Sony PDW-F800 manual

PROFESSIONAL DISC CAMCORDER PDW-F800 PDW-700 OPERATIO N MANUAL [English] 1st Edit ion (Re vised 3)[...]

2 To red uce the risk of fire o r electr ic shock, do not expo se this apparatus to rain or moistu re. To avoid electrical sho ck, do not open the ca binet. Re fer servicing to qual ified personn el only. This Professional Disc Camcorder is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT. Laser diode properties Wavelength: 400 to 41 0 nm Emission duration: C[...]

3 For the cus tomers in the U.S.A. This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the li mits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection aga inst harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio freq[...]

4 Germany. For any servic e or guarantee matters please refer to the addresses given in separate service or guarant ee documents. For the cus tomers in Taiwan only[...]

Table of Contents 5 T able of Contents Forew ord . ....... ........ ....... ........... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ .... 11 Before use....... ........ ....... ....... ........... ....... ....... ........ ....... ........... ....... . 11 Marks fo r model-spe cific func tions ........... ....... ....... .....[...]

Table of Content s 6 Tripod Mounting .............. .......... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........... ........ ....... ....... . 51 Conn ecting a V ideo Li ght ....... ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........... . 52 Using the Sh oulder Str ap .... ........... ....... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........... .[...]

Table of Contents 7 Playin g back t he record ed cli p .... ........... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........... . 84 Deletin g the recorded cli p ........... ........ ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ .... 85 Using the Foc us Assist func tion............. ....... ........... ........ ....... ....... . 86 Adva nced Ope ration s for S[...]

Table of Content s 8 Using pla nning metad ata .......... ....... ....... ....... ........ ....... ........... ...... 136 Checkin g user-de fined es sence m arks ....... ....... ....... ........ ........... .. 137 Formattin g discs ........ ....... ........ ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ ....... ...... 138 Displa ying dis c and clip p[...]

Table of Contents 9 Selectin g the l ens fil e .................. ........ ....... ....... ....... ........ ........... .. 213 Setting the UMID data ..... ........... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........ ........... .. 213 Chapter 7 : Saving and Lo ading Use r Setti ng Data Handl ing the “ Memor y Stick”........... ....... ........... ....[...]

Table of Content s 10 Testing the VDR .... ....... ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ ....... ....... .......... 243 Mainte nance ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ ....... ....... .......... 245 Cleaning the vi ewfinder ........... ....... ........... ....... ....... ........ ....... ...... 245 [...]

Foreword 11 Chapter 1 After p urchasing t his unit, before op eratin g, it is necessary to set the re gion of use. (Unless this set ting is made, th e unit will not oper ate.) For deta ils of the se setti ngs, see “Se tting the Area of Use” on page 42. Note Before attachin g/removing optional compo nents or accessories to /from the c amcorder, [...]

Features 12 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w New 2 / 3 -inch f ull-H D “Po werH AD FX ” CCDs • IT (Interli ne Transfer) 2 / 3 -inch p rogressive image sen sors with 2.2 million pi xels, for full HD re solution ( 1920 × 1080) • Newly develo ped “PowerHAD FX” CCDs, featu ring a signal proc essing ASI C with 14-bit A/D converters Thes e new imag e s[...]

Featur es 13 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w 3) The PDW-HD1500 supports recording of up to eight channels in MP EG HD422 format. Format compatibility with earlier mod els The uni t is capable of reco rding in the MPE G-2 MP@HL 35/25 Mbp s formats used by earlier XDCAM HD d evices. These formats o ffer longer recordi ng times than the MPEG -2 422P@HL 50 Mbps [...]

Features 14 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w film cam era. Unlike low- speed or high -speed playb ac k of nor mall y sh ot vide o, t his pr ovi des a smooth slow -motion eff ect, or action spee ded up beyond a ctual speed. 1) This function is available when the recording format is MPEG HD422, 50 Mbps, and the resolution/system frequency is 1080/23.98P, 1080/2[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 15 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w a LIGHT switch Dete rmin es how a video light c onnec ted to the LIGHT connector (see page 16) is tur ned on an d off. AU TO : When the P OWER sw itc h of the v ide o light is in th e on position, the vide o light is turn ed on autom atica lly whil e the camc order is record[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 16 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w a Shou lder s trap fitting Atta ch t he su pplie d sho ulder str ap (see p age 52) . b Light fit ting sho e Atta ch an opti onal ac cessory such as a video l ight (see page 52) . c Viewfinde r front- to-bac k positio ning lever To adju st the viewfind er position in the fron[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 17 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w o Tripod mount When usi ng the uni t on a tripo d, at tach th e tri pod ada ptor (o ption al). p Lens m ount (specia l bayonet m ount) Attach th e lens. Consult a S ony represe ntative for i nformation ab out availabl e lenses. q Lens locki ng lever After inser ting the le n[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 18 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w a) A type of special effect filter. A cr oss of light appears in the highlight section. [700] The PDW-70 0 is equi pped wi th one sw itchab le filter. It is possible to switch betw een four ND filters. For the PDW- 700, you ca n change a MAINTENANCE menu setting so that diff[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 19 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w Right side (nea r the front ) a ASSI GN (ass ignable) 1/2 switche s You can assi gn the desired funct ions to these switches on t he ASSIGNABLE SW page of th e OPERATION menu. Nothin g is assi gned to t hese s witch es when th e camcor der is ship ped f rom th e facto ry (eq[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 20 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w a) By connecting stereo headphones to the EARPHONE jack on the rear of the unit, you can hear the audio in stereo. (On the AUDIO-1 page of the MAINTENANCE menu, HEADPHONE OUT must be set to STEREO.) f VDR SAVE/STBY (VDR save/standby) switch Switches the status of the power s[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 21 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w k MENU ON/OFF switch To use this switch , open the cover. This swit ch is used t o displa y the m enu on t he viewfi nder scree n or the test signa l scree n. Closin g the co ver auto matic ally set s this swit ch to OFF. ON: Displays the me nu on the viewfi nder screen or t[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 22 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w For detai ls, see “Status Displ ay on the LC D monitor and monochro me LCD” on page 23. c WARNING indicator Lights up or flas hes when an abnorm ality occurs in the VDR se ction . For detail s about the meaning of the st ates of the WARNING indicator, see “Operation Wa[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 23 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w Hold down th e SHIF T but ton and press t his button to ste p back through t he division process. For detail s of the expand function, see page 118. p HOLD (display hold )/CHAPTER (chapte r functio n) butto n Pressing th is butt on inst antly fr eezes the time dat a displaye[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 24 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w a Resolution Indicate s the resolution of HD out put video. b Video format Indica tes the format of vi deo being currently playe d ba ck or r ecord ed. a) LP is playback only. b) For the PDW-700, when the optional CBKZ-MD01 SD Record and Playback S oftware is i nstalled. c S[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 25 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w HOLD: Appe ars whe n the in ternal t imeco de generato r is stop ped. g Time counte r displa y Switche s displays of time counter, t imecode, a nd user bits, dep ending on the po sition of the DISPLAY switch. When the HOLD/CHAPTER bu tton is p ressed to hold the ti mecode va[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 26 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w i Remaining disc capacity indicator j Remain ing ba tter y capaci ty ind icato r a) You can change the threshold voltages on the BATTERY 2 page o f the MAINTENANCE menu (see page 176) . Indication Re maining recording time DISC E [ x x x x x x x ] B More than 30 m inutes DIS[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 27 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w GUI scre en operati ons sectio n and audio control sectio n a THUMBNAIL indicator This lig hts when thum bnails ar e displayed. b THUMBNAIL/ESSENCE M ARK butt on Press this butt on to carr y out a thumbnail sea rch or create a clip list (see pa ge 117) . When pr esse d, the [...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 28 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w k AUDIO SELECT CH-1/CH-2 (audio chan nel 1/2 adjustm ent me thod selectio n) switche s Selec t the audi o level adju stment met hod for each of audio c hannels 1 an d 2. AU TO : Automatic adj ustment MANU AL : Manual adjustment l AUDIO IN CH-1/CH-2/CH-3/CH-4 (audi o channel [...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 29 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w Use the GENLOCK page of the MA INTEN AN CE men u to ad just th e gen lock H-phase (p hase of horizont al sync signal). Avai lable referen ce signal s vary dependin g on the curren t system frequenc y as shown in the followi ng table. • This c onnector a lso inputs a return[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 30 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w Before usi ng this connec tor, you must set ETHERNET/USB on th e POWER SAVE page of the OPERATION menu to “ENABL” (see page 212) . d (netwo rk) co nnector (RJ-4 5 type) This is a 10BASE- T/100 BASE-TX connec tor for network c onnection. Before usi ng this connec tor, you[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 31 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w l AUD IO OU T conn ecto r (XLR ty pe, 5- pin, ma le) Outpu ts the audio sign als recorded on audio channe ls 1 and 2 or audi o channel s 3 and 4. The audio sign als a re se lect ed by the MONI TOR switch. m (i.LIN K) S400 co nnec tor (6-p in, IEEE1394 co mpliant) Use an i.LI[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 32 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w OFF: The tal ly indica tor is disab led. LO W : The tally indicator bri ghtness is set to low . l ZEB RA (zeb ra patte rn) swit ch Contro ls the zebr a patter n display o n the viewf inder scr een as fo llo ws. ON: A zeb ra pa tter n app ears and s tays. OFF: The zeb ra patt[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 33 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w d View finder scree n e VTR SAVE indicator This indicat or lights when the VDR SAVE/ST BY switch i s set t o SAVE, put ting t he VDR in to power sa ve mode. f ! (war ning) indica tor This ind icato r l igh ts wh en a ny of th e fo llowi ng conditio ns occurs wi th the co rre[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 34 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w c Extender Displays th e extender setti ngs of this unit and the lens. EX: The lens ex tender is on . 08: The le ns shrinker is on. x2D: Th is unit’s exten der function i s on. Ex2D: The le ns exte nder a nd the digita l exten der function of t his unit are both on. d Zoom[...]

Locati ons and Fun ctions of Par ts and Con trols 35 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w Memor y symbol and remainin g capacity di splay a) Use a USB f lash drive with enough free ca pacity remaining. b) Enable the proxy data recording function. c) Clear the wr ite protection on the USB flash drive. d) Format or exchange th e USB flash dr ive. Bottom of vie wfin[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Part s and Cont rols 36 Chapter 1 Ov er vie w P: Di spla yed w hen t he WHI TE B AL sw itch i s se t to PRST or when the pres et button on an RM- B150 h as been pushed. T: Displa yed w hen AT W is bei ng use d. 3200: Displayed when the COLOR TEMP SW 3200K function is set to ON. 1) 4300: Displayed when the COLOR TEMP SW [...]

Preparing a Powe r Supply 37 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions For safe ty, use only the Sony battery pa cks and AC adap tors l isted below. • BP-GL95/ GL65/L60S/ L80S Lithium-io n Batt ery Pac k • AC power using the AC -DN2B/DN10 AC Adaptor When a B P-GL95/G L65/L60S/ L80S Batter y Pack is used , the cam corder wil l operat e continuou sly for the time[...]

Attach ing the View finder 38 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions To detach the battery pack Holding the r elease button in, pull the batt ery pack up. Notes • During recor ding and playback (w hile the ACCESS indicator is lit), be careful never to remove the battery pack. • Make sure to po wer the camcorder off before replacing the battery pack. When usi[...]

Attac hing the Viewfi nder 39 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 2 Coup le the v iewfin der co nnector to t he VF c onnec tor. Detaching the viewfinder You ca n carry out th is by follow ing the attac hing procedu re in rever se order, but the re is an addit ional ac tion to ta ke: when deta chin g the viewfin der from the fitting shoe, pull up the stopper. [...]

Attach ing the View finder 40 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 3 Attach th e handle front cover with th e bott om edge up . 4 Attach the vie wfinder slide asse mbly, rever sing the step s of the remov al proced ure. By fitting a BK W-401 Vi ewfinder R otation Bracket ( not supplie d), you c an rotat e the viewfinde r out of the way so tha t your right leg [...]

Attac hing the Viewfi nder 41 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions Remov ing th e eyepi ece give s a clea rer view of the screen fro m further away . It is also easy to remove dust from the viewfi nder screen an d mirro r when the ey epi ece is detach ed. 1 Turn the ey epie ce lo ckin g ri ng f ull y coun terclock wise, t o align the r ed marks on th e locki n[...]

Setting t he Area of Use 42 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions When using the unit for the first time The are a of use i s not fac tory prese t. Before using this u nit, yo u nee d to set th is item . (You cann ot use the unit without setting t his item.) To set the area of use 1 Set th e POW ER sw itch to the O N positi on. The s cre en fo r s etti ng t he [...]

Setti ng the Da te/Time of the Inter nal Clock 43 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 3 Turn the MENU kno b to displa y the desi red ar ea of us e. a) The composite signal output from th is unit is an NTSC si gnal with no black setup. The system frequency is 59.94i. b) The composite signal output from th is unit is an NTSC signal with a black setup (7.5 IRE).[...]

Mounting the Lens 44 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 4 Turn the MENU kno b to displa y the desi red valu e, a nd pre ss th e ME NU knob . z chan ges to b an d ? change s to z . 5 To continue the remaining s ettings, repeat steps 3 an d 4. 6 When you fi nish set tings, turn the MENU knob to move b to “OK”, then press the ME NU knob. The in ternal clock[...]

Adjust ing the Flang e Focal Leng th 45 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions securing rubber be put on the lens locking lever as illustrated above. 4 Conn ect the l ens cable to the LEN S conn ector. 5 Secu re the lens c able w ith the cable clamp s. If the lens does not stay in focus properly as you zoom from tel ephoto to wide angle, adju st the flange f oca[...]

Preparing the A udio I nput S ystem 46 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 8 Repe at step s 4 to 7 until th e chart stays in focu s all th e way fro m wide an gle to tele phot o. 9 Tighte n the F.f or F.B r ing f ixing screws. You can attac h the ECM-68 0S stereo micr ophone (not supplie d) to the mic rophone holde r of the HDVF-20A viewfinder (not supplied).[...]

Prepa ring the Audio I nput Sys tem 47 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions On how to perf orm this operation, refe r to the operati on manual for the micro phone. 3 Plug th e microp hone ca ble into the MIC IN connecto r, the n set t he AUDIO IN switc h for th e channel on which y ou want to record the audio from th is microphone to FRONT (f or CH-1/ CH-2) or[...]

Preparing the A udio I nput S ystem 48 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 2 Conn ect the m icroph one cable to the AUD IO IN CH 1 or CH2 co nnector . 3 Set the sw itch es as fol lows. Set the LINE / AE S/EBU / MIC select or to MIC. • S et t he +48 V/OF F sw itch indi cated belo w, depen ding on the power supp ly type of the microph one. Internal power supp[...]

Prepa ring the Audio I nput Sys tem 49 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 3 Set the AUDIO IN switch for th e chan nel to which you want to input audi o si gnal to WI RELES S (see page 28) . Notes • When the XLR connection automatic detection function is o n, even if the AUDI O IN CH-1 or CH-2 switch is set to WIRELESS, the signal input to the AUDIO IN CH1 [...]

Preparing the A udio I nput S ystem 50 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions If the XLR con nectio n automa tic dete ctio n function is on, the input signal for audio recor ding is s elect ed aut omati call y, a nd therefore this setting is no t required. Connec t the audio out put connect or of the audio equipme nt that supplies t he line inpu t signal to the [...]

Tripod Mount ing 51 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions 1 Att ach the VCT-1 4 trip od a daptor (not suppli ed) to the trip od. 2 Mount t he camco rder o n the tripod adapt or. To remo ve the c amcor der from t he tripo d adapt or Hold down the r ed button a nd pull the l ever in the direct ion of the ar row. Note The tripod adaptor pin ma y remain in the enga[...]

Connectin g a Video Light / Us ing the Should er Strap 52 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions With this c amcorder, you can use the Ant on Bauer Ul tralight 2 or eq uivalent vide o light (powe red by 12 V with m aximum pow er consump tion of 5 0 W). • If you c onnect the vi deo light to the L IGHT conne ctor o n the camcor der and se t the LIGHT switch t o [...]

Adjustin g the S houlder Pad Position 53 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions To remo ve the sh ould er strap You can shift the sh oulder pad from it s center position (the facto ry default setting) bac kward by up to 10 m m ( 3 / 8 inch) or fo rward by up to 25 mm (1 inch ). This adjust men t helps you get th e bes t balance for shootin g with t he camco rder[...]

Connecting t he Remote Cont rol Unit 54 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions Note Before connecting/dis connecting a remote control unit to/from the camcorder, be sure to turn the power of the camcorder off. Connec ting the RM-B1 50/B750 Re mote Contr ol Unit e nables re mote co ntrol of the p rinci pal camera fu nctions. Connect ing the r emote c ontrol unit [...]

Connecting the Remo te Control Unit 55 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions When the monitor is connected to the MONI TOR OU T con nect or of the remo te contr ol uni t The M ONITOR connector (BNC type) of the RM-B1 50/B750 outpu ts the same signal as that from t he TES T OUT connect or on t he camc order. Use the bl ack cab le sup plie d with the RM -B15 0/ B[...]

Connecting t he Remote Cont rol Unit 56 Chapter 2 Prep arat ions stored in the independent dat a region will be renewed when y ou cha nge the set tings on t he remote c ontr ol un it. Thus, t he sett ings of t he pa int data m ade with the re mote co ntrol unit can be retain ed even if th e remote control unit is remove d. However, if the switch po[...]

Setting the Recording Fo rmat 57 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g The r ecording f ormats suppo rted by t his camcor der ar e as fol lows. Video a) 59.94i/29.97P/5 9.94P: When the area of use is s et to NTSC(J)AREA/NTSC AREA. 50i/25P/50P: When the area of use is set to PAL AREA. 23.98P: For the P DW-700, when the optional CB KZ- FC[...]

Setting t he Recording Forma t 58 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g (SCAN MO DE) to eithe r 59.9 Hz or 23.9 Hz. Set SC AN MODE to ei ther as re qui red. Note When you set SCAN MODE to 23.9P, the video output signals and video recording signals of this unit are 59.9 Hz signals after 2-3 pulldown. 1 Display the FORMAT page of the OPER[...]

Adjust ing the Black Bal ance and the White Balan ce 59 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g possible to mix c lips in the following for mat groups. • HD420 HQ, SP, and LP • 1080 /59.94i and 1080/29 .97P • 1080 /50i and 1080/25P To en sure ex cell ent im age q uality when usin g this camcor der, condition s may require t hat both[...]

Adjusting the Black Balan ce and the Whit e Balance 60 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g 1 Set the OUTPUT/DCC swit ch to CAM. 2 Flick the AUTO W/B BAL switc h to BLK and release the s witch. The s witch r eturn s to the center positi on, an d the adjust ment is execu ted. Duri ng adjustme nt, the foll owing me ssage is display ed on[...]

Adjust ing the Black Bal ance and the White Balan ce 61 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g a)White balance setting values are stored in memory B only when the WH ITE SWITCH < B> item is set to “MEM” on the WHITE S ETTING page of the OPERATION menu. If th e sett ing of the G AIN selecto r or W HITE BAL swi tch is changed, a [...]

Adjusting the Black Balan ce and the Whit e Balance 62 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g The white ba lanc e adju stmen t ends in about one second with the me ssage shown in the followi ng figure, and the adjustment setting is auto matical ly st ored in the me mory (A o r B) th at was sel ected i n ste p 1 . Note If the camer a has [...]

Adjust ing the Black Bal ance and the White Balan ce 63 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g [700] To cha nge th e col or temp eratu re wh en the ND filter is switched You can assig n elec tri cal CC (colo r corr ection ) filters to ND filters (se e page 17) . Th is allo ws you to chan ge the c olor tem perat ure autom aticall y when t[...]

Adjusting the Black Balan ce and the Whit e Balance 64 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g MEM item on t he WHI TE SET TING page o f the OPERATION menu to OFF. • Wh en the electr ical C C filte r switc hing fun ction has been assigned to an ASSIGN switch, or when a remote c ontrol unit has be en conne cted. (In th ese cases, t he co[...]

Settin g the Elect ronic Sh utter 65 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g The shutte r modes that ca n be used with the electr onic shutter and the s hutter speeds that can be sele cted are l isted below. Standard m ode Select this mo de for shooting fast-m oving subj ect s with lit tle bl urring . a) This speed cannot be selected when[...]

Setting t he Electron ic Shutt er 66 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g power su pply causing fl icker. Using an electro nic shutter under suc h lighting coul d make the flic ker eve n worse. Color flic ker is part icul arly l ikel y to happ en wh en t he po wer supply fre quency is 60 Hz. However, if the power freq uency is 50 Hz, s[...]

Settin g the Elect ronic Sh utter 67 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g To ch ange the rang e of choice of shut ter mode and speed settings You can red uce th e time re quire d to se lect the shutter mod e and speed by narrowing the c hoice of settings i n advance . This can b e done by usin g the SHT ENABLE page of t he OPERATION me[...]

Setting t he Electron ic Shutt er 68 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g To regist er user-defin ed settings You can register up to six shutter ang le settings. If six settings ar e alread y registered, you must delete on e of the registered settings before registerin g a new one. 1 Rota te the MENU knob t o mov e the b mark to t he D[...]

Changing the Ref erence Valu e for Automat ic Iri s Adjustment 69 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g The re ference value f or au tomati c ir is adjus tment can be ch ange d to aid the sho oting of cl ear pict ures of b ack-li t subject s, or to pr eve nt bl own- out highlig hts. The refe rence value for th e lens iris can be set wit[...]

Changing the Ref erence Valu e for Automat ic Iris Adj ustment 70 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g When the R M-B150 Remote Con trol Unit is connec ted The I RIS cont rol knob o f the R M-B150 c an be used for lens iri s setting . In this case , the ind icator is not displayed . To set the automatic iris window 1 Foll ow t he pr oc[...]

Adjusting t he Audio Leve l 71 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g Setting the AUDIO SELECT CH-1/CH-2 switch es to AUTO automa tica lly adj usts th e inpu t leve ls of t he audi o si gnal to be rec ord ed i n a udio channe ls 1 and 2. You ca n also adjust the au dio level man ually . For audio cha nnels 3 and 4, menu se ttings allow y[...]

Adj usti ng the Au dio Lev el 72 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g REAR2/WRR LEVEL: Audio reco rd ing le ve l of cha nnel 2 Note When you have operation of the LEVEL (CH-1/CH-2) controls and M IC LEVEL control linked together, if t he MIC LEVEL control is set to 0, the audio signals on channels 1 and 2 cannot be recorded. Check the [...]

Adjusting t he Audio Leve l 73 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g To au tomatically select the same audio as on channel s 1 and 2 On the AUDIO-1 page of t he MAINTENANCE menu, set the AUDIO CH3/4 MODE item to “CH 1/2”. Note When the LINE / AES/EBU / MIC se lector is set to LINE or MIC, th e audio signals re corded on audio channe[...]

Setti ng the Time Da ta 74 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g Note Breakup may occur in the camera video when th e unit’s format is set to SYSTEM LINE: 720, SYSTEM FREQUENCY: 59.9P, and SCAN MODE: 2 3.9P, and DF/NDF on the TIMECODE page of the MAINTENANCE menu is set to NDF. This may occur when you do any of the following. • Set [...]

Setti ng the Ti me Data 75 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g 1 Set the DISPLAY switch to U-BIT. 2 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to SET. The first (le ftmos t) di git fl ashes . 3 Use t he up and dow n arrow button s to change values , and use t he left a nd right arr ow button s to move the flas hing digit. Repeat until all digits [...]

Setti ng the Time Da ta 76 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g Example 2: Interconnec ting a number of camco rders or timec ode sync hronization a) Set GENLOCK to ON on the GENLOCK page of the MAINTENANCE menu, if GENLOCK is set to OFF. To lock the timecode to an external source 1 Turn on the POWER switc h. 2 Set the PRESET/REGEN/CLOC[...]

Setti ng the Ti me Data 77 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings for Shootin g This opera tion synchr onizes th e inter nal timeco de genera tor with the ex ternal timeco de. After abou t 10 seconds, you can disconn ect the exte rnal timeco de without losing the sync hroniza tion. However, there will be nois e on th e recor ded im age if y ou connec [...]

Handling Discs 78 Chapter 4 Shoo ting The foll owing Professi onal Discs 1) can be u sed for re cordi ng an d play back on this un it: • PFD23A (c apacity 23. 3 GB) • PFD50DL A (capacity 50. 0 GB) 1) Professional Disc is a trademark of Sony Corporation. Notes • It is not possible to use t he following discs f or recording or playback on this [...]

Handling Discs 79 Chapter 4 Shoo ting You can also write protect-in dividual c lips. For details , see “Locking (wri te-protecti ng) clips” on page 126. To lo ad a d isc 1 Turn on the POW ER swi tch. Note If there is condensation inside the VDR section, the message “HUMID” appears i n the status display on the color LCD . If this happens, w[...]

Handling Discs 80 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Yo u need no t retur n the s crew to its ori gina l posi ti on af ter ta ki ng out the di sc. Turni ng on the power makes the di sc compar tment mecha nism oper able aga in. Note Do not touch the disc or try to forcibly remove it unti l it has been completely ejected. When using a n ew dis c An unuse d disc req[...]

Handling Discs 81 Chapter 4 Shoo ting power off, clip s are recon structed on the basis of marker s reco rded on the disc when the dis c is loaded in thi s unit. There fore, p rocessin g take s longer t han for a quick salvage (a bout 30 second s, althou gh it depends on t he state of the disc) . Proceed as follows to per form a full salv age. 1 In[...]

Basic Proce dure for Sh ooting 82 Chapter 4 Shoo ting This se ction descri bes the b asic procedu res for shoo tin g and reco rd ing. Before a shooting session, ensure that the camcord er is functioni ng properly. For detail s, see “Testing the Camcor der before Shooting” on page 2 41. Basic p roced ure for sho otin g: fro m powe r supply to di[...]

Basic Pro cedure for Sh ooting 83 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Shooting 1 Flick the AUTO W/B BAL switc h to BLK to adjust the blac k balance. For detail s of black balanc e adjustment, see page 59 . 2 Selec t the CC filt er and ND f ilter to matc h the lightin g conditions , and adju st the whi te balanc e. For d etails, see “Adjusting the whit e balance [...]

Basic Proce dure for Sh ooting 84 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Notes • It is not possible to record a clip shorter than 2 seconds. If you stop recording within 2 seconds of starting, this results in a 2-second clip. If you stop recording and restart within 2 seconds of the original start, this creates a single cont inuous clip from the origina l start tim[...]

Basic Pro cedure for Sh ooting 85 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Playbac k in single cl ip playback mode Playback stops when it reache s the start or end of the clip. The next and preced ing clips are no t playe d, even if t hey exist on th e dis c. The availa ble pl ayb ack type s inclu de nor mal playba ck, and high-spe ed playbac k in the forward or reve r[...]

Basic Proce dure for Sh ooting 86 Chapter 4 Shoo ting [F800] Displaying the focu s a ssist indicator in the viewfinder makes it easie r to focus. This is conven ient in situat ions where i t may be diffic ult to focus using onl y the video in the vi ewfinde r. To display the focus assist indicator 1 Display the FOCUS ASSIST p age in the OPERATION m[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 87 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Shot marks and other essence marks ca n be recorde d on the disc. Record ing essence m arks fo r scenes c ontaining impo rta nt imag es and s ound s enabl es qu ick acces s to th e mar ked poi nts. This increa ses editin g effi cien cy. To rec ord a shot mark u sing the R ET button on th e [...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 88 Chapter 4 Shoo ting When y ou re cord a cli p, yo u can s p ecif y wh ich frame to use as th e cl ip thumb nail image (se e page 1 07) . (The fac tory default set ting is to use the first fram e in the clip as the thu mbn ail.) For exampl e, if a ll cl ips h ave the s ame i mage in their first fram es, you c[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 89 Chapter 4 Shoo ting The Pictur e Cache m ode settings on ce made contin ue to be effect ive until ch anged. You can assign the Pi cture Cache on/off function to one of the ASSIGN 1/2 /3/4 switches, COLOR TEMP. button (PDW -700), ASSIGN 5 switch (PDW-F 800), and RET but ton on the lens. For deta ils, see “Ass[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 90 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Note Interval Rec settings cannot be made while this uni t is in the following states . • The Disc Exchange Cache function is enabled. • The Clip Cont inuous Rec function i s enabled. • During Slow & Quick Motion shootin g (PDW-F800 only) • SCAN MODE on the FORMAT page of the [...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 91 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Here MIN means minutes (5MIN is 5 minutes) a nd H means hours (1H is one hour). 4 Sele ct RE C TI ME, a nd tu rn the ME NU knob to select the de sired time t o be reco rded on th e disc. As yo u tur n the ME NU kno b, th e settin g changes as follo ws: 5SEC y 10SEC y 15SEC y 20SEC y 30SEC y[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 92 Chapter 4 Shoo ting shooting (TAKE TOTAL TIME) and the le ngth of time f or recording on t he disc (REC TIME). The time r equir ed for shoot ing is th e tim e require d to capture the ve ry slowly movi ng subject, and th e ca mcorder must be arra nged so that duri ng this time th e subject is always in the f[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 93 Chapter 4 Shoo ting repea tedly after o ne op eration ). In t he viewfi nder, the TALLY (green tally) indicator fl ashes four times per secon d. 5 When a sett ing va lue oth er than “M” (the co nsecutiv e mode) is selected in step 4, s elect PRE-LIGHTING, and turn the MEN U knob to select th e light ing on[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 94 Chapter 4 Shoo ting • Timecode is recorded as R-RUN durin g Slow & Quick Motion shoot ing. • Lower resolution in the vertical direction may be evident in vi deo recorded at frame rates of 25P or higher (1080/23.98P) , 26P or higher (1080/25P), and 31P or higher (1080/29.97P) . • Slow & Quick Mo[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 95 Chapter 4 Shoo ting The RE C (recording, red tally) ind icator in the view finder and the ta lly indicator flash (once pe r second), and t he disc is ejecte d. If the mes sage “DISC FU LL!” ap pear s You ca n continue re cording, bec ause video and audio co ntinue to be sa ved to internal memory. Press the[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 96 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Example : After r ecording c lip 3, you want t o delet e it and record a new clip 3 af ter clip 2. To retake the most recent clip With reco rding pause d or after the en d of a recordi ng review (see pa ge 83) , proc eed as follows. 1 Hold dow n the butt on to which th e retake funct ion [...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 97 Chapter 4 Shoo ting To assign user-defined titles automatically when c lips are recorded (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the desired i tem.) 1 Display the CL IP TITLE p age of the OPERATION menu. For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns?[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 98 Chapter 4 Shoo ting To select a prefix from the title prefix list (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the desired i tem.) 1 Display the CL IP TITLE p age of the OPERATION menu. For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on page 193. 2 Sele[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 99 Chapter 4 Shoo ting 2 Sele ct “NU MERIC” an d then pr ess th e MENU knob . 3 Move x onto the digit you wan t to chang e, an d the n pr ess t he MEN U knob . 4 Turn the MENU kno b to move x on to the desi red digit in the l ist of s elec tabl e digits , and then pre ss the ME NU knob. 5 Repe at steps 3 and [...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 100 Chapter 4 Shoo ting (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the desired i tem.) 1 Before starting, s et TITLE on th e CLIP TITLE pag e of the OPERATION menu to ENABL and s et a ti tle ( se e page 97) . For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns?[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 101 Chapter 4 Shoo ting • The UTF- 8 forma t nam e that is actual ly regist ered as t he clip na me 2) 1) It is also pos sible to display th e UTF-8 format name, or no name (see page 137) . 2) When no UTF-8 format name string is specified, the ASCII format name string is r egistered as the actual clip name . By[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 102 Chapter 4 Shoo ting • Serial num bers are not reset when you power the unit off or exchange discs (newly generated numbers are cont inuous on the old ones). • If the ASCII format clip name string is longer than 14 characters, it is displayed in the viewfinder as the first 8 characters + x (abbreviated) [...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 103 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Note When you create a definition file, enter e ach statement as a single line with a CRLF only a fter the las t character in the statement line, and do not ente r spaces except where specified, except within esse nce mark name strings. You ca n select bet ween reco rding of data shot by t[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 104 Chapter 4 Shoo ting 1 Display the SOURCE SEL page of the OPERATION menu. 2 Select REC VIDEO SOURCE, and turn the M ENU knob to disp lay “EX T”. 3 Select EXT VIDEO SOURCE, and turn the M ENU k nob to displa y “VBS ”. 1) 1) Does not appear when the optional CBK-SC02 Analog Composi te Input Board is no[...]

Advanced Op eratio ns for Shoot ing 105 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Notes • The message “USB MEMORY INHIBIT!” or “USB M. INHI” appears if you connect and attempt to access a write protected USB flash drive, In this cas e, remove the USB flash driv e, set it to enable recording, and connect it again. • The message “MEM REC NG!” appears if yo[...]

Adv anced Oper ation s for S hootin g 106 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Exchange the USB flash drive for one with enough free capacity. To ca ncel a co py to a US B flash drive 1 Select ABORT COPY in the MEMORY REC page of the OPERATION menu, and the n press the M ENU knob. The mes sage “EXEC UTE OK? ” appe ars. 2 Sele ct “ YES”, and t h en pres s th[...]

Over view 107 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You can perfo rm sc ene sear ches , play the searc hed sce nes, and s elect sc enes (edi t clip lis t) in Grap hical U ser Inte rface (GU I) screens . The GUI screens a re your gateway s to discs and the data saved on discs. (The GUI scree ns can display E uropean languages , Japanese, Korean , Si[...]

Overvie w 108 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s The ot her thu mbna il sc reen s a re: • Expan d thumbna il screen • Cha pter thumbn ail screen • Essence mark thumbnail screen 1 1 2 2 Clip List: E0001 002/013 TC 00:00:00:00 TC 00:00:28:08 TC 00:00:59:16 DA TE&TIME 28 JUL 2006 19:55 T OT AL DUR 00:01:31:16 TC 00:00:04:14 TC 00:00:35:15[...]

Over view 109 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s About the display of clip and clip list names You can spec ify that titles should appear instead of nam es in th e clip n ame are as of thum bnail screens. You ca n also change the disp lay language . To specify that titles, if they exist, shou ld be displaye d with higher prio rity than names, se[...]

Overvie w 110 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s g Duration Displays th e duration (re cording tim e) of the sele cted c lip. When mu ltiple clips are selec ted, displa ys the total re cordin g time of the sele cted clips. 1 Thumbn ail display item s a Index pict ure Displ ays an ima ge to s tand for the co nten t of the clip. Th e index pict ur[...]

Over view 111 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Notes • “New File” appears when no clip list has been loaded into the unit’s memory , and when a clip list has been cleared from the unit’s memory. • A mark appears b efore the date of creation or modification when a disc is write inhibited. You can create clip lists when the dis c is [...]

Overvie w 112 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s d Chapter nu mber/to tal cha pters Display s the to tal n umber of chap ters an d the number of th e select ed chapt er. Note The total number of ch apters is the total number of chapters in the specified cl ip only. e Scro llbar See the descrip tion in “Clip thu mbnail screen” (p age 109). f [...]

Over view 113 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s a) Clip thumbnail screen b) Thumbnail Menu of the clip thumbnail screen Shortcut ope rations Shortcut but ton names are displa yed next to the menu item s of command s that have shortcut s ( see page 148) . Note Shortcuts displayed within parenth eses should be used with all menus closed. Thumbn a[...]

Overvie w 114 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Disc M enu The Disc Menu allows you to do the f ollowing. Item Operation/Se tting Load Cl ip List Loa d clip list int o this unit’s memory . Save Clip Lis t Save a clip list to th e disc unde r its curre nt name, overwriting the old content s. Save Clip lis t as... Save a clip li st to the disc [...]

Over view 115 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To disp lay the Disc Menu To display the Di sc Menu, press the SUB CLIP/ DISC MENU button w ith the SHIFT button held down in one of t he fol lowing scr een s. • Clip th umbnail scree n • Cli p list th umbn ail scr een • Clip pl ayback scree n • Clip list pl ayback scree n To re turn to th[...]

Overvie w 116 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To select items Do one of the following t o select thumbn ails, menu item s, timecode dig its, and other item s. • Turn the ME NU knob. • Press the up- , down-, left-, or right-a rrow button . • Press the PRE V or NEXT button. • With t he SHIFT button hel d down, pre ss the PREV or N EXT b[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 117 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You can use t humbnail scree ns to display clip info rmat io n and to fi nd, prote ct, and del ete clips . The thu mbnails p rovide v isual conf irmation of these an d other oper ations. The thumbn ail selec tion fr ame (see page 109) indica tes the cu rrently s elected thumb nail. To [...]

Thumbnail Op erations 118 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s See “Sele cting thumb nails” (pa ge 117) for more infor mation. Using the expand function to find scenes The exp and func tion allow s you t o divide a selected clip into equ ally sized block s, and to displa y thumbnails of the firs t frame in each block. This is a quick a nd effi[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 119 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 4 Select OK t o delete the mark, o r Cancel to canc el the delet ion, and th en press t he SET/S.SEL button or the MENU knob. To adjust the positio n of shot marks at chapter positi ons You can use the ch apte r thum bnail scre en t o adjust the position of shot marks (Shot Mark0 to Sh[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 120 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s In the clip play back scree n, the PR EV and NEX T buttons j ump to the prev ious or next re cording start poin ts. Aft er f indin g a cl ip wi th o ne o f the met hods explai ned in the prev ious section, “Se arching with thum bnails” (page 117) , you c an cue up and play t he cli[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 121 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 6 Press t he SET/S.SE L button or the MENU knob . A filter thumbnail sc reen appear s, showing only cl ips tha t mee t the spec ified cond ition. The filt ering condit ion app ears at the lower left of the sc reen . 7 If you want t o fi lte r the clip s ag ain wi th a different filt er[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 122 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You c an select the inform ation to be display ed at the bott om of the thum bnails in thumbnail screens. See p age 116 for more information about thumbnail screen ope rations. 1 Displ ay the Th umbnail Me nu in th e clip thum bnail scre en. 2 Sele ct Cli p In forma tion . A wi ndow ap[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 123 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 3 Selec t Set Index Pictur e. A message appea rs asking you to confirm that y ou wan t to set the curr ent f rame as the index pi cture. 4 Select OK, and then press th e SET/ S.SEL bu tton or th e MENU kn ob. After p ressing the RESET/RE TURN button to re turn to the cl ip thu mbnai l [...]

Thumbnail Op erations 124 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s NTSC AREA or PA L AREA. A Japanese keyboa rd appears if th e area of use setti ng is NTSC(J)AREA.) 3 Edit the stri ng i n th e ed it bo x. To en ter ch aract ers Use the arr ow buttons or turn th e MENU knob to select a ke y, and th en press the SET/ S.SEL butt on or the MENU kn ob. Fu[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 125 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s recogni zed and en abled fo r use with t his unit, an d the mou se icon is high lighted and a mouse point er appea rs when a USB mouse ha s been enab led. Notes • Use the proper keyboard for the area of use. Some characters may not be entered correctly if you use a keyboard designed [...]

Thumbnail Op erations 126 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To clear cli p flags Carry out steps 1 to 3 , sele cting a cli p th at has a flag set, and the n sele ct “non e” in step 4 . You can a lso use switche s to set a nd clear clip fl ags. For d etails, see “Setting clip flag s with switches” (page 87). In a clip thum bnail scree n,[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 127 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You can de lete clips whi le checki ng their conten ts. Notes • Clips cannot be deleted when the Write Inhibit tab of the disc i s set to the recording disabled position. • Locked clips cannot be deleted. • If a deleti on target clips is re ferenced by clip lists on the disc, all[...]

Scene S election (Clip L ist Ed iting) 128 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Scene sele ction is a func tion which allows you to select ma terial (clips) fro m the materia l recorded on a d isc and perfo rm cut edi ting. You can do this by operat ing on this un it only. • Sce ne select ion is a conven ient way to perfo rm cut ed iting in the [...]

Scene Selection (Clip List Editing) 129 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Clip list playba ck Clips and clip l ists are saved together on a disc. To pl ay a cl ip lis t, inse rt a di sc in to the unit, lo ad the clip list that you want to play , and press the PLAY/PAUSE button. Clips are play ed acco rdin g to the d ata in the clip list. The fo[...]

Scene S election (Clip L ist Ed iting) 130 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Addi ng s ub clip s fr om th e cl ip t humb nail sc reen The f ollowing pr ocedure explains op eration s in the clip thumbn ail scr een . You can pro ceed in the same wa y in the exp and thum bnail scre en and the chapt er t humbn ail sc reen . Expa nde d bl ocks are a[...]

Scene Selection (Clip List Editing) 131 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s where t he c urre ntly sele cted s ub cl ips will b e insert ed. To display the total duration after addit ion of the s elect ed cl ips Press the SHI FT button. 5 In the Sc ene Sele ction wind ow, move the I cur sor to th e locati on whe re you want to inse rt th e cl ip.[...]

Scene S election (Clip L ist Ed iting) 132 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 5 Whe n you fi nd the p oint th at you want to mak e the en d point, se lect “OU T” and t hen press the SET/S. SEL butto n or the MENU kn ob. The tim ecod e of t he n ew Out poin t ap pears in the ti mecode displa y, and the To tal (t otal duration) a nd DUR (clip [...]

Scene Selection (Clip List Editing) 133 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 3 Press th e le ft- or right-a rrow butt on t o selec t the digit that y ou wa nt to change . 4 Turn the MEN U knob to change th e value of th e d igit. 5 Repe at steps 3 and 4 as required . To reset the timecode to 00:00:0 0:00 Select Rese t to Zero in t he Thumbn ail Me[...]

Scene S election (Clip L ist Ed iting) 134 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To load clip lists The fol lowing proc edure lo ads a clip list stored o n the d isc into the u nit’ s interna l memor y as th e curren t clip lis t. See p age 116 for more information about thumbnail screen ope rations. 1 In th e clip list th umbna il screen , displ[...]

Disc Operations 135 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 4 Selec t one of the fo llowin g sort me thods, and t hen press the SET/S. SEL butto n or the MENU kn ob. Name(A-Z ): Sort in a scending o rder by clip list name. Date(N ewest First): Sort by da te and time of clip l ist cr eati on, n ewest first . Clip lists will be displaye d in the specif[...]

Disc Operations 136 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To edit disc information You ca n edit th e user disc ID , tit le 1 1) , and title 2 by us ing a soft ware keybo ard. 1) Only ASCII characters can be us ed for the title 1. See “T o edit clip infor mation” ( page 12 3) for inform ation about operati ons. Planni ng meta data is a file tha[...]

Disc Operations 137 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 2 Selec t “Planning Me tadata Prope rties”, and t hen press the SET/S. SEL butto n or the MENU kn ob. The Planni ng Metadata Prop erties screen appears . File Name: Planning metadata f ile name Assign ID: Assign ID Created : Date and ti me of cr eation Modif ied: Date and t ime of mo st [...]

Disc Operations 138 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s See page 116 for more informa tion about GUI screen operatio ns. 1 Display th e Disc Menu. 2 Sele ct For mat Disc, and then pres s th e SET/S.SEL button or the MENU knob. A messa ge ap pears aski ng yo u to co nfi rm the format . 3 Select OK, and then press th e SET/ S.SEL bu tton or th e ME[...]

Disc Operations 139 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s To di splay d isc an d clip pro pertie s 1 Ins ert a di sc into this unit , and pu t this unit into t he foll owing st ate. • R ecording, playback, sea rch and ot her disc operat ions: Stopp ed • THUMBNAIL button: Off • Disc ac cess b y Lock or Del ecte All Cl ips, Format Disc, and so [...]

Disc Operations 140 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Notes • The cha racters that can be used in the names of clip-related data f iles are single-byte lett ers, numbers, and symbols. However, the f ollowing symbols cannot be used. " # * / : < > ? | • If you click “Cancel” in the download dialog, or if the download is cance[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 141 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You can tra nsfer cl ips ( MXF fil es) bet ween th is unit and extern al d evi ces o ver a netw ork. This unit has an D irect FTP functi on, which allows you to conn ect to any X DCAM device or compute r with an FTP serv er function an d transfe r files wi th a f ew[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 142 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Check t he followi ng points. • This uni t must be connect ed over a netwo rk to the tr ansfer tar get d evic e (XDC AM devi ce o r comput er). • The set tings unde r the NETW ORK pag e of the MA INTEN ANC E menu must be set to value s that all ow network co nne[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 143 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s 6 Selec t the rem ote host (the target device to which y ou wan t to tr ansf er the clips) . You can re gister up to four rem ote hosts. Remote H ost 1 to 3: Re giste r th ese i n the sett ings s creen . Remote Host 4( UPnP): A remot e host that supports UP nP (univ[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 144 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s a) If a n XDCAM device is sel ected as the Device Type, then the User Name and P assword are set automatica lly to the default, and you do not ne ed to make the Port and Path settings. Simply selecting the Host Name (or as appr opriate the Description) is enough to [...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 145 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s When the conne ction is comp lete (the indic ators of al l items hav e turned g reen), th e Upload Clip s vi a Dir ect FT P scr een appear s. To ch eck t he conn ecti on on the remot e host side If the remote host is a n XDCAM dev ice, check that the “NETWORK !”[...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 146 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Note When the selected r ange (duration) in the expand thumbnail screen is less than two seconds, it is expanded automatically to two seconds. 3 Exec ute step 2 to 9 of the previou s section “To upload entir e clips”. Proceed as fol lows to downloa d clips from [...]

Transferri ng clips (Direct FTP function) 147 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s Settings on the PDW -HD1500 3 Power bot h units off an d on again, an d wait for about three m inutes . 4 Chec k that the IP addr esses of the two units ha ve been se t as fo llows by t he Auto -IP fu ncti on. IP address of this unit IP address of the PDW -HD1500 5 [...]

Shor tcut List 148 Chapter 5 Oper ations in GUI Screen s You c an acce ss many fu nctions fro m the keyboa rd, without displayi ng a menu (shortcut oper ations). Shortcuts are available for the fo llowing functions. The pl us sign (+) indicates t hat one button i s held dow n while another i s pressed, for examp le “SHI FT + R ESET/R ETURN”. No[...]

Menu Organiz ation 149 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings The f ollowing c hart shows t he organi zation of menus in this ca mcorde r. [A] USER menu [B] OPERATION me nu a) PDW-F80 0 only Chapter 6 Menu Displays and Detailed Setti ngs Menu Or ganiz ati on T OP ME N U USER [A] USER ME N U CUST OMIZE ALL OPERA TIO N [B] PA I N T [C] MAI N[...]

Menu Organ izati on 150 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings [C] PAINT m enu a) PDW-700 only b) PDW-F800 only [D] MAINTE NANCE men u a) PDW-700 only [E] FILE menu a) PDW-F80 0 only [F] DI AGNO SIS men u The TO P menu appear s when, with no menu displayed, you hold down the ME NU knob and set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON. The TOP menu con[...]

Menu Organiz ation 151 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings USER MENU CUSTO MIZE menu This me nu allows you to ad d pages to or dele te pages from th e USER menu to sui t your needs. ALL m enu This men u allo ws you to handle all items in the OPERATION, PAINT, MAINTENANCE, FILE, and DIAGNOSIS menus as if they were in one menu. OPERATION [...]

Menu Li st 152 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings Tips • No. indi cates the PDW -F800 and PDW -700 page numb er. “—” indi cates that the page does not exist. • The bol d-faced num bers designat e the pages th at have bee n registered in the USER me nu at the fac tory. • The fol lowing lists incl ude items an d settings that[...]

Menu List 153 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 02/02 OUTPUT 2 LIVE & PLA Y OFF /ON For details, see “To displ ay camera vid eo in the vi ewfinder during playba ck (Live & Play function)” on page 8 4. DOWN CON MODE (D oes not app ea r wh en the FOR MA T page item SYSTEM LINE is set to 1080 and the SYSTE M FREQUENCY item is[...]

Menu Li st 154 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 03/03 SUPER IMPOSE SUPER(VF DISP) OFF/ ON When the SDI OUT 2 SUPER item or the TE ST OUT SUP ER item on the OUTPUT 1 page is set to ON, turn t he output o f text (superimpose d) informa tion from the SDI OUT 2 or TEST OUT connec tor on or off for each item . SUPER(ME NU) OFF/ ON SUPE R([...]

Menu List 155 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 05/05 REC FUNCTION [F8 00] SLO W & QUI CK OFF /ON For details, see “Shoo ting with Slow & Quick Moti on” on page 93. [F8 00] FRAME RATE 1080/23. 98P: 1 to 48 1080/25P : 1 to 50 1080/29. 97P: 1 to 60 CACHE/INT V AL RE C OFF /C A CHE/A. INT/ M. INT For detail s, see “Star tin[...]

Menu Li st 156 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 06/06 ASSIGN ABLE SW ASSIGN SW <1> For details, se e “Assigning functions to ASSIG N switches ” on page 209. ASSIGN SW <2> ASSIGN SW <3> ASSIGN SW <4> [F8 00] ASSIGN SW <5> ASSIGN SW <RET> [700 ] COLOR TEMP SW ZOOM SPEED 0 to 20 to 99 RETU RN VIDE[...]

Menu List 157 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 11/11 ‘!’ LED GAIN <!> OFF/ ON For details, see “Indicat ors” on page 32. SHUTTER <!> OFF/ ON [700] WHITE PRESET < !> OFF/ ON [F80 0] WHITE BAL <!> OFF/ ON [F80 0] CC 5600K <!> OFF/ ON A TW RUN <!> OFF/ ON EXTENDER <!> OFF/ ON [700] FIL T[...]

Menu Li st 158 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 13/12 MARKER 1 MARKER OFF/ ON For detai ls, see “Setti ng the marker disp lay” on p age 203. CENT ER OFF /ON CENT ER MARK 1 /2/ 3 /4 SAFTY ZONE OFF /ON SAFTY AREA 80%/ 90% /92.5 %/95% ASPECT OFF /ON ASPECT SELECT 15:9/14: 9/13:9/ 4:3 /1.85/ 2.3 5 ASPECT M ASK OFF/ ON ASPECT M ASK L [...]

Menu List 159 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 17/15 VF SETTING ZEBRA OFF /ON For details, se e “Setting the viewfinder” on page 204. ZEBRA SELECT 1 /2/BOTH ZEBRA1 DET L VL 20% to 70% to 107% ZEBRA1 APT L VL 1 % to 10% to 20% ZEBRA2 DET L VL 52% to 100% to 109% VF DET AIL LEVEL (–99 to 99) VF ASPECT (SD) (Wh en the R EC FORMA T[...]

Menu Li st 160 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 22/20 WH ITE SETTING WHITE SWITCH <B> MEM /A T W Specifies the ope rating mode when the WHITE B AL swit ch is set to the B si de. MEM: Auto white balance AT W : A uto tracing whi te balance SHOCKLESS W HITE OFF/ 1 /2/3 Spec ifies the transi tion time w hen the WH ITE BAL switch is[...]

Menu List 161 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 24/22 SHT ENABLE SHUTTER ECS OF F/ ON The items which can be set differ dependin g on the s etting o f the SYSTEM FREQUENCY item on the FORMAT page. For details, see “S etting t he El ectronic Shutter” o n page 6 5. When the rec ording format is 1080/23.98P an d 720/59.94P (SCAN MODE[...]

Menu Li st 162 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 26/24 FO RMA T SYSTEM LINE 1080 /720 Th e selectable SYSTEM FREQU ENCY sett ings diff er dependin g on the s etting o f SYSTEM LINE . For details, se e “Settin g the Record ing Form at” (page 57) . SYSTEM FREQUENCY 59.9i/2 9.9P/50i/25P / 23.9P/59. 9P/50P SCAN MODE (On ly whe n SYST [...]

Menu List 163 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 27/25 SOUR CE SEL FRONT MIC SELECT (When stereo microphone is conn ected ) MONO/ STRE O Input mode selec tion for front microphone . REC VIDEO SOURCE (When the CBK-HD01 or CBK-SC 02 option board i s installe d) CAM /EXT For details, see “Recording video from exter nal devices ” (page[...]

Menu Li st 164 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 29/27 CLIP TITLE TITLE DSABL /ENABL For details, se e “Assigning user- defined clip t itles a utomatic ally” on page 96. SEL ECT P REFIX (When the TITLE item is set to “ENABL ”) EXEC CLEA R NUME RIC (When the TITLE item is set to “ENABL ”) EXEC LOAD PREFIX D A T A (When the [...]

Menu List 165 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 31/29 SELEC T FUNCTION (Does not appear when t he FORMA T page item SYSTE M LINE is set to 1080 and the SYSTEM FREQUENCY item is se t to 23.9P) LETTER BOX DISABLE /ENABLE Enable the selection of “ LETTR” (LETTER BOX) in the DOWN CON MODE item on t he OUT PUT 2 pag e. Note Breakup may[...]

Menu Li st 166 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 33/30 M EMOR Y REC MEMOR Y REC DSABL /ENABL For details, see “Recording p roxy data” on page 104 . COPY CU RRE NT CLP E XEC COPY A LL CLIP S E XEC ABOR T COPY EXEC DELE ALL MEM CLP E XEC MEMOR Y F ORMA T E XEC PA I N T m e nu No. Page Item Settings Des cription 01/01 SW ST A TUS GAM[...]

Menu List 167 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 03/03 BLACK/ FLARE MASTER BL A CK (– 99 to 99) Adjusts t he master black level. R BLACK (–99 to 99) Adjusts the R b lack level. B BLACK (–99 to 99) Adjusts the B b lack level. MASTER FLAR E (–99 to 99) Adjusts the flare lev el of t he maste r . R FLARE (–99 to 99) Adjusts the R[...]

Menu Li st 168 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 05/05 B LA C K GAMMA BLA CK GAMMA OFF/ ON T ur ns the bl ack gamma correction on or off. BLA CK GAM RANGE LO W/L.MID/H.MID/ HIGH Sets t he ran ge af fect ed by b lack gamma . MASTER BLK GAMMA (–99 to 99) Adjusts the mas ter black ga mma. R BL A C K GAMM A (–99 to 99) S ets the corre[...]

Menu List 169 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 08/07 DET AIL 1 DET AIL O FF/ ON Sets the detail corr ection func tion on or off. AP ER TUR E OF F/ ON T urns the apert ure correcti on function on or off. DET AIL LEVEL (–99 to 99) Set s the general le vel of the de tail signal. APER TURE LEV EL (– 99 to 99) Sets the aperture co rre[...]

Menu Li st 170 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 10/09 SD DET A IL SD DET AIL OFF /ON T urns the SD deta il correc tion on or off. SD DET AIL LEVEL (–99 to 99) Sets the general level of the SD detail signal. SD CRISPENI NG (–99 to 99) S ets the SD crispening level. SD DTL W HT LIMIT (–99 to 99) Sets the SD detail white limit er [...]

Menu List 171 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 11/10 SKIN DET AIL SKIN DET AIL ALL OFF /ON T urns on or of f all of chann els 1, 2 and 3 for the color det ail function. SKIN DETECT Moves to color detection page. Executes the color detail function. SKIN AREA IND OFF /ON Turns on and off the f unction tha t display s a zebra patter n w[...]

Menu Li st 172 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 12/11 MTX L INEAR MA TRIX OFF /ON Turns the li near ma trix corre ction and us er -set ma trix c orrecti on functions on or of f. MA TRIX(USER) OFF /ON Turns the us er-set matri x correction function on or off. MA TR IX(PRESET) OFF/ ON T urns the preset matr ix correction function on or[...]

Menu List 173 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 14/13 V MODULA TION V MOD OFF/ ON Turns the V mo dulation function on or off. MASTER V MOD (–99 to 99) Adjusts the master V modul ation level. R VMOD ( –99 to 99) Adju sts the R V modulation level. G VMOD (–99 to 99) Adjusts the G V modulation level. B VMOD ( –99 to 99) Adju sts [...]

Menu Li st 174 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings MAINTENANCE menu No. Page Item Settin gs Descr iption 01/01 WH ITE SHADING WHT SHAD CH SEL R /G/B /TEST Selects the channel ad justed by thi s menu. If TEST is sele cted, the set ting is linked to the setting of TEST OUT SELECT . TEST OUT SELE CT VBS /Y/R/G /B/ LCD Selects the signal ou[...]

Menu List 175 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 04/04 BA TTERY 1 Info BEFORE END 5% /10 %/ 15%...95%/ 100% Used when a BP-GL65/GL95 Battery Pa ck is used. Sets t he rema ining powe r (% value) of th e batter y at which the BEF ORE END warning should be issu ed. a) Info END 0% /1%/ 2%/3%/ 4%/5% Used when a BP-GL65/GL95 Battery Pa ck is[...]

Menu Li st 176 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 05/05 BA TTERY 2 TYPE DETECTION AU T O /OT HER AU TO : A utoma tically d etects the t ype of the battery . OT HE R : Always judges the batt ery to be of the “O THER” c) type regardle ss of the actual battery ty pe. SEGMENT NO.7 11.0V to 17.0V (in 0.1 V steps) When the batt ery typ e[...]

Menu List 177 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 06/06 AUDIO-1 FR ONT MIC SELE CT MONO/ STREO Input mode sele ction for front mi crophone. A UDIO CH3/4 MODE CH1/2/ SW Sele cts the sou rces to be recorded t o channel s CH- 3/4. CH1/2 : Same sources as CH-1/ 2. SW : Sign als s ele cted by t he AUDIO IN C H-3 / CH-4 s witches. REAR XLR AU[...]

Menu Li st 178 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 08/08 AUDIO-3 A U SG (1KHz) ON/ OFF /AUT O Sets whether t o output a 1 kHz test tone d uring the Color B ar mode o r not. ON: A 1 kHz test tone is output during the Col or Bar mode. OFF: A 1 kHz test tone is not output during the Color B ar mode. AU TO : A 1 kHz te st tone is output on [...]

Menu List 179 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 09/09 W RR SETTING WRR V ALID CH SEL f) ALL /CH1 S elects whether to enabl e channels 1 and 2 of the wireless re ceiv er , or channel 1 only. ALL: Enable both channel 1 and 2. CH1: Enable ch annel 1 only . Selec t this setting to use the wi reless recei ver as a monaural recei ver . WRR [...]

Menu Li st 180 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 10/10 TIM ECODE TC OUT AU T O /GEN E Select s the time code signal output . AU TO : Ou tputs the tim ecode genera tor output during recor ding and output s the timecode reader outp ut during playba ck. GENE : Outputs the timecod e generator output during recording and playback. DF/NDF ([...]

Menu List 181 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 12/12 C AM CONFIG 1 REC T AL L Y BLINK OFF/ ON T ur ns the ta lly illumi nation cont rol on or off when the batter y is almost exhauste d or the disc is almost full. REC ST AR T BEEP OFF /ON T urns on or off the REC ST AR T/S TOP alarm sound. SUB LCD MODE SEL TIMER /O FF/ CONT Sets t he [...]

Menu Li st 182 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 13/13 C AM CONFIG 2 TEST SA W SELE CT SA W /REC Selects the te st signal. COLO R B AR SELE CT ARIB /100%/ 75%/SMPTE Select s the HD color bar typ e. USER & ALL ONL Y OFF /ON Sho w only USER menu in the top menu . RM COMMON MEMOR Y OFF /ON Selects wheth er or not t o share settin gs [...]

Menu List 183 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 14/14 C AM CONFIG 3 ALA C OFF/ AUT O Spe cifies whether to activate the aber ration correct ion f unction. OFF: Do no t acti v ate. AU TO : Activ ate aberra tion correct ion when a lens t hat suppo rts aberra tion corre ction is mounted. Note For so me ab erratio n corre ction lenses , t[...]

Menu Li st 184 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 16/17 DC C ADJUST DCC FUNCTION SEL DCC /FIX Ena bles or disables au tomatic knee point adjust ment when the OUTPUT/DCC switch is set to CAM, DCC: ON. DCC: Auto mati cally adjus t the kne e poi nt accord ing to the l uminanc e of the s ubject. FIX: Set the knee poin t to a fixed valu e. [...]

Menu List 185 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 20/21 AUTO SHADING AU T O B L K SHADING EXEC Execut es the auto b lack s hading correct ion function. RESET BL K SHD EXEC Clear b lack sh ading compens ation v alu es. TEST OUT SELE CT VBS /Y/R/G /B/ LCD Selects the signal out put of the TEST OUT connector. MASTER GAIN(TMP) –6dB/–3dB[...]

Menu Li st 186 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 22/23 NETWORK DHCP ENABLE/ DISABLE Sele cts whethe r to enabl e automat ic acqu isitio n of the IP ad dress fr om a DHCP serv er . Notes • IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server 1 and 2 cannot be set when DHCP is set to “ENABLE”. • To check automati cally acqui[...]

Menu List 187 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings a) The setting o f this item is overri dden by the setting of Other BEFORE END wh en TYPE DETECTION in the BATTERY 2 page is set to “OTHER”. b) The setting of th is item is overridden by t he setting of Other END when TYPE DETECTION in the BATTERY 2 page i s set to “OTHER”. c) Wh[...]

Menu Li st 188 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 02/02 US ER FILE 2 STORE USR PRESET EXEC Save settings for item s on pages register ed in the US ER men u as the st andard sett ings. CLEAR USR PRESET EXEC Clear the standard setting of pages register ed in the US ER men u. CUSTOMIZE RESET EXEC Return the pages registered in the USER me[...]

Menu List 189 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 04/04 SCE NE FILE 1 S T ANDAR D For det ails, see “ Saving and Loading Scen e Files” on page 220. 2 ST AND ARD 3 ST AND ARD 4 ST AND ARD 5 ST AND ARD ST AND ARD – SCENE RECA LL – SCENE ST ORE – F .ID ST AND ARD 05/05 R EFERENCE REFERENC E STORE EXEC Save reference f ile saved i[...]

Menu Li st 190 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 07/06 LENS F ILE 1 LENS FILE R ECALL EXEC Load lens file. LENS FILE STORE EXEC Sa ve lens fi le. F. I D No Offset /up to 16 charact ers Sets the name of the la st selecte d lens file. SOURCE MEM OR Y 1 Displa ys the number of last loaded lens file. LENS NO OFFSET EXEC Clear l ens fi le.[...]

Menu List 191 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings a) “EX” is displayed when th e extender is on, and “08” is displayed wh en the shrinker is on. 09/08 LENS FILE 3 S HADING CH SEL R / G/B/TE ST Selects the chan nel adj usted by this m enu. If TE ST is selec ted, the setting is linked to the setting of TEST OUT SELECT . TEST OUT S[...]

Menu Li st 192 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 03/03 ROM VERSION 1 P A CKA GE: X.XX Displays ROM version. SY1: X.XX SY2K: X.XX SY2U: X.XX DR V : X .XX AT : X . X X FP: X.XX 04/04 ROM VERSION 2 LV I S : X . X X TSYS: X.XX TMBP: X.XX F AM: X.XX LABY : X.XX BRDG: X.XX PIER: X.XX CA V A: X.XX 05/05 ROM VERSION 3 DSP0: X.XX DSP2: X.XX PR[...]

Menu Operatio ns 193 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings To use the MENU ON/OFF switch, open the cover of th e menu operati ng section. When th e camcorder is po wered on, set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON to disp lay the menu on the vi ewfi nder scree n and the LC D monitor . If this is the f irst time th e menu has been used after the [...]

Menu Opera tions 194 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings To sc roll pages To select a menu or settin g item To cha nge a s etting valu e To confirm the selection of a menu, a setting item, or a setting value Each time yo u press the MENU knob, the menu display switches in the f ollowi ng sequenc e. TOP ?001 OUTPUT1 SDI OUT1 SELECT: OFF [...]

Menu Operatio ns 195 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings Example: When using the OPERATION m enu Note If the TOP menu has not been d isplayed since the camcorder is powered on, “TOP” does not appear at the upper right on the above screen, and you cannot go to the TOP menu. In this case, follow the procedure in “To display the TOP [...]

Menu Opera tions 196 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings To di splay th e TO P menu when anoth er menu is displayed Move b to “TOP” displayed at the top right of each page of the menu, and press the MENU knob. Or flic k the CANCE L/PRST/ ESCAPE swi tch re peatedl y to ES CAPE u ntil t he TOP menu is displ ayed. This se ction explain[...]

Menu Operatio ns 197 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 7 To cont inue sett ing ot her i tems on the same page , repe at s teps from 4 to 6. 8 To end the men u operat ion, set the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF. The m enu disa ppears fro m the sc reen, an d the displa y indicating th e current status of t he camcord er appe ars along t he t[...]

Menu Opera tions 198 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 3 If the CON TENTS pag e is displaye d, press th e MENU knob . Then sel ect on e of EDIT USER 1 to EDIT USER 19, and press the ME NU knob. If a differe nt page othe r than the CONTENTS pag e is displaye d, tur n the MENU kn ob until the desired page appears, then pre ss the MENU k[...]

Menu Operatio ns 199 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 3 Select DELETE, and press the MENU knob . The p reviously d isplayed pag e appear s again, and t he mes sage “DEL ETE OK? YE S b NO” appears . 4 Sele ct Y ES, and pres s th e ME NU kn ob. To r eplace item s on a page 1 Foll ow s teps 1 t o 3 i n “To add a ne w page” ( pag[...]

Menu Opera tions 200 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings To del ete a page by using the CANCEL/PRST/ ESC APE swit ch 1 Foll ow s teps 1 t o 3 i n “T o ad d a pa ge” (page 1 99). 2 Press the M ENU knob. Then select the page th at you want to delete. 3 Flick the CANCEL/PRST/ESCAPE switch to the CANCEL/PRST positi on. The mess age “D[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and the LCD Monitor 201 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings You can r etur n all se tting s in th e USER men u to standard set tings. (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the desired i tem.) 1 Display the USER FILE pa ge of the FILE me nu[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and t he LCD Monitor 202 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings a) The viewfinder display can be also turned on or off by using the DISPLAY of the DISPLAY/ ASPECT swi tch on the viewfinder. b) For detailed information on the display mode, see “Change confirmation/adjustment prog ress[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and the LCD Monitor 203 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings a) This is also displayed for about 3 seconds when the SHUTTER selector is set to ON. Chan ging th e displa y mode 1 Disp lay the VF DISP 1 pag e of the OPERAT ION menu , and pr ess th e MENU knob . For detail s on menu ope[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and t he LCD Monitor 204 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings b) On the PDW-F800, 100% MARKER is disabled when the focus assist indicator is displayed. Note The four items ASPECT , ASPECT SEL ECT, ASPE CT MASK, and ASPE CT MASK LVL are ignored when the recording format is I MX50/40/3[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and the LCD Monitor 205 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 4 Repe at steps 2 and 3 unt il you have set all of the desired it ems. In the SHOT DISP page of the USE R menu, you can select w hich sh ot data is rec orded supe rimpo sed on the colo r bars . You can al so sele ct whic h [...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and t he LCD Monitor 206 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on page 193. 2 Selec t one of ID -1 to ID -4, and pr ess the MENU knob . A x mark appea rs over the f irst char acte r posi tion i n th e str ing, and ch a[...]

Setting t he Status Display on th e Viewfind er Screen and the LCD Monitor 207 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings You can use t he ‘!’ LED page of the OPERA TION me nu to set whet her or not the ! (warning ) indicator lights. SYSTEM sc reen This screen displays info rmation such as the system freq uency, th e recordi ng for mat, wh[...]

Adjustments and S ettings from Men us 208 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings You can se t the gain v alues fo r the L, M, and H positions of the GAIN se lector, which switches the gain of the video ampl ifier. (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the desired i tem.) 1 Displ ay the GA IN SW p[...]

Adjustmen ts and Settin gs from Menus 209 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings 3 Turn the MEN U knob to change th e settin g, and press the MENU kn ob. 4 Repe at steps 2 and 3 unt il you have set all of the desired it ems. You can assi gn the desired functio n to any of the ASSIGN sw itches. (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en[...]

Adjustments and S ettings from Men us 210 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings a) Even when the MARKER item is set to OFF on the MARKER page of the USER menu, t he SUPER (VFDISP& MENU) Assigns a m ixing switch function that selec ts mixing or no mixing of superimp osed viewfinder and men u text data into the video signals out put fro[...]

Adjustmen ts and Settin gs from Menus 211 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings ASSIGN 1/3 /4 switches allow you to display or not to display all markers. b) This function cannot be assigned to t he RET button on t he lens. c) Even i f the RETURN VIDEO item is set to OFF on the ASSIGNABLE SW page of the OPERATION menu, yo u can use this s[...]

Adjustments and S ettings from Men us 212 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings You ca n limit t he function of some output connec tors to save power consu mption. (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the desired i tem.) 1 Displ ay the POW ER SA VE page of the OPERAT ION menu , and pr ess th e [...]

Adjustmen ts and Settin gs from Menus 213 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the desired i tem.) 1 Displ ay the OFFSE T WHT page of the OPERAT ION menu , and pr ess th e MENU knob . For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on pag[...]

Adjustments and S ettings from Men us 214 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings The UM ID may be used ei ther as the 32-by te Basic UM ID or as the Ex tended UMID, w hich includes an addi tional 32 by tes of Sourc e Pack to make a tota l 64 bytes. For det ails, refe r to SMP TE 330M . Glob ally u niqu e ID is a utomat ically reco rded in [...]

Adjustmen ts and Settin gs from Menus 215 Chapter 6 Men u Displays and Det ailed Settings USER CO DE Enter the 4-byte alphan umeric strings for use r ide ntifica tion. The use r code is re gistered w ith each organizatio n locall y. It is usuall y not centr ally regist ere d. When the c ountry co de is less than 4 by tes, enter the c ountry cod e f[...]

Handling the “Memo ry Stick” 216 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data The “M emory S tick ” can be in sert ed t o or removed fro m the camcorder with the power turned on or o ff. ”Memory Sticks” usable with this camc order With th is ca mcor der, you can use a Sony “Memo ry Stick”, “M emory Stick D uo”, “Memory St[...]

Saving and Recalling Use r Files 217 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the desired item .) 1 Displa y th e MEMORY STICK p age of the FILE menu, and pr ess the M ENU knob . For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on page 193. [...]

Saving and Recalling User Files 218 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 2 Select USER FILE SAVE, and press the MENU knob . The U SER S AVE page appears. Up to 20 pa ges, from P00 t o P19, can be used to sa ve us er fi les t o th e “Memo ry Sti ck”. Each page can hold up to fiv e files. 3 Turn t he ME NU knob until t he page which [...]

Saving and Recalling Use r Files 219 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 3 Follo w steps 3 an d 4 describe d in “Setti ng the s hot ID ” on page 205 to enter ch aract ers. 4 When you have fi nished ente ring the file ID, turn the MENU knob to mov e x to END, and press t he MENU knob. The en tere d f ile ID i s no w di spla yed. Wh[...]

Saving a nd Lo ading S cene Files 220 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data (Ho w to sel ect an it em in the men u scre en: Tu rn the MENU kn ob to move b to the desired i tem.) 1 Display the USER FILE pa ge of the FILE me nu, an d pre ss the MENU knob . For detail s on menu operations , see “Basic menu operatio ns” on page 193. 2 S[...]

Saving and Loadi ng Scene Fil es 221 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 2 Select SCE NE STORE, and press the MENU knob . The SCENE STORE page ap pears . 3 Press the M ENU knob , then select the desir ed file num ber, an d press th e MENU knob again. The file to be saved is select ed. When no “M emor y Sti ck” i s insert ed Select[...]

Saving a nd Lo ading S cene Files 222 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data To select the file information items to be displayed You can s elect the it ems of file infor matio n to b e displayed on the SCENE STORE pa ges (P01 to P20) or the SCE NE RECALL pages (P01 to P20) used for saving da ta to or loading da ta from a “Memo ry Stic[...]

Jumping to a F ile-Related Menu Page When Insert ing a “Memory Stick” 223 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data 5 To ca rry ou t the loa d (r ecal l), se le ct YES and press the M ENU knob. To cance l, press the MENU kn ob leaving b poin ting t o NO. Whe n load ing is co mple te, the messag e “COM PLET E” appe ars and th e acces[...]

Jumping to a File-Re lated Menu Page When Insert ing a “Memory Sti ck” 224 Chapter 7 Sa ving an d Loading User Se tting Data • When any of the following menu pages is already dis pla ye d. - A f ile-related page such as the USER FILE page of the FILE menu - MEMORY STIC K, AL L FILE, SCE NE FI LE, LENS FILE, REFE RENCE or ROM VERSION page[...]

Over view 225 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations A re mote com pute r can be c onnec ted to this un it and used to operate on recorded data w hich has been save d in data files, such as vide o and audio data fi les. Ther e are two w ays to co nnect a rem ote comput er. • FAM connecti on Conn ect the (i .LINK) S400 co nnector on this unit t o the i. LINK[...]

Overvie w 226 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations This se ction ex plains w hich opera tions are possible on files stored in eac h directory. When required, t he followi ng opera tion ta bles distinguish reading and w riting from part ial read ing and writin g. Read: Read data seque ntiall y from the start to th e end of the f ile. Part ial re ad: Rea d on[...]

Over view 227 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations Root dir ecto ry a) Only when NAMING FORM on the FILE NAMING page of the OPERATION menu is set to FREE. b) Only files which can be written by XDCAM. Notes • Directories cannot be cr eated in the root dir ectory. • The directories in the root directory (Cl ip, Edit, Sub, UserData, General, and PR OAV) ca[...]

Overvie w 228 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations h) When a C*.MXF file is created, a C*M01. XML file with the same name in the “C*” part is created automatica lly. i) When a C*. MXF file is del eted, the C*M01.XML f ile (or a C *M02.KLV file) with the sa me name in the “C*” p art is also dele ted automa tically. Note Directories cannot be created [...]

Over view 229 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations UserD ata direc tory a) UTF-8 file n ames can be up to 63 bytes in length. (Depending on the character type, file names (including e xtension) may be limited t o 21 characters.) The following directory operations are possible in the UserData directory. • Directory creation (up to 62 levels, including the [...]

File Operation s in File Access Mode (for Windows) 230 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations File ac cess m ode op erati ng e nvironm ent Operating system requ irements fo r file operat ions by file acces s mode (cal led FAM below) are as follows. Computer op erating system: Microsoft Windo ws XP Pro fessional SP2 o r higher, or Microsoft Windows Vista Busin[...]

File Operat ions in File Acces s Mode (for Windows) 231 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations 2 If this unit i s connec ted to a remote compu ter by FTP, log out from the FTP sessio n (see p age 235 ) . 3 Conn ect the (i.LI NK) S40 0 conne ctor on thi s unit to the i.LINK (I EEE1394) conn ector on the remote comput er, usin g an i. LINK cabl e. Windo ws reco[...]

File Operation s in File Access Mode (for Macint osh) 232 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations To mak e a rec onn ection To rec onnec t afte r exi ting f ile opera tions, do on e of the followi ng, depe nding on w hether an i.LIN K cable is connec ted. i.LINK cable is not c onnected: Co nnect thi s unit and a re mote co mputer with an i.LINK cable. i.LINK c[...]

File Operat ions in File Acces s Mode (for Macint osh) 233 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations MENU ON/OFF switch: OFF Unsaved cu rrent clip list: Sa ve o r clea r 2 If this unit i s connec ted to a remote compu ter by FTP, log out from the FTP sessio n (see p age 235 ) . 3 Conn ect the (i. LINK) S400 conn ecto r on thi s unit to the i.LINK (I EEE1394) con[...]

FTP File O perations 234 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations File operat ions betwe en this unit an d a remo te compute r can be carried out by the File Transfer Protocol (ca lled FTP below). Prepa ratio ns 1 Conn ect the net work conne ctors of this unit and a remote computer with a netw ork cable. O r connect this unit to the network to which the remot e[...]

FTP File Operations 235 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations 3 Enter “ft p <SP> <IP ad dress>”, and press th e Enter ke y. (<S P> refer s to a space. ) For example , if the IP address of th is unit is set to 1 92.168.001 .010, enter “ftp 192.168 .1.10”. Refer to the Windows help for mo re information about the FTP co mmand. If the [...]

FTP File O perations 236 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations Syntax : TYPE <SP> <type-code (options delimited b y <SP>)> < CRLF> <type-code> can be any of the following. However, for XDCAM, data is always tr ansferred as “I ”, regardless of the type-code specification. •A : A S C I I - N: Non- print - T: Te lnet format -[...]

FTP File Operations 237 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations preceding SITE UM MD extended command has been issued. • E *E01 .SMI f ile 2), 3) - E *M01.XML file (metadata) 1) *: 0001 to 9999 2) *: 0001 to 0099 3) The unit can handle files with user-defined names in the “C*” and “E*”parts. Notes • Fo r C*.M XF fi les, s ome da ta, such as file he[...]

FTP File O perations 238 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations CWD Changes the current d irectory (moves from the current directory to another directory). Syntax : CWD <S P> <path-name> <CRL F> Moves to a directory as follows, depend ing on whether a directory is specified with <pat h-name>. • Dir ectory specified: To the specif ied[...]

FTP File Operations 239 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations <start-frame> specifies an offset from th e start of the file. Data is transferred fr om the video frame at the o ffse t (t he first fr ame is 0). <transfer-size> specifies the number of video frames to transfer (specify 0 to transf er to the end of the file ). Input examp le: SITE REP[...]

Recording Cont inuous Ti mecode with FAM and FTP Conn ections 240 Chapter 8 Fi le Oper ations When you ar e connec ted to the unit by FAM or FTP, you can create new c lips wit h time code th at is contin uous wit h the ti mecode of the last f rame of the last clip on the disc. To record continuous timeco de, set PRESET/REGEN/ CLOCK switc h to “RE[...]

Testing th e Camcorder bef ore Shooting 241 Chapter 9 Main tenance Check t he functions of th e camcorde r before setting out for a shoo ting session, preferably by operati ng the camc order to gether with a color video moni tor. 1 Attach a fully c harged ba ttery pac k. 2 Set the POWER switch to ON and check tha t the HUMID indi cato r do es not a[...]

Testing the Ca mcorder b efore Shooting 242 Chapter 9 Main tenance 3 Chec k each of th e followi ng operat ions. • The menu is displa yed on the view finder screen. • Turn th e MENU k nob and ch eck that the menu page ch anges to the nex t page. • P ress the MENU kno b and check that sett ings of eac h item of th e sele cted pag e are dis pla[...]

Testing th e Camcorder bef ore Shooting 243 Chapter 9 Main tenance 6 If an e xtender mechan ism is incor porated in your lens, pu t the exten der lever of th e lens into the 2× posit ion and ch eck the fo llowin g points. • The indicat ion “EX” appears at the top lef t on th e viewf inder scree n. • T he au to iris fu nctio ns co rrectly .[...]

Testing the Ca mcorder b efore Shooting 244 Chapter 9 Main tenance (4) Te sting the ea rpho ne a nd spea ker 1 Turn the MO NITOR vo lume cont rol and ch eck that th e speaker volume chan ges acco rdingly. 2 Conn ect an earpho ne to the fro nt or rear EARPHONE jack. 3 Check t h at the s pea ker so und is cu t of f and that you can hea r the sound f [...]

Mainte nance 245 Chapter 9 Main tenance 6 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to F-RUN, and check t hat the timecode indi cati on st arts chan ging aga in and conti nues to chan ge even when you rest art re cord ing and st op r eco rdin g again . 7 Set the DISPLAY switch to U-BIT, and check tha t the use r bit data th at was set is displa yed. Use a dus[...]

Maintenance 246 Chapter 9 Main tenance Fog-proof filter Dependi ng on t he temp erature and h umidity, t he protecti ng filter may mist be cause of vapor or your brea th. To ensure that the viewfi nder is alway s cle ar, re plac e th e prot ecti ng fi lter with a fog-proof fi lter (option , part No. 1-547 -341-11). Fitting the fog-proof filte r Rep[...]

Operation Warnin gs 247 Chapter 9 Main tenance If a pr oble m occur s when the cam corde r is powered or is being operated, a warning is i ssued by var ious vi si ble an d audi ble in dica tors . These visi ble an d audib le ind icator s are: • In the status di splay on the LCD monitor: a warni ng mess age (“A” in the “La yout of the table [...]

Op erati on Wa rnin gs 248 Chapter 9 Main tenance Warni ng mess ages Error**- ** a) Wa r n i n g indicati on State W ARNING indi cator W arning sound REC/T ALL Y BA T T —— — Problem VDR operation Action to take Recordin g error Recording stops . T urn off the po wer and consult a Sony ser vice representative. MEM Full! Wa r n i n g indicati o[...]

Operation Warnin gs 249 Chapter 9 Main tenance Disc E rror! Wa r n i n g indicati on State W ARNING indi cator W arning sound REC/T ALL Y BA T T —— b) b) b) — Problem VDR operation Action to take A disc d efect w as det ected. Record ing con tinues, a voidi ng the defect, but ma y be su bstandard. If defect s are detected repeat edly , exch a[...]

Op erati on Wa rnin gs 250 Chapter 9 Main tenance a) Asterisks (*) are replaced by digits in the display. b) During recording c) During playback, fast forward, fast reverse, or stop d) During recording pause e) During recording or pa use f) 1 flash/s g) 4 flashes/s h) During recording, displayed in the LCD monitor o nly (When the DISP SEL/EXPAN D b[...]

Operation Warnin gs 251 Chapter 9 Main tenance a) Contact a Sony service representative to replace the battery. VDR ope ration messages a re displayed in the sett ing chan ge a nd a djus tment pr ogr ess mess age displa y ar ea o f the viewf inder scr een ( see page 35) . Take the act ions li sted i n the fo llow ing table. AU TO INTERV AL **M**S T[...]

Op erati on Wa rnin gs 252 Chapter 9 Main tenance HD422 1080 HD422 720 HD420 1080 HD420 720 IMX50 Clip IMX40 Clip IMX30 Clip DV C A M 8CHx16 Clip 4CHx24 Clip 2CHx16 Clip This appears wh en mix ed fo rmat recording mode i s disable d and the current record ing format of this unit does not m atch the recording format o f the inserted d isc. T o carry[...]

Operation Warnin gs 253 Chapter 9 Main tenance Ala rm mess ages dur ing th umbna il sear ch, sc ene sel ection, and cli p list operat ions An al arm mes sage may appear in the LC D monitor d uring thum bnail search, scene selec tion, and clip li st operations. In that case, take the actio n indicated in t he followi ng table. F AN Stop ped DR-F AN [...]

Op erati on Wa rnin gs 254 Chapter 9 Main tenance Chapter does not E xis t. An atte mpt was made to display a nonexistent c hapter . Som e Ess ence Mark cann ot be De leted . An atte mpt is made to de lete an essence mark th at cannot be deleted w ith a Delete Essence Mark ope ration. Re c Start and Cut essence marks cannot be dele ted. Som e Ess e[...]

Impor tant Notes on Op eration 255 Appendix Use a nd st orage Do no t su bjec t th e un it t o se vere sho cks The int ernal mech anism may be damaged or th e body warpe d. Do not cov er the unit while operating Putting a cloth, for exampl e, over the unit c an cause ex cessive inte rnal heat bui ld-up. After use Always turn off the POWER switch . [...]

Important Notes on Operati on 256 Appendix Fitting the zoom len s It is im por tant to f it the le ns co rrectly , as otherwi se damage may re sult. Be sure to refer to the sectio n “Mounting th e Lens” on page 44. Viewfinder • Do not le ave the unit w ith th e eye piece p ointi ng direct ly at th e sun. The eyep iece le ns can conc entrat e [...]

Specifications 257 Appendix Power voltage 11 V to 17 V DC Power consumption Appr ox. 40 W Main uni t only, recordin g, power from battery pack , VDR SAVE/STBY switch set to SAVE, LC D monitor on (bac klig ht: low ). Note Do not allow the total power consumpt ion of peripherals to exceed 60 W when peripherals a re connected. However, power consumed [...]

Specifications 258 Appendix 59 dB (Wi th noise suppression on. O ff value is 54 dB .) Modulation (at screen center) 45% o r m ore Registration 0.02% or less for entire screen are a (excluding distortion due to lens) Geometri c dist ortio n None i dentified (excluding distortion due to lens) Smear –135 d B LCD panel 3.5 in ches Pixel resol ution: [...]

Specifications 259 Appendix 11 to 17 V DC, maximum ra ted current 0.5 A LENS: 12-pin REMOTE: 8-pin LIGHT : 2- pin (i.LINK) S400: 6-pin, complies with IEEE 1394 (network) : RJ-45 type 100B ASE -TX: Co mplies with IEEE8 02.3u 10BASE- T: Compli es with IEEE8 02.3 USB 2.0 : HOST Ty pe-A, 4-pin (for maintenan ce) Shoulder st rap (1) Microph one cable (f[...]

Specifications 260 Appendix Not es • Alway s make a test rec ording, and verify that it was recorded successfully. SONY WILL NOT BE L IABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATI ON OR REIMBURSEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF FAILURE OF THIS UNIT OR ITS RECORDING MEDIA, EXTERNAL STORAGE SYSTEMS OR ANY OTHER MEDIA OR STORAGE SYSTEMS [...]

Chart of Op tional Compo nents and Accessori es 261 Appendix Char t of Opt ional Co mponen ts and Access ories a) T he car rying case is large enough to hold the camcorder with lens and microphone mounted. However, remove them if they protrude more than 25 cm from the front of the main unit. ECM- 680S/67 8/ 674 Micr ophone CAC-12 Microph one Holder[...]

Using PDZ-1 Pr oxy Browsi ng Software 262 Appendix When a compu ter with the P DZ-1 P roxy Browsing Soft ware install ed is connect ed to this unit, yo u can transfer t he proxy AV da ta and metada ta files rec orded on a disc to the comput er. On the comp uter si de, PDZ- 1 enable s you to browse t he proxy AV dat a, add o r modify metadat a (tit [...]

List of Supported USB Ke yboar ds 263 Appendix When the area of use is set to NTSC AREA/PAL AREA and the font setting is European Alphab et 1) On thi s unit, yo u can ente r any of the ch arac ters and symbo ls supported by the keyboa rds listed below. Select the correspond ing languag e by selectin g Settings > Select USB Keybo ard Langua ge in[...]

List of Support ed USB Keybo ards 264 Appendix German [Germany ] Italia n [It aly] Polish (Progra mmers) [Pola nd] Russian [R ussia] Span is h [Spa in][...]

List of Supported USB Ke yboar ds 265 Appendix When the area of use is set to NTSC A REA/PAL AREA and the font setting is Korean The key board is fixed as th e Korean keybo ard, and you ca n enter Han gul character s. Note The keyboard language ca nnot be changed. When t he area of us e is s et to N TSC(J )AREA The keyboa rd is fixed as the Jap ane[...]

Recommended USB Flash Drives (A s of June 2009) / T rademar ks and Licens es 266 Appendix The f ollowi ng So ny USB flash drives are recom mended for use wi th this unit. Pocket Bit L Series • USM16GL • USM8GL • USM4GL Pocket Bit Hi-Speed LX Series • USM16GL X •U S M 8 G L X • USM4G LX (availabl e in Japan only) Note USB flash drives ot[...]

Trademarks and Licens es 267 Appendix MAN NER TH AT COM PLIES WITH THE MPEG-2 STANDARD FOR ENCODING VIDEO INFORMATION FOR PACKAGED MEDIA IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED WITHOUT A LICENSE UNDER APPLICABLE PATENTS IN THE MPEG-2 PAT ENT PO RTF OLIO, W HICH LICEN SE IS AVAILABLE FRO M MPEG LA, L .L.C., 250 STEELE STRE ET, SUITE 30 0, DENVER, COLORADO 80 206. ?[...]

About a “Memory S tick” 268 Appendix What is “Mem ory Sti ck”? “Memor y St ick” is a ne w comp act, port able an d versatile IC (Int egrated Circ uit) recordin g medium with a da ta capa city tha t excee ds a floppy di sk. “Memory Stick” i s specially designe d for ex changing a nd shari ng digital data among “M emory Stick” c o[...]

About a “Memory Stic k” 269 Appendix • Do not dis assemble or modify the “Memory Stick”. • Do not allow the “Memory Stick” to get wet. • Do not us e or store the “Memory Stick” in a lo cation that is: - Extr emely hot, such as in a car parked in the sun - U nder direct sunlight - Very humid or subject to corrosive substances ?[...]

Index 270 Inde x Symbol s ! (warni ng) in dica tor 33 +48V/OFF switch es 30 Numerics 10BAS E-T/100BA SE-TX 30 5600 K function 210 A AC power 38 ACCESS indicator 22 Acce ssorie s 261 Addi tional equi pment 259 ALA RM knob 19 ALL menu 151 Area of us e, sett ing 42 Arrow buttons 27 ASSIGN switches 19, 28 assign ing funct ions 209 ATW ( Auto Tracin g W[...]

Index 271 Inde x setting manually 2 12 Conde nsa tion 255 CONTRAST control 31 Cooling fan control mode 34 Cover 21 Current clip list 1 28 Cust om izatio n assign ing func tions to ASSI GN swit ches 209 D Date, setti ng 4 3 DC IN conn ector 15 DC OUT 12V connector 15 DCC (Dynamic Contrast Co ntrol) 20 DIAGNOSIS menu 15 1, 191 Digital ex tender funct[...]

Index 272 Inde x G GAIN selector 20 Gain value 36 setting 208 GENLOCK IN connector 2 8 Green tall y indicator 32 GUI screen operat ions 116 swit chin g 107 GUI s cree n op erat ions section 27 H HOLD/CHAPTER button 23 I i.LINK S400 co nnector 31 Imag e inversi on cancel ing 165 Index pi cture changi ng 122 Indi cato rs and stat us displa y 3 1 Inte[...]

Index 273 Inde x Outp ut signal, s electin g 208 OUTPUT/DCC switch 20 Own ersh ip in forma tio n 214 P PAINT menu 151, 1 66 PDZ- 1 Prox y Br owsing So ftware 26 2 PEAKING control 31 Pict ure Cache func ti on 88 Pixel noise redu ction fu nction 185 Plannin g metadat a 100, 136 PLAY/PAUSE button 22 Playba ck clip l ist 129 freeze -fram e 84 normal 84[...]

Index 274 Inde x trimming 131 SUB CLIP indicator 27 SUB CLIP/DISC MENU bu tton 27 Syste m frequen cy 24 setting 57 System fre quency an d frame rate 34 T TALLY i ndicator 29, 32 Tall y in dic ator 3 1 TALLY switch 29, 31 TC IN co nnector 29 TC OUT conne ctor 29 TEST OUT connector 29 Tes ting 241 Thumb nail display items 110 operat ions 117 search i[...]

Index 275 Inde x X XLR connection automatic dete ction function 48 Z ZEBRA switch 32 Zoom po sition 34[...]

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