Sony PMW-EX3 manual

Operating Instructions Before operating the unit, please read this manual t horoughly and retan it f or future referenc e. Printed in Japan P M W -E X 3 3-878-038- 12 (1) Solid-State Memory Camcorder PMW-EX3 © 2008 Sony Corporation[...]

2 To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this appara tus to rai n or moisture. To avoid electrical shock, do not op en the cabinet. Refer servicing to q ual ified personne l only. WARNING W hen installing the unit, incorporate a readily accessi b le disconnec t de v ice in the fixed w iring, or connect the po w er plug to an ea[...]

3 Perchlorate Material : Lithium b attery contains perchlorate. For the cus tomer s in the USA an d Canad a RECYCLI NG L ITHIUM-IO N BATTE RIES Lithium-Ion b atteries are rec ycla b le. You can help preser v e our en v iro nment b y returning your used rec hargea b le b a tteries to the collection and rec ycling location nearest you. For more infor[...]

4 documents de ser v ice ou de garantie séparés. Pour le s utilisa teurs a ux Etats-U nis et au Canada . RECYCLA GE DES AC CUMULAT EURS AU X IONS D E LITH IUM Les accumulateurs aux ions d e lithium sont recycla b les. V ous pou v ez contri b uer à préser v er l’en v ironnement en rapportant les piles usées dans un point de collection et recy[...]

5 Gerät a b schaltet und signalisiert „Batterie leer“ oder nach längerer Ge b rauchsdauer der Batterien „nicht mehr ein w andfrei funktioniert“. Um sicherzuge hen, kle b en Sie die Batteriepole z.B. mit einem Kle b estreifen a b oder ge b en Sie die Bat terien einzeln in einen Plastik b eutel.[...]

6 Overview Package Configur ation .......... .............. ........ ........... .............. .. 12 Feature s .......... .............. ........... .............. ................... .............. .. 13 Using th e CD-R OM .... .................. ............... ....... ........... ......... 16 Reading the CD-ROM Manuals ........... .............[...]

7 Checking the Remaining T ime Availa ble for Recording ....... ........... .............. ....... ........... ............. 46 Restoring an SxS Me mory Card ... ........... ............... ..... 46 Using th e PHU-60 K .... ............... .................. .............. ........ ..... 47 Conne cting/R emovi ng the PHU Con nectio n Cable .. ... 4[...]

8 Adjustin g in AF Mode ....... ....... ........... ............... ......... 66 Using M a cro Mo de . ........... ............... .................. ......... 67 Eliminatin g Picture Blurrin g (Steady Shot) ..... ............... ..... 67 Reducin g Flickers ....... ........... .............. ........ ........... .............. .. 68 Setting the Tim[...]

9 Resetting a Pict ure Profil e ......... ........... ............... ....... .. 89 Picture Profile It e ms ............... .............. ........... ............. 90 Deleting Clips .............. ............... .......... ............... ....... ........... .. 94 Deleting the Las t Recorde d Clip ....... .............. ........ ..... 94 Deleting[...]

10 Setup Menu Configurat ion ........ ........ ........... .............. 113 Setup Menu Layers ......... .............. ....... ........... ........... 113 Basic Menu Operations ......... .............. ........ ........... .............. 114 Setup M e nu List .......... .................. ............... ....... ........... ....... 117 CAMERA SET[...]

11 Error Indica tions .............. .......... ............... ....... ........... 153 Warning In dications ........... ............... ........... .............. 153 MPEG-2 Vid e o Patent Portfolio License .............. .............. 155 Specif ications . .............. ........... .............. ................... .............. 155 General .[...]

Package Co nfiguration 12 O v er v ie w Make sure yo u have followi ng items supplie d with your camc order. The number in parentheses indicates the number of that item supplied. Overview Packag e Configura tion VCL-6 14B2X ex clusive standard zo om lens (1) It is attached t o the cam corder at th e factory . Lens hood with lens cap (1) It is attac[...]

Featur es 13 O v er v ie w The P MW-EX3 is a highly co mpact a nd high- perform ance X DCAM EX 1) camcord er that uses SxS 1) memory card s, as its r ecordin g medium. The ima ging devi ces used in the PMW-E X3 camcor der a re th ree 1 / 2 -inch type CMO S sensors, each w ith an e ffect ive p ixel cou nt of 1920 × 10 80, which pr oduce im ages in [...]

Features 14 O v er v ie w 1080 r esolut ions. Fram e rate is also sel ectable from i nterlace a nd p rogressive (59.94i , 50i, 29. 97P, 25 P, and nati ve 23.98P ). In addi tion , 59.94P a nd 50P progre ssive reco rding is av ailabl e in 1280 × 720 mode. SxS mem ory cards ca n simultan eously ho ld multiple file s of any of these recordi ng format [...]

Featur es 15 O v er v ie w Frame Re cordi ng function Frame Record ing is a uni que featur e of the PMW- EX3 cam corde r that is espe ciall y useful fo r clay- animat ion shoo ting. Wit h this func tion, images for pre- determ ined fram e are reco rded each time the record bu tton is pressed. Shutter- angle settings In addition to the electric shut[...]

Using the CD- ROM 16 O v er v ie w Two CD -ROMs are s uppl ied with t he PMW- EX3. The CD -ROM l abeled “M anuals for Solid-St ate Memor y Camcorde r” contai ns the Opera ting Instruct ions for the PMW-E X3 (Japanese , Engli sh, French , Ger man, It alian, S panish and Chin ese ) in PD F for mat . The CD -RO M la be lled “Uti lity S oftw are [...]

Using the CD-RO M 17 O v er v ie w XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software OS Microsoft Windows X P SP3 or later (32-bi t version), Mi crosoft Windo ws Vista SP1 or later (32-bit versi on), or Mac OS X v10.4.11 or la ter/ v10.5.1 or la ter. CPU Windows: Intel P entium 4 2.0 GHz or highe r (Intel C ore 2 Duo Processor 2 .0 G Hz or higher is reco mmende d.) [...]

Parts Id entifi cations 18 O v er v ie w For func tions and usage, see t he pages shown in parenthe ses. 1. Cable clamp for external microphone (page 71) 2. External micropho ne holder (p age 71) 3. Front acce ssory shoe Attac h an optio nal acc essory, such a s a video light . 4. Lens mount lever (page 37 ) 5. Handle 6. Built-in speaker ( page 9 9[...]

Parts Identif ications 19 O v er v ie w 13. Eyecu p The eye cup ca n be atta ched in the re vers ed dir ect ion . To re atta ch th e eye cup, stre tch it a litt le to atta ch to the vi ewfind er and fit the rim of the eyecu p into th e groove of the view find er. 14. Hooks for the s h oul der s trap ( left and right ) Attach th e supp lied shoul de[...]

Parts Id entifi cations 20 O v er v ie w Opera tion panel on the hand le 1. MONITOR VOL (volume) buttons ( page 72 , page 99 ) 2. THUMBNAIL button (pa ge 97) 3. PLAY/PAUSE button (pa ge 97) 4. F REV (fast reverse ) button (pag e 98) 5. PREV (pr evious) button (page 98) 6. STOP button ( page 99) 7. On-handle ZOOM button (page 63) 8. Zoom speed switc[...]

Parts Identif ications 21 O v er v ie w 3. AUDIO IN (audio input selection) switches (page 71 ) Fro nt lowe r oper atio n block 1. ASSIGN 4 (assignab le 4) button (p age 75) 2. SHUTTER switch ( page 59) 3. WHT BAL (autom atic white ba lance adjustment) butt on (page 54 ) Side o peration pa nel 1. ASSIGN (assignab le)1/2/3 buttons (page 75) 2. S&[...]

Parts Id entifi cations 22 O v er v ie w 1. SHOT TRANSITION ope ration block (page 82) 2. TC/U-BIT/DURATION (time data selection) button ( page 7 0 , page 98 ) Viewfinder control panel 1. PEAKING c ontrol (page 6 5) 2. CONTRAST control (page 32) 3. BRI GHT con tro l (pa ge 32) 4. MIRROR IMAGE switch (page 33) 5. DISPLAY/BATT INFO button (page 25) 6[...]

Parts Identif ications 23 O v er v ie w Note The lens is pro perly adj usted at the fa ctory. Do not touc h the contr ols of the len s control bl ock. To rem ove the len s hood 1 Loosen the hood fi xing sc rew, 2 turn th e hood in the direction of the arr ow, 3 then p ull it out. T o reattach the hood , align the marks on th e hood wi th those on t[...]

Parts Id entifi cations 24 O v er v ie w 7. REC (record) buttons Press th e z butto n togeth er with t he un marke d butto n (safety button) to st art record ing. 8. REC PAUSE buttons Press th e X butto n togeth er with t he un marke d butto n (safety button) to pa use recordi ng. 9. PUSH SET button (four-wa y arrow key) It functi ons the sa me as [...]

On-Screen I ndications 25 O v er v ie w Whe n this unit i s in Ca mera mode (mo de fo r recording) , pressing the DISPLAY/ BATT INFO button displ ays the statuses and se ttings of this unit in the vi ewfin der. When y ou pres s the DIS PLAY/B ATT INFO butto n again , these in dicati ons are canc eled. The re cording s tatus ind icat ion, such a s ?[...]

On-Scr een Ind ications 26 O v er v ie w 6. Media re maining indi cation [M] (page 46) 7. Zoom po sition indicati on [M ] (page 62) 8. Lens extender indication (availabl e only when a lens e xtender is use d) 9. TLCS mode indication [M][D] (pag e 120) 10. Steady Shot indication [M] (page 67) 11. Focus mode indication [M] ( [D ] only in MF mode) (pa[...]

On-Screen I ndications 27 O v er v ie w 2 Tilt th e joys tick or rotate the jog di al to set th e cu rsor to the i tem to be opera ted then press th e joys tick or the jog dial. The Direc t menu of the s elect ed items appears . 3 Tilt th e joys tick or rotate the jog di al to select the setti ng then p r ess th e joystick or th e jog di al. The me[...]

Po w er Supp ly 28 Prepa rati ons You can use a battery pa ck or AC po wer via an AC adaptor . If you co nnect an AC power so urce, it has a priorit y even i f a battery p ack is moun ted. For safe ty, use o nly the So ny bat tery pa cks and AC adap tor l isted below: • BP -U30 /U6 0 Li thiu m- ion B att ery Pack • BC-U 1/U2 Battery Charger (us[...]

Po w er Supply 29 Prepa rati ons The cam corder ind icates the r emaining usag e time in mi n utes by ca lculating the availab le time with t he b attery pa ck i f opera tion i s conti nued at the c urrent rate of powe r consum ption. Note The ope rating ti me on a battery pack de pends on the con dition (new or old) of the ba ttery pac k and the a[...]

Po w er Supp ly 30 Prepa rati ons 2 Connec t the powe r cord s uppli ed wi th the BC-U 1/ U2 to the AC in put conn ecto r of the B C-U 1/U2 t hen to an AC power source. 3 Set the mo d e swi tch of the BC-U1/ U2 to the D C OU T pos ition . For detai ls, refer to the Operat ing Instr uction s of the BC-U1/U2. When re cording or pl ayback is in progre[...]

Sett ing the Clock 31 Prepa rati ons When y ou turn the camcord er on for th e first ti me after pur chasing or re placin g the back up batter y (page 1 49) , th e In itia l Sett ing displ ay app ear s in the viewf inder. Set th e da te an d time of th e buil t-in cloc k, us ing this d isplay. Time Zon e The va lue shows t he time dif ference f rom[...]

Adjusting the V ie w finder 32 Prepa rati ons You can adjust the an gle and th e display conditio ns of the viewfind er for best viewin g in various shoo ting situations. These adjustme nts of t he v iewfinder have n o effect on picture s being reco rded. Do not leav e the camco rder with the ey epiece of the view finder faci ng the sun. Di rect su[...]

Adjusting t he V ie w finder 33 Prepa rati ons Press the MENU but ton to set the camco rder to Menu mode. Select (VF SET me nu) then “VF” fr om the menu, a n d adju st “Color.” For detail s on menu operations, see “Basic Me nu Operatio ns” on p age 1 14. Switc hing betwee n color a nd monoch rome mo des For the viewfi nder disp lay, col[...]

Adjusting the V ie w finder 34 Prepa rati ons When t h e camco rder is i n Media mo de, the pictur e is also inve rted both ve rtically and horizon tally. In Camera mo de, the pi cture is inve rted only vert ica lly, while it is al so in verte d hori zontally f or Rec Re view (page 74 ) . Openi ng/de tach ing the eyepiece ( to dire ctly vi ew the L[...]

Adjusting the Lens 35 Prepa rati ons 3 Slide the knob on the to p to t h e op posite side of the ey epie ce. 4 Detac h the eyepie ce by hori zontal ly sli din g it . The supp lied VCL -614B2X and the op tional XS8X4A S-XB8 (see page 36) spec ially de signed for t he PMW-EX3 ar e ca lled “e xclusive l enses” in this man ual. Do not le ave the ca[...]

Adjusting the Lens 36 Prepa rati ons With th e supplie d or optiona l exclusi ve 1/2-inc h EX Mount lens, the flange foca l length can be adjust ed automati cally. Notes • If a subject of i nsufficie nt contrast is used , or if the ca mcorder or su bject moves during t he adjustment , adjustment cannot be ma de properl y. Once th e adjust ment be[...]

Adjusting the Lens 37 Prepa rati ons Remov ing the supplied lens To re move the supplied lens, p roceed as foll ows: 1 Set the lens moun t stop per swi tch to th e RELEASE pos ition. 2 While holding the lens , turn the lens mount lever up ward unti l it stops. 3 Pull the lens forwar d to re move. Notes • When a nother le ns is not imm ediat ely a[...]

Adjusting the Lens 38 Prepa rati ons mount sec tion and set th e adap tor in place. 2 Turn the l ens mount le ver of the camco rder down ward. (Kee p the lens mount leve r of the lens ad aptor in the upper posit ion.) 3 Retu rn the le ns s toppe r sw itch to the LOCK posi tion. 2 Attach the len s. 1 Align the alignmen t p in of the len s with the r[...]

Adjusti ng the Grip / Using the Cheek Pad 39 Prepa rati ons The grip ro tates appro x. 120 degre es to support a variety of sho oting styles. Holding the RE LEASE button pressed, slo wly rota te t he gri p. Click positio ns are provided at eac h 15 degrees. Relea se the REL EAS E button at the desired click position to lo ck the grip. When you ope [...]

Using the Ch eek Pad 40 Prepa rati ons 3 Inser t the ch eek pa d from th e back of the camco rder and secu re it wit h the suppli ed screws. Align the hol es on the bot tom of the mou nt frame of the che ek pad with tho se of t he camcor der. 4 Return the shoulder pad to its origin al positi on. 1 Insert the axis of the sh oulder pad i n the hole o[...]

Using the IR Remote Comma nder 41 Prepa rati ons 1 Inser t the ca ble c lamp to the fr ame so that th e rear proje ction of the ca ble clamp f its in the s lot on the frame. Adju st th e pos ition of th e cla mp by sli din g it so tha t t he s crew ho le of the clam p ali gns wi th tha t of th e frame . 2 Secu re the cl amp, us ing the s upplie d s[...]

Using the IR Remot e Commander 42 Prepa rati ons Note To av oid malf uncti on s, th e remo te co ntro l functio n is automa tically deac tivate d when the camcord er is turned off . Activate the function each tim e when requi red afte r you turn the camcord er on. Batter y lifeti me When the lith ium batter y’s power fal ls, the IR Remote Command[...]

Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 43 Prepa rati ons This camc order reco rds audio and video on Sx S memory cards (op tional) i nserted in the card slots. Usable SxS memory card s Use the foll o wing Sony -made Sx S memory cards (SxS PRO) with this c amcorder: • SBP-8 (8 GB) • SBP -16 (1 6GB) • SBP -32 (3 2GB) Opera tions are not gua rantee d with m[...]

Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 44 Prepa rati ons Note Do no t opera te the w rite -prote ct swit ch of an SxS memo ry ca rd whil e it is s et in th e cam cord er. Temp orarily rem ove the c ard from th e camc order before c hanging th e switch set ting. The car d sl ots a re lo cated behi nd a co ver. Inserting an SxS memory card 1 Pull up the co ver t[...]

Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 45 Prepa rati ons Removi ng an SxS mem ory card 1 Open the co ver, once pres s the EJECT button to release th e lock , then pull the button out. 2 Press t he EJECT butto n again to remove the card. Notes • Dat a are not gua rantee d if the po wer is turn ed off or a memo ry card is removed while the ca rd is being acce [...]

Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 46 Prepa rati ons The in-prog ress message and status bar (%) ar e displaye d, and the ACCE S S lamp lights in re d. When fo r mattin g is comple ted, t h e comp leti on message is displayed for thre e seconds. Record ing/play back d uring f ormatti ng You ca n perf orm reco rding o r playbac k using the SxS memo ry card [...]

Using the P HU-60K 47 Prepa rati ons • In some ca ses, only parts of clips cannot be resto red. Pl ayback of t he restor ed clip s becomes possi ble again. • The follow ing operat ion may resto re an SxS memory c ard for which the message “Cou ld not Restore S ome C lips” is repeatedly displaye d each time you try the restorati on process: [...]

Using the PHU-60 K 48 Prepa rati ons 3 Pass th e cabl e thro ugh the ca ble gu ide slot above the card sl ot B and cl ose the cover. 4 Secu re the cab le at the cable clamp . 5 Turn on the PH U-6 0K. The POWE R indicato r of the P HU-60K light s in gr een. Subseque ntly, the ACCESS lam p of the camcord er lights in re d then cha nges to gre en once[...]

Using the P HU-60K 49 Prepa rati ons If an error oc curs with data on the PHU-60K for some reason, the ha rd disk must be restore d. If a PH U-60K that ne eds to be restore d is connec ted, a m essage th at promp ts you to ex ecut e restoratio n is displayed in the viewfinde r. To res tore t he har d disk Selec t “Execut e” by tu rnin g the jog[...]

Basic Ope ration Pr ocedure 50 Recording The operat ions descri bed in this sect ion assume that you are u sing the supplie d or op tional exclu sive lens. The di splays and menu setti ngs may dif fer when a n on-excl usive lens is used. Bas ic recor ding wit h the exclusi ve lens can be performe d with the fol lowin g procedur es: Prepa ratio ns 1[...]

Basic O peration Procedure 51 Recording Recording ( Full Auto m ode) 6 Press the FULL AUTO button so that the butt on indicat or lights. Full Aut o mode i s turned on, activ ating the TLCS (Tot al Level Con trol System ) (page 120) . Thus Auto Iris, AGC (Auto Gain Cont rol), Auto Shutte r, ATW (Auto Tr acing Whi te) are s et t o ON, whereb y the br[...]

Selecting the V ideo Form at 52 Recording L You can select various video fo rmats for reco rding/ playback u sing “ Video Format ” ( page 130) of the OTHERS menu. The cu rrent form at is displaye d on the scree n when you press th e DISPLAY/BA TT INFO button. The sel ecta ble form ats de pend o n whethe r “Coun try” (pa ge 130) of the OTHER[...]

S w itching the N D F ilters 53 Recording With “PAL Are a” selected Press the MENU but ton to set the camco rder to Menu mod e, display the OT HERS menu with , an d se t “Video For mat .” For det ails on menu o perations , see “ Basic Me nu Operatio ns” on p age 1 14. Signals from the C OMPONENT OUT, SDI OUT, MONITOR OUT, and S VIDEO co[...]

Adjusting the W hit e Bala nce 54 Recording The whi te ba lanc e mus t be adju sted to suit to th e color tem perature of the ligh t source. You can selec t the adjustm ent mode according to the shoot ing conditio ns. Preset mode The co lor t emperature i s adjusted to th e preset value (fac tory setting: 3200K) in this mode. Select t his mode when[...]

Adjusting t he W hite B ala nce 55 Recording Execut e auto whit e-balance adjustme nt accord ing to the colo r temperat ure of the light source . The adj ustment va lue c an be store d in m emory A or B. Note Auto white -balance adjustment cannot be execu ted in Prese t mode. 1 To stor e the ad just men t value i n memory, sele ct Memory A or Memor[...]

Adj usti ng th e Black Bala nce / Dis pla yin g the Mar ker s and Ze b ra Pa tter ns 56 Recording With th is ca mcord er, th e black balance i s automa tically adjusted ea ch time the power is turn ed on. You can re adjust it , usi n g th e menu, when ne eded . Use the CAMERA SET menu fo r the ad just ment. Press the MENU but ton to set the camco r[...]

Display ing the Marker s and Ze b ra P atterns 57 Recording When t h e as pect marker is on, th e saf ety zo ne marker s hows the effe ctive area w ithin the as pect marker. Displ aying t he c enter mar ker Set “Cen ter M arker ” to “On” to insert the cent er marker into the sc reen area. Displ ayin g the aspec t mark er Set “Asp ect Mark[...]

Setting t he Gain 58 Recording Zebra Se lect Select the ze bra patt ern(s) to be displa yed. 1 (Zebra1) : To disp lay a zebra patte rn in the ar ea of ±10% cent eri ng th e vide o level set wit h “Zebra 1 Level” 2 (Zebra2 ): To display a zebra patt ern for the video leve l over 100% Both : To disp lay both Zeb ra1 and Zeb ra2 Zebra1 Lev el Set[...]

Settin g the Elect ronic Shutter 59 Recording To cha nge Press the MENU but ton to set the camco rder to Menu mod e, display the CAM ERA SET menu with , and select “Gain Setup” fro m the menu. For detail s on menu operations, see “Basic Me nu Operatio ns” on p age 1 14. Selecting gain using the Direct menu When y ou pres s the DIS PLAY/B AT[...]

Setting t he Electronic Shutt er 60 Recording shutter speed you sp ecifie d with “Shut ter” of the CAMER A SET menu. Note When A uto Shutte r mode is ON, the fixed sh utter cannot be sele cted . Setting the fixed shutter with the CAMERA SET menu The shutter mo de and shutter spe ed can be set with the CAMERA SET menu. Press the MENU but ton to [...]

Adjusting t he Iris 61 Recording For de tails o n the D irect me nu, see “Dir ect Men u Operatio n” on pa ge 26 . Select “EX Slow Shutter” from the CAMERA SET menu. Set “Setti ng ” to “On, ” and specify th e numbe r of accumu lated fra mes w ith “Numbe r of Frames.” You can sel ect from among 16, 32, a nd 64 frame s. Notes • E[...]

Adjusting the Zoom 62 Recording To adjus t the targe t level wi th the Dire ct menu The ta rget level can also b e sele cted using the Direct menu. When y ou pres s the DIS PLAY/B ATT INFO button, th e current setting is displa yed on the screen. You ca n chan ge the settin g with t he Dire ct menu by op erat ing th e jo ysti ck or the jo g dia l. [...]

Adj usti ng th e Zoom 63 Recording Sett ing the Z OOM s witc h t o the M AN U pos itio n for Man ual Zoom mode activ ates the zoom ring. Rota te th e zoo m rin g to a djus t the z oom. Sett ing th e Z OOM sw itch to t he S ERVO p osit ion for Servo mo de activate s the power zoom . In Servo m ode, t he powe r zoom l ever on the gri p and the ZOOM b[...]

Adjusting the Focus 64 Recording Note If you set “Z oom Speed (High/Low) ” of the CAMERA SET menu t o a value between 0 an d 9 for a low s peed, zo oming may not op erate smoothly, dependin g on the indivi dual charact eristics of th e lens or operating environ ments. When adjusting with the ZOOM button o f the IR Remote Commander The zo oming [...]

Adjusti ng the Focus 65 Recording Rotate the foc us ring for the best focus while observ ing the pict ure in the vi ewfind er. The rang e index of th e focus ring is e ffectiv e in Full MF mo d e. The distance s correspond to the focus ring po sitions. Expa nded Focu s When you pres s the EXPANDED FOCUS button, the cent er area of the pic ture is m[...]

Adjusting the Focus 66 Recording Adjusting the focus with the focus ring Rotate the foc us ring for the best focus while observ ing the pict ure in the vi ewfind er. The rang e index of th e ring is inva lid in MF mode. One-P ush (M oment ary) Aut o Foc using Push the PUSH A F button. Auto focusing momenta rily activa tes (O ne-Push Auto Focusing).[...]

Eliminatin g Picture Blu rring (St eady Shot) 67 Recording Whe n yo u se t th e M ACR O sw itch t o ON in A F or MF mode, M acro mode is ac tivated, pe rmitting you to adjust the foc us in a ra nge t hat in cludes the micro ar ea. The Macr o mode i s invalid in Full MF mode. By activating the Ste ady Shot functi on of the supplied lens, bl urring o[...]

Reducing Flicke rs / Reducing Flicker s 68 Recording To redu ce flicke rs, tr y either of the follo wing two methods: Setting the sh utter spee d according to the po wer -supp ly fre quen cy Acti vate the el ectr oni c shu tter (p age 59) an d set the shutter speed acco rding to the pow er supply frequen cy. When the frequency i s 50 Hz Set th e sh[...]

Setti ng the Time Data 69 Recording Time data, s uch as the ti mecode s, us er bits, and the cl ock time, are record ed with pic tures. The timec ode can be loc ked to an exter nal timecode generator. For details, se e “External Synchro nization” on p age 138. For the timecode , three r unning modes a nd Cloc k mode ca n be selec ted. Rec Run m[...]

Setti ng th e Time Data 70 Recording 1) The frame digi ts in “Setting” a re limited to 00, 04, 08, 12, 16, and 20. The frame at the beginn ing of recording is limite d to 00, 04, 08, 12, 16, and 20. As the SDI OUT connector output becomes 60i because of the 2- 3 pull-down process except when “24P System” of “Genlock” (page 129) is set t[...]

Recording Audio S ignals 71 Recording Two c hannels (CH -1/ CH-2) of audi o can be recorde d (Linea r PCM recordi ng) in sync hroniz ation with vide o recordi ng. You can use t he built-in stere o microp hones (omni -dir ectional el ectret con denser micro phones) or 2-channe l externa l audio input s to the AUDIO IN conn ectors by switc hing wit h[...]

Recording Aud io Signals 72 Recording 3 Set the correspon ding AUDIO IN switch ( CH -1 or CH-2) to EXT. 4 Set the co rrespondi ng LINE/MIC /+48 V switch (CH-1 or CH-2) ac cording to the connec ted mi croph one. MIC: For a mi crophone that re quires n o power sup ply +48V : For a micro phone t hat requi res +48V power suppl y (such as the E CM-673) [...]

Outputt ing the Color Bars and Refer ence Tone 73 Recording The camco rder can outpu t a colo r-bar signa l in place of the came ra picture. A 1- kHz r eferenc e tone i s out put wit h the color bar signal if “1kHz To ne” of “Au dio Input” (page 121) is set to “On ” with t he AUDIO SET menu. The col or-bar signal is a lso fed o ut from [...]

Recording S hot Marks / Rec Re v ie w 74 Recording When y ou record shot marks for import ant scen es as subsid iary data, you ca n access the m arked points easily on a Shot Mark screen, w hich only displays scenes with shot mark s only. This incre ases editi ng effici ency. For the Shot Mark Screen , see “Displayin g the SHOT MARK Screen” on [...]

Changing F unctions of the Assign a b le Buttons 75 Recording • If the vid eo form at is chang ed a fter re cording, Rec Re view cann ot be performe d. • The Setup a nd PICTURE PROFILE menus cannot be o perat ed d uring Rec R eview . The cam corder ha s four assigna ble buttons to which you ca n assign various fun ctions for conv enience. The f[...]

Inte r v a l Recording 76 Recording 2 Selec t the butt on to wh ich you wi sh to assi gn a funct ion. 3 Selec t the f unctio n to be as sign ed. 4 Exit the menu. The assi gned functio ns can be viewed on the BUTTON/REMOTE status screen (pa ge 111) . The I nterval R ecording (ti me-la pse recor d ing) function i s espe ciall y effec tive fo r shooti[...]

Inter v al Recor ding 77 Recording For detail s on menu operations, see “Basic Me nu Operatio ns” on p age 1 14. 1 Selec t “Inter val Re c” of th e CAM ERA SET menu. 2 Set “Set ting” to “On.” The camco rder enters Interv al Recording mode. When th e speci al reco rding mode in dication on th e screen is a ctive, “ Interval Rec” [...]

Frame Recording 78 Recording The Frame Record ing function is e special ly effect ive for cla y anima tion reco rding. The spec ified numbe r of frames are re corded intermit tently when yo u press t he REC STAR T/ STOP butto n. It is reco mmend ed to fix t he ca mcorde r to a trip od or equi valent a nd use t he IR Remo te Com mander to st art/s t[...]

Slo w & Q uick Motion Recording 79 Recording • Som e extra f rames may be r ecorded i f you stop recor ding or switc h the card slo t while reco rdin g is pa used in Fra me Rec mode. Stoppi ng F rame R ecording Set “S etting ” of “Frame Re c” of the CAMERA SET menu to “ Off.” Record ing stops and Fram e Rec mod e is canc eled. Not[...]

Slo w & Quick Motion Recordin g 80 Recording Before starting Slow & Quick Motion recordi ng, make th e nece ssary se ttings in advance. 1 Press th e S&Q Motion dia l fo r more than 1 se cond . The camco rder enters the Slow & Quick Motion stand by status. The speci al recordi ng mode indi cation on th e scree n shows “S& Q Mot[...]

Freeze Mix: Image Alignment 81 Recording Using the F reeze Mix func tion, an image (stil l pictur e) of a record ed clip ca n be tempora rily superim posed on the current ca mera pict ure, permitt ing you to ea sily align im ages for nex t recordi ng. To us e the Fr eez e Mix fu nctio n Assign the Fre eze Mix functio n to one of the assignable butt[...]

Shot Tran sition 82 Recording The Shot Transition functio n helps you to easily obta in com plex pict ure eff ects by re gist eri ng camera se ttings or condi tions as a “shot” to be reproduc ed in a re cording sequenc e. Your setti ngs for focus, zoom , iris, gain, shut ter spee d, wh ite b ala nce, color matri x, an d det ail leve l can be r [...]

Shot Transit ion 83 Recording Note Camera operatio ns are di sabl ed when the shot transit ion ope ration m ode is Chec k or Exec ute. When ad justments ar e require d, set the mode to Store. Before yo u start recordi ng using the Shot Transiti on function, make th e nece ssary se ttings with the CA MERA S ET menu in advan ce. The con ditions you s[...]

Shot Tran sition 84 Recording P: Paramete r level T: Transition of tim e Start Ti mer Set the t ime from start of r ecordi ng to start of the shot transi tion. The coun tdown indica tion is d isplayed i n the shot-transi tion inf ormation a rea unt il the shot transi tion is st arted by th e Start Ti mer. Rec Link Set whether to link shot-transiti [...]

Shot Transit ion 85 Recording When “R ec Link” i s “Shot-A” or “ Shot- B, ” the camco rder auto mati cally perf orms the shot transition to the ca mera settings registered t o Shot A o r Shot B, re spectively. You need no t press the butto n. Notes • You ca nnot return to the status in step 1 once after you sta rt the shot tran sition[...]

Fader Fu nction 86 Recording Using the Fa der functi on, you can sta rt a recordi ng by fading i n a sc ene or e nd a record ing by fadi ng o ut of a scene . The fa der func tion can b e assigned to an assignab le button . For function assi gnment, see “Changing Functi ons of the Assignable Buttons” on pag e 75. Notes • The fad er function ca[...]

Fader Functi on 87 Recording For f ading i n a scen e Press the A SSIGN but ton to w hich you assigned the Fader func tion in STBY (re cording stand by) status. The f ade-in function i s tur ned on. For fadin g out Press the A SSIGN but ton to w hich you assigned the Fade r func tion d uring re cording. The camco rder ente rs in the fade- out stand[...]

Picture Pr ofiles 88 Recording You ca n custom ize the pictur e quali ty, depe nding on th e cond ition s or circu mstan ces o f reco rding, and stor e them as a pictur e prof ile, enablin g the picture qua lity to be resu med just by your selectin g the pict ure profile. Six diff erent pict ure profi les (PP1 t o PP6) can be stor ed in m emo ry. T[...]

Pict ure P rof iles 89 Recording The PICTURE P ROFILE menu is disp layed. 3 Oper atin g the jo g dial or the jo ystick , sele ct “S EL” th en the desi red pict ure prof ile fr om th e list. The camco rder is ad justed to the pic ture quali ty spec ified b y the s elected Pro f ile. (If you select “OFF,” the camcord er will be fixed at the s[...]

Picture Pr ofiles 90 Recording The va lues when “O ff” i s selected at “SEL” o f the PICTURE P ROFI LE menu are shown i n bold fa ce (exampl e: Standard ). Pictur e Profile Items PICTURE P R OFILE SET Items Subitems a nd setting values Contents Prof ile N ame Changing the picture profile name Profile name Set the profile name in 8 character[...]

Pict ure P rof iles 91 Recording White Setting t he white bala nce offset and the color temperature of the preset white Offset White On / Of f Set to “On” to shift the conver sion value for auto whit e bala nce in Memory A o r B mode an d that f or auto tracing white in A TW mode to a lower color temperature or a higher color temperatur e. Offs[...]

Picture Pr ofiles 92 Recording Skin Tone Detail Adjusting the details t o be applied to the areas of a specific colo r phase Setting On / Of f Set to “On” to enable the detail lev el adjustm ent for specifi c color -phase areas. The detail level is uniform over the entire picture with the Off setting. Level –99 to +99 (± 0 ) Adjust the skin-[...]

Pict ure P rof iles 93 Recording 1) To execute “Area Detection” 1. Select “Area Detect ion.” A square m arker t h at indi cates th e detection area ap pears in the ce nter of the screen, and “Execu te” and “C ancel” are displayed belo w . 2. Select “Execut e.” Color- p hase d etect ion i n the marker area is perform ed. When det[...]

Deleting Clip s 94 Recording In Camera mode, the Last Clip DEL func tion for del eting the la st re cord ed cl ip and th e Al l Clip s DEL functi on for deletin g all clips from a memory card are avai lable. In Medi a mod e, you can sp ecify the clip to be delete d . For clip dele tion in Media mode, see “Deleting a Clip” on pag e 104. Using th[...]

Storing/ Retrie v in g the Se tting Data 95 Recording You can stor e all the me nu setting s (including picture profiles) as a setup file o n an SxS me mory card. By ret rieving the store d set up file, the p roper setu p condi tion can be i mmedi ately ob tained. For the setup f ile opera tions, use “Cam era D ata” of the OTHERS menu. Note The[...]

Playing Back Clips 96 Play b ack Turning the cam corder on with the po wer switc h set to MED IA sets i t to M edia mod e, an d the cl ips recor ded on the SxS memory car d are displaye d as thumbn ails on the scree n. (If no clip s are recor ded on the ca rd, a no-clip mes sage is displayed.) You ca n start playba ck from the clip sele cted o n th[...]

Playing Back Clips 97 Play b ack 8. Special reco rding information If the sele cted clip was reco rded in a special record ing mode (S&Q M otion, I nterval Rec, or Frame R ec), t he mode is di splayed. For a c lip r ecord ed i n S& Q M otion mode , [recording frame ra t e/play back fram e rate] fps i s disp layed t o the ri ght. Switching t[...]

Playing Back Clips 98 Play b ack Press the THUMBNAIL butto n to retu rn to the thumbn ail screen. Notes • The play back pi cture may be moment arily disto rted or frozen between clip s. T he p layb ack contro l buttons an d THUM BNAI L button do not func tion during thi s condition. • When y ou select a clip on the thumbna il button and sta rt [...]

Playing Back Clips 99 Play b ack Cueing up To retu rn to t he top of the curr ent cl ip Press the PREV butt on. • When yo u pre ss the but ton in normal o r fast- forwa rd play back, th e top of the cu rrent cli p is cued u p then pl ayback begins. • When you pre ss the b utton in fast-reverse playba ck or in Pause mod e, the top of th e curr e[...]

Playing Back Clips 100 Play b ack Press t he STO P butt on. Playbac k mode is cancel ed, showing any extern al input or a bl ue screen . To display th e thumbn ail scree n, press the THUMBNAIL button.[...]

Clip Operations 101 Play b ack In Media mode, you can operate t he clips or conf irm and cha ng e the s ubs idiar y da ta for cl ips using the Cl ip Operation me nus. The corre sponding C lip Ope ration me nu pops up on the screens as show n below. Clip Op erat ions Clip Oper ation Menus Thum bnai l screen (page 102) Still picture in P ause mode (p[...]

Clip Operations 102 Play b ack Displaying a Clip Operation menu Press the jo ystick or th e jog dial. The Cl ip Operatio n menu fo r the current di splay pops up. Selecting a Clip Operation menu item Turn th e jog dial o r tilt the joyst ick to select a men u item then press the j og di al or th e jo ysti ck. Pressing the CAN CEL butt on restores t[...]

Clip Operations 103 Play b ack When you sele ct “DISP CLI P INFO” fro m a Cli p Operatio n menu , the CLIP I NFO sc reen appear s. 1. Image of the current clip 2. Image of the pr evious clip Pres s the PREV button to swi tch to the CL IP INFO scre en of the previo us clip. 3. Image of the ne xt clip Pres s the NEXT butt on to switc h to the CLI[...]

Clip Operations 104 Play b ack 1 Select “OK MARK DEL” from the Clip Oper ation m enu. The inf ormat ion s creen for th e se lected clip appears, and a c onfirma tion message is disp layed belo w t he i ndex fra me i mage. 2 To del ete, select “ Execute ” then pre ss the jog dia l or the joystick . The OK mark is del eted from the select ed [...]

Clip Operations 105 Play b ack 1 Pause t he playba ck or se lect a cli p on the th umbnail s creen then pre s s the joyst ick or the jo g dial. The corr espo nding Clip Operat ion menu pops up. 2 Select “EXPAND CLIP” from the Cli p Oper ation m enu. The EXPA ND CLIP sc reen ap pears for the clip in Pause mode or t hat you se lected on the thumb[...]

Clip Operations 106 Play b ack SHO T MARK2: To disp lay thum bna ils on ly of the fra mes marked with sho t mark 2 SHOT MARK s cree n exam ple The deta iled info rmatio n of the clip is disp layed at t he bot tom of the screen . The it ems other t han the f ollow ing a re th e same as those on the EXPAND C LIP screen: 1. Timecode indica tion The ti[...]

Clip Operations 107 Play b ack The in formation scre en for the select ed frame appear s and a conf irmatio n message is disp layed be low the image. 3 Selec t “Exec ute.” You can change t he index fra me of a clip to another frame you selected on the EXPAND CLIP screen (page 10 4) or the SHO T MARK screen (page 10 5) . 1 Select a frame to be t[...]

Sho w ing the St atus Screens 108 Status Di splays This cam corder provide s status scre ens of five kinds in Ca mera mode and four kinds in M edia mode, permittin g you to ch eck the va rious sett in gs and st atu ses of this un it. The status screens can also be displayed on an exter nal moni tor. For con nections of an ex ternal monitor, see “[...]

CAMERA Stat us Screen 109 Status Di splays The set tings and statu ses related to image shoo tin g are di splay ed. The CAME RA status scre en is obtaine d only in Camera mode. It is not displayed in Media mod e. White Bal: W hite balan ce status Gai n: GA IN sw itch setti ngs The gain va lues of the po sitions L, M, and H of the GAIN sw itch ass i[...]

AUDIO Statu s Screen 110 Status Di splays Informa tion regardi ng audio signal s is displayed. The displ ay co nfiguration varies b etween Camera mode an d Media mode . CH-1/CH-2: Audio level me ters The leve ls of th e CH-1 and CH- 2 audio i nputs (E - E audio l eve ls) ar e displayed . Wind Filt e r: Wind fi lter setti ngs The cu rrent sett ings [...]

V IDEO Statu s Screen / BUTTO N /RE MOTE Status Screen 111 Status Di splays The inform ation on v ideo form ats and settings for the COMPONENT OUT, SDI OUT, MONITOR OUT, S VIDEO, and i.LINK connectors is displayed. Video Format : Video format setting The pict ure size (e ffect ive vertical lines ), fra me rate, and scan f ormat set in “ Video Fo [...]

BATTERY /MEDIA Sta tus Screen 112 Status Di splays The info rmation on th e batte ry pack and SxS memory c ards is displayed. Batter y: Batt ery charge r emaining The r emaini ng cha rge le vel of the moun ted battery pack is d isplayed . Charge Count : Repeate d charge time s The number of times that th e mounted batt ery pack h as b een ch arged [...]

O v er v ie w of th e Setup Menus 113 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings This ca mcorder permits y ou to make var ious sett ing s for re cor ding and p layb ack w ith S etup menus in the v iewfinde r. The S etup menu s can also be displaye d on an exter nal moni tor. For con nections of an ex ternal monitor, see “Connec ting Ext ernal Mon[...]

Basic Menu Opera tions 114 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings This secti on covers ba sic operat ions for setti ng the Set up m enu it ems . Menu con trols MENU butto n To turn Menu m ode t o use Setup me nus on /off. Joystick ( SEL/SET button ) When you ti lt it , the c urso r mov es in the correspond ing dir ection, perm itting you t o se[...]

Basic Menu Op erations 115 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings The cursor is disp layed on the i con of the menu used last, an d the correspond ing menu item selectio n area is d isplayed to th e ri ght. Exampl e: Whe n the cursor is l ocate d at (CAMERA SET me nu icon) Note When t he camco rder is i n EXPA ND FOCUS mode ( page 65 ) , the Se[...]

Basic Menu Opera tions 116 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings 4 For the item that h as subi tems, t urn the jog dia l or tilt th e joystick back o r forth to set th e cursor t o the su bitem you wish to set th en pre ss th e dial or the jo ystick to proc eed. The av aila ble va lues o f the s elect ed su bitems are di splaye d, an d the c u[...]

Setup Me nu List 117 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings The f unctions and av ailable settin gs of me nus are listed below. The defau lt se tting s se t at th e fact ory are sh own in bol d fac e (ex amp le: Speed ). Setup Me nu List CAMERA SET Menu CAMERA SET Menu items Subitems and setting values Contents Auto BLK Balance Adjusting the bl[...]

Setu p Me nu List 118 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings Shot Transiti on 1) Setting t he operating conditions of Shot T ransition Tra ns Ti me 2 to 15 sec ( 4 sec ) Set the t ime it t akes to make a shot tr ansition. Tr ans Speed 1 to 10 ( 5 ) Set the speed of the trans ition. Time / Speed Time / Spe e d Determine whether to specify the tr[...]

Setup Me nu List 119 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings Interv al Re c Setting t he Inte rval Recording function Setting On / Off T urn the Interval Recording function on/off. Interval Time 1 to 10/15/20/30/40/50 sec 1 to 10/15/20/30/40/50 min 1 to 4/6/12/24 hour Set the i nterval of r ecordin g in In terval Record ing. Number of Frames 1 /[...]

Setu p Me nu List 120 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings 1) Valid with e xclusive lenses only TLCS 3) Setting t he T otal Level Con trol System (auto adjustment syst em of gain, iris and shutter) Le vel +1.0 / +0.5 / ± 0 / –0.5 / –1.0 Set the target level (to make brighter or darker) of auto i ris control in TLCS. (This se tting also a[...]

Setup Me nu List 121 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings 2) Valid only when the RM-B75 0/B150 Remote Contr ol Unit is connected 3) If the mouted lens does not have Auto Iris function, only the gain and shutter are adjust ed automatically. AUDIO SET Menu A UDIO SET Menu items Subitems and setting values Contents Audio Input Setting for audio [...]

Setu p Me nu List 122 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings VIDEO SET Menu VIDEO SET Menu items Setting values Contents YPbPr /SDI Out Select Setting t he component/SDI outputs HD / SD/ Off Select the output signal from the COMPONE NT OUT connector and the SDI OUT connector . HD: T o output the same H D signal as that in recording and playback[...]

Setup Me nu List 123 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings VF SET Menu VF SET Menu items Subitems and setting values Contents VF Setting t he viewfi nder Color –99 to +99 (± 0 ) Adjust the color of pictures in the vie w finder . Mode Color / B&W Select the display mode of the viewfinder . Color: Color mode B&W: Monochrome mode Peaki[...]

Setu p Me nu List 124 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings Display On /Off Selecting the items to be displayed in the viewf i nder V ideo Level W arning s On / Off T urn the warning indication to be displayed when the picture is too bright or too dark on/off. Brightness Display On / Off T urn the numeric indication to show the picture brightn[...]

Setup Me nu List 125 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings TC/UB SET Menu TC/UB SET Menu items Subitems and setting values Contents Timecode Setting t he timecode Mode Prese t / Regen / Clock Set the timecode m ode. Preset: T o start the timecode from the specified value Regen (regeneration): T o continue the t imecode from th at of the previo[...]

Setu p Me nu List 126 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings Flare Adjusting the f lare for a lens R Flare –99 to +99 (± 0 ) Adjust the f lare (R) . G Flare –99 to +99 (± 0 ) Adjust the f lare (G). B Flare –99 to +99 (± 0 ) Adjust the f lare (B) . R Flare E X –99 to +99 (± 0 ) Adjust the flare (R) (when an extender is in use). G Fla[...]

Setup Me nu List 127 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings OTHERS Menu OT H E R S Menu items Subitems and setting values Contents All Reset Resetting t o the factory status Execute/Cancel Select “Execut e” to r eset the ca mcorder to the f actory status. Camera Data Storing/recalling the menu setti ngs Store Execute/Cancel Select “Execut[...]

Setu p Me nu List 128 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings Assign Button Assigning functions to the assignable buttons <1> Off / Marker / Last Clip DEL / A TW / Rec Re view / Rec / Freeze Mix / Expanded Focus / Spotligh t / Bac klight / IR Remote / Shot Mark1 / Shot Mark2 / Fader / VF Mode / BR T Disp / Histogram / Lens Info Assign a fu[...]

Setup Me nu List 129 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings Battery Ala r m Setting t he low power alarm Lo w BA TT 5% / 10 % / 15% / . .. / 45% / 50% Set the bat tery level at which the Low BA TT warning is generated (in steps of 5%). BA TT Empt y 3% to 7% ( 3% ) Set the battery leve l at which the BA TT E mpty warning is generated. DC Low V o[...]

Setu p Me nu List 130 Menu Conf iguration and Detaile d Settings 1) I f clips cannot be p layed back, updating the managerial file on the card may improve the condition. Trigger Mod e Setting whether to trigger recording start/stop for an external device connected to via the i.LINK connector Interna l / Both / External Internal: T o acti vate recor[...]

Connecting Exter nal Monitors 131 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices To display re cordi ng/play back pict ures on an extern al moni tor, sel ect the ou tput signal an d use an appropri ate cab le for the m onitor to be conne cted. Regard less of whether t he signal is HD or SD, the same status infor mation and menus can be displayed on the exte rnal [...]

Connectin g Exte rnal Moni tors 132 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices Images of 50P/50 i/25P are o utput as PAL signals, those of 59.94 P/59.94i/29 .97P are output as NTSC signals, and those of 23.98 P are output as 2-3 pulled-d own NTSC sig nals. SDI OU T connec tor ( BNC type ) The co nnect or is set at the fa ctory to outpu t an H D SDI signal. Us[...]

Operating Clips W ith a Compu ter 133 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices The clips reco rded on SxS memo ry cards with this cam corder ca n be contro lled on a comp uter or edited usin g the optiona l nonlinear e diting software. For these p u rpo ses, th e clips on an SxS memor y card c an be ope rated b y direct ly loadi ng th e card in a co mputer [...]

Operating Clip s W ith a Compu ter 134 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices message (e .g., for forma tting or rest oration of an SxS me mory car d) is shown on the scr een. It appears whe n formattin g or restoratio n is comple ted. The messag e is also not displayed whi le the CLIP I NFO sc reen is shown on the scre en. It appear s when an ope ration [...]

Connecti ng an External De v ice ( i.LI N K Connec tion) 135 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices For informati on on XDCAM Tr ansfer, visit the web sites shown in “ XDCAM EX web sit es” on page 15 or on t he cove r page o f the supplied CD-ROM. When an HDV-compatible video format (SP 1080/60i, SP 1080 /50i, or SP 1080/ 24P) is sele cted, you can r [...]

Connectin g an Ex terna l De v ice (i.LI N K Connec tion) 136 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices 2 Set the ex ternal devi ce to reco rding stan dby st atus. For opera tions o f the exter nal devic e, refer to the op eration manual o f that d evice. 3 Set the camco rder to Camera mode by sett ing t he po wer swi tch t o CAMERA. 4 Press the REC START/ST[...]

A b out i.L I N K 137 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices 5 Press the REC START/STOP button on the ha ndle . Reco rdi ng be gins . Notes • The R EC START/ STOP bu tton on the grip doe s not func tion. • An er ror is ge nerated in the fo llowing ca ses. In such a c ase, canc el Recordi ng mode b y pressi ng the REC STA RT/STOP button. —The vide o [...]

Ext ern al Sy nchr oni zat ion 138 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices Abou t dat a tra nsfer spee d of i. LINK i.LINK def i nes a ma ximum dat a transfe r speed o f approxi mately 100 , 200 and 400 Mb ps 1) that ar e described a s S100, S200 and S40 0 respective ly. For i.LI NK devices, a maximu m data transf er speed that the device suppo rts is iden[...]

External Sy nchroniz ation 139 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices Thus the bu ilt-in timec ode gene rator of your camcor der loc k s to t h e refe r ence timecode. The mess age “EXT- LK” is di splaye d on the screen. After a bout 10 seco nds, you can d isconnec t the exter nal timec ode withou t losing the synchroni zation . Notes • Check th at [...]

Operating From the RM-B750/ B150 140 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices When th e optiona l RM-B750 or R M-B1 50 Remote Control Unit is connected, variou s settings of th e camcord er can be performe d from the Remo te Control Unit . You c an opera te the menus o f the camcord er an d monit or the pict ure on the RM -B750 or a video monito r conn ecte[...]

Operatin g From the RM-B75 0/B150 141 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices 2 Select and set the menu items using the MENU S ELECT k nob an d the CANCEL/ENTER switch. 3 When th e settin gs are complete d, set the DISPLAY switch to ON o r OFF to exit the menu. For det ails on operations of the RM-B1 50, refer to the Opera tion M anual of the RM- B150. Ope[...]

Operating From the RM-B750/ B150 142 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices When t he camco rder i s set to Camer a mode, the followi ng functions ca n be made using the controls , the switches, or the touc h panel (RM- B750) on t he Re mot e Con tro l Unit , in add itio n to menu o perat ions. 1) When you pr ess the CALL butto n on the RM-B750, the messa[...]

Operatin g From the RM-B75 0/B150 143 Connecti ng Exter nal De v ices For det ails on operations of th e Remote Control Unit, refe r to the Opera tion Manual of the RM-B15 0/ B750. Notes • The follow ing menu a nd knob/sw itch operat ions on the Re mote Co ntrol Un it are enable d when the men u of the cam corder is n ot displayed. The chan ges b[...]

Important N ote s on Oper ation 144 Appendix es Use a nd Stor age Do no t subjec t the un it t o severe shoc ks The int ernal mec hanism may be da maged or th e body warpe d. Do not cov er the unit whi le opera ting Putting a cloth, for exam ple, ove r the unit can cause ex cessive in ternal he at build -up. After use Always set th e power swit c h[...]

Impor tant N ot es on Operation 145 Appendix es It is recommen ded that th e p ortabl e communi cation s devices near this un it be powered off. About t he LCD pane ls The LCD pa nels ar e manuf acture d with extreme ly high-pre cision technol ogy that yields effect ive pi xel ra tes of 9 9.99% o r hig her. However, very rarely, o ne o r more pixel[...]

Formats and Limit ations of Outputs 146 Appendix es The form at of outpu t signals from th e COMPON ENT OUT con nector and th e SDI OUT con nector va ries acco rding t o the reco rding/ playba ck video format s and the ki nd of th e outpu t signal (the settin g of “YPbPr/S DI Out Select” of the VIDEO SET menu). Output formats in E-E mode 1) /re[...]

Format s and Limitat ions of Out puts 147 Appendix es The o utputs fr om the camcor der are limited by the VIDEO SET m enu se ttings a s follows. These limitat ions are c o mmon t o Camer a mode and Med ia mod e. Limitat ions of Out puts Menu setting s i.LINK I/O Enable D isable Enable Dis able Enable Dis able YPbPr/SDI Out S elect HD HD SD SD Of f[...]

Lens File Operat ions 148 Appendix es Up to 6 len s fi les ca n b e us ed wi th th is c amc ord er. By stori ng the c haracter istics (compe nsation data) spec ific to lenses in the file s in the built- in memo ry, the optimum compe nsation ca n be easily ma d e merely by retrievi ng the appropriat e file upo n lens replace ment. The opti mum compe[...]

Bac kup Ba ttery 149 Appendix es 8 Selec t “Sto re” an d speci fy the f ile in which you wish to store the d ata. 9 When the confirmatio n messa ge is disp laye d, se lect “Ex ecut e.” If th e len s is a ser ial lens , the correspon ding lens file is au tomatica lly retr ieved whe n you next mount th e lens, as long as “Auto Recall” is [...]

Backup Ba ttery 150 Appendix es Repl acing t he bac kup b atte ry Notes • Be s ure to set th e po wer sw itc h to OF F wh en repla cing the bac kup batte ry. • Be care ful not to dro p the remo ved screw in to the camco rder. 1 Open the co ver of the backu p batter y holde r on the bottom by loosen ing the screw , an d remov e the batte ry. 2 I[...]

Trou b leshoot ing 151 Appendix es T roub les hooti ng Operati ng Power Symp toms Cause Remedy The camcorder does not power on when you set the power switch either to CAMERA or MEDIA. No battery pack is mounted and no power is supplied to the DC IN connector . Mount a battery pack (page 28) or connect an AC power using the BC-U1/U2 (page 29) . The [...]

Trou b leshootin g 152 Appendix es Externa l Devices Symp toms Cause Remedy The equipment connected to the camcorder via an i.LINK connection do es not react as expected, f or example, no picture appears on it s screen. It sometime s takes time f or the connected equipment to recognize the operation. W ait for about 15 seconds. If t he connected eq[...]

Error/ W arn ing Indications 153 Appendix es The camco rder inf orms you of situatio ns where warning, caut ion, o r an operati on ch eck i s require d, through messa ges in the viewfi nder, the tally lamps, and a b uzzer . The buzz er is output t o the built-i n speaker or to the headp hones co nnecte d via the he adpho ne connect or. The buz zer [...]

Error/ W arni ng Indications 154 Appendix es 1) (B) for th e card in slot B 2) B for a HDD connected to s l ot B Unknown Media(A) 1) Please Change. A partitioned memory card or one that contains recorded clips exceeding the number permitted with this camcorder is loaded. This card cannot be used with this camcorder . Remove it and load a compatib l[...]

MPEG-2 V ideo Patent Portf o lio License / Spe cifications 155 Appendix es ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT OTHER THAN CONSUMER PERSONAL USE IN ANY MAN NER THAT COM PLIES WIT H 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 P ORTF O LIO, W HIC H L[...]

Specifications 156 Appendix es With o ne SBP-32 SP mo de: Appr ox. 140 mi n. HQ mode: Appr ox. 100 min. Continuous operati on time ( recording) With the BP- U60 Approx. 2 10 m in. Wit h t he B P -U 3 0 Approx. 1 00 m in. Mass Camcord er: 1.9 kg (4 lb 2 oz) With t he supplied lens, le ns hood , eyepi ece, BP-U30 ba ttery pac k and one SxS memory c a[...]

Specifications 157 Appendix es A UDIO IN CH-1/CH-2 connectors XLR 3-pi n (2), female LINE: +4 dB u MIC: –11 dB u to –65 dBu (6dB steps) (Referen ce l evel: 0 dB u=0.775 Vrm s) DC IN connector DC jack (1) Output conne ctors SDI OUT connector BNC type ( 1), con forming to SMPTE292M/259M stand ards MONITOR OUT connector BNC type ( 1), 1.0 Vp-p, 75[...]

Specifications 158 Appendix es Dimensions 16:9 WIDE SCREEN SDI OUT GENLOCK IN REMOTE TC OUT TC IN HDV 123 LENS INFO BRT DISP ASSIGN OFF 2 1 ND FILTER - + FRAME GAIN STATUS MENU SEL/SET CANCEL PICTURE PROFILE CAMERA OFF MEDIA B A PAST LA T W M H WHITE BAL BARS/CAM FULL AUTO S L OT S E L E C T P M W -E X 3 C H - 1 AUTO MANU AL INT EXT AUT O MANU AL I[...]

Index 159 Appendix es A AC adaptor 29 AC power source 29 ACCESS lamps 44 add shot marks 106 AF mode 66 AGC mode 58, 59 All Clips DEL 94 All Reset 95, 127 Angle mo de 59 Area Detection 93 Aspect Ma rker 57 Aspect Sel ect 57 Assign Button 75, 128 assign a ble b uttons 75 ATW 54, 76 ATW Speed 120 Audio 71 AUDIO IN connectors 71 AUDIO IN switches 71 Au[...]

Index 160 Appendix es D Date/Time 31 DC cable clamp 40 DC IN connector 29 DC IN Power 29 delete a clip 104 DELETE CLIP 1 04 delete sh ot marks 10 6 Detail 91 DF 69 diop ter c ompen sation 32 Direct Menu 129 Direct menu 26, 54, 59 , 62, 66, 80, 89 DISP CLIP INFO 103 Display On/Off 124 DISPLAY/BATT INFO button 25, 29 divide a clip 107 DIVIDE CLIP 107[...]

Index 161 Appendix es iris opening 61 Iris ring 61 IRIS switch 61 J Jog dial 21, 114 Joystick 20, 114 K Knee 92 L Langua ge 127 Last Clip DEL 7 6 , 94 lens adaptor 3 7 lens cap 50 lens files 38, 14 8 LENS INFO 75 Lens Info 76 LENS Menu 125 lens mo unt leve r 37 lens moun t stopper switch 37 LENS REMOTE c onnector 64 LINE/MIC/+48V switches 71 Low Ke[...]

Index 162 Appendix es S S&Q M otion 11 9, 141 Safety Ar ea 56 Safety Zo ne 56 SBAC-US10 13 3 SBP-16 43 SBP-32 43 SBP-8 43 SDI OUT connect or 132 SEL/SE T button 11 4 SEL/SE T dial 11 4 SET INDEX PIC 107 Setup 122 setup file 95 Setup me nus 1 13 Shading 126 Shock less White 120 SHOT MARK 105 SHOT MARK scree n 105 SHOT MARK1 105 Shot Ma rk1 76 SH[...]

Index 163 Appendix es Y YPbPr/SDI Out Display 122 YPbPr/SDI Out Select 122 Z Zebra 57, 123 ZEBRA button 57 zebra pa tte rns 57 Zebra Sele ct 58 Zebra1 Le vel 58 zoom 62 ZOOM button 63 Zoom P o sition 62 Zoom rin g 63 Zoom Speed 118 Zoom speed switch 63 ZOOM switch 63[...]