Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PMW-EX3 Sony
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Operating Instructions Before operating the unit, please read this manual t horoughly and retan it f or future referenc e. Printed in Japan PMW-EX3 3-878-038- 12 (1) Solid-State Memory Camcorder PMW-E.
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6 Overview Package Configur ation .......... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ........... .. 12 Feature s .......... ....... ....... ....... ........ .......... ........ ....... ....... ........ ..... 13 Using th e CD-R OM ........... ........
7 Checking the Re maining T ime Ava ilable for Recording ....... ....... ........... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... .. 46 Restoring an SxS Memory Card .......... ........ ....... ....... .. 46 Using th e PHU- 60K ........ ....... ....... ...
8 Adjustin g in AF Mod e ....... .... ... .... .... ....... ....... .... ....... .. 66 Using M acro Mo de ......... ....... ........... ....... ....... ........ ..... 67 Eliminatin g Pict ure Blurri ng (Stead y Sho t) ............ ........ ..... 67 Reducin g Flic ker s .
9 Resetting a Pict ure Profil e ......... ........ ........... ....... ....... .. 89 Picture Profile It ems ............... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... .. 90 Deleting Clips .............. ....... ........ ....... ....... ........... .....
10 Setup Menu Config u rat ion ............ .... ....... ....... ........ ... 113 Setup Menu Lay ers ......... ....... ....... ....... ........ ... ........ ... 113 Basic Menu Operat io ns ......... ....... .... ....... .... ....... .... ....... .....
11 Error Indica tions ...... ........ ....... ....... ........... ....... ........ ... 153 Warning In dicatio ns ........... ....... ........ ........... ....... ....... 153 MPEG-2 Vid eo Patent Portfolio License ...... ........... ........ ... 155 Specif ications .
Package Co nfigura tion 12 O v er v ie w Make sure yo u ha ve following i tems sup pli e d wit h you r camcorder . The number in parentheses indicates the number of that item supplied. Overview Packag e Conf igur ation VCL-6 14B2X ex clusive standard zo om l ens (1) It is attached t o the cam corder at th e factory .
Featur es 13 O v er v ie w The P MW-EX3 is a hig hly co mpact and h igh- perform ance X DCA M EX 1) camcord er th at us es SxS 1) memory card s , as its r eco rdin g medi um.
Feature s 14 O v er v ie w 1080 r esolut ions . Fram e ra te is also select abl e from i nterlace and p rogressive (59. 94i, 50 i, 29. 97 P, 25 P , an d nat i ve 23 . 9 8P) . I n ad dit i on, 59.94P a nd 50P progre ssive reco rding is availabl e in 1280 × 720 mo de.
Featur es 15 O v er v ie w Frame Re cordi ng functi on Frame Recordi ng is a uni que featu re of th e PMW- EX3 cam corde r th at is espe ci a lly usef ul fo r cl ay- animat ion shoo ting. With th is fun ction, image s for pre- de termin ed fra me are re corde d ea ch time the record bu tton i s pressed.
Using the CD- ROM 16 O v er v ie w Two CD -ROMs are s uppl ied with t he PM W- EX3. The CD -ROM l abel ed “ Manua ls fo r So lid -Stat e Memor y Camc o rde r” co ntai ns th e Ope ra ti ng Instruct ion s for th e PMW-EX 3 (Ja pa nese , Engli sh, French , Ger man, Ital ian, Span ish a nd Chin ese ) in P D F f o r mat .
Using the CD-RO M 17 O v er v ie w XDCAM EX Clip Browsing Software OS Microsoft Wi nd ows XP SP3 or late r (32 -bit version), Mi cro soft Windo w s Vista SP1 or late r (32-bit versi on), or Ma c OS X v10 .4 .1 1 or la ter/ v10.5.1 or la ter. CPU Windows: Intel P entium 4 2.
Parts Id entifi cations 18 O v er v ie w For func tions and usage , see t he page s shown in parenthe ses. 1. Cable clamp for external micr opho ne (page 71) 2. External microphone holde r (page 71 ) 3. Front acce ssory shoe Attac h an optio nal acc essory, such a s a video light .
Parts Identifi cati ons 19 O v er v ie w 13. Eyecu p The eye cup ca n be atta ch ed in th e rever sed dir ect ion . To re atta ch th e eye c up, st retc h it a li ttle to atta ch to the view finde r and fit the rim of th e eyecu p into th e gro ove of th e viewf inder .
Parts Id entifi cations 20 O v er v ie w Opera tion pane l 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 (page 98) 5. PREV (pr evious) button (page 98) 6.
Parts Identifi cati ons 21 O v er v ie w 3. AUDIO IN (audio input selection) switches (page 71 ) Front lowe r oper atio n block 1. ASSIGN 4 (assignab le 4) button (page 75 ) 2. SHUTTER switch ( page 59) 3. WHT BAL (autom atic white ba lance adjustment) butt on (pag e 54) Side o pera tion panel 1.
Parts Id entifi cations 22 O v er v ie w 1. SHOT TRANSITION ope ra tion 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 (page 32 ) 4.
Parts Identifi cati ons 23 O v er v ie w Note The lens is pro pe r ly adj ust ed at the fact or y . Do not touc h the co ntrols of the len s con trol block . To rem ove the len s hood 1 Loosen the hood fi xing screw, 2 turn the hood in the direction of the arr ow, 3 then pull it out.
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 (safe ty but ton) to start reco rding. 8. REC PAUSE buttons Press th e X butto n togeth er with t he un marke d butto n (safe ty but ton) to pa us e recording.
On-Screen I ndicatio ns 25 O v er v ie w Whe n th is un i t is in Ca mera mo de (mo d e for recording) , pressing the DISPL AY/ BAT T IN FO button displ ay s the statuse s and sett ing s of this unit in th e view fin d er . When y ou pr ess th e DI SPLAY/B ATT INF O butto n agai n, the s e in dica ti ons ar e canc ele d.
On-Scr een Ind ica tions 26 O v er v ie w 6. Media re maini ng ind i cati on [M] (page 46) 7. Zoom po sition indication [M ] (page 62) 8. Lens extender indication (availa bl e onl y whe n a lens e x te nde r is use d) 9. TLCS mode indication [M][D] (pag e 120 ) 10.
On-Screen I ndicatio ns 27 O v er v ie w 2 Tilt th e joy stic k or rota te the jog dial to set th e cu rsor to th e item to be opera ted then pr ess th e joys ti c k or the jog di al .
Po w er Supp ly 28 Prepara ti ons You can use a battery pa c k or A C po wer via a n AC adaptor . If you co nne ct an AC powe r source, it has a priorit y ev en if a ba tt ery pack is m oun ted.
Po w er Supp ly 29 Prepara ti ons The cam corde r ind icate s the remain ing u sage time in mi nu t es by calc ulat in g t he av ailable time with t he b attery pa ck i f opera tion i s cont inued at the c urrent rate of powe r cons umption .
Po w er Supp ly 30 Prepara ti ons 2 Connec t t he pow er co rd s upp lied with the BC -U 1 /U 2 to th e AC in pu t conn ec tor of the B C - U 1/U2 t hen to an AC power source. 3 Set the mo de switc h of th e BC-U1/U2 to the D C OU T position . For detai ls, refer to the Ope rating In struction s of the BC-U1/U2.
Sett i ng t he Clock 31 Prepara ti ons When y ou turn the camcord er on for th e first ti me after pur ch asing or re pl ac ing the ba ck up batter y (page 1 49) , th e In it ial S et tin g disp l ay ap p ea rs in the viewf ind er . Set th e da te and ti me of th e bu ilt-i n clo c k, u s in g this d isplay.
Adjusting the V ie w finder 32 Prepara ti ons You can adj ust the a ngle a nd the di spl ay conditio ns of the vie w fi nd er for best vie win g in various shoo ting si tuat ion s . These adj ustm ent s of the view find er have no effect on picture s bei ng reco rded.
Adjusting t he V ie w finder 33 Prepara ti ons Press the MENU but to n to set th e camc o rd er to Menu mode. Select (VF SET menu) then “VF” fr om the menu, a nd adj ust “C olor. ” For detail s on men u ope rati ons, see “Basi c Menu Operatio ns” on p age 1 14.
Adjusting the V ie w finder 34 Prepara ti ons When t he ca mcord er is in Me dia mode, t he pictur e is al so inverte d bo th vert ical ly and horizon tally. I n Ca me ra mode, th e pi ct ure is inve rted on ly v er t ica lly, whil e it is al s o in ver ted hori zont ally for Rec Revi ew (page 74) .
Adjusting the Lens 35 Prepara ti ons 3 Slide the knob o n the top to the o pposite side of th e ey ep iece . 4 Detac h the ey ep i e ce by ho rizo ntal ly sli d in g it. The supp lied VCL -614B2X and the op tional XS8X4A S-X B8 (see page 36) spec ially de signed for t he PM W-EX3 ar e ca lled “exclu sive len ses” in this m anu a l.
Adjusting the Lens 36 Prepara ti ons With th e sup plied or opt ional ex clusiv e 1/ 2-i nch EX Mount lens, the fla ng e focal length c an be adjust ed a utomati call y. Notes • If a subject of i nsufficie nt cont rast is used , or if the ca mcorder or su bject moves during t he adjustment , a dj ustme nt cannot be ma de properl y.
Adjusting the Lens 37 Prepara ti ons Remov ing the sup plie d lens To re move the supplied lens, p roceed as fo llows: 1 Set the lens mou nt stoppe r switch to the RELEASE pos i tion . 2 While holding the lens , turn th e lens mount le ve r up ward unt il it stops .
Adjusting the Lens 38 Prepara ti ons mount sec ti on a nd set the ad ap tor in place. 2 Turn the l ens m ount leve r of th e camco rde r dow n ward . (Ke e p the le ns mount leve r of the lens ad aptor in the upper posit io n.) 3 Retu r n th e le ns sto p pe r sw it ch to th e LOCK posi ti on.
Adjusti ng the Grip / Using the Cheek Pad 39 Prepara ti ons The grip ro tates appro x. 120 degre es to suppo rt a variety of sho oting styles. Holding the RE LEASE butt o n pre ssed , slo wly rota te t he gri p. Click positio ns are prov ided a t ea c h 15 de gre es.
Using the Ch eek Pad 40 Prepara ti ons 3 Inser t the ch eek pa d fr om th e back of the camco rde r an d secu re it wit h th e suppli ed scr ews. Align the hol es on the bot tom of t he mount frame of the che ek pad with tho se of t he camcor der . 4 Return the shoulder pad to its origina l positi on.
Using the IR Remote Comma nder 41 Prepara ti ons 1 Inser t the ca ble c la mp to the fram e s o that th e rear proje ction of th e ca bl e clamp f its in the slot on th e frame . Adju st th e pos i ti on o f t h e clam p by sli d in g it so th a t t h e s cr e w h o le of t h e clam p ali gns with t hat of th e fr am e .
Using the IR Remot e Commander 42 Prepara ti ons Note To av oid ma lf u nc tio n s, th e re mo te co n tro l functio n is aut oma ti call y deacti vate d whe n the camcord er is turned off . Ac ti va te the func tion each tim e whe n require d after you tu rn the camcord er on.
Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 43 Prepara ti ons This camc ord er records au dio and vid eo on SxS memory cards (op tional) i nserted in the card slots. Usable SxS memory cards Use the foll owing Sony-mad.
Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 44 Prepara ti ons Note Do n ot opera te th e write -prote ct sw itch of an SxS memo ry ca rd wh ile it is set in th e c amc orde r. Temp orarily rem ove the c ard from the camc order before c han ging th e sw i tc h set ti ng.
Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 45 Prepara ti ons Removi ng an SxS m emory c ard 1 Open the co ver, once pr es s the EJ E CT button to r elease th e lock , th en pull the button out.
Handling SxS Memo ry Cards 46 Prepara ti ons The in-prog ress message and st at us bar (%) are displaye d, and the AC CESS la mp light s in red. When fo rmatt ing i s comple ted, the co mpleti on message is disp la ye d for t hre e seconds.
Using the P HU-60K 47 Prepara ti ons • In some ca ses, onl y pa rts of clips ca nn ot be resto red. P layba ck o f the r est ored cl ips b ecome s possi bl e ag ai n.
Using the PHU-60 K 48 Prepara ti ons 3 Pass th e cabl e t hroug h the ca ble gu id e slot above the card slo t B and cl os e t h e cover. 4 Secu re the cab l e at the cab le clam p . 5 Turn on the PH U -60K . The POWE R in dica tor o f the PHU-6 0K light s in green.
Using the P HU-60K 49 Prepara ti ons If an error oc cu rs with data on the PHU-60 K for some reason, the ha rd di sk mu st be restore d. If a PH U-60K that ne eds to be restore d is connec ted, a m essage th at pro mpts you t o execut e restoratio n is di splayed in the view fi nde r.
Basic Ope ration Pr ocedure 50 Recording The operat ions descri be d in t his se ct io n assum e that you are u sing t he suppl ied or optional exclu s iv e lens. The dis p lay s and men u setti n gs may dif fer w h en a non- exc lusive le ns is use d.
Basic O peration Proce dure 51 Recording Recording ( Full Auto mod e) 6 Press the FULL AUTO butt on so that the bu tton i ndic ator li ghts . Full Aut o mode i s tur ned on, acti vatin g the TLCS (Tot al Level Con trol System) (p age 120) .
Selecting the V ideo For mat 52 Recording L You can select var iou s vide o fo rmats for reco rding/ play back usi ng “Vid eo Fo rmat” (page 130) of the OTHERS menu. The cu rre nt fo rm at is disp la ye d on the scree n when you press th e DISPL A Y/ BATT IN FO button.
S w itching t he N D Filters 53 Recording With “PAL Are a” selected Press the MENU but to n to set th e camc o rder to Menu mode, disp lay th e O T H ER S me nu with , an d set “V id eo F or ma t .” For det ails on menu o perations , see “ Basic M enu Operatio ns” on p age 1 14.
Adjusting the W hit e Ba l a nce 54 Recording The whi te ba lanc e mu st b e ad just ed to suit to th e color tem perat ure of th e li gh t source. You can selec t the adjust ment mode accordin g to the shoot ing conditio ns. Preset mode The co lor t emperat ure is ad just ed t o the pres et value (fac tor y set ting: 3200 K ) in thi s mod e.
Adjusting t he W hite B a l a nc e 55 Recording Execut e au to wh ite-b alan ce a djust ment acco rdin g to the colo r te mpe r ature o f th e li ght source . The adj ustment va lue c an be store d in m emory A or B. Note Auto white -b alance adj ust me nt ca nno t be execu ted in Prese t mode.
Adj us t i ng th e Bla ck Ba l a nc e / Disp l a y in g the M ar k ers an d Ze b ra Pa t t er n s 56 Recording With th is ca mcord er, th e bl ack ba lance i s automa tically ad justed each t ime th e power is turn ed on. You can readju st it , us ing t he m enu, when ne e ded .
Display ing t he Markers an d Ze b ra P atter ns 57 Recording When t he as pect marker is o n, t he sa fety zone marker s hows th e effe ctive ar ea with in the a spect marker. Displ aying t he c enter mar ker Set “Cen ter M arker ” to “O n” t o inser t th e ce nter marker into the s cre en ar ea.
Setting t he Gain 58 Recording Zebra Se lect Select the ze bra patt ern (s) to be displaye d. 1 (Zebra1) : To disp lay a zebra patte rn in th e area of ±10% cen te ri n g the vi de o leve l s et wit .
Settin g the Elect roni c Sh utter 59 Recording To cha nge Press the MENU but to n to set th e camc o rder to Menu mod e, disp la y th e CA M ERA SET m enu with , and select “Ga in Se tu p” fro m the menu. For detail s on men u ope rati ons, see “Basi c Menu Operatio ns” on p age 1 14.
Setting t he Electron ic Shutt er 60 Recording shutter speed you sp ecifie d with “Shut ter” o f th e CAMER A SET menu . Note When A uto Shut ter mode is ON, t he fixed sh utter cannot be sele cted . Setting the fixed shutter with the CAMERA SET menu The shutter mo de a nd shu tter speed can be se t with the CAMERA SET menu.
Adjusting t he Iris 61 Recording For de tails on the Direct menu, see “D irect Menu Operatio n” on pa ge 26 . Select “EX Slow Shutter” from the CAMERA SET menu. Set “Sett ing ” to “On, ” and s peci fy th e numbe r of accumu la ted frames with “N um be r of Fra mes.
Adjusting the Zoom 62 Recording To adjus t the targe t level wi th the Dir ect menu The ta rget level can also be se lect ed usin g the Direct menu. When y ou pr ess th e DI SPLAY/B ATT INF O button, th e cu rrent settin g is disp layed on t he screen.
Adj us tin g th e Zo om 63 Recording Sett ing the Z OOM swi tch t o the M AN U pos iti on for Man ual Zo om mo de activates t he z oom ring. Rota te th e zoo m rin g to a dju s t the z oom . Sett ing th e Z OO M s witch to the SERV O p osit ion for Servo mo de activ at e s the pow er z oom .
Adjusting the Focus 64 Recording Note If you set “Z oom Spe ed (High/L ow ) ” of the CAMERA SET menu t o a value between 0 an d 9 for a low s pe ed, zo om ing may not oper ate smoothly, dep ending on t he i ndividua l charact eristic s of th e lens or oper ati ng environ ments.
Adjusti ng the F oc us 65 Recording Rotate the foc us ring for the best focu s while observ in g the pic t ure in the vi ewfind er. The rang e i ndex of the foc us ring is e ffe ct ive in Full MF mo de. The distance s corr espond to the focus ring po sitions.
Adjusting the Focus 66 Recording Adjusting the focus with the focus ring Rotate the foc us ring for the best focu s while observ in g the pic t ure in the vi ewfind er. The rang e i ndex of the ri ng is invali d in MF mode. One-P ush (M omen tary) A uto Fo cusi ng Push the PUSH A F button.
Eliminatin g Pictu re Blu rring ( Steady Shot) 67 Recording Whe n yo u se t th e M ACR O sw it ch t o ON in AF or MF mode, M acro m ode is acti va te d, pe rm it ti ng you to adjust the foc us in a ra nge t hat in clud es the micro ar ea . The Macr o mode i s inv alid i n Full MF mode.
Reducing Flicke rs / Reducing Fli ckers 68 Recording To redu ce flic kers, tr y either of the follo wing two methods: Setting the sh utter spee d according to the po wer -supp ly f requ ency Acti vate the el ectr oni c s hu tt er (page 59) an d s et the shutter spee d ac cordi ng t o the powe r supply frequen cy.
Setti ng the Ti me Data 69 Recording Time d at a, suc h as th e ti mec ode s, u s er bi ts, and the cl ock time, are rec orded w ith pictu res. The timec ode ca n be locked to an ext er n al ti meco d e generator. For de tai ls, see “Exte rnal Synchro nization” on p age 138.
Setti ng th e Tim e Data 70 Recording 1) T he frame digi ts in “Sett ing” are limited to 00, 04, 08, 12, 16, and 20. The frame at the beginn ing of re cordi ng is limited to 00, 04, 08, 12, 16, and 20.
Recording Audio S ignals 71 Recording Two c hann els (C H-1/ CH- 2) of a udi o ca n be recorde d (L inear PCM re cordi ng) in sync hro n iz a ti on wi th vi de o r eco rd ing.
Recording Aud io Signals 72 Recording 3 Set the correspon di ng AUDIO IN switch ( CH-1 or CH-2) to EXT. 4 Set the co rres pon ding LINE/MI C/+48 V switch (CH- 1 or C H-2) acco rding to the connec ted mi cro phone .
Outputt i ng the Color Bars and Referenc e Tone 73 Recording The camco rde r ca n ou tpu t a co lor-b ar si g na l in place of t he came ra p ictur e. A 1- kHz r efer enc e t one i s o utp ut w ith the color bar signal if “1kHz To ne” of “Au dio Input” (page 121) is set to “On ” with t he AUDIO SET menu.
Recording S hot Marks / Rec Re v ie w 74 Recording When y ou record shot marks for import ant scen es as subsidia ry da ta, you ca n a cc ess th e m ark ed points easil y on a Shot Mark screen, whi ch only displays scen es w ith shot ma rk s on ly . This incre ases editi ng e ffi ciency .
Changing F unctions of the Assign a b le B uttons 75 Recording • If the vid eo form at is chang ed a fter re cordi ng, Rec Re view ca nnot be pe rformed.
Inte r v al Recording 76 Recording 2 Selec t t he bu tton to w h ich you w i sh to assi gn a funct ion. 3 Selec t the f unc tio n to be assi gned . 4 Exit the menu. The assi gned fu n ctio ns ca n be vie w ed on the BUTTON/REMOTE status screen (pa ge 11 1) .
Inter v al Recor ding 77 Recording For detail s on men u ope rati ons, see “Basi c Menu Operatio ns” on p age 1 14. 1 Selec t “Inter val Re c” of th e C A M ERA SET menu. 2 Set “Set ti ng” to “On. ” The camco rd er en te rs Int erval Recor d in g mode.
Frame Recording 78 Recording The Fram e Rec ording function is e speci ally effect iv e for clay an ima ti on re co rding. The spec ifie d number of fra mes are re co rded intermit tently when yo u press t he REC START/ STOP butto n.
Slo w & Q uick Motion Recording 79 Recording • Som e extra f rames may be r ecorded i f you st op recor din g or switc h the ca rd slot whi le reco rdin g i s pa use d in Fra me Re c mo de. Stoppi ng F rame Reco rding Set “S etti ng” of “Frame Rec” o f th e CAMERA SET menu to “ Off.
Slo w & Quick Motion Recordin g 80 Recording Before starti ng Sl ow & Quick Mo ti on re co rdin g, make th e nece ssary se ttings in a dvance. 1 Press th e S&Q Mot ion dia l fo r more than 1 se cond . The camco rd er ente rs the Sl o w & Quick Motion stand by stat us.
Freeze Mix: Image Alignment 81 Recording Using the F ree ze Mix func tion , an i mage (st ill pictur e) of a rec ord ed clip ca n be temp ora rily superim pose d on the current ca mera pi ct ure , permitt ing you to easil y al ig n im a ges for nex t recordi ng.
Shot Tran sition 82 Recording The Shot Tra nsiti on fun ct io n helps yo u to easily obta i n comp lex pi ct ur e ef fec ts by re gi s te rin g camera se ttin gs or con ditions as a “shot ” to be reproduc ed in a re cording sequenc e.
Shot Transit ion 83 Recording Note Camera ope ratio ns ar e di sabl ed wh en th e sh ot transit io n operat i on mode is Che c k or Exec ute. When ad ju stments ar e re qui red, set the m ode to Store. Before yo u sta rt re co rding using t he Shot Transi tion fu nctio n, make the n ecessary se ttin gs with the CA MERA S ET menu in adva nce.
Shot Tran sition 84 Recording P: Paramete r le ve l T: Transition of tim e Start Ti mer Set the t ime from star t of recordi ng to start of the shot transi ti on. The coun tdown indica tion is d isplayed in the shot-transi tion inf ormation a rea unt il the shot transi tion is s tart ed by the Start Timer.
Shot Transit ion 85 Recording When “R ec Link” i s “Shot- A” or “ Shot- B, ” the camcorder au to ma tical ly perf o r ms the shot transi tion to the camera setti ngs registered t o Shot A o r Shot B, re spectively. You need no t press the butto n.
Fader Fu nction 86 Recording Using the Fa der functi on, you can start a recordi ng by fading in a sc ene o r end a record ing by fadi ng o ut of a scene . The fa der func tion can be assi gned to an assignab le button . For function assi gnment, see “C hangi ng Func ti ons of the Assignable But tons” on page 75 .
Fader Functi on 87 Recording For f adi ng i n a scen e Press the A SSIGN but ton to w hich you assigned the Fader func tion in STBY (reco rding 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.
Picture Pr ofiles 88 Recording You ca n custom ize the pictur e quali ty, depe nding on th e cond itio ns or cir cumst ances of r ecord ing, and stor e them as a pi ct ure pr o fil e, enabl ing the picture qua l ity to be resume d j ust by your selectin g the pi cture profi le.
Pict ure P rof iles 89 Recording The PICTURE P ROFILE menu is d ispla yed. 3 Oper atin g th e jog di a l or the joys ti ck, sele ct “S EL” then th e de sire d pi ctur e prof i le fr om th e list. The camco rd er is ad ju sted to the pictur e quali ty spec ified by th e sele cted Pr ofile .
Picture Pr ofiles 90 Recording The va lues when “Off” i s se lect ed at “SEL” of th e PICTU RE PR OFILE m enu ar e sh own i n bold face (exampl e: St andard ).
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 conv er si on val ue for aut.
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 level adjustment for specifi c color -phase areas. The detail level is uniform over the entire picture with the Off setting.
Pict ure P rof iles 93 Recording 1) T o execute “Area Detection” 1. Select “A r ea Dete ctio n. ” A square m arker t hat in dicate s the dete ctio n area ap pears in the ce nter of th e sc re en, an d “Execu te” and “Cancel” are disp layed b elow.
Deleting Clip s 94 Recording In Camera mode, the Last Clip DEL function for del et ing the las t r e cor de d cl ip a nd th e Al l Cl ips DEL functi on fo r deleting al l clips from a memory car d ar e av aila ble. In Medi a mod e, you can sp ecify the clip to be delete d.
Storing/ Retrie v ing the Sett ing Dat a 95 Recording You can stor e al l the menu set tings (inclu ding picture profil es) as a setup file o n an SxS m emory card. By ret rieving the st ored set up file , the p roper setu p co ndi tion can be i mme diat ely obt ained .
Playing Back Cli ps 96 Play b ack Turning the cam corder on with the po wer switc h set to MED IA sets i t to M edi a mod e, an d the clip s recor d ed on the SxS memor y car d ar e di splay e d as thumbn ails on the scr ee n. (I f no cli ps are recor d ed on the card , a no -cl ip message is displayed.
Playing Back Cli ps 97 Play b ack 8. Special recording information If the sele ct ed cli p was reco rd ed in a spec ial 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 eco rded in S &Q M oti on mo de, [recording frame ra t e/play back fram e rate] fps i s dis p la ye d to th e ri ght .
Playing Back Cli ps 98 Play b ack Press the THUMBNAIL but ton to retu rn to th e thumbn ai l sc ree n. Notes • The play b ack pict ure may be mo me nt arily dist orte d or fro zen be twee n cl ips. T he p layba ck contro l buttons an d THUM BNAI L bu tton do not func ti on du ring this con di tion.
Playing Back Cli ps 99 Play b ack Cueing up To retu rn to the t op of the curr ent cl ip Press the PREV butt o n. • When you pre ss the b utton in normal o r fast- forwa rd pl ayba ck, the to p of th e cu rrent cli p is cued u p then pl ayba ck beg ins .
Playing Back Cli ps 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 sc re en . To display th e t humbn ai l scr een, pre ss the THUMBNAIL button.
Clip Operations 101 Play b ack In Media mod e, you c an operate t he clips or conf irm an d cha nge th e su b sidi ary d a ta fo r cl ips using the Cl ip Oper ation menus. The corre sponding C lip Ope ration me nu pops up on the screens as show n below.
Clip Operations 102 Play b ack Displaying a Clip Operation menu Press the jo yst ic k or the jog dial . The Cl ip Op erat ion me nu fo r th e cur rent dis play pops up. Selecting a Clip Operation menu item Turn th e jog dial o r tilt the joyst ick to selec t a men u it em th en p r es s th e jo g di al o r th e joy s ti ck .
Clip Operations 103 Play b ack When you sele ct “ DISP CLIP IN FO” f rom a C lip O perat ion menu, t he CLI P INF O scre en a ppear s. 1. Image of the current cli p 2. Image of the pr ev ious clip Pres s the PR EV but ton to swi tch to the CL IP INFO scre e n of the pre vio us clip.
Clip Operations 104 Play b ack 1 Select “OK MARK DEL” from the Clip Oper at ion men u. The inf orm at io n scre e n for the s e lect ed clip appears, and a c onfirma tion m essage is disp la yed belo w t he i ndex fr ame imag e. 2 To de lete, sele ct “ Execu te” then p ress the jog dia l or the joysti ck.
Clip Operations 105 Play b ack 1 Pause t he pl ayba ck or sel ec t a cl i p on the th umbnail s creen then p ress th e joyst ick or th e jog di al . The corr e spo n di ng Cl ip Oper at ion me nu pops up. 2 Select “EXPAND CLIP” from the Cli p Oper at ion men u.
Clip Operations 106 Play b ack SHO T MARK2: To disp lay th um bnail s on ly of the fra mes mark ed wi th sh o t mar k 2 SHOT MARK s cree n exam ple The detail ed info rm at ion of the cli p is displa ye d at t he bot tom of th e scr een. The it ems other than the follow ing a re the same as those on the EXPAND C LIP screen: 1.
Clip Operations 107 Play b ack The in format ion scre en fo r th e sele cted frame appear s an d a co nfi rmati o n messa ge is disp la yed belo w t he i mage. 3 Selec t “E xecut e. ” You can ch ange th e i nde x frame of a clip to another frame you selected on the EXPAND CLIP screen (page 10 4 ) or the SHOT MAR K screen (page 10 5) .
Sho w ing the St atus Scr eens 108 Status Di spla ys This cam corder provides st atus scre ens of five kinds in Ca m era mo de and fo ur kinds in M edia mode, per mittin g you to chec k th e various sett i ngs an d sta tus es of th i s un it . The status screens can also be displayed on an exter na l mon i tor.
CAMERA Stat us Screen 109 Status Di spla ys The set ti ngs and s tat us es re late d to imag e shoo t ing ar e dis p laye d. The CAME RA st atus screen is obtaine d onl y in Camera mo de.
AUDIO Statu s Screen 110 Status Di spla ys Informa tion re garding a udi o sig nal s is disp la ye d. The displ ay co nfiguration varies b etwe en Camera mode an d Me dia mo de . CH-1/CH-2: Audio level me ters The leve ls of th e CH-1 and CH- 2 audi o inputs (E - E audio l e vels ) ar e di spl ay ed.
V IDEO Statu s Scr een / BUTTO N /REMOTE St atus Sc reen 111 Status Di spla ys The inform ation on video formats and settings f or the COMPONENT OUT, SDI OUT, MONITOR OUT, S VIDEO, and i.
BATTERY /MED IA Sta tus Scre en 112 Status Di spla ys The info rm at io n on the batt e r y pa ck and SxS memory c ards is displaye d. Batter y: Ba ttery char ge rema ining The r emaini ng cha rge le vel of the moun ted battery pack is d isplayed .
O v er v ie w of th e Setup Men us 113 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings This ca mcorder permit s you to make v arious sett ing s f or r e cor d in g an d p la yb ac k wit h Se tup menus in the v iewfinde r. The S etup menu s can als o b e d ispla yed on a n exter na l mon i tor.
Basic Menu Opera tions 114 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings This secti on c ove rs basic o per ations fo r set ti ng the Set up m en u it em s.
Basic Menu Op era tions 115 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings The cursor is disp la ye d on t he icon of the m enu used last, an d the co rrespond in g me nu item selectio n area is d isplayed to the ri ght.
Basic Menu Opera tions 116 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings 4 For the item th at has subit ems, tur n the jog dia l or t ilt th e joys tick ba ck or f orth to set th e cursor t o the subit em you wish to set th e n pre ss the d i al or th e jo ysti ck to proc ee d.
Setup Me nu List 117 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings The f unctions and av ailable settin gs of menus a re listed below. The d ef a ult s ett in g s se t a t th e f a ctor y are sh own in bol d fac e ( e xam ple : Speed ).
Setu p M e nu List 118 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings Shot Transiti on 1) Setting t he operating conditions of Shot T ransition Tra ns Ti m e 2 to 15 sec ( 4 sec ) Set the time i t takes to make a shot transi tion. Tr ans Speed 1 to 10 ( 5 ) Set the speed of the transition .
Setup Me nu List 119 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings Interv al Re c Setting t he Inte rval Recording function Setting On / Off T urn the Interv al 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.
Setu p M e nu List 120 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings 1) Valid with e xclus ive lenses only TLCS 3) Setting t he T otal Level Con tro l System (auto adjustment syst em of gain, iris and shutter) Le vel +1.0 / +0.5 / ± 0 / –0.5 / –1.
Setup Me nu List 121 Menu Conf igurat io n 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 .
Setu p M e nu List 122 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings VIDEO SET Menu VIDEO SET Menu items Setting values Contents YPbPr /SDI Ou t 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 .
Setup Me nu List 123 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings VF SET Menu VF SET Menu items Subite ms and set ting values Contents VF Setting t he viewfi nder Color –99 to +99 (± 0 ) Adjust the color of pictures in the vie wfi nder . Mode Color / B&W Select the display mo de of the viewfinder .
Setu p M e nu List 124 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings Display On / Off Selecting the items to be displayed in the viewf inder V ideo Lev el W arnings On / Off T urn the w arning indication to be displayed when the picture is too bright or too dark on/off.
Setup Me nu List 125 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings TC/UB SE T Menu TC/UB SET Menu items Subite ms and set ting values Contents Timecode Setting t he timecode Mode Prese t / Regen / Clock Set the timecode mode.
Setu p M e nu List 126 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings Flare Adjusting the f lare for a lens R Flare –99 to +99 (± 0 ) Adjust the flare ( R). G Flare –99 to +99 (± 0 ) Adjust the flare ( G). B Flare –99 to +99 (± 0 ) Adjust the flare ( B).
Setup Me nu List 127 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings OTHERS Menu OT H E R S Menu items Subite ms and set ting values Contents All Reset Resetting t o the factory status Execute/Cancel Select “Execut e” to reset the ca mcorder to the f actory st atus.
Setu p M e nu List 128 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings Assign Button Assigning functions to the assignable buttons <1> Off / Marker / Last Clip DEL / A TW / Rec Re vie w / Rec / Fre.
Setup Me nu List 129 Menu Conf igurat io n and Detaile d Settings Battery Ala rm Setting t he low powe r alarm Lo w B A 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 level at which the BA TT Empty warning is generated.
Setu p M e nu List 130 Menu Conf igurat io n 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.
Connecting Exter nal Mon itors 131 Connecti ng External De v ices To display re cordi ng/ play bac k pi ct ure s on an extern al moni tor, sel ect the ou tput signal and use an appropriat e cab le fo r th e m onitor to be conne cted.
Connectin g Exte rnal Mon itors 132 Connecti ng External De v ices Images of 50P/50 i/25P are o utput a s PAL signa ls, those of 59.94 P/59 .94i/29.9 7P are out put as NTSC signals, and tho se of 23.98 P are out put as 2-3 pulled-d own NT SC signa ls.
Operating Clips W ith a Compu ter 133 Connecti ng External De v ices The clips reco rde d on SxS m em o ry cards with this cam corder ca n be contro lled on a comp uter or edited usin g the opt io na l nonline ar e di ti ng software.
Operating Clip s W ith a Compu ter 134 Connecti ng External De v ices message (e .g., for form atting or restoration of an SxS me mory card) is shown on the scr een. It appears whe n form atting or re stor at ion is comple ted. The messag e is also no t displa ye d w hi le the CLIP I NFO scr een is sh own on the sc reen.
Connecti ng an Ext erna l De v ice ( i.LI N K Connec tion) 135 Connecti ng External De v ices For informati on on XDCAM Tr ansf er , visi t the web sites shown in “ X DC AM EX we b sit es ” on pag e 15 or on t he cove r page o f the supplied CD-ROM.
Connectin g an Ex terna l De v ice (i.LI N K Connec tion) 136 Connecti ng External De v ices 2 Set the ex tern al devic e to reco rdin g stan dby st at us. For opera t io ns of the ext ernal de vic e, refe r to the op eration manual o f that d evice. 3 Set the camco rde r to Came ra mode by sett ing t he po wer swi tch to CAMERA.
A b out i.L I N K 137 Connecti ng External De v ices 5 Press the REC START/STOP button on the ha nd le . Reco r din g begi ns . Notes • The R EC START/ STOP bu tton on t he grip doe s not func ti on. • An er ror is ge nerated in the fo llowing c ases.
Ext ern al Sy nc hr o niz at io n 138 Connecti ng External De v ices Abou t da ta tra nsfe r spee d of i.LIN K i.LINK def ines a maximum d ata transfe r speed of approxi mat ely 100, 20 0 and 400 Mbps 1) that are described a s S100, S200 and S400 respec tively.
External Sy nchroniz ation 139 Connecti ng External De v ices Thus the bu il t-in t imecod e ge ne ra tor of your camcor der l ocks to t he ref eren ce timec ode. The mess a ge “E X T- LK” is di sp l a yed on the screen. After a bout 10 seco nds, you can d isconn ect the exter na l ti mecode wit ho u t lo sin g th e synchroni zation .
Operating From the RM-B750/ B150 140 Connecti ng External De v ices When th e op tional RM -B750 or R M -B1 50 Remote Contro l Unit is co nnecte d, vario us settings of th e camcord er can be performe d from the Remo te Contr o l Uni t.
Operatin g From the RM-B75 0/B150 141 Connecti ng External De v ices 2 Select an d set t he menu it ems using th e MENU S ELECT k nob an d the CANCEL/ENTER switch. 3 When th e settin gs ar e comple ted, set the DISPLAY switch to ON o r OFF to exit the menu.
Operating From the RM-B750/ B150 142 Connecti ng External De v ices When t he camco rder i s se t to Ca mera mo de, the followi ng fun ctions ca n be ma de using the controls , the switche s , or the touch pa nel (RM- B750) on t he Re mot e Con tro l Un it, in ad diti on to menu o perat ions.
Operatin g From the RM-B75 0/B150 143 Connecti ng External De v ices For det ails on operat ions of t he Remo te Cont rol Unit, refe r to the Opera tion Manual of the RM-B15 0/ B750. Notes • The follow ing menu a nd kn ob/swit ch operat ions on the Re mote Co ntrol Un it are enable d wh en t he men u of the cam cor der i s n ot displayed.
Important N ote s on Oper ation 144 Appendix e s Use a nd St orage Do no t su bjec t t he un it to se ver e sh ock s The int er nal mechan ism m ay be da maged or t he body warpe d. Do not cover the unit whi le operati ng Putting a cl ot h, for exam pl e, ove r the uni t can cause ex cessive in ternal he at bui ld-up.
Impor tant N ot es on Operat ion 145 Appendix e s It is recommen d ed that th e por table communi cation s devi c es ne ar t his un it be powered off. About t he LCD pane ls The LCD pa ne ls are man ufact ure d with extreme ly high-pre c isi on tec hnolog y that yie lds effect ive pi xel ra tes of 9 9.
Formats and Limit at ions of Out puts 146 Appendix e s The form at of out pu t signals from th e COMPON EN T OUT connect or an d th e SDI OUT con necto r var ies ac cordi ng to the record ing/ playba ck video format s and the ki nd of th e outpu t signal (the settin g of “YPb Pr/SDI O ut Select” of the VIDEO SET menu).
Format s and Limitat ions of Out puts 147 Appendix e s The o utputs fr om the camcor der are limited by t he VID EO SET menu settings a s follows. Th ese limitat ion s are c ommon t o Ca mera mo de a nd Media m ode. Limitat ions of Out puts Menu setting s i.
Lens File Operat ions 148 Appendix e s Up to 6 len s fi les ca n be us ed w ith this cam cord er . By stori ng the character istics (compe nsation data) spec if ic to lense s in the file s in the built- i n memo ry, the opt im um c om pensatio n can be easily ma de mere ly by retrie ving th e ap p ro p r iat e file upo n lens rep lacem en t.
Bac kup Batt er y 149 Appendix e s 8 Selec t “Sto re” an d speci f y the f il e i n which you wish to stor e the data. 9 When th e con firmatio n mes sage i s disp laye d, se lect “Ex ecu te.
Backup Ba tt ery 150 Appendix e s Repl acing t he ba ckup b atte ry Notes • Be s u r e to se t th e po wer s w itc h to OFF w h en repla cing th e backup ba ttery.
Trou b leshoot ing 151 Appendix e s T roub les hooti ng Operati ng Power Symp to ms 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 .
Trou b leshootin g 152 Appendix e s Externa l Devic es Symp to ms 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 some times takes time f or the connected equipment to recognize the operation.
Error/ W arn ing Indic a tions 153 Appendix e s The camco r de r informs y ou of si tu at ion s wher e warning, caut ion, o r an opera tion c heck i s require d, through messa ges in the viewfi nder, the tally lamps, a nd a b uzzer .
Error/ W arni ng Indic at ions 154 Appendix e s 1) (B) for the ca rd in slo t B 2) B for a HDD connected to slot 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.
MPEG-2 V ideo Pat ent Portf olio Licens e / Spe cifica tions 155 Appendix e s ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT OTHER THAN CONSUMER PERSONAL USE IN ANY MAN NER THAT COM PLI ES W IT H TH E MPEG-2 STANDARD FOR EN.
Specifications 156 Appendix e s With o ne SBP-32 SP mo de: Ap p rox . 14 0 min. HQ mode: Appr ox. 100 mi n. Continuous operati on time (recording) With the BP- U60 Approx.
Specifications 157 Appendix e s A UDIO IN CH-1/CH-2 connectors XLR 3-pi n (2), fem a le LINE: +4 dB u MIC: –11 dB u to –65 dB u (6dB ste ps) (Referen ce l evel: 0 dB u=0.775 Vr ms) DC IN connector DC jack (1) Output conne ctor s SDI OUT connector BNC type ( 1), con forming to SMPTE292M/259M stand ards MONITOR OUT connector BNC type ( 1), 1.
Specifications 158 Appendix e s 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.
Index 159 Appendix e s A AC adaptor 29 AC power source 29 ACCESS lamps 44 add shot mar ks 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 r.
Index 160 Appendix e s D Date/Time 31 DC cable clamp 40 DC IN connector 29 DC IN Power 29 delete a clip 1 04 DELETE CLIP 1 04 delete shot marks 10 6 Detail 91 DF 69 diop ter c ompen sat ion 3 2 Direct.
Index 161 Appendix e s iris ope ning 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 , 148.
Index 162 Appendix e s S S&Q M otion 11 9, 141 Safety Are a 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 .
Index 163 Appendix e s 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 osition .
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