Sony PMW-500 manual

SOLID-STATE MEMORY CAMCORDER PMW-500 OPERA TION MANU AL [English] 1st Edition (Re vised 2) 4260128030 The suppl ied CD-R OM inclu des ope ration ma nuals for t he PMW-50 0 Solid-St ate Memo ry Cam corder (English , Japa nese, F rench , Germa n, It alian, S panish and C hinese versions) in PDF forma t. For more d etails, see “Using the CD-ROM” o[...]

2 To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparat us to rain or moisture. To avoid ele ctrical sho ck, do not open the cabinet. Refer servic ing to qualified personnel only. Important Safety I nstructions • Read these instructions. • Keep these instructions. • Heed all warnings. • Follow all ins tructions. • Do no[...]

3 Sony Customer Information Servic e Center 1-800-222-7669 or http ://www.sony.com/ For the custo mers in Ca nada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. For the custo mers i n Euro pe This product with t he CE marking complies with the EMC Directive issued by the Commission of the European Community. Compliance with this di[...]

4 La conformité à cette directive implique la conformité au x normes europé ennes suivantes : • EN55103-1 : Inte rférences électromagnétiques (émission) • EN5510 3-2 : Sensibilité électromagnétique (immunité) Ce produit est prévu pou r être utilisé dans les environnements électromagnétiques suivants : E1 (résidentiel), E2 (com[...]

Table of Contents 5 T able of Contents Forew ord . .................. ............... .................. .............. ................... .............. . 1 1 Before Use.............. .............. .................. ............... .................. ........ 11 Mode Indications in This Manua l ............ .............. ........... ..........[...]

Table of Contents 6 Attaching a UHF Portable Tu ne r (for a UHF Wi re less Microphone System ) . ........... .............. .................. ............... .................. ........ 45 Conne cting Li ne Input Audio Equipm ent ......... ............... .............. . 4 7 Tripod Mounting ... .................. .............. ..................[...]

Table of Contents 7 Formattin g (Initializing) SxS Mem o ry Cards .............. ............... .... 70 If You Load a Memory Card F ormatted in the Different Recording Mode from the Mode Sele c ted on t he Camcorder ........ ............ 71 Checkin g the Rem a ining Recording Time .... ........... ............... ........ 71 Restoring SxS Memory C[...]

Table of Contents 8 Protec ting Clips ...... .............. .................. ............... ........... ............. 102 Copyin g Clips .... .............. ........... ............... .................. ............... .. 102 Deletin g Clips..... .................. ............... .......... ............... ................. 103 Displa ying the[...]

Table of Contents 9 Loading Lens Files Au tomatica lly ...... .............. ........... ............... .. 165 Saving and Loading User File s ............. .................. ............... ................. 165 Savin g User F iles ................. ............... .................. .............. .......... 165 Loading Setting Data..... .......[...]

Table of Contents 10 Chart o f Optional Co mponents and Accessories .......... ........... ............. 191 Abou t i.LINK ......... .............. .................. ............... .................. ............... .. 192 MPEG-4 V isual Patent Portfol io License ........... .................. ............... .. 193 MPEG-2 V ideo Paten t Portfoli[...]

Foreword / Mode Indicati ons in This Manual 11 After p urchasing t he PMW -500 S olid-State Memory Camcord er, be fore ope rating, it is necess ary t o set t he area of u se. (Unless this set ting is made, the camcord er will not opera te.) For deta ils of these settings, see “Setting the Are a of Use” (page 40). Note Before attachin g/removing[...]

Feature s 12 Chapter 1 Ov erview 2 / 3 -inch full- HD “Pow erHAD F X” CCDs • IT (Interline Transfer) 2 / 3 -inch prog ressive image se nsors with 2 07 million pi x els, f or full HD re solution (1920 × 108 0) • “PowerHAD FX” CCDs, featuring a sign a l processi ng ASIC w ith 14-bit A/D co nverters These ne w image sensor techn ologies e[...]

Featur es 13 Chapter 1 Ov erview • 3.5 -in ch h igh- res oluti on c olor LCD mo ni tor • Remot e control 1) When th e optional CBK-HD02 SDI /Composite Input and 50-pin Interface is installed Recording data to USB flash drives and reading data from USB flash drives (UDF mode) You can connect USB flash dri ves to the ex ternal device connect or t[...]

Using the CD- ROM / Reading the CD-ROM Manu als 14 Chapter 1 Ov erview Two CD- R OMs ar e supplie d with the camco rder. The CD -ROM l abeled “M anuals fo r Soli d-State Memor y Camcorde r” contai ns the PDF f iles of OPERATION MANUAL and SUPPLEMENT for the ca mcorde r (English, Japa nese, Fren ch, Ger man , Ital ian, Spa nish and Ch ines e). T[...]

Locati ons and Functions of Par ts and Controls 15 Chapter 1 Ov erview a LIGHT switch Dete rmin es ho w a v ideo ligh t conn ecte d to the LIGHT connector (see page 1 6) is turn ed on an d off. AU T O : When the P OWER switc h of the video light is in th e on position, t he video ligh t is turn ed on au tomati cal ly whil e the c amcord er is recor[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Parts and Controls 16 Chapter 1 Ov erview a Shou lder strap fi tting Atta ch t he s upp lie d sh ould er strap (see page 4 9) . b Acce ssor y fittin g sho e Atta ch an o ption al acce ssory such as a vide o ligh t (see page 49) . c Viewfin der front- to-back positio ning lever To adju st the viewfi nder po sition in the[...]

Locati ons and Functions of Par ts and Controls 17 Chapter 1 Ov erview p Lens m ount (speci al bayo net moun t) Attach th e lens. Consult a Sony service representat ive for infor mation about ava ilable l enses. q Lens locki ng leve r After inser ting the lens in the len s mount, rota te the le n s moun t ring wit h this leve r to lock the lens in [...]

Location s and Functi ons of Parts and Controls 18 Chapter 1 Ov erview white bal ance setting re turns to the o rigina l sett ing . If you push the switc h to the BLACK sid e once more dur ing the aut omati c black ba lance adjust ment, t h e adj u stment is cancelle d and the black bal ance setting ret urns to the origi nal sett ing . f MIC (micro[...]

Locati ons and Functions of Par ts and Controls 19 Chapter 1 Ov erview a) By connecting stereo headphones to the EARPHONE jack, you can hear the audio in stereo. (Under MAINTENANCE >Audio in the setup menu, Headphone Out must be set to STEREO.) f ASSIGN. (assignabl e ) 0 switch You ca n assign the de sired fu nction t o thi s swi tch on OPERATIO[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Parts and Controls 20 Chapter 1 Ov erview Use the switch in the f ollowing way when the menu is displ ayed. CANCEL/PRST : Pu shin g this sw itch up to th is position a fter a setting is change d in the setu p menu disp lays the mes sage to conf irm whet her the previ ous settings are c ancelled . Pushing t his switch up[...]

Locati ons and Functions of Par ts and Controls 21 Chapter 1 Ov erview You ca n adju st the po sit ion and ang le of th e LCD monitor . c WARNING indicator Lights up or flas hes when an ab normality occurs (see page 176) . d ACCESS lamp Lights up in b lue when d ata i s written to o r read from the re cordi ng media. e Prote ction co ver of the aud[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Parts and Controls 22 Chapter 1 Ov erview For MP4 c lips , e ach t ime you p res s this butt on the division i s repeat ed. Hol d down the SH IFT but ton and press this but ton to step back thro ugh the division proce ss. n HOLD (display hold) button Pressing th is button inst antly fr eezes the time data displayed i n [...]

Locati ons and Functions of Par ts and Controls 23 Chapter 1 Ov erview e F-RUN/SET/R-RUN (free run/set/ recor ding run) swit ch Sele cts the ope ra ting m ode o f the in ter nal timecod e gener ator. The operating mode is se t as explai ned belo w, depen ding on the position of the switch. F-RUN: Timec ode keep s advanc ing, reg ardles s of whethe [...]

Location s and Functi ons of Parts and Controls 24 Chapter 1 Ov erview Left s ide a nd upper se ction a ASSIGNABLE 4/5 switches You can assi gn the desired fu nctions to these switches on OPE RATION >Assignable SW in the setup m enu (se e page 156) . Off is ass igne d to th ese sw itch es w hen th e camcord er is shipped fro m the factory. b PC [...]

Locati ons and Functions of Par ts and Controls 25 Chapter 1 Ov erview h SLOT SELECT (Sx S memory card select ) button When SxS memo ry cards ar e loaded in both card slots A and B, p ress this button to select the c ard you wan t to use (see pag e 70) . i SD I IN (O PT ION) (SD I inp ut (optional) ) connector (BNC ty p e) When the op tional CB K-H[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Parts and Controls 26 Chapter 1 Ov erview a TALLY (back tally) indicators (red) Light up during reco rding. Th ey will not light if the TALLY sw itch is s et to OFF. The se indicator s also flash t o indica te warni ngs ( see pag e 21) . Th e tally indi cator on t he front of the viewfinde r and the RE C indica tion on [...]

Locati ons and Functions of Par ts and Controls 27 Chapter 1 Ov erview b Reco rdin g forma t Indi cates the current recordi ng for mat or the recordi ng form at of clip being curre ntly pla yed. •U D F m o d e HD422 50 HD420 HQ IMX5 0 DVCAM • FAT mode HQ192 0 HQ144 0 HQ128 0 SP1440 DVCAM c Reco rding m ode UDF: UDF mode FAT: FAT mode d File for[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Parts and Controls 28 Chapter 1 Ov erview l Remain ing batter y capacity in dica tor Shows bar segm ents indi cating the re maini ng batte ry capaci ty. a Plug Connec t to the VF conn ector (20- pin) on th e camcor der. b Stoppe r Prevent s the v iewfinde r from com ing off the camcorde r when i t is slid from si de to [...]

Locati ons and Functions of Par ts and Controls 29 Chapter 1 Ov erview (Mak e mask display settings using OPERATION >Marker >Aspect Mask in the setup menu (see page 1 19) .) n View find er ca ble o Micro phone h older a Plug Connec t to the VF conn ector (26- pin) on th e camcor der. b Stoppe r Prevent s the v iewfinde r from com ing off the [...]

Location s and Functi ons of Parts and Controls 30 Chapter 1 Ov erview L/R: Reverse the image horizont ally. OFF: Do not revers e the image. B/T : Reve rse the imag e ver tically. o View find er ca ble p Micro phone h older Indicators (HDVF-20 A) The fo llowing indica tors are arrange d ab ove and below the screen of t h e HDVF-20A to show the curr[...]

Locati ons and Functions of Par ts and Controls 31 Chapter 1 Ov erview OPERA TION > Super Impose in the setup menu or wit h relate d switches ar e displ ayed at th e top and bottom of the screen. Caution messages are ind icated for three seconds when yo u carry out opera tion s to chan ge camcorde r settings. Ad justment execu tion messag es are[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Parts and Controls 32 Chapter 1 Ov erview g Wire less rec eiver r ecept ion lev el Whe n a wire less re ceiv er is ins tal led in the camcor der, “W” appear s together wi th fou r segmen t receptio n level in dicator s for each o f the channe ls (1 to 4) that can be used by the rec eiver. The indi cations ar e as fo[...]

Locati ons and Functions of Par ts and Controls 33 Chapter 1 Ov erview Bottom o f vie wfinder scre e n a TLCS iris control mode The fo llowing i cons ar e di spla yed to in dicate t he video leve l control mo des based on the Total Leve l Contr ol Syste m (TLCS) . b Focus ad justment mod e (when th e auto focus lens is mounted) Indi cates the cu rr[...]

Location s and Functi ons of Parts and Controls 34 Chapter 1 Ov erview 5600: When the ass ignab le switch to which Color Temp SW 56 00K has been assigned i s on 6300: When the ass ignab le switch to which Color Temp SW 63 00K has been assigned i s on m Gain val ue Indica tes the g ain value (in dB) of t he vide o amplifi er, as set by the G AIN sel[...]

Preparing a Powe r Supply 35 Chapter 2 Prep arations For safe ty, use o nly the So ny bat tery pack s and AC adap tors l isted below. • BP-GL95/ GL65/L 60S/L80S Lithi um-ion Batt ery Pac k • AC power using t he AC-DN2B/DN10 AC Adaptor CAUT ION Danger of explosion if batt ery is incorrectl y replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent typ[...]

Preparing a Power Supply 36 Chapter 2 Prep arations 2 Slide the batt ery pack do wn un til its “LOC K” a rrow po ints at the matc hing line o n the ca mcorde r. Note If the battery pac k is not attached corr ectly, the terminal may be damaged. To detach the battery pack Holding the r elease button in, pul l the batt ery pack up. Notes • Durin[...]

Attac hing the Viewfinder 37 Chapter 2 Prep arations CAUT ION When the viewfinder is attached, do not leave the camcorder with the eyepiece facing the sun. Direct sunlight can enter thr ough the eyepiece, be focused in the viewfinder and cause fire. Note The viewfinder is s upplied separately . The following procedure is an example for attaching th[...]

Attach ing the Viewfinder 38 Chapter 2 Prep arations By fitting a n optiona l BKW-401 V iewfind er Rotation Bracke t, you can rot ate the view finde r out of the wa y so that your ri ght leg does not hit the viewf inder whi le you are carryi ng the camcor der. 1 Loosen th e front- to-back viewfi nder positio ning leve rs and the front-to-b ack view[...]

Attac hing the Viewfinder 39 Chapter 2 Prep arations 4 Adju st th e fron t-to -back pos ition so that t he arm of th e BKW-40 1 does not tou ch t he hand le whe n it is r ais ed . Remov ing th e ey epie ce give s a cl eare r view of the screen fro m further away . It is also easy to remove dust from the view finder scr een and mirro r when the ey e[...]

Setting t he Area of Use 40 Chapter 2 Prep arations When using the camcorder for the first time The are a of u se is no t facto ry prese t. Bef ore using the c amcorder, you need to set this it em. (You cannot use the camco rder w ithout setti ng this item. ) To set the ar ea of use 1 Set th e POW ER swi tch to the ON positi on. The s creen fo r se[...]

Setti ng the D ate/Ti me of th e Inter nal Clock 41 Chapter 2 Prep arations 2 Press the MENU kn ob. The se ttings for s elect able areas of use are disp layed. 3 Turn th e MENU knob t o select the desi red area of us e. a) The com posite signal output from this camcord er is an NTSC s ignal with a bl ack setup (7.5 IRE). The system frequency is 59.[...]

Mounting and Ad justing the Len s 42 Chapter 2 Prep arations Note Always power the camcorder off before mounting or removing a lens. For informati on about usi ng the lens, refer to the operatio n manual for the le ns. Note The lens is supplied separa tely. 1 Push the lens lo cking leve r up and remove the lens mount ca p from the lens mount. 2 Ali[...]

Preparing the Audio I nput System 43 Chapter 2 Prep arations Carrying out the adjustment 1 Set the iri s to manual. 2 Open the iris, pos ition the sup plied flange focal length adjustment c hart approx imate ly 3 meter s (10 ft) aw ay from the ca mcorder, and ar range the light ing to ob ta in a sati sfac tory video output . 3 Loosen the f ixing sc[...]

Preparing the Audio I nput System 44 Chapter 2 Prep arations On how to perf orm this operation, refer to the operati on manual for th e microphone. 3 Plug th e micr ophon e cable i nto the MIC IN connecto r , the n set t h e AUDIO IN switc h for th e chan nel on which y ou want to reco rd the aud io fr om th is microphone to FRONT. 4 Secur e the mi[...]

Preparing the Audio I nput System 45 Chapter 2 Prep arations 2 Conn ect th e micro phone cable to the AUDIO IN CH-1 or CH-2 c o nnector. 3 Set the sw itch es as fol lows. • Set the AUDIO IN selectors indica ted below, dependi ng on the powe r supply type of the mic rophone. Internal power supply: MIC External power supply: +48V • Set the AUDIO [...]

Preparing the Audio I nput System 46 Chapter 2 Prep arations 2 Insert t h e DWR-S01D or W RR-855S into th e housin g slot, and f asten th e four fixing screws. 3 Set the AUDIO IN selecto r for the chan nel to whi ch you want to input audi o si gnal to WIR E LESS (se e page 23) . To fit the WRR-862 (when using a BP- GL65/ GL95/ L60S/L80S Batte ry Pa[...]

Preparing the Audio I nput System 47 Chapter 2 Prep arations Connec t the audi o output co nnector of the audio equipme nt that supp lies the line input signa l to the AUDIO IN C H-1 or CH-2 connector. Switch se ttings Set the AUDIO IN selec tor for the channel to which the au dio signal source is connec ted to LINE. Selecting the au dio inp uts to[...]

Tripod Mo unting 48 Chapter 2 Prep arations 1 Attach the op tional VCT-14 /U14 Tripod Adap tor t o the tr ipod. 2 Mount t he camco r der o n the tripod adapt or. To remo ve the camcor der from t he tripo d adapt or Hold down the r ed but ton and pull the l ever in the direct ion of the ar row. Note The tripod adaptor pin ma y remain in the engaged [...]

Connectin g a Video Light / Using the Shoulder Strap 49 Chapter 2 Prep arations With this c amcorde r, you can u se the Anton Bauer Ul tralight 2 or eq uivale nt video light (powe red by 12 V wit h maxim um pow er consump tion of 50 W) . • If you c onnect th e video light to the LIG HT conne ctor on the camcorder and set the LIGHT switch t o AUTO[...]

Adjustin g the Shoulder Pa d Position 50 Chapter 2 Prep arations To remo ve th e shou lder st rap You can slide the shou lder pad ba ck and forth within a 40 mm rang e. This a djustment h elps you get the best bala nce for shoot ing with the camcorde r on your sh oulder. 1 Raise the leve r in th e center of the shoulde r pad to unl ock the s houl d[...]

Settin g the V ideo Format 51 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings For menu operati ons, see “Basi c Setup Menu Opera tions” (page 109). The follow ing record ing for mats can be selec ted for differe nt co mbinatio ns of video re solution and system frequen cy. In UDF mo de Chapter 3 Adjustments and Settings Setting th e Video Format UDF OPERA [...]

Setting t he Video Format 52 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings a) 59.94i/29.97P/5 9.94P/23.98P: When OPERATION > Format >Country in the setup menu is set to [NTSC Area] or [NTSC(J) Area] 50i/25P/50P: When OPERATION >Form at >Country in the setup menu is se t to [PAL Ar ea] b) 59.94i after 2-3 p ulldown is r ecorded c) When the optiona[...]

Settin g the V ideo Format 53 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings Select the recordin g mode betw een UDF a nd FAT. 1 Select OPERATION >Format > File System in the setup men u (see page 112) . 2 Turn the MENU knob to sel e ct [UDF] or [F AT], an d pres s the knob . A confirma tion message appea rs. 3 Sele ct [Ex ecute] t o exec ute, or s elec[...]

Adjusting the Black Balan c e and the Whit e Balance 54 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings To ensur e excellent image q uality w hen using this camcord er, condi tions may require th at both the black bal ance and th e white ba lance be ad justed . Blac k balance an d white bal ance adjust ment value s that a re automat ically set b y the camcor d[...]

Adjust ing the Black Bal ance and the White Balan c e 55 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings 1 Set the sw itch es and sele ctor s as show n belo w. • G AIN switch: L (set to a ga in valu e that is as small as possible ) • OUTPUT/DCC switch: CAM • W HITE BAL switch : A or B 1) 1) Adj ustment values are saved to memory B only when OPERATION >[...]

Adjusting the Black Balan c e and the Whit e Balance 56 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings To cha n ge th e color temp erature wh en the ND filter is switched You can assig n electri cal CC (color corr ection) filt ers to ND filt ers (see page 17) . Thi s allo ws you to chan ge th e colo r temp erat ure autom ati cally when the ND filter is switch[...]

Settin g the Electronic Sh utter 57 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings The shutte r modes that can be used w ith the electr onic shutter and the s hutter speeds that can be sele cted are l isted below. Standa rd mode Select this mo de for shooti ng fast-movin g subj ects with lit tle blur ri ng. You can se t the shutter speed in one of two shutt e[...]

Setting t he Electronic Shutt er 58 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings To swi tch be tween Spee d mode an d Angl e mo de 1 Select OPEARTION >Shutter S elect >Shu tter Selec t in the set up menu (see page 124) . 2 Turn the MENU knob to s elect Second or Deg ree, and then pr ess the k nob. To set the shutt er mode and standar d- mode shutter s[...]

Changing the Ref e rence Valu e for Automatic Iri s Adjustment 59 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings The re ference value for au tomatic ir is adjus tment can b e chan ged to aid t he shoot ing of cl ear pict ures of back-li t subjec ts, or to pr event bl own- out highlig hts. The re ference value for the l ens iris can be set within the followi n[...]

Ad just ing th e Aud io Lev el 60 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings When you set th e AUDIO SELECT s witch to AUTO, the input le vels of analog audio signals recorde d on eac h chan nel ar e adjust ed automa tically . You c an also ma ke manual adjust ments. Note Even if you s et the AUDIO SELECT switch to AUT O, the input levels of digital audio[...]

Adjusting t he Audio Level 61 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings 2 Set the AUDIO SELECT switc h(es) fo r the de sire d channe l(s) s elect ed in st ep 1 to MANUAL. 3 Turn th e MIC LEVEL co ntrol, and adjust so that the au dio level meter show s up to –20 dB for a nor mal inpu t volu me. Corre spon dence be tween reco rding lev el adjust ments an[...]

Setti ng th e Time Data 62 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings You ca n now adjust t he levels of audio channe ls 3 and 4 with th e knobs sel ected her e. Note When picture cache mode is enabled, it is not possibl e to set time data, even if you set the F-RUN/ SET/R-RUN switch to SET. If you want to set time data, first exit picture cache mode. The[...]

Setti ng the Time Data 63 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings To make t he timecode consecut ive Whe n the F -RU N/SE T/R- RUN switc h is se t to R-RUN , reco rdin g a numb er of sc enes on the media norm ally pro duces conse cutive time code. Howe ver , onc e you remo ve the medi a and reco rd on an other m edia, the timecod e will no longe r be c[...]

Setti ng th e Time Data 64 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings Example 2: Intercon necting a nu mber of camcorde rs (inc luding one reference camcorde r) To lo ck the timecode to an external source 1 Turn on the PO WER switc h. 2 Set the PRESE T/REGEN/CLOCK switch t o PRESET. 3 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to F-RUN. 4 Set the DISPLAY switch to TC[...]

Setti ng Shot Data 65 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings While color bars are outpu t, shot data can be displayed. You can sel ect which shot data is superimposed on the color ba rs with OPEART ION >S hot Display in the set up menu. Shot Date To supe rimpose t he shot da te, turn the MENU knob to set Shot Da te to [On ] and pre ss the k nob. Sh[...]

Checking Camcor der Settings and St atus Informatio n (Status Screens) 66 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings The stat us scre ens allo w you to chec k cam corder sett in gs and va rious typ es of stat us inform ation. There are five sta tus screens, listed below. To disp lay status s creen s With no menu i s displayed, press the MEN U CANCEL/PRST/[...]

Checking Camcorder Sett ings and Status Informa tion (Status Screen s) 67 Chapter 3 Adjustments an d Settings BATTE RY/M EDIA sta tus sc reen This scre en displays the status of the batt ery mount ed on the cam corder an d the medi a stat us. Battery : Th e rema inin g ba ttery capac ity Char ge Coun t: The numbe r of times th e battery has been ch[...]

Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 68 Chapter 4 Shoo ting This camcord er reco rds video and aud io on SxS memo ry cards (n ot supplied ) loaded i nto one or both of its memory card slo ts. The PHU-120 R Professiona l Harddisk Unit or MEAD-M S01/SD01 Media A daptor can a lso be used fo r recordin g (whe n the reco rding mode is FAT). For detail s, refer to[...]

Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 69 Chapter 4 Shoo ting • Use th is camco r der to format SxS memo ry cards that will be used with this c amcorder. When m emory ca rds are fo rmatte d on anothe r unit , the f ormat is reg ard ed as a n inv alid format, making it necessary to forma t the memory card s again. Howev er, note that the forma t and delet e f[...]

Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 70 Chapter 4 Shoo ting To ej ect SxS memor y cards 1 Open the co ver, and the n press th e EJECT button to release the lock and pull the b utton out. 2 Press t he EJE CT bu tton ag ain to ej ect the card . Note Data integrity cannot be guaranteed if you power the camcorder off or remove a memory car d while the ca r d is [...]

Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 71 Chapter 4 Shoo ting In this case, an e rror message appe ars. Following the inst ructions in the error message and excha nge the card for an SxS memory c ard that can be us ed with t his camc order. To fo rmat by menu operation When no formatting m essage is disp layed, you can exec ute format ting by menu op erati on.[...]

Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 72 Chapter 4 Shoo ting • If you con tinue recor ding, the m essage “Medi a Full” appear s and rec ording sto ps when th e total remain ing record ing time falls to 0. Note About up to 600 clips can be recorded on one SxS memory car d. The display of remain ing recording time changes to “0” and the message “Med[...]

Handling USB Fl ash Drives 73 Chapter 4 Shoo ting In UDF mode, you ca n connec t a U SB fla sh drive connec ted to the e xternal device to re cord, sa ve and load th e follow ing data. • Record pr oxy dat a (see pa ge 85) • Load pl anning m etadata (se e page 87) • Save a nd load sett ing data (se e page 160) The f ollow ing Sony USB flash dr[...]

Basic Ope rations 74 Chapter 4 Shoo ting When yo u load a USB flash dri ve that ca n be mou nted norm ally bec ause th e fi le sy stem i s destroyed, a message appea rs on the viewfi nder scre en to ask w hether you wa nt to re store it. Pressing t he MENU knob afte r turning th e MENU k nob to select “Exec ute” starts e xecution of the format [...]

Basi c Opera tions 75 Chapter 4 Shoo ting 10 Do one of the fo llowing to st art recor ding. - Press the REC START button (see page 17) . - Press the VTR but ton on the len s. - Turn on th e ass ignab le s witc h to whi ch th e Rec function has been assigned (see page 156) . During re cording, the TA LLY ind icators, th e tally in dicato r on the fr[...]

Basic Ope rations 76 Chapter 4 Shoo ting user- specified prefix cannot be changed aft er recordi ng.) The fou r-digit number a t the end of cl ip nam es is genera ted automa tically , countin g up in order as clips are r ecorded. When th e camcor der is in stan dby (S TBY) mode, you can pl ay all or part of t he most recen tly recorde d clip (see p[...]

Advanced Op erations 77 Chapter 4 Shoo ting You can us e th e ass ignab le s witch es t o de lete th e last r ecorded clips ( Last Clip DE L function). You can also use th e THUMBNAIL menu to de lete all record ed cli ps (All Clips DEL fu nction ) or to delet e select ed clip s . For details, see “Deleting Cli ps” (page 103 ). 1 Turn on th e as[...]

Adv anc ed O per atio ns 78 Chapter 4 Shoo ting To make it easier for editors to select good cl ips, you can set OK marks in clips re corded in HD mode. Note OK marks cann ot be set or deleted during recording or playback. To add/ dele te OK m arks You ca n use the THUM BNAIL m enu to add a nd delete OK mark s in pr eviously re corded clips. Fo r d[...]

Advanced Op erations 79 Chapter 4 Shoo ting • If you start r ecording while the m edia is bein g accessed, the start p oint of the vide o that is actuall y recorde d may be late r than the current ly specifi ed picture cache time. Because the dela y increases as the number of recor ded clips increa ses, you should avoid rapid start- and-st op rec[...]

Adv anc ed O per atio ns 80 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Output >i.LINK I /O in the setup menu i s set to [Enable] - In FAT mode, SP 1440/23. 98P (pull-down recording) - In UDF mode, HD420 HQ 1280×720/23.98P (pul l- down recording) - Other than HQ 1920/23.98P or HQ 1280/23.98P , when the outp ut setting i s SD and OP ERATION >Input/Output >i.LINK [...]

Advanced Op erations 81 Chapter 4 Shoo ting to the ot her med ia. (whe n the re cording m ode is UDF) • Genloc k is not possible. If power i s lost during re cordin g • If you s et the ca mco rder’s PO WER s witch to OFF, th e camcorde r is powere d off automa tically a fter a fe w seconds, during w hich the med ia is acce ssed to reco rd the[...]

Adv anc ed O per atio ns 82 Chapter 4 Shoo ting To sto p sh ooting Stop the re cording. When shooting e nds, the video data store d in memo ry u p to tha t p oint is wri tten to the m edia . To exit Interval Re c mode Do on e of the fo llowing. • Set th e POWER swit ch to OFF • With the ca mcorder in recordin g standb y mode , set OPERATION >[...]

Advanced Op erations 83 Chapter 4 Shoo ting • Slow & Quick Motion settings cannot be changed during recording. To make Sl ow & Quick Mo tion settings 1 Select OPERATION >Rec Function > Slow & Quick in the setup menu. For menu oper ations, se e “Basic Setup Menu Operatio ns” (p age 109). 2 Turn the MEN U knob to se lect [On ][...]

Adv anc ed O per atio ns 84 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Clip Continuous Rec settings and shooting Notes • The Clip Continuous Rec function cannot be used at the same time as the Picture Cache, Interval Rec, Frame Rec, or Slow & Quick Motion function. When you select Cli p Continuous Rec mode, the Pict ure Cache, Interval Rec, Frame Rec, and Slow &[...]

Recording P roxy Data 85 Chapter 4 Shoo ting The reco rding revi ew pictur e is froz en and over laps the camera picture . Note The following functions are disabled at the f reeze mix times. • Menu operations • During Focus Mag display • Marker display • Zebra display • Peaking display • Skin tone details display To can cel th e fre eze[...]

Recording P roxy Data 86 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Metadata: Sa ved in <Proa v-ID>Clip To stop rec ording of pr oxy data To stop record ing of prox y data only, with out stopping recording of o riginal data, set MAINTENANCE >USB >Memory Rec in the setup menu to [ Disable]. If recordin g fails The message “USB Memory Error” appears. If r[...]

Planning Met adata Operations 87 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Plannin g metada ta is inf ormation a bout shoot ing and reco rding plan s, recorde d in an XML file. Example o f a pl annin g metadat a file You can shoo t using clip name s and shot mark name s defi ned in adva nce in a plan ning meta dat a file. This unit can dis p lay clip na mes and shot mar[...]

Planning Me tadata Ope rations 88 Chapter 4 Shoo ting 2 Turn the MEN U k nob to se lect a fi le to load an d pres s the knob. To load a fil e in a USB f lash dri ve (in UDF mod e) 1 Conn ect a USB flash dri ve fo rmatt ed with the F AT32 file syst em to the extern al devic e connect or (see pa ge 73) . A file list app ears. Note The file list di sp[...]

Planning Met adata Operations 89 Chapter 4 Shoo ting Whe n a cli p name is s et wit h pla nnin g meta da ta, the na me is displayed unde r the depth of field indica tion on the vie wfind er screen. Note When you define both of ASCII format name and UTF- 8 format name with pla nning metadata, the UTF-8 format string is used as the clip name string. [...]

Planning Me tadata Ope rations 90 Chapter 4 Shoo ting When yo u use plan ning met adata to set shot marks, y ou ca n defi ne name s for Sh ot M ark 0 t o Shot Mark 9. Wh en you re cord shot marks, you can add th e shot m ark name strings define d in the planning m etadat a. Note Shot Mark 1 and Shot Mark 2 can be recorded o n the camcorder. Shot Ma[...]

Clip Playback 91 Chapter 5 Clip O perations A thumb nail scre en appe ars if you p ress the THUMB NAIL button in E -E or pla yback m ode. Thum bnail screens display lists of the clips stored on SxS memo ry cards in the fo rm of index p ictures. (A messag e appear s if you insert a memo ry card that co ntains no cl ips.) You can sele ct any clip (se[...]

Clip Playback 92 Chapter 5 Clip O perations UDF m ode/F AT-HD m ode th umbnai l scr een a Index pictur e When a clip is re corded, its first frame is set automa tically a s the index pi cture. Yo u can change to index pict ure to an y frame (see page 106) . b Lock ma rk Indicat es the selected clip is mark ed with an OK mark or pro tected. c Date a[...]

Clip Playback 93 Chapter 5 Clip O perations j Clip duratio n k Timecode This is the ti mecode of the in d ex pict ure. FAT-S D mode t humbn ail screen a Take ma rk Indic ate s th at th e file size is l arger tha n 2 G B, an d tha t the cl ip has been spli t bef ore b eing save d. You can check the segment f ile s on th e expand thumbn ail screen (s[...]

Clip Playback 94 Chapter 5 Clip O perations To hid e the t hum bnail scree n Press the THUMBNAIL button. To select clip thumbnails Do on e of the fo llowing to move th e yello w curs or to the cl ip th at yo u wan t to selec t. • Press an a rrow b utton ( J , j , K , k ). • Turn the ME NU knob. • Press the PREV or NEXT butt on. To se lec t th[...]

Clip Playback 95 Chapter 5 Clip O perations To add a shot mar k dur ing pla y You can ad d shot marks to clips dur ing play by using th e same me thod used durin g recordi ng (see page 77) . Notes • Shot marks cannot be recorded when the SxS memory card is write protected. • Shot marks cannot be added at the first frame of each clip or last fra[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 96 Chapter 5 Clip O perations You can use the THUMBN AIL m enu to p erform v arious ope rations on clip s, to ch eck clip proper ties, a nd to ch ange cl ip meta data. Thumbn ail Operati ons THUMBNAIL Menu Confi guration Menu ite ms Sub-items De s criptio n Clip Prope rties — Displays de tailed prope rties (see p age 1 00) .[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 97 Chapter 5 Clip O perations Copy Clip — Copies a c lip (see p age 102) . Dele te Cl ip — Delet es a cl ip (see page 103) . Div ide C lip — Di vides a cl ip (see page 106) . Filter Clips — Displays the OK clip thum bnail scr een (see page 98) . Filter Clips OK D isplays the OK clip thum bnail screen. NG Displ ays the [...]

Thumbnail Op erations 98 Chapter 5 Clip O perations See “Basic Setup Menu Operati ons” (page 109) for inform ation about menu operati ons. To di s play the THUMBNAIL m enu 1 Press th e THUMBNAIL button to disp lay the thu mbnail sc reen. 2 Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON, or pr ess the M ENU button . 3 Turn the MEN U knob to se lect “TH ”,[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 99 Chapter 5 Clip O perations See “Adding an d Deleting OK, NG or KP Mark s” (page 101) fo r information abo ut how to add OK mark s. To display the all clips thumbnail screen The all clip s thumbnai l screen displ ays thumbna ils of all of the cli ps on the s elected memo ry card , incl uding both H D-mode and SD-mode c l[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 100 Chapter 5 Clip O perations The clip pro perties scree n appear s when you sel ect Clip Prope rties in the TH UMBNA IL menu. a Imag e of the current cli p b Imag e of the previous cl ip Press the PREV button to display t he prope rties of the pre vious cl ip. c Imag e of the nex t clip Press the N EXT button to display t he[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 101 Chapter 5 Clip O perations Press the M ENU k nob aga in to exit long display mode. P ressing the PR EV or NEX T but ton to display the previo us or next clip al so exists long display mode . e Lock ma rk This appe ars wh en th e cl ip is m arke d with an O K mark or pro tected. f OK/NG/KP mark This appear s only when an OK[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 102 Chapter 5 Clip O perations 2 Select [Execute ], and press th e MENU knob . The OK mark is del eted from the select ed clip. To delete an OK, NG or KP ma rk 1 In th e thumb nail sc reen, select the thumb nail o f th e clip f rom whic h you wa nt t o de let e an OK , NG or KP m ark , and select THUMBNAIL >Set Clip Flag &g[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 103 Chapter 5 Clip O perations • A message appears if there is not enough free capacity at the copy destination SxS memory card. Exchange the card for one with mo re free capacity. • When multiple cl ips are r ecor ded in a s ource SxS memory card, i t may not be possible to copy all clips to the end. Depending on memory c[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 104 Chapter 5 Clip O perations • In HD mode, clips with OK marks are not de l eted, even when a deletion is executed for a group of clips that in cludes them. 1 In th e thumb nail sc reen, select the thumbnai ls of the cl ips to dele te and then select THUMBNAIL >Delete All Clips. The conf irmati on message “ Delete All[...]

Thumbnail Op erations 105 Chapter 5 Clip O perations Clip p roperties a re displa yed at th e bottom of the screen. Except for the i tems list ed below, th e informat ion displaye d here is the sa me as the in f ormatio n displayed i n the normal thumbnai l screen. a Timecode This is the ti mecode of the sele cted partial fi le. b Duration This is [...]

Thumbnail Op erations 106 Chapter 5 Clip O perations a Tim ec od e This is the ti mecode of the sele cted frame in the shot mark t hum bnai l scre en. In the esse nce mark thumb nail scre en (se e page 105) or the expan d thumbnai l screen (see page 104) , you can add thum bnails to any fr ame of clips recor ded in HD mode , and delete recorde d sh[...]

Setup Menu Or ganization and Le v els 107 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings On this camc order, settings for shooting and playba ck are made in th e set up me nu, w hich appear s in th e viewf inder. The setup m enu can also be di splayed on an exte rnal vide o monito r (see pag e 167) . The setu p menu consist s of the followi ng me nus. Us: U[...]

Setup Men u Organization and Level s 108 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings PAINT Me nu (see pa ge 129) MAINTENAN CE Menu (see pag e 135) FILE Menu (see page 15 0) PA I N T Switch Sta t us White Black Flare Gam ma Black Ga mma Kne e White Clip Deta il(HD Mo de) Deta il(SD Mode) Ape rture Skin De tail Matr ix Mul ti Matri x V M odulation Low Ke y[...]

Basic Se tup Menu Operatio ns 109 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings To di s play t he se tup menu Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON, or press the MENU button. The camco rder enters menu mode and th e menu list ap pears on the scr een. A cursor appears ov er the fi rst two characters of the most recent ly used menu , and the co rrespon ding menu [...]

Basic Set up Menu Oper ations 110 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings 4 Turn the MENU knob , or press th e J or j button , to move the c ursor to the sub- item t hat you want to set, and then confirm t h e select ion by pressing the MENU knob or t he SET bu tton. The set tings of the select ed sub-i tem appear, and the cur sor moves to th e curre[...]

Menu List 111 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings The US ER menu c onsists of the fol lowin g items whe n it is in the fac tory defau lt state. • Format Me d ia (see p age 113) • Input/ Output (see page 1 14) • Rec Func tion (see pa ge 116) • Assignable Sw 1) (see p age 117) •C l i p (see page 125) • Camer a Conf ig 2) (see p age 142)[...]

Menu Li st 112 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Settings in bo ld are the factor y defau lt values. OPERA TION Men u OPERA TIO N Menu ite ms Sub-item Setti ngs Description Fo rm a t Specif i es the camcorder’ s recording mode, operating mode and record ing fo rmat. File Syste m UDF /F A T Swit ches bet ween UDF and F A T as the recording mod[...]

Menu List 113 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Fo rm a t Specif i es the camcorder’ s operating mode and record ing fo rmat. Rec Fo rmat The a vailable s ettings vary depending on the settings in UDF/F A T , HD/ SD, HD System Line, and System F requency . Selects t he recording forma t (ex ecute by select ing Exec ute) . HD422 50 / HD420 HQ [...]

Menu Li st 114 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Input/ Output Makes settings related to I/O signals . In F A T mode Outpu t& i.LI NK HD&HDV /SD&HDV/ SD&D V Selects the si gnals ou tput fr om the video connector s and the i.LINK (HDV/ D V) connector . When the HD/SD se tting is SD, “SD& DV” or “S D” i s s ele cted . [...]

Menu List 115 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Input/ Output Makes settings related to I/O signals . Down Con verter Crop/Letter/ Sque eze Sele cts the signa l conv ersion mode for output of SD si gnals. Crop: Crop the edges of the 16:9 picture and outp ut as a 4:3 pict ure. Letter: M ask the top and bottom of the 4:3 picture an d display in t[...]

Menu Li st 116 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Rec Functi on Makes settings related to special recording modes. Not e When Picture Cache is assigned to an assignable switch, this item is disabled (displayed in gre y). Slo w & Quic k On/ Off Turns the Slow & Quick Mo tio n functio n on or off. (When this is se t to On, the Pic ture Cac[...]

Menu List 117 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Rec Functi on Makes settings related to special recording modes. Inter val Time 1 /2/3/4 /5/6/7/8/ 9/10/15/ 20/30/40/5 0 (sec ) 1/2/3/4/5/ 6/7/8/9/10 /15/ 20/30/40/5 0 (min) 1/2/3/ 4/6/12/24 (hour ) When the Inte rval Rec sett ing is On, sets th e interval fo r Inter val Rec shootin g. Pre-Light i[...]

Menu Li st 118 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings VF Setting Makes settings related to the viewf inder screen. Color b) –99 to ±0 to +99 Adju sts the densi ty of the color s displaye d in the viewfinder screen. Mode b) Color /B&W Sel ects the d isplay mo de of t h e viewfinder . Color: Color B&W: Monochrome Peaking T ype b) Normal /Co[...]

Menu List 119 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Marke r Makes settings related to marker display in the viewf inder screen. 100% Mar ker On/ Off T urn s the 100% safe ty zone displa y on or off. Note When three of Center Marker, Safe t y Zone, User Box, and Guide Frame are set to [On], this settin g cannot be turned on. Aspect M ask 0% to 30% t[...]

Menu Li st 120 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings TLCS Makes settings related to total level control. Mode Backl ight/ Standard / Spotligh t Selec ts th e au to iris mode use d when th e TLCS s ystem i s acti vated. Back ligh t: Backlight mode (lesse ns the black out of the main subj ect that occurs u nder bac klit condition s) Standa rd: Standa[...]

Menu List 121 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Display On /Off Selects the item s to display in the viewf inder screen. Timecode On /Off T urns the display of tim e data (timecod e, user bits, co unter, duration) on or off. Batte ry Rem ain On /Off T urns the indic ations of th e rema ining battery tim e and input voltag e on or off. Medi a Re[...]

Menu Li st 122 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings “!” LED c) Gain<!> On /Off T urns on o r off the func tion to light t he ! indicat or when th e gain is set to other than 0 dB. Shu tter < !> On / Off Turns on or off the func tion to light the ! indicator when the SHUTTER selector is set to ON. White Pres et <!> On /Off T u[...]

Menu List 123 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings White S etting Makes settings related to auto white balance adjustments. White S witch< B> Memory /A TW Sp ecifies th e opera ting mode se lect ed by the B position of the WHITE BAL switch . Memory: Auto white bala nce AT W : Aut o tr acing w hite balanc e Shoc kless White Of f/ 1 /2/3 Spec [...]

Menu Li st 124 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Offset White Makes settings related to white balance offset values. Offset White <A> On/ Off Specifies whe ther to add (On ) or not to add (Off) an offset value to th e whi te balan ce valu e in memor y A. W arm Cool <A> Approximat e color temp eratu re When the setting of Offset Wh i[...]

Menu List 125 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Clip Make settings for clip name or clip management. Not e Do not ass ign clip names that begin with the “. ” (period) symbol. Clips with n ames in which the first character is “. ” cannot be viewed on the application software for computers. Auto Na ming In Fat mode: Title/ Pla n In UDF mo[...]

Menu Li st 126 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Clip Make settings for clip name or clip management. Not e Do not ass ign clip names that begin with the “. ” (period) symbol. Clips with n ames in which the first character is “. ” cannot be viewed on the application software for computers. Title Prefix T ext inpu t Specifies th e title [...]

Menu List 127 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Clip Make settings for clip name or clip management. Not e Do not ass ign clip names that begin with the “. ” (period) symbol. Clips with n ames in which the first character is “. ” cannot be viewed on the application software for computers. Number Set 00001 to 9999 9 Specifies the in itia[...]

Menu Li st 128 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings a) When the optional CBK-HD02 is inst alled b) When the CBK-VF01 is used. c) When an HDVF series viewfinder is used. d) When the optional CBK -UPG01 is installed. Plan.Metadat a Makes set tings for operating pl anning metadata . Load /Slot(A ) Execute/C ancel Executes load of planning me tadata f[...]

Menu List 129 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Settings in bo ld are the factor y defau lt values. PA I N T Me nu PA I N T Menu ite ms Sub-item Settin gs Descripti on Swit ch Sta tus T urns v arious signal correction function s and a test signal on or off. Gamma On /Off T urns gamm a correction on or off. Black Gamma On / Off T urns bl ack gam[...]

Menu Li st 130 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Flare Makes settings relate d to flar e. Flare is light generated from a bright image reg ion that spreads broadly across the image, adding l ight to dark regions and reducing contrast. It is caused by reflect ion inside the lens system. Flare On /Of f Turn s flar e correct ion on or off. Master [...]

Menu List 131 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Knee Makes settings relate d to knee correction. Knee correction is processing that prevents washout by compressing the bright parts of the video according to an upper limit for the dynamic range of the r ecorded and output picture. The signal level where knee processing begins is called the “k [...]

Menu Li st 132 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Deta il(HD Mo de)/ Deta il(SD Mo de) Makes settings relate d to details adjustm ents in HD mode and SD mode. Detail adjustment is processing that improv es t he clarity of the video by addi ng detail signals to the edges of the subject. Detail On /Off T ur ns detail adjustme nt on or off. Level ?[...]

Menu List 133 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Ap e rt u r e Makes settings relate d to ap er tur e co rr ect ion . Aperture correction is processing to improve resolution by adding high-frequency aperture signals to the video signal, which corrects degeneration due to high-frequency characterist ics. Aperture On /Off T urns a perture correcti[...]

Menu Li st 134 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Multi Matrix Makes settings relate d to multi matrix correction. Multi-matri x corr ection allows specific colors to be selected for saturation corr ection in a 16-axis hue space. Mult i Matrix On/ Off Turns the multi mat rix corre ction function on or off. Area Indic ation On/ Off T urns on or o[...]

Menu List 135 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Settings in bo ld are the factor y defau lt values. MAINTENANCE Menu MAINTENANCE Menu ite ms Sub-item Settin gs Descripti on White Shadi ng Makes settings relate d to white shading. White shading is required for each diff erent lens to correct irregularities arising from lens characterist ics. It [...]

Menu Li st 136 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Battery Makes settings relate d to batteries. Sony Befor e End 11. 5V to 17V (0.1V step) Specifies a threshold value th at triggers a “Battery Near End” warning when a BP-L60S/L80S batter y pack is used. Sony End 11. 0V to 1 1.5 V ( 0.1 V step ) Specif ies a thr eshold va lue that triggers a [...]

Menu List 137 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Au d i o Makes settings relate d to audio. Front M IC Select Mono/ S tereo Selects wheth er the fro nt micropho ne is mona ural ( Mono) or stereo ( Stereo). Audio CH3/4 Mode Ch1/2 / Switc h Sele cts the inp ut sign als for the A UDIO IN CH-3/CH-4 connectors. Ch1/2: The same signa ls as the A UDIO [...]

Menu Li st 138 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Au d i o Makes settings relate d to audio. CH3&4 AGC Mode Mo no /St ereo For autom atic ad justment of the input level of analog audio sig nals recorded on chan n els 3 and 4, specif ies whethe r to mak e the adjustmen ts s eparat ely for each channel (Mono) o r in stereo m ode (Stereo). AGC [...]

Menu List 139 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Au d i o Makes settings relate d to audio. Rear1/WR R Lev el Side1 /F ront/F ront+Side 1 Selects the knob that adjust s the audi o le vels of a wi reless micropho ne and a device conn ected to the A UDIO IN CH-1 connector on the rear panel . Side1: T he LEV EL knob (left) o n the s ide panel Fr on[...]

Menu Li st 140 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings WRR Setting Makes settings relate d to the wireless tuner . WRR V alid CH Se l All /CH1 Sel ects whether to enab le channel s 1 and 2 of t he wireless r eceive r (All) or channel 1 only (CH1). WRR CH Select TX1 /TX2 Speci fies the t arget channel for other sub-it ems. TX1: Ch ann el 1 TX2: Ch ann[...]

Menu List 141 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Ti me co d e Makes settings relate d to timecode. TC Out Au t o / Generator Selects the source fo r timecode out put . Au t o : Dur ing recordi ng, outpu t values gener ated by t he timecod e generator, and du ring play back ou tput v alue s obta ined by the timec ode reader . Generator: Out put v[...]

Menu Li st 142 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Camera Config Makes settings relate d to v arious camcorder operations. Rec T ally Bl ink On /Of f Turns w arning flashes by the T ALL Y indi cator on or off. The warnings alert you a n almost exhausted ba ttery pack or low remaini ng media cap acity . Rec Re view 3s ec /10s ec/Cli p Selects the [...]

Menu List 143 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Camera Config Makes settings relate d to v arious camcorder operations. RM Rec St art RM /CAM/ P ARA F or times wh en a re mote cont rol unit is connecte d, selects whether recordin g start/ stop but t ons are enabled on the camcorder o r the remo te con trol unit. RM: Re mote c ontrol u n it CAM:[...]

Menu Li st 144 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings DCC Adjust Makes settings relate d to DCC (dynamic contrast control). DCC Func tion Sele ct DCC /Fix Enable s or disables a utoma tic knee poin t adju stment when the OUT PUT/DC C switch is se t to CAM, DCC: ON. DCC: Autom atically ad just the knee point a ccording to the luminanc e of the subjec[...]

Menu List 145 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Au t o I r is 2 Makes settings relate d to auto iris. Iris Window 1 /2/3 /4/5/6/ V ar S elec ts the type of iris de tectio n window . Va r : Va r i a b l e Iris Wi ndow Ind On/ Off T ur ns on or off the func tion th at displays a frame mark er for the auto iris dete ction window . Iris Level –99[...]

Menu Li st 146 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings ND Comp Makes settings relate d to ND filter color compensation. Although the diff er ences are very slight, each of the built- in ND filters has diff erent color characteristi cs. When you switch between ND filters, the white balance may be di stu rbed. Y ou ca n correct fo r these slight color [...]

Menu List 147 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Netw ork S ett in g b) Makes set tings for network con nection. Not es • The CBK-W A0 1 W i-Fi Ad apte r is required. • This i tem is disabled (display ed in grey) during recording and pla y . For deta ils on network con nection , refer to th e Supplement supp lied in the CD -RO M (labeled “[...]

Menu Li st 148 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Wi-Fi Sett i ng b) Makes set tings for W i -Fi connec tion. Not es • The CBK-W A0 1 W i-Fi Ad apte r is required. • This i tem is disabled (display ed in grey) during recording and pla y . For de tails on Wi -Fi connec tion, re fer to the Supplemen t supplied in the CD- ROM (labeled “Manual[...]

Menu List 149 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings a) When the optional CBK-HD02 is inst alled b) Whe n the optional CBK-UP G01 is installed Clock Set Sets the internal clock. Date/ Time Sets th e curre nt dat e and time. 12H/24H 1 2H/ 24H Se lects the 12-hour format (12H) or the 24 -ho ur fo rm at (2 4H ) for dis play of tim es. Date Mode YYMMDD [...]

Menu Li st 150 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Settings in bo ld are the factor y defau lt values. FILE Menu FILE Menu ite ms Sub-item Settin gs Descripti on User Makes set tings for operating user files. User Load SxS Execute /Cancel Loads a us er fi le from an S xS memory card (e xecute by sele cting [Execute]). When Load Cu stomiz e Data i[...]

Menu List 151 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings User Makes set tings for operating user files. Load C usto miz e Data Off /On S elects whether to load both menu configuration and settings (On) or load on ly menu settings (Of f) white bala nce dat a whe n loadin g a user file. User Makes set tings for operating user files. Load Whit e D ata Off [...]

Menu Li st 152 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Scene Makes settings relate d to scene file operations. s 1 Stand ard Fil e numbe r and file I D s 2 Stand ard Fil e numbe r and file I D s 3 Stand ard Fil e numbe r and file I D s 4 Stand ard Fil e numbe r and file I D s 5 Stand ard Fil e numbe r and file I D s Standard Stand ard settings Displa[...]

Menu List 153 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Lens Makes settings relate d to lens fi le operations. Display M ode Date&Time /Model Name Selec ts the item s to be displa yed in the list b o x that appea rs when a file is saved or loaded. Lens Rec all Mem Exe cute/C ancel Loads a f ile from in ternal memory (execute by se lecting [Execute][...]

Menu Li st 154 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Lens Makes settings relate d to lens fi le operations. L Manuf actur er Disp lays the na me of the manufactur er of the insta lled lens (only for lenses that suppor t serial communi cation). M V Modulation –99 to ±0 t o +99 Sets a vertic al SA W sh ading compens ation v alue in the lens f ile.[...]

Assignin g F uncti ons to Assignabl e Switches 155 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Using the Assignab le SW item of the OPE RATION m enu, yo u can assig n user-specifi ed functi ons to the ASSIGN. 0 to 3 swi tches, th e ASSIGNABLE 4 a nd 5 switch es, the COLO R TEMP. butt on, and th e RET button on the lens. The followi ng tables lists the fu[...]

Assignin g F uncti ons to Assignabl e Switches 156 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Note Immediately after yo u assign a function t o the AS SIGN. 2 s w itch or you switch the recording for mat, the setting of the switch at that poi nt may n ot matc h the ca mcorder’s internal state. After as signing a function, switch the ASSIGN. 2 switch o[...]

Assignin g F uncti ons to Assignabl e Switches 157 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Backlight Turn the backligh t function in aut o iris mode on or off. Setting retained EVF Mode Switch the vie wfin d er screen between B&W (On) and color (Of f). Setting reta ined BR T Di sp Turn the displa y of the brig htness lev e l on or off. Setting re[...]

Assignin g F uncti ons to Assignabl e Switches 158 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Electrica l CC Funct ion that switc hes the ele ctrical CC filter (3200K/ 4300K/5600 K/6300K) app lied to white balan ce adjustm ent va lues. Each press of the s witch or button s witch es in the orde r 3200K t 4300K t 5600K t 6300K. These c an also be appl ied[...]

Assignin g F uncti ons to Assignabl e Switches 159 Chapter 6 Men u and Detailed Settings Functions That Can Be Assigned to the RET Butt on on the Lens Assignab le sw itch se tting Func tion S tate when camcorde r is ne x t po wered o n Off No ass ignment — Lens RE T D isplay return video s ignals wh en the op tional CBK- HD02 is ins talled and a [...]

Saving a nd Loading S ettings 160 Chapter 7 Sa ving and Loading Us er Setting Dat a You can save setup menu set tings in the camcor der’s inter nal memo ry and on SxS memo ry cards or USB flash drive s (in UDF mod e). This allow s you to quickly re cal l an appropri ate set of menu setti ngs for the curren t situation. Setting data is saved in th[...]

Saving and Loading Settin gs 161 Chapter 7 Sa ving and Loading Us er Setting Dat a side panel and in orange in the c ard slot section). A completion m essage appe ars and the ACCESS lamp goes out when the data has been save d. If an error mes sage appear s One of th e following error messag es may appear duri ng exec uti on of t he sa ve, or a s so[...]

Saving a nd Loading S cene Files 162 Chapter 7 Sa ving and Loading Us er Setting Dat a See “Basic Setup Menu Operati ons” (page 109) for inform ation about menu operati ons. 1 Select FILE >A ll in th e setup menu. 2 Sele ct [Al l Preset ], and th en press th e MENU knob . 3 To execu te th e res et, sele ct [ Execu te], and the n press th e M[...]

Saving and Loadi ng Scene Fil es 163 Chapter 7 Sa ving and Loading Us er Setting Dat a 5 To ex ecute the save , sele ct [Execu te], and the n press th e MENU knob. To cance l the sav e, sele ct [ Cance l], a nd then pr ess th e MEN U knob . If yo u sele cted S cen e Sto re S xS >E xecu te in step 2 , the ACCESS lamp lig hts (in blue on the rig h[...]

Saving a nd Loading L ens Files 164 Chapter 7 Sa ving and Loading Us er Setting Dat a Use FILE >L ens (see page 1 53) in the se tup menu to set the data in l e ns fi les. You can se t the follow ing data and save it as a lens f i le. See “Basic Setup Menu Operati ons” (page 109) for inform ation about menu operati ons. To save a lens fi le t[...]

Saving and Lo ading User Files 165 Chapter 7 Sa ving and Loading Us er Setting Dat a 4 Selec t th e desi red f ile n umber, and then press the M EN U kno b. A confirma tion message appea rs. 5 To ex ecute the load , sele ct [Execu te], and the n press th e MENU knob. To can cel the load, se lect [C ance l], and then pr ess th e MEN U knob . If you [...]

Saving a nd Loading User Files 166 Chapter 7 Sa ving and Loading Us er Setting Dat a Saving the USER menu as a user file in which all menu se ttings are reset to the preset values Select Store Us er Preset >Exe cute i n step 2 . When using a USB flash drive (in UDF mode ) Conn ect a form atted USB flash d rive (see page 73) to the exte rnal devi[...]

Connecting External Mon itors 167 Chapter 8 Connecting External Devi ces You ca n connec t an R M-B150 /B750 Remote Control Unit and o perat e this camco rder. F or connec tion and oper ation of t he RM-B15 0/B750 , refer t o the Suppl emen t suppli ed in the CD-ROM (label ed “M anua ls for Solid- State Memory Camcor der”). Select the output si[...]

Connectin g Exte rnal Monito rs 168 Chapter 8 Connecting External Devi ces HD/SD SDI OUT co nnector (BN C) The HD/SD SDI OUT co nnector can be use d to connec t a device th at supports SDI. The devi ce type ca n be a m onitor, sw itcher, or VTR or other recordi ng device . The out put from thi s conne ctor can be turned o n and off with OPER ATIO N[...]

Operating Clip s with a Computer 169 Chapter 8 Connecting External Devi ces The clips reco rded on SxS memo ry cards with this cam corder ca n be contro lled on a comput er or edited usin g the optiona l nonlinear e diting software. For these p urposes, th e clips o n an Sx S memory card c an be ope rated b y direct ly loadi ng th e card in a co mp[...]

Operating Clips with a Comput er 170 Chapter 8 Connecting External Devi ces • To turn on the tally indicator on the viewf inder screen to war n the operato r When y ou conn ect a compu ter to th e PC connec tor with a U SB cable (not supplied), the message “Connec t USB Now ?” is displayed to prompt you to c onfirm tha t you w ish to e nable [...]

Connecti ng an External Devi ce (i.L INK Connect ion) 171 Chapter 8 Connecting External Devi ces Store th e clips to be edited on t h e HDD of y o ur compute r in advanc e, using the supp lied applica tion software. Some e diting softwa re may not o perate properl y. Be sure t o confir m before u se that it c onforms to the recor ding formats used [...]

Connectin g an Ex ternal Device (i.LINK Con nection) 172 Chapter 8 Connecting External Devi ces • Set OPE RATION > Input/O utput >Ou tput & i.LI NK in the s etup menu (see page 114) to “HD & HDV” or “SD & HDV”. HD & HD V or SD & HD V : To output an HDV stream in HD mod e when the video format is set to an HDV com[...]

Configuring a Sh ooting and Recording Sy stem 173 Chapter 8 Connecting External Devi ces 2 Make the following settings with OPERATION >Input/Output in the setup menu (se e page 114 ) . • Set Output&i.L INK to [HD&HD V] or [SD&HDV]. • S et i.L IN K I/O t o [En abl e]. • S et Source Selec t to [i.L INK]. The input vi deo is displ[...]

Testing the Camcorder / Maintenance 174 Chapter 9 Main tenance Check t he funct ions of the c amcorder be fore setting out for a shoo ting session, prefe rably by recordi ng and play ing bac k video an d audio signals. Use a dust b lower to cl ean the CRT s creen and mirror insi de the v iewfinde r barre l. Clean the le ns and prote cting filte r w[...]

Mainte nance 175 Chapter 9 Main tenance 3 Remove t h e pro tecting fil ter, togeth er with th e packi ng ring , from in side t he eyecu p holder. 4 Detach th e protec ting filte r from the pack ing rin g. Fog-proof filter Dependi ng on the temper ature and h umid ity, the protecti ng filter ma y mist because of vapor or your brea th. To ensu re tha[...]

Op erat ion W arn in gs 176 Chapter 9 Main tenance If a problem oc curs when th e camcorde r is powered or is be ing opera ted, a warning is issu ed by variou s visi ble and audib le indicato rs. Thes e visi ble and audib le indicat ors are: • Error/w arning me ssage (“A” in the “Layout of the table of warning messages” be low) • WARN I[...]

Operation Warnings 177 Chapter 9 Main tenance Wa rning Indication Media Near Fu ll W ARNING indicator W arning sound T ally/RE C Battery r emaining — Problem Ope rati on in the re cord er module Action to take Free space on t he SxS memor y car d has become ins ufficient. Recordin g continu es. Replace it wit h another at the earliest opport unit[...]

Op erat ion W arn in gs 178 Chapter 9 Main tenance V olt age Low W ARNING indicator W arning sound T ally/RE C Battery r emaining Problem Ope rati on in the re cord er module Action to take The DC IN voltage ha s become low (sta ge 1). Recordin g continues . C heck the power supply . Ins uffic ien t V olt ag e W ARNING indicator W arning sound T al[...]

Operation Warnings 179 Chapter 9 Main tenance Reached Clip Numb er Limit Ca nnot Reco rd to Med ia( A) 1) W ARNING indicator W arning sound T ally/RE C Battery r emaining —— — — Problem Ope rati on in the re cord er module Action to take The maxi mum number of clips for a single memor y car d is reached. No more clip can be r ecorded on the[...]

Op erat ion W arn in gs 180 Chapter 9 Main tenance Video Format Mismatch W ARNING indicator W arning sound T ally/RE C Battery r emaining —— — — Problem Ope rati on in the re cord er module Action to take The external signal input via the i.LINK connectio n cannot be recorded , as the V i deo Format sett ing is different f rom th e signal f[...]

Operation Warnings 181 Chapter 9 Main tenance HDD A 2) Ba tter y Near End W ARNING indicator W arning sound T ally/RE C Battery r emaining — Problem Ope rati on in the re cord er module Action to take The battery power of the connected HDD will be exhausted soon. Recordi ng conti nues . Change the batt ery a t the earliest opportunit y . HDD A 2)[...]

Op erat ion W arn in gs 182 Chapter 9 Main tenance No Clip W ARNING indicator W arning sound T ally/RE C Battery r emaining —— — — Problem Ope rati on in the re cord er module Action to take There is no cli p to be displayed. Recordi n g continue s. — No OK Clip W ARNING indicator W arning sound T ally/RE C Battery r emaining —— — ?[...]

Operation Warnings 183 Chapter 9 Main tenance 1) (B) for the ca rd in sl ot B 2) B for a HDD connected to s l ot B Fan Sto pped 1) W ARNING indicator W arning sound T ally/RE C Battery r emaining —— — — Problem Ope rati on in the re cord er module Action to take The fan does not rotate when start ed. — A void use under high tem perature c[...]

Important N otes on Operati on 184 Appendix Use a nd storage Do not sub ject the camcorde r to severe s hocks • The inte rnal mechanism ma y be damaged or th e body w arped. • If an acce ssory mou nted on the acce ssory s h oe is subjec ted to sev ere shock, th e acces sory shoe may be dama ged. In such a case, st op using it and co ntact you r[...]

Impor tant Notes on Op eration 185 Appendix “stuck ”, either always off (black), always on (red, green, or blue), or flash ing. In addi tion, over a long p eriod of use, beca use of the p hysical charact eristics of the liquid crys tal di splay, suc h “stuck” pixels ma y appear spo ntaneou sly. Th ese problem s are not a malfun ction. Note [...]

Exchanging t he Battery of the Int ernal Clock / Specif ications 186 Appendix The cam corder’s in ternal clo ck is p owered by a lithiu m batt ery. If the message “BackUp Batte ry End” appe ars in th e viewfi nder, this b attery mu st be excha nged . Conta ct a Son y serv ice represen tative . Exchan ging the Battery of the Inte rnal Clock Sp[...]

Specifications 187 Appendix •I M X Video codec: MPEG-2 422P@ML Intra Video rate: 50 Mbps Video samples: 720 × 486 (NTSC)/576 (PAL) Proxy video: MPEG-4 Audio: LPCM 4CH, 24/16 bits, 48 kHz Proxy audio: A-law • DVCAM Video rate: 25 Mbps Video samples: 720 × 480 (NTSC)/576 (PAL) Proxy video: MPEG-4 Audio: LPCM 4CH, 16 bits, 48 kHz Proxy audio: A-[...]

Specifications 188 Appendix LCD moni tor Input/Out put con nectors Optical sy stem F1.4 prism syst em ND filters 1: Clear 2: 1 / 4 ND 3: 1 / 16 ND 4: 1 / 64 ND Sensitivit y F11 (System frequency: 59.94i) F12 (System frequency: 50i ) (2000lx, 8 9.9% reflection, 3200K) Min i mum il luminat ion 0.016 lx (F1.4, +42 dB, 16-frame accumulation) Video S/N [...]

Specifications 189 Appendix Option ke y Power suppl y and relate d equipme nt Lens, Viewfin der and Re lated Equi pment Equipmen t for remote co ntrol LIN E: +4, 0, –3 dBu MIC IN: XLR type, 5-pin, female –70 to –20 dBu WRR CH1/CH2 D-sub 15-pin WRR analog: –4 0 dBu WRR digital: –40 dbFS HD/ SD SDI When an option is installed 4-channel audi[...]

Specifications 190 Appendix Media Audio e quipmen t Other per ipheral devi ces Equipm ent for maint enance and easier ha ndling Dimension s Design and spe cifications ar e subje ct to change without notic e. MPEG TS Ad ap tor HDCA-702 (when a n optional CBK-HD0 2 is install ed) Wi-Fi Adapter CBK-W A01 (w hen an op tional C BK-UPG01 is in stalle d) [...]

Chart of Op tional Components and Accessori es 191 Appendix Char t of Optio nal Compon ents and Acce ssori es a) The carr ying case is large enough to hol d the camc order with lens and microphone mounted. However, remove them i f they protrude m ore than 25 cm (9 7 / 8 inch es) from the fron t of t he main uni t. ECM-680 S/67 8/ 674/673 Microp hon[...]

About i.LINK 192 Appendix Thi s sect ion expla ins the s pec ific atio ns and feature s of i.LINK . What is i.LINK? i.LINK is a digital serial inter f ace desi g ned t o integr ate device s equipp ed w ith i .LIN K connec tors. i.LINK allows you r device to: • Perform two-way tran smission an d reception of data such as di gital audi o and digit [...]

MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License / MPEG-2 Video Patent Portfolio License / About Bitmap Fonts 193 Appendix THIS PRODUCT IS LICEN SED UNDER THE MPEG-4 VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON- COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUM ER FOR (i) ENCODING VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPEG-4 VISUAL STANDARD (“MPEG-4 VID EO”) AND/OR (ii) DEC[...]

About O penSSL 194 Appendix Becau se it uses the O penSSL To olkit, thi s product uses softwa re developed by the O penSSL Proj ect (http://www.openssl .or g/). OpenSSL License --------------- /* === ========== ============ ========= ============ ========== ========= === * Copyright (c) 1998 -2008 The O penSSL Projec t. All rights rese rved. * * Re[...]

About O penSSL 195 Appendix * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PR OF ITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHET HER IN CONTRACT, * STRICT LIABILITY, OR TOR T (I NCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE[...]

About O penSSL 196 Appendix * being used are not cryptog raphi c related :-) . * 4. If you incl ude an y Windows spe cific co de (or a deriv ative there of) from * the apps direc tory (appl ication co de) you m ust inclu de an ackno wledg ement: * "This product inclu des software wri tten by Tim H udson (tjh@cryp tsoft.com )" * * THIS SOF[...]

Index 197 Inde x Symbol s ! (warni ng) indica tor 30 A AC power 36 ACCE SS lamps 21, 24 Accessories (optional) 191 Acce ssory fi ttin g shoe 16 Adap tor co nnecto r 15 ALA RM knob 18 Area setting 40 Arrow buttons ( K , k , J , j ) 22 ASSIGN. 0 switch 19 ASSIGN . 1/2/ 3 switche s 18 ASSIGNABLE 4/5 switches 24 Assign able swit ches, a ssigni ng fu nc[...]

Index 198 Inde x ESSENC E MARK button 23 Essenc e mark t humbn ail scree n 105 Expand t humbn ail scree n displ aying 104 to in crease the numb er o f divi sions 10 5 Extend er 31 Exter nal device connec tor 24 Exter nal device s 167 contro l 33 Ex ter nal inpu t 33 Externa l power sour ce 32 Eyecup 28, 29 F F FWD button/in d icator 21 F REV button[...]

Index 199 Inde x MONIT OR knob 18 MONITOR switches 18 Moni tor, co nnecti ng 167 MPE G TS adap ter 15 N ND filter 17 NEXT button 21 Nonl inear ed iting 170, 172 Number of sys tem lines 32 O OK/NG/KP mark(s) 9 2, 101 adding 101 deletin g 101 setting 78 Opera tion st atus 31 of i.LINK device 33 Option al co mponen ts 191 OUTPUT/DCC switch 19 P PC co [...]

Index 200 Inde x Slot cover 24 SLOT SE LECT butt on 25 Speake r 20 Specificat ions 186 Status information 66 Stat us scree ns 66 ASSIGN SWITCH 66 AUDIO 66 BATTERY/MEDIA 67 CAMERA 66 VIDEO 66 STOP button 2 1 Stoppe r 28, 29 SxS me mory ca rd slots 24 SxS me mory ca rds 68 eject ing 70 form atti ng 70 loading 6 9 res toring 72 selectin g 70 Syst em c[...]

Index 201 Inde x Z ZEBRA switch 28, 2 9 Zoom posit ion 31[...]

Index 202 Inde x[...]

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