT Int/ E[...]

  • Page 18

    18 16 ND COMP ND OFFSET ADJUST Off /on CLEAR ND OFFSET Exec ND ADJUST MODE 17 FORMAT CURRENT NEXT 50i / 25p 18 VANC RX UMID LINE 1 0 UMID LINE 2 0 FILE MENU 01 USER FILE USER FILE LOAD Off/on USER FILE SAVE Off/on F ID Off/on USER PRESET Off/on 02 USER FILE 2 STORE USER PR ESET CLEAR USER PRESET CUSTOMI SE RESET LOAD CUSTOM DATA Off LOAD OUT OF USE[...]

  • Page 19

    19 08 LENS FILE 3 SHADING CH SE L R /G/B OUTPUT SEL Y /R/G/B LENS RGB H SAW -99 to 99 (0) LENS RGB H PARA -99 to 99 (0 ) LENS RGB V SAW -99 to 99 ( 0) LENS RGB V PARA - 99 to 99 (0 ) 09 MEMORY STICK FORMAT Off/user /all/ sc ene/len s refer MS IN > JUMP T O 10 TELEFILE TELEFILE CLEAR TELEFILE MARK OK ID SIZE REMAI N STATUS DIAGNOSTIC S MENU 01 HO[...]