Panasonic AK-HC910L manual

1080I Multi-purpose Digital Camera AK-HC910L Before attempting to connect, operate or adjust this product, please read these instructions completely. Printed in Japan F0905Y1105 VQTB0099 D[...]

- 2 - 1 indicates safety information. $ DO NOT REMOVE PANEL COVERS BY UNSCREWING. T o r e d u c e t h e r i s k o f e l e c t r i c s h o c k , d o n o t r e m o v e t h e c o v e r s . N o u s e r serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. WARNING: • TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQ[...]

- 3 - Information on Disposal for Users of Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (private households) This symbol on the products and/or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general household waste. For proper treatment, recovery and recycling, please take these products to designa[...]

- 4 - For Your Safety...............................2, 3 Preface ...............................................5 Features..............................................5 Precautions .........................................6 Major Operating Controls and Their Functions .............................7, 8 _ Front Panel ................................[...]

- 5 - Preface Thank you very much for purchasing the multi-purpose digital camera. New 2/3 q 2.2 million-pixel CCD is employed. [1920(H) k 1080(V)] • 2.2 million-pixel CCD is 2/3 q size, being compact and light-weight. The camera section is equipped with a high picture quality digital signal processing LSI. • 10 Bit, 74 MHz high picture quality[...]

- 6 - • Do not attempt to disassemble the camera or other units. In order to prevent electric shock, do not remove screws or covers. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. • Do not abuse the camera. Avoid striking, shaking, etc. The camera contains sensitive components which could be damaged by improper handling or storage. • Do not let [...]

- 7 - Major Operating Controls and Their Functions _ Front Panel 5 Cooling Fan • Do not block or obstruct the ventilation during operation. It may otherwise cause internal heating or fire. • The life of this fan is approximately 50,000 hours (at room temp. 25°C). Replace the fan as needed. (When the room temperature is higher than 35°C, repla[...]

- 8 - 8 Breaker [BREAKER] If the breaker is operated due to over-current or the like, check the cause and eliminate the trouble, then press the breaker button. 9 Zoom/Focus Connector [ZOOM/FOCUS] Used to connect the zoom/focus control cables of lens. 6 Camera mounting hole (1/4-20UNC) 7 Camera mounting hole (3/8-16UNC) The screw holes can be used t[...]

- 9 - How to Install _ How to set the lens • Standard 2/3 q bayonet type (B4 mount) lens of any makers can be used*. 1 Turn the lens fixing ring knob counterclockwise to remove the lens mount cap. 2 Set the lens in place, and turn the lens fixing ring knob clockwise to precisely fix the lens. 3 Connect the lens cable to the lens connector. 4 Conn[...]

- 10 - YPbPr D-sub 15-pin D-sub 15-pin How to Set Up the System (Connection) _ Connection of remote control box • Use multi-cable for the connection of Camera Controller AK-HRP900L and this unit. HD-SDI Multi-cable (5m) AK-HDMLTCA05 Coaxial Cable (5C-FB) HD Monitor 1 Before connecting the cables, be sure to set the Power Switch of AC Adapter and [...]

- 11 - HD-SDI D-sub 15-pin D-sub 15-pin Multi-cable (5m) AK-HDMLTCA05 Coaxial Cable (5C-FB) Camera Controller AK-HRP900L HD Monitor Multi-purpose Digital Camera Control System Configuration Remote controllable lens Multi-purpose Digital Camera AK-HC910L External sync signal (3 value sync) Remote (zoom/focus control) cable DC Power Cable AC adapter [...]

- 12 - HD-SDI Pan/tilt head control panel AW-RP400 Multi-cable (5m) AK-HDMLTCA05 Coaxial Cable (5C-FB) AC adapter AW-PS505A DC Power Cable Camera Controller AK-HRP900L HD Monitor Remote controllable lens Multi-purpose Digital Camera AK-HC910L External sync signal (3 value sync) Remote (zoom/focus control) cable Multi-purpose Digital Camera Pan/Tilt[...]

- 13 - Operation Procedure 1 Turn on the power of each equipment. 2 Properly adjust the light for the object. 3 Adjust the flange back of the lens, the iris and the focus. • Flange back must be adjusted when the camera is used for the first time or after replacement of the lens. 4 Adjust the white balance. • This adjustment is needed when the c[...]

- 14 - _ Flange back adjustment (for zoom lens) The adjustment is to adjust the focus in all the range from the maximum zoom to the widest angle of the zoom lens. 1 Shoot a dark object to open the iris. 2 Adjust the distance from the object to 2m at least, then loosen the flange back fixing knob of the lens. 3 Set the lens to the maximum zoom and a[...]

- 15 - How to Adjust _ White balance adjustment Adjust the white balance after shooting a white object by at least 50% of the screen. NOTE: If the white signal level is over 100% or less than 50%, the white balance may not be normally adjusted. Colour temperature outdoors may vary depending on weather conditions. NOTE _ Colour temperature and white[...]

- 16 - _ Black balance adjustment • Adjust it with the lens closed. When the motor drive lens is controlled from the camera, adjusting the black balance causes the lens to be automatically closed. How to Adjust _ Gen lock adjustment When multiple cameras are used or the camera is combined with other equipment, it is necessary to adjust the phase [...]

- 17 - File managing & renewing menu USER MENU Maintenance menu Using condition setting menu Camera ID setting menu Setting of Menu Items _ Configuration of menu display screen[...]

- 18 - Setting of Menu Items _ USER menu (Initial screen) The readout data at start of power supply is the data just before cutting off the power supply, and the operation is started with the data. 1. MAINTENANCE It sets various adjusting data. 2. SETTING It sets various modes. 3. CAM ID It sets the camera ID. 4. FILE MENU It executes file loading [...]

- 19 - Setting of Menu Items ! Maintenance menu • Move the cursor (arrow mark) to the item to be adjusted and press the MENU key, then it enters the adjustment menu thereunder. • Move the cursor to MAINTENANCE and press the MENU key, then it returns to USER MENU. 1 Black shading correction menu • When MENU key is pressed at DETECTION, (BLK-SH[...]

- 20 - Setting of Menu Items ! Maintenance menu 2 Pedestal, gamma, flare adjustment menu M PED: Master pedestal can be adjusted only by turning the control panel VR. The R, G, B pedestal can be totally adjusted. R, B PED: R, B pedestal adjustment. Besides the master pedestal adjustment, R, B pedestal can be independently adjusted. It is not related[...]

- 21 - Setting of Menu Items ! Maintenance menu 3 Knee&white clip adjustment menu M KNEE POINT: Master knee point adjustment. G, B, R knee point can be totally adjusted. R, B KNEE POINT: R, B knee point adjustment. Besides the master knee point adjustment, R, B knee point can be independently adjusted. M KNEE SLOPE: Master knee slope adjustment[...]

- 22 - Setting of Menu Items ! Maintenance menu 4 Gain adjustment menu The gain of R, B GAIN is adjusted. The difference from the state of being white-balanced can be adjusted. • The numeral value displayed after normal ending of AWB is “ 0 ” for both of R, B. 5 Detail adjustment menu DTL: Setting of valid/invalid of detail function. TOTAL DT[...]

- 23 - Setting of Menu Items ! Maintenance menu 5 Detail adjustment menu (continued from previous page) DTL (+): Setting of DTL at the edge in positive direction. DTL (–): Setting of DTL at the edge in negative direction. DTL CLIP: Setting of clip level of DTL edge. DTL SOURCE: Setting of video source [G, R, (3G+R) /4, (2G+R+B) /4, (G+B/2)] to cr[...]

- 24 - Setting of Menu Items 7 Super gain, Detail, Pedestal-offset level setting menu TOTAL GAIN: Total gain in analogue, pixel addition, and memory addition is displayed. ANLG GAIN: Gain setting in analogue. PIX MIX: Gain setting in horizontal pixel addition. Capable of setting 0/6 dB. H DTL LVL: DTL level setting of super gain. CRISP: Setting the[...]

- 25 - Setting of Menu Items ! Maintenance menu 8 Matrix menu Selection of table A, B or OFF. Adjustment of gain of each colour. qZ Colour correction 2 menu Adjustment of gain and phase of matrix. 9 Colour correction 1 menu Adjustment of gain (saturation) and phase of each colour.[...]

- 26 - Setting of Menu Items @ Setting menu - Menu for various settings. 1 Camera mode setting menu BLACK STRETCH: Setting of the function of expanding low-brightness analogue video level. It is set by ON/OFF. D5600K: It is able to make colour temperature correction of about 5600 degrees of electric colour temperature correcting file. It is set by [...]

- 27 - Setting of Menu Items @ Setting menu 3 Horizontal phase adjustment menu for external reference signal H.PHASE-COARSE: It is able to set the horizontal phase in 15µ step. H.PHASE-FINE: Setting of 1-step fine adjustment in the above phase adjustment. 2 Electronic shutter setting menu SHUTTER MODE: It selects the shutter operation. ON/SYNCHRO/[...]

- 28 - Setting of Menu Items # Camera ID setting menu $ File managing and renewing menu - File operation menu : blinking display. 1 The file selected by FILE is loaded. It can be selected from [PRESET/USER1/USER2 /CURRENT]. When desired to return to the previous data after loading other file, select “ CURRENT ” .[...]

- 29 - Setting of Menu Items $ File managing and renewing menu - File operation menu (continued from previous page) 2 When saving the current data, two files (USER1/USER2) can be saved. Select the file by “ SAVE FILE? ” Select “ USER1 ” and move the cursor to SAVE and press the MENU key, then the item menu is displayed. 3 SAVE IN USER1. OK?[...]

- 30 - Outside Dimension Diagram unit: mm 15 160 20 125 110 10 12[...]

- 31 - 1 indicates safety information. Image pickup device: 2/3 q 2.2 million-pixel FIT CCD k 3 System: GBR image pickup system Resolving optical system: F1.4 prism Optical filter: CC: clear, 4300K, 6300K, cross ND: 100%, 25%, 6.3%, 3.2% Lens mount: Bayonet type Output spec.: SMPTE 274M Sensitivity: F10, 2000Ix, 3200K, white reflection rate 89.9% S[...]

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