Sony PDW-530 manual

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    PROFESSIONAL DISC CAMCORDER PD W -510/510P PD W -530/530P OPERA TION MANUAL [English] 1st Edition (Revised 8 )[...]

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    2 To reduce the risk of fi re or el ectric s hock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. To avoid ele ctrical sh ock, do not open the cabinet. Refer serv icing to qualified personnel only. This Profes sion al Disc Ca mcorder is classifi ed as a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT. Laser diode properties Wavele ngth: 4 03 to 4 10 nm Emissi on dur atio[...]

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    3 Howev er, t here is no guar antee that interf eren ce wi ll not occu r in a parti cular installa tion. If this e quipmen t does cause harmf ul interferen ce to radi o or telev ision rece ption, which can be determi ned by tu rning the equipmen t off and on, the user is encourag ed to try to c orrect the inte rferenc e by one or more of the follo [...]

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    4 Tabl e of Cont ents Table of Content s Chapter 1 Overvie w 1-1 Features ........... .......... ......... ......... ........ 7 1-1-1 Principal Differences Between the PDW-510/510P and PDW-530/530P. 7 1-1-2 Camera Features ................................ 7 1-1-3 Features of the Optica l Disc Drive (VDR) ............................................[...]

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    5 Tabl e of Cont ents 4-3 Managing Clip Lists (CLIP Menu) .... 7 8 4-3-1 Loading a Clip List From Disc Into Unit Memory ............................................ 78 4-3-2 Deleting Clip Lists From a Disc ...... 79 4-3-3 Clearing the Current Clip List F rom the Unit Memory.................................... 79 4-3-4 Setting the Start Time Code of[...]

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    6 Tabl e of Cont ents 7-3-7 Selecting the Lens File .................. 136 7-3-8 Selecting the Aspect Ratio ............. 136 7-3-9 Setting the CCD Scan Mode .......... 138 7-3-10 Using UMID Data ...................... 139 7-3-11 Making Network Settings ............ 141 7-4 Resett ing USER Me nu Settings to the Standard Settings.............. .....[...]

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    7 1-1 Feat ures Chapter 1 Overview 1-1 Featur es The PDW-5 10/510P/ 530/530P i s a ca mcorder for E NG 1) and EFP 2) , i n which a col or vide o camera usin g 2 / 3 -inch high-defini tion C CDs of a 16:9 asp ect ratio a nd a Professional Disc drive a re combined inte grally. The camera’s CCDs have ap proximatel y 1,000,000 pi cture elements (pixe[...]

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    Chapter 1 Ov er view 8 1-1 Feat ures • You can sel ect an inte rlaced scan mode o r progressive scan mode (30 fps (frames per second) 2) for the PDW- 510/530, 25 fps for the PDW -510P/53 0P). • With the opt ional CBK-FC01 Pul l Down Board installed, a 24 fps 3) progressi ve scan vide o can be recorded sub jecte d to pu ll-down, providing imagin[...]

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    Chapter 1 Ov erview 9 1-1 Feat ures Pr o xy A V data • Proxy AV da ta is low-resoluti on data with a video bandwidt h of 1.5 Mbp s and an au dio ban dwidth of 64 Kbps per cha nnel. Thi s unit recor ds proxy AV da ta on the Professional Disc whenever MPEG IMX or DVCAM format data is recorded on the main chan nel. • Proxy AV data is mu ch smaller[...]

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    Chapter 1 Ov er view 10 1-1 Feat ures Remote control connector s By connecti ng an opti onal RM-B 150/B750 or similar remote control u nit, you can co ntrol the shoot ing fu nctions of this unit e xternally. Function ex tension interface • Instal ling th e opti onal CB K-SD01 SDI Out put Board enables SDI signal output from the VIDEO OUT connecto[...]

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    Chapter 1 Ov erview 11 1-2 Examp le of System Configu ration 1-2 Example of System Configura tion The diagram below shows a typical configurat ion of the camcorder for ENG and EFP. For more informati on about t he fittings, c onnecti ons, or use of addi tional equipment a nd accessories, see C hapte r 9 as well as the opera tion manuals for the c o[...]

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    Chapter 1 Ov er view 12 1-3 Preca utions / 1-4 MPEG- 4 Visual Patent Port folio Licen se 1-3 Pre cautions Use and Storage Do not su bjec t th e unit t o severe shock s The internal mechanis m may be damage d or the body warped. After use Always turn o ff the power. Befo re stor in g the unit fo r a lo ng pe riod Remove th e batter y pack. Use an d [...]

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    13 2-1 Power Supply Chapter 2 Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls 2-1 Power Su pply a Battery attachment Attach a BP-GL65/GL95/ L60S/L80S b attery pack. Furthermore, by at taching an AC-DN10 AC Adaptor, you can operate the ca mcorder from AC power. Note For your saf ety, and t o ensure pr oper operat ion of t he unit, Sony re comme nds th[...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 14 2-1 Power Supply However, the light can be turned on before the start of reco rdin g in au to in terv al re cor ding mo de. • To en sure prop er operat ion of th e video light wi th th e unit, So ny recommends t he use of th e following b attery packs: BP- GL65, BP-GL95, BP -L60S, and [...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 15 2-2 Access ory Attachm ents 2-2 Access ory Attac hments a Shoulder strap posts Attach the supplied shoulder strap to these po sts. For detail s, see 9-7 “Att aching t he Shoulder S trap” on page 166. b Light sh oe Attach an optio nal accessory such as a video l ight to this shoe. c L[...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 16 2-3 Aud io Functi ons 2-3 Audio Function s Audio functions (1) a Microp hone This is a super-cardioi d directi onal monaural microphone with an external power supp ly (+48 V) system. b MIC IN (m icropho ne inpu t) connect or (XL R type, 3-pi n, fema le) Connect the supp lied micr ophone [...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 17 2-3 Audio Funct ions f MONITOR volume control This contr ol adjusts t he speaker or e arphone vol ume for sounds other t han the alar m sound. At the mi nimum positi on, no sound can be heard. g ALARM volume control This contr ol adjusts the spe aker or ea rphone alar m volume. At the mi[...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 18 2-3 Aud io Functi ons j AUDIO SELECT CH-1/CH-2 (audio channel-1 and c hannel-2 ad justment me thod selection ) switches These switches select the audio l evel adjustment method for each of audio cha nnels 1 a nd 2. AUTO: Sele ct th is s ett ing for a uto mati c ad jus tmen t. MANUAL: Sel[...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 19 2-4 Shooting an d Recordi ng/Playb ack Functi ons 2-4 Shooting an d Recording/Play back Functions Shooting and recording/pla yback functions (1) a Tally ind icator Setting t he TALLY switch to HIGH or LO W enables this indicator . The indica tor li ghts during recording on the VDR (video[...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 20 2-4 Sho oting and Recording/P layback F unctions g Viewfinder The viewfinder lets you view the image in black and white while sho oting, rec ording or playin g back. It al so displ ays various warnings and messages re lated to the set tings or operating cond itions of the camcord er, a z[...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 21 2-4 Shooting an d Recordi ng/Playb ack Functi ons For the PDW -530/530 P 1) A type of special effec t filter. Gene rates a cross of ligh t on a highlighte d portion. o ASSIGN. 1/2 swit ches You can assign the desired fun ctions to each of t he ASSIGN. 1 switch (p ush butt on) and AS SIGN[...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 22 2-4 Sho oting and Recording/P layback F unctions OUTPUT/DCC selector t WHITE BAL (white balance memory) switch This sw itch controls t he whit e balan ce settin g. PRST (preset): Adjusts the color temperature correspondin g to the position of the FILTER selector. Use the PRST settin g wh[...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 23 2-4 Shooting an d Recordi ng/Playb ack Functi ons w VIDEO OUT connector (BNC type) This conn ector output s a composit e video sig nal for a video moni tor. Wit h a vid eo monitor co nnected to this connector, y ou can moni tor the pi cture be ing shot b y the camera or the picture playe[...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 24 2-4 Sho oting and Recording/P layback F unctions Shooting and recording/pla yback functions (4) wk REC START button Press t his button to start reco rdin g. Pre ss it again to s top recording. The effect is exactly the same as that of the VTR button on the lens. When the REC SWITCH funct[...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 25 2-4 Shooting an d Recordi ng/Playb ack Functi ons eh PREV butto n This ju mps to th e begin ning of the c urrent clip , and pauses. During the jump, the F REV indicat or flashes.Pressing this button together wi th the F RE V button ju mps to the first frame of the first clip recorded on [...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 26 2-5 Outpu t Video Op erating Sec tion 2-5 Output Vid eo Opera ting Section Output video operating section a SEL/SET (select/set) dial When thumbnails (each representi ng a clip) are shown on the color LCD, you can select a particular thumbnai l with this dial. Turn ing th e dial upwa rd [...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 27 2-6 Menu Opera ting Sect ion 2-6 Menu Ope rating Sect ion a MENU knob Use this kno b to change t he page selection or a settin g within the menu. Press: If you press this knob when the arr ow ( b ) is placed at the page ti tle on the menu, t he arrow changes to a question mark (?) an d y[...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 28 2-6 Menu Opera ting Sect ion e “Memory Stic k” compartmen t How to inser t a “Mem ory Stick” Open the l id of t he menu opera ting se ction, and inser t a “Memory St ick”, wit h the not ch facing downward, in the direction sho wn by the arrow, so t hat it click s into place. [...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 29 2-7 Time Code Sys tem 2-7 Time Code System Time code functions (1) a TC IN (time code input) connector (BNC type) To synchroni ze the ti me code of t his unit to an ext ernal time code , input the refere nce time code to this conne ctor. b TC OUT (time code outp ut) connector (BNC type) [...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 30 2-7 Time Code Sy stem Time code functions (2) d DISPLAY switch This cycl es the data displ ayed in the counte r disp lay through the sequence COUNTER, TC, and U-BIT. COUNTER: Display t he elapsed recor ding/playbac k tim e (hours, minutes, seconds, frames). TC: Display time code . U-BIT:[...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 31 2-8 Warnin gs and In dication s 2-8 Warnin gs and Indi cation s Besides the vi ewfinder, sp eaker and ea rphones, th e indicators an d displays d escribed in t his secti on also provide you wit h information such as the o perating state of the camcorder and warnings. W arning and indicat[...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 32 2-9 Warni ngs and Indicat ions on the LCDs e Back tally switch This sw itch enable s or disables th e back ta lly and rear tally indicator s. ON: The back tally a nd rear tally i ndicators are en abled. OFF: The back t ally and rear tally indica tors are disabl ed. f Monochro me LCD This[...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 33 2-9 Warnings and Indi cations o n th e LCDs Time code displa y Time code display on the monochrom e LCD 2-9-2 Color LCD Disc st atus, bat tery status and audio level Display of remaining disc capacity , remaining batter y capacity , and audio lev els on the color LCD Lights when the time[...]

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    Chapter 2 Locat ions and Fun ctions of P arts and Controls 34 2-10 Indic ators in the Vie wfinder VDR operation stat us and status indicators VDR operation and status indicators on the color LCD Time code displa y Time code display on the color LCD 2-10 Indica tors in the Viewfinde r Several indicator s are provi ded above and belo w the viewfinder[...]

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    Chapter 2 Loca tions and Funct ions of Parts and Control s 35 2-10 Indic ators in t he Viewfin der • The WHITE BAL switch is set to PRST . • ATW is enab led. • The lens e xtender is use d. • The FILTE R selector is se t to other tha n ND:1/C C:B. • The referenc e value of au to iris adjustme nt is not the standard val ue. e Spare indi cat[...]

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    36 3-1 Handl ing Discs Chapter 3 Recording and Playback 3-1 Handling Discs 3-1-1 Discs Used f or Recor ding and Playback This camc order use s the fol lowing di sc for reco rding and playback: PFD23 Professi onal Disc ( capacity 23.3 GB) Note It is not po ssible to use t he foll owing discs for r ecording or playback: • Blu-ray Disc • Professio[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 37 3-1 Handl ing Discs 3-1-4 Loading and Unloading a Disc Loading a disc Proceed as follows. 1 Turn on th e POWE R switch. Note If there is conden sation inside the VDR section , the message “HUMID” appears in t he viewfinder screen and the color L CD. If this happens, wait u ntil the indicator goes off b ef[...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 38 3-1 Handl ing Discs Unloading a disc manually when the po wer supply is off You nee d not ret urn the screw to its origi nal posit ion afte r taking o ut the disc. T urning on the power makes t he disc compartment mechani sm operable aga in. 3-1- 5 Fo rma tti ng a Di sc Using a new disc An unused di sc requi r[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 39 3-1 Handl ing Discs However, this u nit has a salvage funct ion which can h old losses to the minimum b y reconstruc ting clips on su ch discs. Note that no recorded clip contents are lost when the POWER switch i s tu rned of f and whe n battery exhaust ion is detected, because the un it does not en ter power[...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 40 3-2 Recordin g 3-2 Recording 3-2-1 Basic Pr ocedures This sectio n describes t he basic proc edures for sh ooting and recording. Before a shooting sessi on, ensure tha t the camcorder is functi oning pr operly. For deta ils, see 10-1 “Testi ng the Ca mcorder Be fore Shootin g” on pa ge 169. Recording f orm[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 41 3-2 Recording Basic procedure f or shooting: from adjusting the black balance and white balance to stopping recording 1 Push the AUTO W/B BAL swi tch to BLK to adjust the black bal ance. For deta ils of bl ack balanc e adjust ment, see 5-2-1 “Adjusting t he Bl ack Balanc e” on pag e 84. 2 Sele ct the CC f[...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 42 3-2 Recordin g 3-2-2 Deleting Clips With thi s camcorder you c an dele te clips one at a time, i n sequence from t he last recor ded clip, or you ca n delete all clips in a singl e operation. You can use t he THUMBNAIL menu t o delete t he selected clip or all cl ips. For detail s, see “Deleting c lips” (p[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 43 3-2 Recording 1 Holding down the MENU knob, move the MENU ON/ OFF switch from OFF to ON. The TOP menu app ears. 2 Turn the MENU knob to mo ve the b mark to “MAINTENA NCE”. 3 Press th e MENU knob. If this is the first time th e MAINTENAN CE menu has been display ed, the CONTE NTS page of the menu appears. [...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 44 3-2 Recordin g Record ing a S HOT MARK 2 es sence ma rk Press the RET butto n twice in quick su ccession d uring recording or play back. “ShotMark2” appears in the viewfin der screen for about one second nea r the time c ode display. If SHOT MARK 2 recording has been assigned to one of the assignabl e swit[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 45 3-2 Recording 6 Turn the MENU knob u ntil “CACHE” appears. As you turn t he MENU knob, t he setti ng change s in the follo wing seq uence: OFF y CACHE y A. INT y M. INT. When “CACHE” appears, the camcorder is in P icture Cache mode, where pi cture, sound, and t ime code are constant ly saved in memory[...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 46 3-2 Recordin g When po wer is lost durin g rec ordin g • When the power is t urned off dur ing recor ding, the camcorder will switch itself off after disc access has continued for a few seconds to record the picture in t he instant of po wer off. • If yo u remove the batt ery, pull out the DC cabl e, or cu[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 47 3-2 Recording 6 Turn the MENU knob u ntil A. INT a ppears. As you turn t he MENU knob, t he setti ng change s in the follo wing seq uence: OFF y CACHE y A. INT y M. INT. When A. INT appears, t he camcorder is i n Auto Interval Rec mode. The T ALLY indicator (green) in the viewfinder flash es (one flash/second[...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 48 3-2 Recordin g 17 Press th e MENU knob. The b mark on the left of “PRE-LIGHT ING” changes to a z mark and th e z mark on the le ft of the s etting changes to a ? mark. 18 Turn the M ENU knob unti l th e desired ti me to tu rn on the light before start ing to record appear s. As you turn the MENU knob, the [...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 49 3-2 Recording Notes o n Auto In terval Rec mode Note the fo llowing poi nts. i.LINK During in terval recor ding , signal input /output through t he i.LINK interface is impossi ble. Time code In Auto Interval Rec mode, the internal time code generator runs i n R-RUN mode regard less of how t he F- RUN/SET/R-R [...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 50 3-2 Recordin g The b mark on the left of “NUMBER OF FR AME” changes to a z mark and the z mark on the le ft of the setting c hanges to a ? ma rk. 6 Turn the MENU knob u ntil t he desired number of frames to be recorded in each shot appea rs. As you turn t he MENU knob, t he number c hanges in the followi n[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 51 3-2 Recording To sh oot and re cord in Manua l Inter val Rec m ode After maki ng the requi red setting s, proceed as fo llows. 1 After perf orming th e basic proced ure for shoot ing and recording following the instru ctions in 3-2-1 “ Basi c Procedu res” (page 40) , secure the camcorder so that it will n[...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 52 3-2 Recordin g The message “DELETING LAST CL IP” appears, and the processing fo r deleting the last recorded cl ip begins. When the delet ing has finished , the message “LAST CLIP WAS DELETED” appears. Note If an operation (o ther than recording review) which is not a retake o peration is carried out a[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 53 3-2 Recording TITLE00037 a re assigned to clips C0001.MXF t o C0017.MXF o n disc 2. Titles are made up o f prefixes, up to 10 characters in length, and fi ve-digit serial n umbers such as TITL E 00 001. Setting the title prefix You can assi gn title pr efixes by choosing fro m a prefix lis t stored in in tern[...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 54 3-2 Recordin g The title of the next clip to be re corded wi ll be a combination o f the prefix in t he PREFIX fiel d and the serial number in the NUMER IC field. T o create a list of ti tle prefix strings Prepare t he data beforeha nd accordi ng to the followi ng rules. File na me Assign the name “TIT LES.T[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 55 3-2 Recording 3 Rotate the MENU knob to mo ve the x mark to the desired character in the list of selectabl e characters, and then press the MENU knob . 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to enter the remaining characters. 5 When you have fini shed entering the prefi x, rotate the MENU knob to mo ve the x mark t o “END?[...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 56 3-2 Recordin g • Titles are u sed as user-defined cl ip names on this unit. Therefore, the avai lable cha racters are limit ed to those supporte d by the t itle func tion . • Files ge nerate d along wit h clips a nd clip l ists use th e same names (the “C *” or “E*” part of the followi ng file name[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 57 3-2 Recording To ch eck c lip n ames Press the THUMBNAIL bu tton to displa y the t humbnail screen, and select the clip whose name you want to check. The name of t he selected clip appear s in the upper left of the screen. See “Cui ng up with su b clip t humbnails” ( page 6 4) for more information a bout [...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 58 3-2 Recordin g 3 Turn the MENU knob to scroll to the OUTPUT page. Alternatively, i n the CONTENTS page, select “OUTPUT”. The OUTPUT page appears. 4 Turn the MENU knob to se lect “LIVE LOGGING”, and then press the MENU knob . 5 Turn the MENU knob to display “ON”, and then press the MENU knob. The ca[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 59 3-2 Recording next se ction “To copy proxy d ata for all cl ips on the d isc to a memory card” , and copy the data that co uld not b e recorded. • It is not possible to record only pr oxy data to a memory card withou t re cording to t he di sc. To sto p record ing Recording to memory ca rds stops when r[...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 60 3-2 Recordin g 1 On the MEMORY REC page of the OPERATION menu (see page 59) , select “DEL ALL MEM CLP”. The message “EXECUTE OK?” appears. 2 Select YES to execute the dele tion. All proxy data in t he memory card i s delet ed. To form at a memory card Proceed as follows. 1 On the MEMORY REC page of the[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 61 3-3 Checki ng Recording and Playbac k 3-3 Checking Recording and Playba ck Disc pla yback star t position Althou gh this un it uses op tical discs, it is designe d to of fer the most conven ient features of tape playback by VTRs. One of these is the pl ayback start posi tion, which works i n the same way as t[...]

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    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 62 3-3 Checki ng Recording an d Playbac k 3-3-2 Checki ng the Last T wo Seconds of the Recor din g — Recor ding Revie w If you press the RET button on the lens whil e recording i s paused, the last two seconds of t he recording is played back on the viewfinder screen a nd the color LCD. Use this functi on to ch[...]

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    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 63 3-3 Checki ng Recording and Playbac k To switch between d uration and tim ecode displ ay in th e thumbna il dis play Press the HOLD button. Each press o f the HOLD butto n switche s the dis play betwe en dura tion a nt time code. To escape from the thu mbnail displa y to the full- screen display Press the THU[...]

  • Page 64

    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 64 3-3 Checki ng Recording an d Playbac k 3 Press th e SEL/SE T dial or the ME NU knob. Thumbnails o f the frames includi ng the sel ected essence mark appea r. 4 Turn the SEL/SE T dial or t he MENU kn ob to selec t the desired frame. You can also sele ct frames with the fo llowing operations. Press the PREV or N[...]

  • Page 65

    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 65 3-3 Checki ng Recording and Playbac k To escape from the thu mbnail displa y to the full- screen display Press the TH UMBNAIL but ton, turning it off. 2 Turn the SEL/SE T dial or t he MENU kn ob to selec t the sub cl ip you want to cue up. 3 To cue up the selec ted sub clip, press the SEL/ SET dial or the MEN[...]

  • Page 66

    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 66 3-3 Checki ng Recording an d Playbac k Locked cli ps cannot be delet ed or renamed. Unlock t he clip if you want to perform an y of these oper ations. To unlo ck cli ps Carry out step 2 of “Locking Clips” to select a locked clip (one with the lock ic on displ ayed o n its thum bnail), then carry out steps [...]

  • Page 67

    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 67 3-4 Recor ding V ideo Si gnals Fro m Extern al Equ ipment To go to the cli p deletion screen without displayi ng the THUMBNAIL menu After step 2 , press the RESET butt on with the SHIFT button held down ( shortcut operati on). To cancel the deletion and return to the thumbnail screen Do o ne of t he f ollow i[...]

  • Page 68

    Chapter 3 Record ing and Pla ybac k 68 3-4 Recordin g Video Sign al s From Ex ternal Equipment 1 Holding down the MENU knob, se t the MENU ON/ OFF s wit ch to ON. The TOP menu app ears. 2 Turn the MENU knob to mo ve the b mark to “OPERATION”. 3 Press th e MENU knob. If this is the first time the OP ERATION m enu has been displayed, the CONTENTS[...]

  • Page 69

    Chapter 3 Recordin g and Pla y bac k 69 3-5 Freezing a Pic ture During Play back from external equipmen t connected to the GENLOCK IN connector. Proceed as follows. 1 Display the SOURCE SEL page on the screen. For the operat ion, see 3-4-1 “R ecordin g a DV Stream From Exte rnal Eq uipment” on pag e 67. 2 Move the b mark to “EXT VIDEO SOURCE?[...]

  • Page 70

    70 4-1 Overv iew Chapter 4 Scene Selection 4-1 Overvi ew What is scene selecti on? Scene select ion is a functi on whic h allo ws you to select material (clips) from the material recorded on a disc and perform cut ed iting. Yo u can do t his by oper ating o n this unit only. • Scene select ion is a conven ient way to perform cu t editing in the f[...]

  • Page 71

    Chapter 4 Scene Sele ction 71 4-1 Overv iew Flo w of scene se lection edit ing Record ma teri al or in ser t disc co nta ining recor ded ma teri al in to th is unit Load clip lists (see p age 78) To edit a clip list Crea te and ed it a clip list • Selecting clips (see page 73) • Reordering sub clips (see pag e 74) • Trimming sub clips (see pa[...]

  • Page 72

    Chapter 4 Scene Se lection 72 4-1 Overv iew Clips Materia l record ed with th is unit is manage d in unit s called “clips.” A clip co ntains the mat erial between a reco rding start po int (I n point) and a r ecordin g end point (Out p oint). Clips have numbers beginnin g with C, for exampl e C0001. Clip lists Data called a “cl ip list” is [...]

  • Page 73

    Chapter 4 Scene Sele ction 73 4-2 Creating Clip Lists 4-2 Creating Clip Lists 4-2-1 Selecting Clip s You can create a clip list by se lecting a desi red clip from the thu mbnail display, a nd includ ing it in th e clip li st as a sub clip. Note Up to 99 clip l ists can be ha ndled in the CLIP menu. Inc luding a c lip sel ected fr om the thumbnail d[...]

  • Page 74

    Chapter 4 Scene Se lection 74 4-2 Creat ing Clip Lists To move the curso r in the scene selection window When the scene sel ection win dow appears as you ca rry out ste p 3 , turn the S EL/SET dial or the MENU kn ob to move t he cursor in the de sired dir ection . 6 When you h ave fini shed sele cting al l the cli ps you want, s ave t he c urrent c[...]

  • Page 75

    Chapter 4 Scene Sele ction 75 4-2 Creating Clip Lists Load the clip list from the disc i nto the unit memory (see page 78) . To return to the full-screen display Press the THUMBNAIL button, turning off the indicator . 3 Turn the SEL/SE T dial or t he MENU kn ob to selec t the desired sub clip. 4 Hold down the S HIFT button, a nd pr ess the SEL /SET[...]

  • Page 76

    Chapter 4 Scene Se lection 76 4-2 Creat ing Clip Lists 1 Carry out steps 1 to 4 of 4-2-2 “Deleting a Sub C lip” to select a sub clip and display t he sub clip ope ration menu. 2 Turn the SEL/SE T dial or t he MENU kn ob to selec t TRIM, and pr ess the dial/ knob. The first frame of the selected sub clip appears. In this state, you can carry out[...]

  • Page 77

    Chapter 4 Scene Sele ction 77 4-2 Creating Clip Lists To cancel the deletion, a nd return to the sub clip deletion screen Do either of th e following. • Select CANCEL, and press the SEL/SET dial or the MENU knob. • Press t he RESET button. The screen returns to th e sub clip th umbnail di splay. 3 Turn the SEL/SE T dial or t he MENU kn ob to se[...]

  • Page 78

    Chapter 4 Scene Se lection 78 4-3 Managing Clip Lists (C LIP Menu) 4-3 Mana gin g Clip List s (CLI P Menu ) After you create a clip list, you can use the CLIP menu to save i t to disc , lo ad it from dis c int o the unit memo ry, a nd delete it fr om the d isc. The CLIP menu also allows y ou to clear a nd edit the current clip list. Displaying th e[...]

  • Page 79

    Chapter 4 Scene Sele ction 79 4-3 Manag ing Clip Lists (CLIP Menu) • If yo u set the ME NU ON/OFF to ON during t humbnail display, thumbnail di splay is can celled and replaced with menu d isplay . • Unless the c urrent clip list has b een saved to disc, its contents will be lost when you l oad a new clip list from the di sc. 4-3-2 Deleting Cli[...]

  • Page 80

    Chapter 4 Scene Se lection 80 4-3 Managing Clip Lists (C LIP Menu) The time co de shown in this screen is the current initial time cod e of the cu rrent cli p list . If you have alrea dy set the initial time co de for this c lip list, t hat tim e code is display ed. 4 Turn the SEL/SE T dial or t he MENU kn ob to selec t the it em (HOUR, MIN, SEC , [...]

  • Page 81

    Chapter 4 Scene Sele ction 81 4-4 Using th e PDZ-1 Proxy Bro wsing Sof tware 4-4 Using the PDZ-1 Proxy Browsing Software When a comput er with the PDZ- 1 Proxy B rowsing Software insta lled is connected to this unit, you c an transfer the prox y AV dat a and metadata files recorded o n a disc to the compu ter. On the comp uter side, PDZ-1 enables y[...]

  • Page 82

    82 5-1 Sett ing the Recordi ng Format (PDW-530/53 0P Only) Chapter 5 Adjustments and Settings for Recording 5-1 Setti ng the Record ing Format (PDW-530/53 0P Only) Before recordi ng with t he PDW-530/530 P, it is ne cessary to set the recording format for each of vi deo and a udio. Video r ecording f ormat: MPEG IM X 50 Mbps, 40 Mbp s, 30 Mbps, or [...]

  • Page 83

    Chapter 5 A djustmen ts and Sett ings f or Recording 83 5-1 Settin g the Recording Format (PDW-530/530 P Only) 6 Turn the MENU knob to mo ve the b mark to “REC FORMAT”, and press the MENU knob again. The b mark at the side of “REC FORMAT” changes to a z mark, and the z mark b y “IMX50” changes to a ? mark. 7 Turn the MENU kno b to displ[...]

  • Page 84

    Chapter 5 Adjustme nts and Set tings f or Recording 84 5-2 Adjustin g the B lack B alance a nd th e White Balanc e 5-2 Adjusting the Black Balance an d the White Balance To ensure excel lent image q uality when usi ng this camcorder, condi tions may require that both t he black balance and the white bal ance be adju sted. Blac k balance adjus tment[...]

  • Page 85

    Chapter 5 A djustmen ts and Sett ings f or Recording 85 5-2 Adjustin g the Black Balance and t he White Balanc e If any of t he above erro r messages is di splayed, ret ry the black balance adjustment . Keep pushing the AUTO W/B BAL to BLK u ntil “- BLACK SET-” appears after “-BLACK BALANCE- ” appears. If the error message occ urs again, an[...]

  • Page 86

    Chapter 5 Adjustme nts and Set tings f or Recording 86 5-2 Adjustin g the B lack B alance a nd th e White Balanc e For the PDW -510/51 0P: If the se tting of t he FILTE R selector i s changed, a message repo rting the setting a ppears for a bout 3 seconds in the set ting cha nge and a djustmen t progress message display a rea of the v iewfinder sc [...]

  • Page 87

    Chapter 5 A djustmen ts and Sett ings f or Recording 87 5-2 Adjustin g the Black Balance and t he White Balanc e If any of t he above erro r messages is di splayed, ret ry the white balance adjustment. I f the error messa ge occurs again, an int ernal check is nec essary. For information abo ut this interna l check, refer to the Maintena nce Manua [...]

  • Page 88

    Chapter 5 Adjustme nts and Set tings f or Recording 88 5-3 Sett ing the Ele ctronic Shutter 5-3 Setting t he Electronic Shutter This sectio n describes t he shutter modes that ca n be used with the electronic shu tter of the camcorder, and de scribes the procedure for selecting the shu tter speed and shut ter mode. 5-3-1 Shutter Modes The shutter m[...]

  • Page 89

    Chapter 5 A djustmen ts and Sett ings f or Recording 89 5-3 Sett ing t he El ectr onic Shu tter Setting the shutter mode and standard- mode shutter speed Once the shutt er speed is selected, it is reta ined even when the camcorder power is turned off. 1 Follow the procedu re de scribed in 7- 2-2 “Selec ting the Display Items” (page 123) to set [...]

  • Page 90

    Chapter 5 Adjustme nts and Set tings f or Recording 90 5-3 Sett ing the Ele ctronic Shutter When the RM-B150 Remo te Control Un it is connec ted You can set the sh utter speed o f ECS with the rotary encoder o f the RM -B150. Setting the shutter speed in SLS mode Proceed as follows. Setting the shutte r speed in SLS (Slow Speed Shutter) mod e 1 Set[...]

  • Page 91

    Chapter 5 A djustmen ts and Sett ings f or Recording 91 5-4 Changing t he Ref erence V alue for Automat ic Iris Adjus tment 5 Turn the MENU knob to mo ve the b mark to th e shutter mode or shut ter spe ed you wan t, then p ress the MENU knob. The b mark on the left of the sel ected item chan ges to a z mark and the z ma rk on the left of the settin[...]

  • Page 92

    Chapter 5 Adjustme nts and Set tings f or Recording 92 5-4 Changing t he Ref erence Valu e for Automat ic Iris Adj ustment The z mark on the left of the selecte d item changes to a b mark and th e ? mark on the left of the sett ing changes to a z mark. The IRIS OVERRIDE item i s set to “ON”. 5 Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF. The AUTO IRIS pa[...]

  • Page 93

    Chapter 5 A djustmen ts and Sett ings f or Recording 93 5-5 Adjusti ng the Aud io Level The b mark changes to a z mark and the z mark changes to a ? mark. 5 Turn the MENU knob un til the d esired auto iri s window appea rs, then pr ess the MENU kn ob. Auto ir is wind ow The z mark on changes to a b mark and the ? mark changes to a z mark. If you se[...]

  • Page 94

    Chapter 5 Adjustme nts and Set tings f or Recording 94 5-5 Adju sting t he Audio Level 1 To adjust the signal input to the AUDIO IN CH1 or AUDIO IN CH2 connector, set the AUDIO IN CH-1 or AUDIO IN CH-2 switch to REAR. To adjust both input signals, set both switches t o REAR. 2 Set the AUDIO SELECT switch(es) corresponding to the channel(s) selected[...]

  • Page 95

    Chapter 5 A djustmen ts and Sett ings f or Recording 95 5-5 Adjusti ng the Aud io Level • The second top bar may turn on occasi onally, but do not al low the top bar to g o on. If it g oes on, th e audi o level i s too high. Correspondence between recording level adjustment s and audio leve l contr ols In the AUDIO-3 page of the MAINTENANCE men u[...]

  • Page 96

    Chapter 5 Adjustme nts and Set tings f or Recording 96 5-6 Sett ing the Ti me Data 5-6 Setting t he Ti me Data 5-6-1 Setting the Time Code The time cod e setting r ange is fro m 00 : 00 : 00 : 00 to 23 : 59 : 59 : 2 9 (hours : m inutes : sec onds : fra mes) for the PDW-510/530 , and fr om 00 : 00 : 00 : 00 to 23 : 5 9 : 59 : 24 for the PDW-5 10P/53[...]

  • Page 97

    Chapter 5 A djustmen ts and Sett ings f or Recording 97 5-6 Se tting the Tim e Data Setting the user bits 1 Set the DISPLAY switch to U-BIT. 2 Set the F-R UN/SET /R-RUN switch to SE T. The firs t (left most) digi t flashes. 3 Use the SEL/SE T dial to set t he user bit data. To change the value of the flashing di git, turn the dial, and to shif t to[...]

  • Page 98

    Chapter 5 Adjustme nts and Set tings f or Recording 98 5-6 Sett ing the Ti me Data Synchronizing the ti me code 1 Turn on th e POWE R switch. 2 Set the P RESET/R EGEN/C LOCK switch to PRES ET. 3 Set the F-RUN/SET/ R-RUN switch to F-RUN . 4 Set the DISP LAY switch to TC. 5 Supply a time code si gnal and a r eferenc e video sign al complyi ng with th[...]

  • Page 99

    Chapter 5 A djustmen ts and Sett ings f or Recording 99 5-7 Sett ing the Thumbn ail Image 5-7 Setting t he Thumbnail Image When th e unit is ship ped from th e factory, it is set up to display th e first frame o f a clip as the cli p’s thumb nail image ( see page 62) . As required , you can select a nother frame to displ ay as a cli p’s thumbna[...]

  • Page 100

    100 6-1 Overview Chapter 6 File Operations 6-1 Overvi ew A remote compu ter can be connecte d to thi s unit and u sed to operate on record ed data which has b een saved in d ata files, such as v ideo and audio data files. There are t wo way to c onnect a remote comp uter. • FAM connec tion Connect the S400 (i. LINK) connect or on this un it to th[...]

  • Page 101

    Chapter 6 File Oper ations 101 6-1 Overv iew 6-1-2 File Operation Restricti ons This sectio n explains wh ich operat ions are possible on files stored in each directory. When requi red, the foll owing operat ion table s distin guish readin g and writi ng from p artial reading and writing. Read: Read da ta sequen tially fr om the start to the en d o[...]

  • Page 102

    Chapter 6 F ile Opera tions 102 6-1 Overview clips on th at di sc. (The onl y possible operati ons are playback a nd disc fo rmatting.) - Writing of files wi th a user-defin ed names - Deletion of a rbitrary clips (exc ept the l ast recorded clip) - Locking of clips • If you attemp t to write a C* .MXF file whi ch doe s not meet the condi tions s[...]

  • Page 103

    Chapter 6 File Oper ations 103 6-2 File Access Mode File Operations • Delet ion and r enaming of director ies Notes • Fi le na mes and di re ct ory na mes can use le tt er s, nu mber s, and sy mbols from the Unicode 2.0 chara cter set. However, the following cont rol characters and symbo ls 1) cannot b e used. - Control characte rs: U+000 0 to [...]

  • Page 104

    Chapter 6 F ile Opera tions 104 6-2 File Acces s Mode File Oper ations 4 Turn the MENU kn ob to select F AM, then press the MENU knob. The setting i s confirmed. The z mark changes to a b mark and the ? mark changes to a z mark. The message “Vali d after power off.” appe ars if you change th is it em. 5 Power the camcorder off, an d then power [...]

  • Page 105

    Chapter 6 File Oper ations 105 6-2 File Access Mode File Operations Notes • If y ou power th is uni t off duri ng an FAM conne ction, the data transferred th us far is discarded. • All f ile oper ations are not possible for some type s of files. For deta ils, see 6-1-2 “ File Operati on Restricti ons” (page 10 1). To ejec t dis cs from a re[...]

  • Page 106

    Chapter 6 F ile Opera tions 106 6-3 FTP F ile Oper ations 6-3 FTP File Op erations File operation s between t his unit and a remote comput er can be carri ed out by the Fi le Tran sfer Prot ocol (cal led FTP be low). A CBK-NC01 Network Adap tor (o ption) is requi red to enable file o perations by FTP. For install ation a nd use, see the Installat i[...]

  • Page 107

    Chapter 6 File Oper ations 107 6-3 FTP File Operat ions Note If you pow er th is uni t off du ring an FT P co nnec tion, the data t ransferred t hus far is discar ded. T o log out To log out after finishi ng file operations, ent er “QUIT” at the command p rompt and press the Enter key. 6-3-2 Com mand List This unit sup ports stan dard protoco l[...]

  • Page 108

    Chapter 6 F ile Opera tions 108 6-3 FTP F ile Oper ations TYPE Specifi es the type of d ata to b e transferre d. TYPE <SP> <type-cod e (opti ons delim ited b y <SP> )> <CR LF> <typ e-code> c an be any of the f ollowin g. Ho we ver , for XDCAM, d ata is al wa ys transf erred as “I, ” regardles s of the type-co de sp[...]

  • Page 109

    Chapter 6 File Oper ations 109 6-3 FTP File Operat ions NLST Send s a li st of fi le names from t his unit to the re mote c omputer , with no other inf or mation. NLST <SP> <options or path-nam e> <CR LF> The f ollowi ng opt ions ma y be specif ied w hen no path nam e is spec ifi ed. • -a: Also dis pla y fi le names that b egin [...]

  • Page 110

    Chapter 6 F ile Opera tions 110 6-3 FTP F ile Oper ations RNFR RNT O Renam e a fi le . Specify the fil e to be rena med wit h the RN FR com mand, and s pecif y the n ew name wi th the RNT O comm and. (Alw ays f ollow a RNFR command with a RNT O comm and.) RNFR <SP> <path- name (be f ore ch ange)> <CRLF> RNT O <SP> <path-n[...]

  • Page 111

    Chapter 6 File Oper ations 111 6-3 FTP File Operat ions Extended commands The followin g table sho ws the ext ended FTP c ommands support ed by this u nit. In the command syntax column, < SP> means a space, entered by p ressing the space bar, and <CRLF> means a new line, entered by pressing the Enter ke y. MKD Creat es a n ew direct or [...]

  • Page 112

    Chapter 6 F ile Opera tions 112 6-3 FTP F ile Oper ations a) T his is supporte d from firmware version 1.5. SITE MEI D Acquire s the med ia ID of the dis c loaded in thi s unit . SITE MEID <CRLF> SITE FUNC A cquire s the functio n and v ersio n of the e xpan ded c omman ds. Inf or mation i s sen t in th e f ollo win g fo r m a t . <mai n f[...]

  • Page 113

    Chapter 6 File Oper ations 113 6-4 Reco rding Cont inuous T ime Cod e With F AM and FTP Co nnection s 6-4 Recording Continuous Time Code With FAM and FTP Conne ctio ns 1) 1) This is supported from firmware ver sion 1.4. When you ar e conne cted t o the unit by FAM o r FTP, you can create ne w clips with ti me code th at is cont inuous wit h the tim[...]

  • Page 114

    114 7-1 Menu Organiza tion and Operation Chapter 7 Menu Displays and Detailed Settings 7-1 Menu Organization and Opera tion 7-1-1 Menu Organization The followi ng shows the o rganizatio n of menus t hat you can use to make various settings and adjustments. 1) I n this manual , the USER menu co nsisting of ite ms and pa ges regis tered at the fa cto[...]

  • Page 115

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 115 7-1 Menu Organiz ation and Operation • OPERATION men u: This menu contains it ems for chang ing sett ings accordi ng to conditions re lated to the subject when the camcorder is being operat ed. •P A I N T m e n u This menu co ntains items fo r making de tail ed image adjustme nts while usin g [...]

  • Page 116

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 116 7-1 Menu Organiza tion and Operation Returning to the T OP menu fr om other menus There are two methods. • Align the b mark with “TOP” at the top ri ght of the menu page, and press the MENU knob. • Push the CANC EL/PRS T / ESCAP E switch dow n to the ESCAPE positio n repea tedly unti l th[...]

  • Page 117

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 117 7-1 Menu Organiz ation and Operation 8 To contin ue setting other it ems in th e same page, repeat steps from 4 to 7 . To can cel a change or re turn to the st anda rd setti ngs Proceed as follows. 1 Before pr essing the M ENU button in step 7 of the above pr ocedure, pu sh the CANCEL/PRST / E SCA[...]

  • Page 118

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 118 7-1 Menu Organiza tion and Operation USER 19 EDIT a nd ASSIGN SEL EDIT , then press the MENU kn ob to displ ay the pag e. If a differ ent page is di splayed, t urn the MENU knob until t he desired page appea rs, then pr ess the MENU knob to select t he page. Example: When y ou select t he USER 2 [...]

  • Page 119

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 119 7-1 Menu Organiz ation and Operation The item select ed in step 1 moves to the po sition t hat you selected in step 3 . In the ab ove example, “MASTER BLACK” is moved to th e top and the other it ems are moved down o ne li ne. Inser ting a blan k line You can insert a bl ank lin e above the se[...]

  • Page 120

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 120 7-1 Menu Organiza tion and Operation 2 Push the CANCEL/PR ST / ESCA PE switch to CANCEL/P RST. The message “PRESE T DATA OK?” appears. 3 Push the CANCEL/PR ST / ESCA PE switch to CANCEL/P RST agai n. In the above exa mple, the VF DISP 2 page is deleted. To dele te a pa ge by us ing t he men u[...]

  • Page 121

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 121 7-2 Sta tus Display on the Viewfin der Screen 7-2 Status Di spla y on the Vi ewfi nder Screen The viewfinde r screen displays not onl y the video pict ure but also chara cters and messages ind icating the camcorder settings and op erating status, a cent er marker, a safety zone marker, etc. When t[...]

  • Page 122

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 122 7-2 Stat us Displa y on t he V iewfinde r Screen i Iris setting/au to iris overrid e This indi cates the f-stop (ir is setting) o f the lens. Also, the auto iris ov erride is display ed using bar s which appear in the uppe r and lower pa rts to the left o f the F number respectivel y. For detail [...]

  • Page 123

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 123 7-2 Sta tus Display on the Viewfin der Screen 7-2-2 Selecting the Displa y Items To select the i tems to be display ed on the viewfin der screen from th e VF DISP 1 an d VF DISP 2 p ages of the USER menu, turn on or off th e indicatio n next to each item. To select the i tems to be display ed on t[...]

  • Page 124

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 124 7-2 Stat us Displa y on t he V iewfinde r Screen 5 To set a nother item to “ ON” or “O FF”, rep eat steps 3 and 4 . 6 To end t he menu oper ation, set the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF or close t he cover o f the menu operating section. 7-2-3 Display Modes and Setting Change Confirmati on/ Ad[...]

  • Page 125

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 125 7-2 Sta tus Display on the Viewfin der Screen You can set the following items on the MARKER 1 page . 1) The ASPECT MASK item is for processing the signal to be output to the view finde r. When R, G, or B is s elec ted fo r the TEST O UT SELE CT it em from the me nu, the same vide o signal is outpu[...]

  • Page 126

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 126 7-2 Stat us Displa y on t he V iewfinde r Screen 3 Turn the MENU k nob to move the b mark to the item you want t o set, and press the MENU k nob. The b mark on the left of the sel ected item chan ges to a z mark and the z ma rk on the left of the setting changes to a ? mark. 4 Turn the MENU knob [...]

  • Page 127

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 127 7-2 Sta tus Display on the Viewfin der Screen The items selected for sup erimposed recording ap pear on the screen and are record ed superimposed on t he color bars. 7-2-7 Setting the Shot ID On the SHOT ID page of the USER menu , you can set a shot ID of up to 12 al phanumeric characters, sp aces[...]

  • Page 128

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 128 7-2 Stat us Displa y on t he V iewfinde r Screen 2 Move the x mark over “RET”, then press the MENU knob. To dele te a ch arac ter In step 4 of th e proc edur e for setti ng th e sho t ID (see page 127) , move the x mark over “DEL”, an d press the MENU knob. This dele tes the char acter un[...]

  • Page 129

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 129 7-2 Sta tus Display on the Viewfin der Screen T o disable displ a y of the stat us confirmation windo ws Proceed as follows. 1 Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON. The last acce ssed menu page appears on the screen. 2 Turn the MENU knob un til the SE T STA TUS page appears, and press the MENU knob to[...]

  • Page 130

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 130 7-3 Adju stments and S ettings From Me nus 4 Carry ou t setti ng operatio ns as foll ows. 1 Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to “GENLOCK”, and press the MENU kno b. The b mark on the left of “GENLOCK” changes t o a z mark and the z mark on the left of the GENLOCK setting changes to a[...]

  • Page 131

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 131 7-3 Adjust ments and Sett ings From Menu s 3 Turn the MENU k nob to move the b mark to the item you want to set , and press MENU knob. The b mark on the left of the sel ected item chan ges to a z mark and the z ma rk on the left of the setting changes to a ? mark. 4 Turn the MENU knob to change th[...]

  • Page 132

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 132 7-3 Adju stments and S ettings From Me nus 2 Turn the MENU knob to mo ve the b mark to “OPERATION”, then press the MENU kno b. If this is the first time the OP ERATION m enu has been display ed, th e CONTENTS page appears. I f the menu has been used before, the last acc essed page appears. 3 [...]

  • Page 133

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 133 7-3 Adjust ments and Sett ings From Menu s The z mark changes to a b mark and the ? mark changes to a z mark. To set othe r items, go back to step 3 . 6 To end t he menu oper ation, set the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF or close t he cover o f the menu operating section. 7-3-4 Specifying an Offset f o[...]

  • Page 134

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 134 7-3 Adju stments and S ettings From Me nus 2 Turn the MENU knob u ntil the F UNCTION 1 page appears, then press t he MENU knob to select to page. 3 Turn the MENU k nob to move the b mark to the item correspond ing t o the switch t o which you want to assign th e function, and pr ess the MENU knob[...]

  • Page 135

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 135 7-3 Adjust ments and Sett ings From Menu s 1) Even w hen th e MARKE R item is set to “OFF” on the MA RKER page of the USER me nu, th e ASSIGN 2 swi tch al lows you to displa y or not to display all marke rs. 2) W hen the C BK-SC01 is no t installe d, this item does not appe ars since thi s fun[...]

  • Page 136

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 136 7-3 Adju stments and S ettings From Me nus 5 Turn the MENU k nob to move the b mark to the item you want to set , and press MENU knob. The b mark on the left of the sel ected item chan ges to a z mark and the z ma rk on the left of the setting changes to a ? mark. 6 Turn the ME NU knob to displa [...]

  • Page 137

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 137 7-3 Adjust ments and Sett ings From Menu s 1 Follow the procedure of st eps 1 to 3 described i n 7-3- 4 “Spe cify ing an Off set fo r th e Auto Whit e Balance Setting” on pag e 133 to display t he FORMAT page of the OPERATION menu. 2 Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to “16:9/4: 3 SELECT[...]

  • Page 138

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 138 7-3 Adju stments and S ettings From Me nus 7-3-9 Setting the CCD Scan Mode Since the camcorder has CCDs that use an “all pixels read- out method,” a progressive scan mod e is also avail able in addition t o the conv entional i nterlace scan mo de. You can select either of t he foll owing mode[...]

  • Page 139

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 139 7-3 Adjust ments and Sett ings From Menu s Setting the CCD scan mode The scan mode of the camcorder has been se t to the interlace scan mode at the factory. The FORMAT page of the OPERATION menu a llows you to cha nge the CCD scan mode to the progressive scan mode or 24P mode (PDW-510/530 only). 1[...]

  • Page 140

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 140 7-3 Adju stments and S ettings From Me nus Globally uni que ID is automatic ally rec orded ever y shooting. The Extended UMID is me tadata t hat provides additio nal information such as location, time/date, co mpany and so on. The UMID is applied a s follows. Using th e Extend ed UMID You have to[...]

  • Page 141

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 141 7-3 Adjust ments and Sett ings From Menu s 5 Turn the MENU knob to c hange th e setting of the selec ted ite m or t o di splay the de sir ed valu e, a nd pre ss the MENU knob. The z mark changes to a b mark and the ? mark changes to a z mark. 6 To end t he menu oper ation, set the MENU ON/OFF swit[...]

  • Page 142

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Se tting s 142 7-3 Adju stments and S ettings From Me nus Enabling automatic acquisition of the IP addre ss When th e unit is sh ipped fro m the factor y, auto matic acquisition of t he IP addr ess is disabled. P roceed as fol lows to e nab le it . 1 Holding down t he MENU kn ob, set the menu switch from OFF to[...]

  • Page 143

    Chapter 7 Menu Displa ys and Detailed Setti ngs 143 7-4 Reset ting USER Menu Settings to the Stand ard Sett ings 10 Repeat steps 3 to 6 to set the de fault ga teway. 11 To end t he menu oper ation, set the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF. Setting the communi cations speed Set the communi cations sp eed by choosing AUTO, 10Mbps, or 100Mbps from t he menu.[...]

  • Page 144

    144 8-1 Saving and Loa ding User Files to and from a “Memo ry Stick” Chapter 8 Saving and Loa ding User Setting Data 8-1 Saving and Loading User Fil es to and from a “Memo ry Stick” The camcorder is equipped with a “Memory Stick” drive, which enables you to save user files, scene file s, lens files, reference files and “ ALL ” files[...]

  • Page 145

    Chapter 8 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 145 8-1 Sa ving and Loadin g User F iles to and fro m a “Me mory Sti ck” Removing the “Mem ory St ick” Check that the acce ss indicator is not l it, then gent ly press in the “Memor y Stick” and relea se. It pops o ut, and you can withdraw it from t he slot. Removing the “Memory Stick?[...]

  • Page 146

    Chapter 8 Saving and Lo ading Use r Setting Data 146 8-1 Saving and Loa ding User Files to and from a “Memo ry Stick” from P00 to P 19, can be used to save user files i n the “Memory Sti ck”. Ea ch page can hol d up to 5 fi les. 4 Turn the MENU knob u ntil the pa ge which c ontains the desired fi le number appears, and press the ME NU knob.[...]

  • Page 147

    Chapter 8 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 147 8-1 Sa ving and Loadin g User F iles to and fro m a “Me mory Sti ck” 2 Press th e MENU knob. A character tabl e appears, allowing you to select characters you want to enter. 3 Follow the procedure of st eps 4 and 5 descr ibed in 7- 2-7 “S etting the S hot ID” on page 12 7 to enter the fi[...]

  • Page 148

    Chapter 8 Saving and Lo ading Use r Setting Data 148 8-2 Saving and Loa ding Sce ne Files 5 Turn the MENU knob to mo ve the b mark to th e desired file number to be loaded, and press the MENU knob. The message “LOAD OK? YES b NO” appears. 6 To carry out th e load, move the b mark to “YES ” and press th e MENU knob. To cancel, press t he MEN[...]

  • Page 149

    Chapter 8 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 149 8-2 Saving and Lo ading Sc ene Files For deta ils on setting th e file ID, see “Setti ng the file ID” on page 150. 3 Turn the ME NU knob to move the b m a r k t o “ S C E N E STORE”, and p ress th e MENU knob. The SCENE STORE page appears. 4 Sele ct the desi red fi le number . When no ?[...]

  • Page 150

    Chapter 8 Saving and Lo ading Use r Setting Data 150 8-2 Saving and Loa ding Sce ne Files When S CENE W HITE DA TA is set to ON The white bal ance setti ng data select ed when yo u save the scene file is saved. F or example, when the WHITE BAL switch is set to A, the adjusted v alues in memory A are saved in the scene file, and when the WHITE BAL s[...]

  • Page 151

    Chapter 8 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 151 8-2 Saving and Lo ading Sc ene Files Carry o ut th e procedure f rom step 3 in 8-2-1 “S aving a Scene Fi le” on page 14 8 . The set file ID i s saved toget her with the data. Selecting the display contents You can select the items of file informat ion to be displayed on the SC ENE S TORE pag[...]

  • Page 152

    Chapter 8 Saving and Lo ading Use r Setting Data 152 8-2 Saving and Loa ding Sce ne Files 1 After di splaying t he SCENE FILE pa ge (see page 150) , turn the MENU k nob to move the b mark to “SCENE RECALL”, and press t he MENU knob. A SCENE RECALL pa ge appears. 2 Turn the MENU knob un til the SC ENE RECAL L page which contains the d esired sce[...]

  • Page 153

    Chapter 8 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 153 8-3 Jumping to a File- Related Men u Page When Insert ing a “Memory Sti ck” 8-3 Jumpi ng to a File - Related Menu Page When Ins ertin g a “Memory Sti ck” A “Memory Sti ck” enables yo u to save user file s, scene files, lens files, referen ce files and “ALL” files. The camcorder m[...]

  • Page 154

    154 9-1 Power Suppl y Chapter 9 Setting Up the Camcorder 9-1 Power Supply The following power suppl ies can be used wi th the camcorder. • BP-GL65 /GL95/L6 0S Li thium-i on Batt ery Pa ck • AC power usi ng the AC-55 0/550CE or AC-DN10 AC adaptor 9-1-1 Using a Battery P ac k When a BP-GL95 Battery Pack is used, the camcorder wil l operate cont i[...]

  • Page 155

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcorde r 155 9-1 Power Supply 9-1-2 A v oiding Break s in Oper ation Due to an Exhausted Battery When the bat tery pack is b ecoming exhau sted, you can perform battery replacemen t without causing a b reak to the camcorder operation by using an AC ada ptor. To do this, p roceed as follows. 1 Connect an AC -550/AC- 550CE[...]

  • Page 156

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcor der 156 9-2 Adjust ing the Viewfi nder 9-2 Adjusting the Viewfinder For maximum viewi ng conven ience, you can adjust the viewfinder po sition i n the left-r ight and backward-forward directi ons. 9-2-1 Adjusting the Viewfi nder Po s i t i o n Adjustin g the position to the left or right Proceed as follows. Adjustin[...]

  • Page 157

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcorde r 157 9-2 Adjusting t he Viewfin der 9-2-3 Detaching the Viewf inder Detaching the viewfinder 1 Point th e viewfin der barrel up or do wn. 2 Loosen t he viewfinder l eft-righ t positioni ng ring . 3 Holding th e viewfinder stopper up, sl ide the viewfinder in the direc tion in dicate d by the arrow and detac h it.[...]

  • Page 158

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcor der 158 9-2 Adjust ing the Viewfi nder 1 Turn the arm of the rot ation mechanis m assembly of the BKW -401 in th e directio n of the arro w in the following illustra tion. Next, usin g a hexagonal wrench 3 mm acr oss flats, remove the bolts (M4 × 8), to separate t he rotation mechanism assembly from t he viewfinder[...]

  • Page 159

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcorde r 159 9-3 Mounting t he Lens 3 Turn the eyepi ece locki ng ring clo ckwise until it s “LOCK” arrow point s at the red mark on the viewfinder barrel. Note When the eyecup is worn out, rep lace it with a n ew one (service p art number 3- 723-079 -03). (The camcorder was shippe d with an eyecup wh ose part number[...]

  • Page 160

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcor der 160 9-4 Adjustin g the Flange Foc al Length / 9- 5 Audi o Input System 9-4 Adjusting the Flange Focal Length If the lens does no t stay in focus pro perly as you zoom from telephoto to wide angle, adjust the flange focal lengt h (the dista nce from th e plane of t he lens mounti ng flang e to the imaging plane).[...]

  • Page 161

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcorde r 161 9-5 Audio In put Syst em 2 Place the mi crophone i n the micr ophone hol der. 3 Plug t he micropho ne cable into the MIC IN co nnector, then set the AUDIO IN switch for the des ired recordi ng channel t o FRONT or F. 4 Secure the microphone cable wi th the cable clamp. 9-5-2 Using an External Micr ophone You[...]

  • Page 162

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcor der 162 9-5 Audio In put Syst em 3 Open the CA C-12 and re move the microp hone adaptor. 1) Attach the microphone adaptor wh en using a smal l-diamet er exter nal microp hone. 4 Place an e lectret condenser microphone in t he CAC- 12. 5 Connect the mi crophone cable to the AUDIO IN CH1 or AUDIO IN CH2 connector. Set[...]

  • Page 163

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcorde r 163 9-5 Audio In put Syst em For the operat ion of t he WRR-855A /855B, ref er to the manual suppl ied wi th th e WRR-85 5A/85 5B. Notes • When the XLR connection automat ic detect ion funct ion is on, even if the AUDIO IN CH-1 or CH-2 switch is set to WIREL ESS, the signal in put to the A UDIO IN CH1 or CH2 c[...]

  • Page 164

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcor der 164 9-5 Audio In put Syst em 9-5-4 Connecting Line Input A udio Equipment Connect the audi o output connector of the audio equipment that supplies the line input signal to the AUDIO IN CH 1 or CH2 c onne cto r. Switch sett ings Set t he LINE / A ES/EBU / MIC swit ch for the channe l to which the audi o signal so[...]

  • Page 165

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcorde r 165 9-6 Tr ipod Mount ing 9-6 Tripod Mounting You can easil y mount and dismount the camc order on a trip od by using the VC T-14 tr ipod adap tor (not supp lied). 1 Attach t he tripod adaptor t o the tr ipod. 2 Mount the ca mcorder o n the tr ipod adapt or. Removing the camcor de r f r om the tripod adaptor Rem[...]

  • Page 166

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcor der 166 9-7 Attach ing the Shoulde r Strap / 9-8 Adjus ting the Shou lder Pad Posi tion 9-7 Attaching the Shoulder Stra p Attach the sup plied shou lder strap as shown bel ow. Attaching the shoulder strap Attaching the shoulder strap Removing the shoulder strap 9-8 Adjusting the Shoulder Pad Position You can shift t[...]

  • Page 167

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcorde r 167 9-9 Connecting t he Remote Contro l Unit 9-9 Connecting the Remote Control Unit Connecti ng th e RM-B150/B7 50 Remote C ontrol Uni t enables re mote co ntrol of th e principa l camera function s. Connecti ng th e remote co ntrol u nit to the REMOTE connector (8-pin) a utomatically puts the camcorder into rem[...]

  • Page 168

    Chapter 9 Sett ing Up the Camcor der 168 9-9 Connect ing the Remote Co ntrol Unit Structure of the pain t adjust ment da ta As the illustrat ion above sh ows, the non- volatile me mory of the camcor der consis ts of two regions: one is the independen t data regi on that b ecomes effective when the remote contro l unit is n ot connected, an d the ot[...]

  • Page 169

    169 10-1 Te sting the Camcorder Befo re Shoot ing Chapter 10 Maintenance 10-1 Testing t he Camcorder Before Shooting Check the functi ons of t he camco rder befo re sett ing out for a shooting session, pr eferably by ope rating t he camcorder together wi th a col or video moni tor. 10-1-1 Preparations f or T esting 1 Attach a fully cha rged battery[...]

  • Page 170

    Chapter 1 0 Mainte nance 170 10-1 Testing th e Camcorder Bef ore Shootin g T e sting the viewfinde r Proceed as follows. 1 Adjust the position o f the viewfinder. 2 Check that th e color bars are displ ayed on the viewfinder screen, an d adjust the BRIGHT, CONTRAST, and PEAKING controls to g ive the best color bar displ ay. 3 Check each of t he fol[...]

  • Page 171

    Chapter 10 Maintenance 171 10-1 Te sting the Camcorder Befo re Shoot ing (1) T esting the recor ding and pla yback functions 1 Set the VDR SAVE/STBY switch to SAVE and check that the S AVE indicator in the viewfinde r goes on. 2 Set the VDR SAVE/STBY sw itch to STBY and check that the S AVE indicator in the viewfinde r goes off. 3 Set the switche s[...]

  • Page 172

    Chapter 1 0 Mainte nance 172 10-1 Testing th e Camcorder Bef ore Shootin g 4 Aim the micropho nes at a sound source. 5 Check that th e audio level meters on the color and monochrome LCDs and the audio level indicators in the viewfind er reflect the chang ing sound level . (6) Checking the XLR connection automatic detection function Before star ting[...]

  • Page 173

    Chapter 10 Maintenance 173 10-2 Mainten ance 10-2 Main tenanc e 10-2-1 Cleaning the Viewfinder Use a dust blower t o clean the CRT screen an d mirror inside the v iewfinde r barrel. Clean th e lens and prote cting filter wi th a comme rcially available l ens cleaner. Caution Never use organ ic solvent s such as thinner s. Disas sembling th e eyepie[...]

  • Page 174

    Chapter 1 0 Mainte nance 174 10-3 Operation Warnings 10-3 Operati on Warning s When a problem occurs at power o n or du ring operation, a warning is given by the relevant indicato rs on the color and monochrome LCDs, in the viewfinder an d on the camcorder bo dy. The speaker and ea rphone also gi ve audible warnings. Operatio n warnings Alarm Messa[...]

  • Page 175

    Chapter 10 Maintenance 175 10-3 Ope ration Warning s 1) Asterisks (*) are re placed by dig its in the display. 2) During re cording 3) During playba ck, fast forward , fast revers e, or stop 4) 1 flash/second 5) 4 flashes/second 6) During re cording p ause 7) D uri ng reco rd ing or paus e 8) During recording , displayed in color LCD on ly (when th[...]

  • Page 176

    Chapter 1 0 Mainte nance 176 10-3 Operation Warnings 1) “**” indicat es the bit rate (50/ 40/30). 2) REC INHI .! a ppea rs if you atte mpt to st art recor ding . Phenome na spec ific to CCD image sensors The following ph enomena that may ap pear in images are specific to CCD (Charge Coupled Dev ice) image sensors. They d o not i ndic ate malfun[...]

  • Page 177

    177 Specifications Appendixes Specific atio ns General Power voltage 12 V DC +5.0/–1.0 V Power consumpti on Approx. 32 W (with 12 V DC supply, when recordin g with the col or LCD off) Operating temperature –5°C to +40°C ( 32°F to 104°F) Operating humi dity 10% to 90% (relat ive hu midity) Storage temperature –20°C to + 60°C (–4°F t o[...]

  • Page 178

    Appendix es 178 Specifications Built-in fi lters PDW-510/ 510P CC + ND filter 1: 3200K 2: 5600 K + 1 / 8 ND 3: 5600K 4: 5600 K + 1 / 64 ND PDW-530/ 530P CC fi lte r A: Cross filter B: 3200K C: 4300K D: 6300K ND filter 1: Clear 2: 1 / 4 ND 3: 1 / 16 ND 4: 1 / 64 ND Lens m ount 2 / 3 -inch 48 bayone t mount Sensi tivity F11 standar d (89.9% ref lecti[...]

  • Page 179

    Appendix es 179 Specifications DC O UT 4-pin, 11 to 17 V DC, maximum rated cur rent 0.2 A LENS 12-pin REMOTE 8-pin LIGHT 2-pin i.LINK 6-pi n Recommended Additional Equipment P ower suppl y and related equipment BP- GL65/ GL95/L60S /L80S Battery P ack BC-M50/ L500/L70 Batter y Charg er AC-550/550CE AC Adaptor AC-DN10 AC Adaptor CA-701/ 702/702P Came[...]

  • Page 180

    Appendix es 180 Menu List Menu List This section bri efly explains men us that the camcorder provid es for adjustment s and setting s using tabl es. For the menu orga nizati on and th e USER menu , see Chapter 6. This manual al so explai ns so me adjustments and settings to be made u sing the OPE RATION menu, PAINT menu , MAINTENANCE menu, FILE men[...]

  • Page 181

    Appendix es 181 Menu Lis t a 02 TEST OUT TEST OUT MARKER OFF/ON OFF Selects whe ther or n ot the marke r signa l is mix ed to the output s ignal from the T EST OUT con nector . TEST OUT VFDISP OFF/ON O FF Selects whether or not t he VF DISP displ a y signal is mi x ed to the ou tput s ignal from the TEST OUT c onnector . TEST OUT MENU OFF/ON OFF Se[...]

  • Page 182

    Appendix es 182 Menu List a 03 FUNCTION 1 ASSIGN SW <1> OFF/CA CHE/ CHARA/MARKR/ R T AKE/A TW/RET .V/ RET/REC/TURBO/ D5600/ZEBRA/ FREZE/M.FRZ e tc. AT W See 7-3-5 “Assignin g Functio ns to ASSIGN 1/2/3/4 Switch es” on p age 133 . ASSIGN SW <2> OFF/ CA CHE/ CHARA/MARKR/ V . SRC/ZEBRA/ FREZE/56 00 etc. OFF ASSIGN SW <3> OFF/ CA [...]

  • Page 183

    Appendix es 183 Menu Lis t 04 FUNCTION 2 D5600 OFF/ON OFF T u rns on and off the function whic h electric ally app lies a 5600K color temp eratur e filter . WIDE A WB OFF/ON ON T ur ns on and o ff the fu nction whic h widens the r ange adjus table by Auto W hite Balance . WHITE SWTCH <B > MEM/A TW MEM Sets the function of the WHITE BAL B s wi[...]

  • Page 184

    Appendix es 184 Menu List a 08 ‘!’LED GAIN <!> OFF/ON ON See 2-10 “Ind icators in the V iewfind er” on p age 34 . SHUTTER <!> OFF/ON ON WHT PRESET <!> OFF/ON ON A TW R UN <!> OFF/ON ON EXTENDER <!> OFF/ON ON FIL TER <!> OFF/ON OFF O VERRIDE <!> OFF/ON ON a 09 MA RKE R 1 MAR KER OFF /ON OF F See 7-2-[...]

  • Page 185

    Appendix es 185 Menu Lis t a 13 A UTO IRIS IRIS O VERRIDE OFF/ON OFF See 5-4 “Chang ing the Refere nce V alue for Automati c Iris Adjustm ent” on page 91 . IRIS SPEED (– 99 to +9 9) 0 CLIP HIGH LIG HT OFF/ ON OFF IRIS WINDO W 1/2/3 /4/5/6/V AR 1 IRIS WINDO W IND . OFF/ON OFF IRIS V AR WIDTH 20 to 46 5 245 IRIS V AR HEIGHT 20 to 120 85/72 IRIS[...]

  • Page 186

    Appendix es 186 Menu List 20 FORMA T 16:9/4 :3 SELECT 16:9/ 4:3 16:9 See 7-3-8 “Select ing the Aspect Ratio” on p age 1 36 . SCAN MODE I/PsF/24P (24P only w hen opti on bo ard inst alled) I See 7-3-9 “Setting the CCD Scan Mo de” on pag e 138 . UC/J SELECT (PD W-5 10/530 onl y) UC/J UC Selects the sign al f or mat. 21 SOURCE SEL REC VIDEO SO[...]

  • Page 187

    Appendix es 187 Menu Lis t 1) This is supported from firmware ver sion 1.4. 25 MEM OR Y REC 1) COPY CURRENT CLP — EXEC See 3-2-1 1 “R ecord ing P roxy Data t o Memory Cards (W ith CBK-PC01 Inst alled)” on page 58. COPY ALL CLIPS — EXEC ABORT COPY — EXEC DEL ALL MEM CLP — EXEC FORMA T MEMOR Y — EXEC USER men u No. P age Item Settings D[...]

  • Page 188

    Appendix es 188 Menu List PA I N T M e n u L i s t The followi ng table li sts and desc ribes the items in the PAINT menu. When th e setting ra nge in the Setting s column is surrounded by par entheses ( ), the setu p value is a relat ive value . The setting range shown o n the menu screen may differ f rom what is shown i n the manua l. No. Pa ge I[...]

  • Page 189

    Appendix es 189 Menu Lis t 04 GAMMA GAMMA OFF/ON ON T ur ns the gamm a correcti on func tion on o r off . STEP GAMMA 0.35 to 0. 90 0.45 Sets the master gam ma correc tion c urve in steps . MASTER GAMMA (–99 to +99) 0 Sets the master g amma co rrectio n curve . R GAMMA (–99 to +99) 0 Sets the R gamm a co rrection curve . G GAMMA (–99 to +99) 0[...]

  • Page 190

    Appendix es 190 Menu List 08 DET AIL 2 KNEE APERT URE OFF/ON OFF T urns the knee aperture functi on on or off . KNEE APT L VL (–99 to +99) 0 Sets the knee ap er ture l ev el. DET AIL COMB (–99 to 0) 0 Sets the le vel a t which the comb filter becomes eff ective . CRO SS COLO R ON/OFF OFF T ur ns the cross co lor compone nt on o r off . CROSS CO[...]

  • Page 191

    Appendix es 191 Menu Lis t 11 MTX LINEAR MA TRIX OFF/ON O N T ur ns the lin ear matrix co rrectio n and u ser- set matrix c orrection functi ons on or o ff . MA TRIX (USER) OFF/ON OFF T ur ns the us er-set matrix corre ction function on or off . MA TRIX (PRESET) OFF/ON ON T ur ns the preset m atrix correction func tion on or off . MA TRIX R-G (–9[...]

  • Page 192

    Appendix es 192 Menu List 14 LOW KEY SA T . LO W KEY SA T . OFF/ON OFF T ur ns the lo w k ey sa turation function on or off . L.KEY SA T . LEVEL (–99 to +99) 0 Sets the satu ratio n le v el of the lo w luminance par t. L.KEY SA T . RANGE LO W/L.MID/ H.MID/HIGH HIGH Sets the lumin ance le vel a t whic h the lo w k ey satur ation fun ction becomes [...]

  • Page 193

    Appendix es 193 Menu Lis t MAINTENANCE Menu List The followi ng table li sts and desc ribes the items in the MAINTENANCE menu. When th e setting ra nge in the Setting s column is surrounded b y parenthe ses ( ), the setup value is a r elative value. Th e setting r ange shown on t he menu screen ma y differ fr om what is shown in t he manual. No. P [...]

  • Page 194

    Appendix es 194 Menu List 04 BA TTER Y 1 Inf o BEFORE END 5 /10/15 t o 95/100% 5% Used when a BP-G L65/GL95/M 100 Bat tery P a c k is u sed. Sets the remain ing po wer (% va lue) of the ba ttery at which t he BEFORE END w arning sho uld be issued. 1) Inf o END 0/1/2/3/4/5% 0 % Used when a BP-G L65/GL9 5/M100 Bat tery P a c k is u sed. Sets the rema[...]

  • Page 195

    Appendix es 195 Menu Lis t 05 BA TTER Y 2 TYPE DETECTION A UT O/O THER A UTO A UTO: A utomatically de tects the type of th e battery . O THER: Alwa ys jud ges the b attery to be of the “Oth ers” 4) type rega rdless o f the actual bat tery type. SEGMENT NO .7 11.0 to 1 7.0 V (in 0.1 V s teps) 17.0 V When the battery type judgmen t is “Oth ers?[...]

  • Page 196

    Appendix es 196 Menu List 06 A UDIO-1 CA-701 A UDIO IN ENABL/DSABL ENABL When a CA-70 1 camer a adapto r is connec ted, se lects w hether or not to en ab le input of audio channe ls 3 a nd 4 fro m the camer a adap tor . ENABL: Cam era adap tor can be us ed. DSABL: Camer a adap tor canno t be used. A UDIO CH3/4 MODE CH 1/2/SW SW Selects the so urces[...]

  • Page 197

    Appendix es 197 Menu Lis t 08 A UDIO-3 A U S G (1kHz ) ON/OFF/A UT O OFF Sets whether to output a 1 kHz test t one during the Col or Bar mo de or not. ON: a 1 k Hz test tone i s outp ut during the Color Bar mode . OFF: a 1 kHz tes t tone is not ou tput du ring the Color Bar mode . A UT O: a 1 k Hz test tone i s output o nly whe n the CH 1 A UDIO SE[...]

  • Page 198

    Appendix es 198 Menu List 09 TIMECODE TC OUT A UTO /GENE A UT O Selec ts the time cod e signal output. A UT O: Outp uts the ti me co de gen erato r outpu t du ri ng rec ordi ng an d out puts t he time cod e reader ou tput during pl a ybac k. GENE: O utputs th e time code gener ator outpu t du ri ng rec ord ing an d pl ayback. DF/NDF (PD W-510/5 30 [...]

  • Page 199

    Appendix es 199 Menu Lis t 11 ESSENCE MARK SHO T MARK 1 OFF/ON OFF See 3-2-3 “ Reco rding Esse nce Mark s” on page 42 . SHO T MARK 2 OFF/ON OFF O VER A UDIO LIMIT OFF/ON OF F GAIN CHG. MARK OFF/ON OFF FIL TER CHG. MARK OFF/ ON OFF SHUTTER CHG. MARK OFF/ ON OFF WHITE CHG. MARK OFF/ ON OFF FLASH MARK OFF/ ON OFF FLASH MARK LEVEL 1 to 20 10 INDE X[...]

  • Page 200

    Appendix es 200 Menu List 14 A UT O IRIS 2 IRIS WINDO W 1/2/3/4/5/6/V AR 1 Selects the aut o iris dete ction window . V AR is var iable. IRIS WINDO W IND OFF/ON OFF T urns on and of f the funct ion whi ch displ ay s a frame mark er f or the auto iris detection window . IRIS LEVEL (–99 to +99) 0 Le ve l adjustm ent o f the auto i ris target v alue[...]

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    Appendix es 201 Menu Lis t 1) The setting of this item is overridd en by the setting of BE FORE END 3 when TYPE DETE CTION in the BATTERY 2 page is s et to OTHE R. 2) Th e setting of this it em is o verridde n by the setting of E ND 3 w hen TY PE DETECTI ON in the BATTERY 2 page is set to OTHER. 3) This is supported from firmware ver sion 1.4. 4) W[...]

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    Appendix es 202 Menu List FILE Menu List The followi ng table li sts and desc ribes the items in the FILE menu. When th e setting ra nge in the Setting s column is surrounded b y parenthe ses ( ), the setup value is a r elative value . The setting range shown o n the menu screen may differ f rom what is shown i n the manua l. No. P age Item Setting[...]

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    Appendix es 203 Menu Lis t 1) “EX” is displa yed when the extender is on , and “0.8 ” is displayed w hen the shrinker is on . 05 REFERENCE REFERENCE ST ORE — EXEC Sav e ref erence file in internal memory . REFERENCE CLEAR — EXEC Clear refere nce file . REFERENCE LO AD — EXEC Load ref erenc e file . REFERENCE SA VE — EXEC Save ref er[...]

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    Appendix es 204 Menu List DIA GNOSIS Menu List The followi ng table li sts and desc ribes the items in the DIAGNOSIS menu. No. P age Item Description 01 HOURS METER OPERA TION Displa ys the total time that th is unit h as be en po we red on, in units of ho urs. OPERA TION (rst) Displa ys the total time tha t this unit h as been po wered on, in unit[...]

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    Appendix es 205 Menu Lis t 07 DISC ST A TUS USER ID: Displa ys the user ID of the d isc itse lf . TITLE: Displa ys the titl e of the d isc i tself . REMAIN Displa ys the remai ning capa city of the dis c. REWRITE Displa ys the num ber of tim es the di sc ha s been re wr itten. SAL V AGE Displ ay s “require d” when s alv age i s requ ired. FILE [...]

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    Appendix es 206 About a “Memory Stick” About a “Memory Stick” What is “Memory Stic k”? “Memory St ick” is a n ew compact, portabl e and versat ile IC (Integrated Circuit) recordin g medium with a data capacity that exceeds a floppy disk. “Memory S tick” is speciall y design ed for exchan ging an d sharing digital data among “M[...]

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    Appendix es 207 About a “Memory Sti ck” Precaut ions • To prev ent data l oss, make backup s of data f requentl y. In no event wi ll Sony be liable f or any loss of data. • Unauth orized r ecordin g may be con trary to th e provision s of cop yright la w. Whe n you use a “Memor y Stick” that h as been pre-recorded, b e sure that the mat[...]

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    Appendi xes 208 Glossa ry Glossar y AES/ EBU A standard est ablished jo intl y by the AES (Audi o Engineeri ng Societ y) and EBU (European Broadcasting Union) for serial transmission of digita l audio. T wo channel s of au dio can be transmi tted via a si ngle connector. Aliasing Distorti on which occur s during sampling to conv ert analog signals [...]

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    Appendix es 209 Gloss ary certain t ypes of noise i nherent to CCDs. See also CCD. Hunting Repeated bright ening and da rkeni ng of an image resulting from repeated respo nse t o au tomati c ir is cont rol . i.LIN K Another na me for the IE EE1394- 1995 standards and their revisions. XDCAM uses the i.LINK interface to transfer DV streams by the AV/[...]

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    Appendi xes 210 Glossa ry UMID Unique Materi al Identifier. A standard (SMPTE 330 M) for video and audio metadata. The Basic section of a UMID contains a globall y unique n umber and a material number for the identifi cation of recorded material . An optional section ca lled the “So urce Pack” contains information such as the time and locatio n[...]

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    Inde x 211 Index Index A AC adaptor 1 55 ACCESS indi cator 32 Access indicator (for “Memory Stick”) 28 Accessory attachments 15 Adjusting audio level 93 black balance 84 flange focal length 16 0 shoul der pa d posi tio n 166 viewfinder 156 white balance 85 Adjustme nts and set tings for recordin g 8 2 from me nus 1 30 ALARM volume control 17 AL[...]

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    In de x 212 Index F REV butt on and i ndicator 24 FAM 103 Features 7 File access mode 103 File ID scene file 150 user file 146 FILE menu list 202 File oper ation 100 restricti on 10 1 FILTER selector 20 Flange focal length, adjusting 160 FORMAT pa ge 186 Formatting a disc 38 F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch 30 FTP 106 Full salvage 39 FUNCTION 1 page 182 FUNC[...]

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    Inde x 213 Index Proxy AV data 9 Proxy Brow sing So ftware (See al so “PDZ-1”) 8 1 Proxy d ata 58 Q Quick salvage 39 R Rear tally indicator 32 REC STA RT butt on 24 REC TI ME 49 Recommended additio nal equipment 179 Recordin g 40 adjustments and sett ings 82 analog composite s ignals 68 setting the record ing format 82 video s ignals fro m exte[...]

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    In de x 214 Index setting 125 using t he BKW-401 Vi ewfinder Rotation Bracket 157 Viewfinder front-rear posit ioning l ever 20 Viewfinder screen displa y mode s 124 layout of the s tatus di splay 121 mark er dis pl ay 124 return v ideo sign al 129 selecting the display items 123 Shot da ta superim posed o n the color bar s 126 shot I D 127 Status c[...]

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    Sony Cor poration © 2004 PDW-510/5 10P/530/53 0P (SYL) 3-805-941- 09 (1) http://www.s ony.net/ The mate rial conta ined i n this manual consi sts of in formation that is the prop erty of Sony Co rporati on and is inten ded sol ely for use b y the p urchasers of the eq uipme nt descri bed in thi s manual. Sony Co rporati on expr essly p rohibi ts t[...]

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    Sony Cor poration © 2004 PDW-510/5 10P/530/53 0P (SYL) 3-805-941- 09 (1) http://www.s ony.net/[...]