HDW-750P / 730S User Guide
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1. LENSRGBHSAW 49690 LENSRGBvSaw LENS V PARA 99 to 99 0 FORMAT Offfuser al scene lensrefer 1 TELEFILE CLEAR RESET METER DRUM RUNNING TAPE RUNNING OPERATION THREADING DRUM RUNNING 2 TAPE RUNNING 2 OPERATION 2 THREADING 2 ADJUST HOUR MIN SEC YEAR MONTH DAY AT VER XXX SS VER XXX FP VER XXX EQ VER XXX EEPROM LSI DOWN CONVERTER HD SDI OUTPUT PICTURE CACHE SLOW SHUTTER2. If you have some scene files stored on your memory stick load them as well but it s not essential Use the scene files to store adjustments and tweaks to that initial setup If the camera already has some scene files left in it labelled Oscar Winning Cinematographer V1 0 or similar it s probably best to ignore or overwrite them Even if they were your files originally they could have been modified and re saved Check the camcorder is set to the correct frame rate Frame rate cannot be selected by loading files as changing frame rate requires power down and power up You can however store the frame rate you wish to use in a file and you will get a prompt to change the frame rate during the file load process if it s not set to the one associated with the file If you re shooting at 25P set the shutter to 50Hz 4 0 Camera Matching Use the same ALL file for all cameras on a multi camera shoot Easiest method of keeping things colour matched is to use preset white balance and the same filter on all cameras Unless of course colour temperature changes during the shoot and you want the white balance to stay the same Ideally all cameras should be checked against a reference camera on the bench before the shoot begins yes yes know If there is any small difference in preset colour temperature it can then be offset electronically or VA gains can be tweaked to match When genlocking cameras the 750 and 730 will read
3. o matrix is recommended or ITU 709 preferred by BBC R amp D o Matrix off will give an acceptable but desaturated look o Standard Gamma curve 4 has a high initial gain and is useful if going through a grading process during post production 1 SMPTE 240M Digi Beta 5248 2 10 709 MPTE 240M 4x 5245 3 SMPTE Wide 709 4 5 5293 4 NTSC 5 5296 5 EBU 6 ITU 609 14 0 Lenses The lens mount is the standard 2 3 bayonet mount and all the main manufacturers provide a range of HD lenses in film style and EFP variants plus several sets of primes You can of course use SD lenses on HD cameras and they ll function perfectly well It does seem a bit like buying a very expensive hi fi system and using some cheap speakers though 15 1 Back focus There is no particular problem with back focus on the 750 730 or the F900 It s a slightly more precise adjustment because of the smaller circle of confusion of HD but the principle is the same as SD 16 0 Viewfinders There are three options available e HDVF 20W Monochrome tube monocular Flicker blur in progressive mode can be exaggerated in the viewfinder e HDVF C30W Colour LCD monocular Needs version 1 704 AT and SS software No mounting point for front mic e HDVF C750 Colour LCD 6 5 Useful sidemount bracket which attaches to VCT 14 tripod plate is available from Dowling Design http ddesign co uk 17 0 Menu List A complete list o
4. 24 120 72 25 200 45 25 180 50 25 150 60 25 120 75 With software version 1 7 and above it is possible to change the display of shutter speed to angular notation This can be done from the service menu see your dealer for to get this feature enabled for you 7 0 Gain The gain selections available from the switch on the side of the camcorder can be programmed in the user menu just like other camcorders A further option available via the service menu is to have the gain level displayed as an ISO ASA sensitivity rating Useful if you re from a film background but this feature should be used with care as the displayed speed of the camera does not take into account other factors affecting sensitivity e Shutter e ND filters e Range extender e Transmission factor of the lens These should all be added into the equation before attempting to expose pictures purely by using a light meter and the ASA rating of the camera 440 630 1300 1800 12 2500 18 5000 3 0 3 880 6 9 8 0 Outputs and Monitoring HD will not fit into a PAL monitor Too many lines too high line frequency This can make things a little awkward for location monitoring and viewing The HDW 750P 7305 however comes with a number of standard and optional output signals that should give you what you need Firstly there s an HDSDI output HDSDI is a similar idea to the SDI signal that is the de facto digital interchange for standard definition It ju
5. 5 Frame Rate 6 Shutter 7 Gain 8 Outputs and monitoring 9 Options 10 Audio 11 Filters 12 Detail 13 Matrix and gamma 14 Lenses 15 Back focus 16 Viewfinders 17 Menu list 1 0 Quick Start If you re asked to use the 750 or 7308 at short notice and don t have the luxury of preparation time here s a very short list of things to check to get you in the right ball park for getting sensible pictures e If you have a memory stick you wish to use load a user file and an all file e f you don t have a memory stick set user file and all file to ALL PRESET e f you re putting everything to all preset after doing so you may wish to turn on the preset matrix set it to EBU Std 5 and you should turn the detail level down to about 30 e Choose rate e Set the shutter to 50Hz if shooting at 25 All these operations are covered in more detail in the following sections 2 0 Differences between 750P and 730S In most respects the two camcorders are identical The following are the important differences 25P or 50i 50i or 59 94i 2x optical filter wheels 1 x optical filter wheel FIT CCDs IT CCDs Concealed accessory connector at rear No connector 3 0 Files and Menus The explanation in the manuals of how the files and menus work is a little confusing to say the least This is an attempt to clarify what happens and when There are menus which allow you to access and adjust a parameter The values
6. Paint Menu Picture control The look Detail Gamma Knee etc are all adjusted in this menu Also has access to scene files to store and recall different looks Maintenance Menu Format switching 25P 50i is here plus more obscure technical stuff Includes the things that used to be in the menu accessed via the button on the timecode panel on digital betacam camcorders File Menu Save load store and recall all the different file types You can also access some files from within each individual menu For instance you can load a lens file from within the operation menu or from within the file menu it s the same result Diagnostics In the unlikely event of a problem This menu can help isolate a fault to a particular board Also tells you software versions of the various boards in the camera and drum running and operation hours Service Menu Not normally accessible You need to set internal switches to gain access to this menu 3 2 Files Stored information about groups of adjustable items User Holds whatever values have been allocated to the user menu User Preset The user file can be stored as a default setting by moving it from the user layer to the preset layer See layers below Scene Mostly items from the paint menu Use this as a sort of scratchpad for holding picture set ups Reference Stored separately to the other files this is only accessed during an auto level operation Auto level i
7. 100 lens files and a reference file ona memory stick That s probably enough 3 4 File Structure Scene File Lens File User File x5 x5 All File Preset Reference User File File User files Scene Lens files x100 files x100 x100 files x100 Ref file x1 Best not to use the reference file You can delete it using REFERENCE CLEAR though loading an ALL file will overwrite all the values created from it The reference file itself is not overwritten 3 5 Loading Files Load and save operations relate to file transfer to and from memory stick Store and recall relate to file transfer within the camera If you have a memory stick with setups already stored on it Open the side panel and insert the memory stick The red LED will light if the memory stick is recognised No files are loaded until you go to the menus and tell the camera to load a file Press the front rotary control in and keep it pressed while you use the toggle switch on the side of the camera to turn the menu on You should now see the TOP MENU displayed in the viewfinder Turn the rotary control and select the FILE MENU Turn the rotary control and select the USER FILE page If you have a USER file stored on your memory stick this is probably the best one to load first e If you ve customized the user meu it will now contain the pages you need to use so you don t need to find the TO
8. 99 to 99 0 ELLE VMOD Off on MASTER VMOD 99 to 99 0 R 99 to 99 0 VMOD 99 to 99 0 B VMOD 99 to 99 0 OUTPUT SELCT __ M LOW KEY SAT Off on LEVEL 99 to 99 0 RANGE Low l mid h mid high Y BLK GAMMA Off on Y BLK GAMMA LVL 99 to 99 0 Y BLK GAMMA RANGE Low l mid h mid high 1TO5 STANDARD SCENE RECALL SCENE STORE FILE ID SHADING CH SELECT R G B AGE WHITEHSAW ses RGB WATE H PARABOLA 991099 RGBWHITEVSAW fewo RGB WHITE V PARA 99 to 99 Off on WHITE SAW PARA ourursuecr RGBBLACKHSAW sess RGBBLACKHPARABOLA S9 59 TOO RGB BLACK V SAW 99 to 99 WHTESAWPARA oon D 919 T 99 to 99 99 to 99 vmi SHADING CH SELECT YLVL SYNCLVL PrLVL PbLVL TEST SAW OUTPUT SELECT SD VBS LVL 99 to 99 _____ SD VBS SETUP LVL 0 7 5 SD VF Y LVL 99 to 99 SD VF R Y LVL 99 to 99 SD VF B Y LVL 99099 ____ _____ BEFORE END END 11 0 to 13V 11 3 1 10 20 30 11 0 a CUEIEE FEISAVE ENBLE DISABLE CH 1 2 SW Off on Off on 180872005 VIDEO OUT F R AUDIO OUT F R REC AUDIO OUT CAMERA ADAPTER
9. SD sync pulses in order to lock to timecode If doing a live HD mix then tri level sync must be used 5 0 Frame Rate The HDCAM format allows for many different frame rates With the HDW 750P things are a little simpler as you can record at either 25P or 50i Put very crudely you ve got film mode and video mode 25P will give you similar motion artefacts flicker and blur to film acquisition see also the next section on use of the shutter In 50i mode you will have the same motion artefacts as with Digital Betacam but at a much higher resolution of course Shooting at 25P doesn t mean you re excluded from the 24P world of theatre projection and international distribution 25P originated material can be played back 4 slow at 24P in a kind of inverse way to a 24fps movie going through a telecine at 25fps The 730S also offers two frame rates 50i and 59 941 There s no progressive scan mode so if you re looking for a filmic look ideally you d use the 750P or F900 That s not to say you couldn t use the film effect process on 50i pictures from the 7305 in a similar way to digi beta but with 1080 line source material you ll get a much better result than you would with digi beta The 730s has a useful advantage if working for productions coming from the NTSC world as it can work at 59 94i people often think of NTSC as 60Hz but it s actually 59 94Hz Most HD VTRs can be set to play back at a wide range of different speeds If
10. VAR V POS 270 to 269 0 IRIS SPEED 0 1 2 3 4 5 CLIP HIGH LIGHT Off on WHITE FILTER INH COLOUR BAR SEL Off on SMPTE 100 75 100 4 3 SMPTE 4 3 75 4 3 RM COMMON MEMORY VTR STOP START GENLOCK RETURN VIDEO GL H PHASE COASE GL H PHASE FINE Off Off on Off on 99 to 99 0 99 to 99 0 ND OFFSET ADJUST CLEAR ND OFFSET CURRENT NEXT Off on Exec 50i 25 R FILE LOAD Off on R FILE SAVE Off on RPRESET omm STORE USER PRESET CLEARUSER PRESET_ cusTomiseReseT tow custom pata on LoaDouToFuseR fof BEFOREFLEPAGE Jon USER LOAD WHITE ALL FILE LOAD ALL FILE SAVE FID ALL PRESET STORE ALL PRESET CLEAR ALL PRESET 3SEC CLR PRESET STANDARD SCENE RECALL SCENE STORE REFERENCE STORE REFERENCE CLEAR REFERENCE LOAD REFERENCE SAVE FID SCENE WHITE DATA LENS FILE RECALL LENS FILE STORE FID F STOP LENS NO OFFSET SOURCE MEMORY LENS M V MOD LENS CENTRE H LENS CENTRE V OUTPUT SELECT mms somn 270 to 269 0 LENS R FLARE mos LENS G FLARE m LENS B FLARE m9 LENS W ROFSET ees uENSwaorser ses ______ ______ SHAONGCHSEL mo OUTPUT SEL ie
11. 0 ECS On off 1 33 On off 1 50 On off 1 60 On off 1 125 On off 1 250 On off 1 500 1 1000 On off LENS FILE SELECT F ID F STOP 1 7 GAMMA Off on BLACK GAMMA MATRIX lotion KNEE __ WHITE CUP mo DETAIL Off on FLARE Ue EVE wm l TEST SAW wm S Tempera 200 99 to 99 0 99 to 99 0 s Fremperatwre 20 99 to 99 0 P 99 to 99 0 feos ewo 99 to 99 0 99 to 99 0 em B __ sy 99 to 99 0 STDFILM a Low l mid h mid high 1 99 to 99 0 99 to 99 0 99 to 99 0 99 to 99 0 YIRIG B omm S COLOUR TEMP A COLOUR FINE A R GAIN A BGAINA COLOUR TEMP B COLOUR FINE B R GAIN B B GAIN MASTER BLACK R BLACK B BLACK MASTER FLARE R FLARE G FLARE B FLARE FLARE OUTPUT SELECT GAMMA MASTER GAMMA R GAMMA G GAMMA B GAMMA OUTPUT SELECT GAM SELECT STD GAM SELECT FILM BLACK GAMMA BLK GAMMA RANGE MASTER BLK GAMMA R BLK GAMMA G BLK GAMMA B BLK GAMMA OUTPUT SELECT KNEE KNEE POINT 50 to 109 95 90 KNEE SLOPE 99 to 99 0 KNEE SAT KNEESATLEVEL 969 WHI
12. AUDIO CH 3 4 MODE REAR XLR AUTO AU REC EMPHASIS CUE REC AU REF LVL AU REF OUT 0dB 4dB 3dB AU SG 1KHz Off on auto MIC CH1 LVL MIC CH2 LVL REAR1 WRR LVL REAR2 WRR LVL Side1 front f S1 1 Side2 front f S2 1 Side1 front f S1 Side2 front f S2 wogee xime Fix time es mt TC OUT DF NDF EXT LK DF NDF EXT LK UBIT LTC UBIT VITC UBIT WATCH AUTO ADJ UBIT GROUP ID REC TALLY BLINK REC START STOP MODE SELECT TIMER SET STABY OFF TIMER STOP KEY FREEZE mn mew Off 5min 1Omin 30min 60min Dsabl frame field 1 14 LTC UB MARKER set all off REC START MARKER Off on SHOT MARKER 1 Off on SHOT MARKER 2 Off on SHOT TIME DISP Md hm dm hm d hms COLOUR TEMP lt gt 3200 COLOUR FINE lt gt 99 to 99 0 GAIN lt P gt 99 to 99 0 B GAIN lt P gt 99 to 99 0 AWB ENABLE Off on DCC adaptive knee fix DCC FUNCTION SELECT DCC RANGE 600 DCC POINT 99 to 99 0 DCC GAIN 99 to 99 0 DCC PEAK FILTER 0103 0 DCC DELAY TIME 99 to 99 0 IRIS WINDOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 variable IRIS WINDOW IND Off on IRIS LEVEL 99 to 99 0 IRIS APL RATIO 99 to 99 0 IRIS VAR WIDTH 20 to 479 240 IRIS VAR HEIGHT 20 to 269 135 IRIS VAR H POS 480 to 479 0 IRIS
13. HDW 750P 7305 User Guide V1 2 The HDW 750P is a high definition camcorder recording to the HDCAM format It can operate in either 25P progressive scan mode or 50i interlaced It s designed for the European HD for TV market but has found many other applications from corporate to commercials and movies The HDW 730S can operate at either 50i or 59 941 and is designed mainly for TV applications for the European or American Japanese 60Hz market This guide is designed for people using the Sony HDW 750P or HDW 730S camcorder who need some practical advice when preparing for a shoot It s pitched at a level that will make most sense to people coming from a Digital Betacam background but will hopefully still be of use to those coming from film or other formats As usual with these guides the general philosophy is to record as much information as cleanly as possible to the tape There are many ways you can change the look of your pictures in camera but unless you re sure you re going to get exactly the final effect you want then you re probably better spending time on lighting and composition There are some important settings you need to get right but after that the 750 probably needs less fine tuning than equivalent standard def cameras Contents Quick Start 2 Differences between the 7590P and 7305 3 Files and Menus 3 1 Menus 3 2 Files 3 3 Layers 3 4 File Structure 3 5 Loading Files 4 Camera matching
14. On off On off On off FILTER OVERI MARK RIDE ER CENTRE CENTRE MARK SAFET ZONE On off On off On off On off 1104 3 On off SAFET AREA ASPECT ASPECT SELECT ASPECT MASK ASPECT MASK LVL 80 90 92 5 95 On off 4 3 On off 0108 100 USER USER USER USER USER LOW MARKER BOX BOX WIDTH BOX HEIGHT BOX H POS BOX V POS On off On Off 240 135 0 0 3 to 42dB 0 12 MID HIGH TURBO TURBO SW IND ZEBRA ZEBRA SELECT ZEBRA1 DET LVL ZEBRA2 DET LVL ASPECT VF DETAIL LVL VF DETAIL H LVL 8 to 42dB 6 3 to 42dB 12 8 to 42dB 42 On off On off Zebra 1 2 or BOTH 110 100 0 1 to 100 0 99 10 99 0 99 10 99 0 3dB VF DETAIL V LVL OVERRIDE SPEED 99 to 99 0 CLIP HIGH LIGHT WINDOW WINDOW IND VARIABLE WIDTH VARIABLE HEIGHT H POS V POS ID 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 135 DATE On off On TIME MODEL On off On MODEL NAME On off On SERIAL NO On off On ID SELECT On off fasetstatus STATUS ABNORML On off STATUS FUNC On off STATUS AUDIO On off MARKERS On off On VF DISPLAYS On off On MENUS On off On ZEBRA On off OUTPUT SELECT Y R G B OFFSET WHITE A On off WARM COOL A Kelvin reading 3200 COLOUR FINE A 99 to 99 0 OFFSET WHITE B Off on WARM COOL B Kelvin reading 3200 COLOUR FINE B 99 to 99
15. P MENU and navigate through to the page you need e It will set up the camera monitoring outputs the way you want and display the menus on the downconverted composite output if required e It will set up the viewfinder displays the way you like to see them e It will configure the buttons and switches the way you like to use them Select USER FILE LOAD and choose the file you wish to use If you don t have a file stored select USER PRESET which returns the user menu to the factory preset settings Turn the rotary control and select the ALL FILE page Loading an ALL file is like wiping the slate clean before using a camera All settings that will affect the way your pictures look will be overwritten and you can be sure of starting from a known point If you haven t created an ALL file then you can select the factory preset file Select LOAD ALL FILE If you have a suitable file on the memory stick select and load it If you don t have a memory stick and you want to clear any existing set up from the camera From the ALL FILE page select ALL PRESET This is the equivalent of hitting the factory reset button Finally go to the SCENE FILE page and confirm that none of the check boxes next to the scene files have been selected Click on the scene file to de select Think of the ALL file as the base level for the camcorder that you wish to start from for a particular shoot
16. TE CLIP Uo WHITE CLIP LEVEL 100 0 to 109 5 105 DETAIL APERTURE DETAIL LVL mes APERTURE LVL peso HV RATIO sse Sid CRISPENING fewo LEVEL DEP Off on DETAIL FREQ 99 to 99 0 13 KNEE APERTURE Off KNEE APT LVL 0 DETAIL WHITE LIMIT 0 DETAIL BLACK LIMIT 0 DETAIL V BLK LIMIT 0 SD DETAIL Off on SD DETAIL LVL 99099 SD CRISPENING 99 to 99 0 SD DETAIL WHITE LIMIT 0 to 15 0 SD DETAIL BLACK LIMIT 99 to 99 0 SD LEVEL DEP 99 to 99 0 SD LEVEL DEP LVL Off on SD DETAIL FREQ 99 to 99 0 50 SD H V RATIO 99 to 99 0 11 SKIN DETAIL ALL Off SKIN DETECT SKIN AREA IND Off SKIN DTL SELECT 1 SKIN DETAIL On SKIN DTL LVL 0 SKIN DTL SAT 0 SKIN DTL HUE 0 SKIN DTL WIDTH 40 Off on MATRIX USER Off on MATRIX PRESET Off on On MATRIX PRST SEL 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 MATRIX USER R G 99 to 99 0 MATRIX USER R B 99 to 99 0 MATRIX USER G R 99 to 99 0 MATRIX USER G B 99 to 99 0 MATRIX USER B R 99 to 99 0 MATRIX USER B G 99 to 99 0 MATRIX Off on MULTI MATRIX Off on AREA IND Off on COLOUR DETECT B BzMG MG AXIS MGHR R YL YL YL G _____________ 99 10 99 0 SATURATION
17. a lot of money for an HD lens it seems kind of perverse to put softening filters in front of the lens unless there s a particular dramatic effect you re after Otherwise internal filters are the same as Digital betacam Alternative internal filters can be provided by Tiffen or Calmar Contact your dealer to have them fitted The 750P has a dual filter wheel the 730S having a single wheel with a mix of colour correction and ND filters 12 0 Detail As mentioned above there s a lot of natural detail available and even with the detail switched off entirely you ll still get very good pictures The camcorder is often used in this mode particularly if there will be a final print to film Leaving a small amount of detail correction in will not cause any visible ringing or overshoots on edges Some things to be aware of e HDW F900 and the HDW 750P 730s are very different in the way the detail works There s much less range available on the F900 and if you wind the detail up to the end stop it still won t make the pictures very hard edged or unpleasant e The 750 730 is different If you wind the detail right up you can get very hard edged pictures indeed e Beware of winding detail level down too far Below about 50 it will start to apply negative detail and artificially soften edges i e softer than just turning detail off 10 13 0 Matrix and gamma e Key to the matrix and gamma curve numbers used in the paint menu
18. f menu items is attached The ops manual and volume 1 of the maintenance guide will tell you what each item does but you may find the list useful to note down your preferred settings A suggestion is offered where something other than the factory preset will give good results Disclaimer Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this document no responsibility can be accepted for consequential loss resulting from any error contained in it Software versions change regularly Please check that your pictures look the way you want them to on a properly set up monitor when entering new settings 11 HD SDI OUT REAR BNC OUT on off VBS SDl off TEST OUT SELECT DOWN CON MODE ASSIGN SW 1 ASSIGN SW 2 FRONT MIC SEL DF NDF HD SD SQEZE LETTR CROP EZ FC F Mic Mono stereo DF END SEARCH LOOP INTVL REC LOOP REC TIME TAKE TOTAL TIME REC TIME Off PRE NO IGHTING F FRAMES WHITE SW B SHOC KLESS WHITE LOW LIGHT LOW LIGHT LEVEL Mem ATW 1 2 3 99 to 99 0 BATTERY WARNING VF DISPLAY DISPLAY MODE 10 20 On off 1 2 3 EXTENDER FILTER WHITE On off On off On off GAIN SHUTTER AUDIO TAPE IRIS ZOOM COLO VOLT UR TEMP WRR RF LEVEL On off On off On off On off On off On off On off On off On off TIMECODE GAIN SHUTTER WHITE PRESET ATW RUN EXTENDER On off On off On off
19. for each parameter are stored in files There can be a value stored for a parameter in each of several layers of information The end result can be the sum of the data values in several layers Relative Data The end result can be the value of just the top layer of data Absolute data The terminology used in the manuals is possibly the most confusing aspect For instance the word USER is applied to menus layers and files user menu user file user layer The difference between these three terms is very important 3 1 Menus The access point to groups of adjustable items User Menu Normally accessible whenever the camera is switched on Stuff from any of the menus below can be added to this menu so that it could become the only menu you need Top menu This is the menu of menus Normally when you turn the menu on you get the user menu as described above If you turn the menu on whilst holding the front scroll button pressed in you get the following extra menus to pass the time with in airport departure lounges User Customize This is where you go to customize the user menu described above Here you can add and delete items to the user menu You can create 5 pages of 10 items chosen from the menus below plus any whole pages you like to create your user menu Operation Menu Things that affect the way switches outputs and displays are configured Not items that directly affect pictures but affect the way the controls work
20. for instance you ve shot at 25P and you re scanning back to 24fps film your programme duration will be 496 longer and audio will be pitch shifted half a semitone down though it can be electronically shifted back again and re layed if necessary 6 0 Shutter Use of shutter on an HD camcorder is a little different to Digi Beta The progressive scan mode 25P that is the most popular mode of operation on the HDW 750 really needs to be used with the electronic shutter switched on Unlike Digi Beta where it is rarely used In 25P mode the camera takes 25 pictures per second similar to a film camera each one exposed for 1 25 of a second This is quite a long exposure and results in a significant blurring of moving images If you use the shutter to expose for only half this period i e 1 50 of a second you get a more acceptable compromise between blur no shutter and flicker fast shutter This isn t really very surprising as you are acquiring images in the same way as a film camera normally would with a 180 degree mechanical shutter As a general rule a shutter speed twice that of the frame rate is equivalent to a 180 degree film camera shutter and gives good results You can still tweak the angle of your shutter if required e g to eliminate flicker from 60Hz lighting use a 60Hz shutter or to eliminate flicker from a computer CRT monitor use the clearscan facility 24 fps 200 degrees 43 2 Hz 24 180 48 24 172 8 50 24 144 60
21. s a function normally associated with systems cameras and is only accessible from RCPs designed for this kind of work so is not really relevant to the 750 During auto level the camera reads the reference file and copies the items held in it to the preset layer of the camera All Overwrites all the user and preset layers except for items held in the lens file This is the one to use for matching cameras Lens Shading flare and colourimetry info specific to the lens or camera 3 3 Layers Where the files are stored User This layer is added to the preset service and factory layers to produce the final output of the camera Any values you tweak via the menu are changed in this layer and if you recall a file you will see the results here e Preset A default setting where you can decide what the default should be When you hit the STD button on an RCP or ALL PRESET in the menus you are deleting various values held in the user layer leaving the camera at its preset value Use STORE USER PRESET or STORE ALL PRESET to change the default settings e Service Think of this as the factory reset level though factory level is actually another layer down If you clear the user and the preset layers this is where you end up as the camera came out of the box This is done using CLEAR ALL PRESET in the ALL FILE page of the file menu e Factory What it says e Memory Stick You can store 100 user files 100 scene files 100 all files
22. site video signal so you could have for example e Composite video from the test output feeding floor monitors SDI from the down converter output feeding a digi beta or DVCAM offline VTR e HDSDI feeding an HD directors monitor 9 0 Other Options These are the optional boards that can be fitted internally to the HDW 750P 7305 e HKDW 702 Down converter for SD SDI or VBS outputs e HKDW 703 Cache recording for time lapse or loop recording e HKDW 704 GPS support e HKDW 705 Slow shutter option Up to 64 frame exposure times You can check which options are installed on the final page of the diagnostic menu 10 0 Audio Similar to Digital Betacam but here are some points to bear in mind e The supplied front mic is stereo and uses a 5 XLR connection to the camera body optional internal radio mic option is the WRR 855 model as used previously on SX and IMX camcorders It s a single channel diversity unit e There s an extra 3 5mm monitoring jack connection at the front of the camcorder e All those difficult to access menu items that you used to have to get to via the timecode panel on Digi Beta are now in the main camera menus in the maintenance section e f you are using the HDVF C30W colour viewfinder there is no attachment point for the front mic You can use mic mounting bracket CAC 12 11 0 Filters As this camera provides such a lot of natural resolution and you ve probably paid
23. st sends a lot more bits per second 1500 Mbps as opposed to 270Mbps for SDSDI Unfortunately we re going to have to get used to the fact that there are now two flavours of SDI and they don t mix Use the HDSDI output to connect to an HD monitor with an HDSDI input card This is the signal you should use for critical picture monitoring or to send to a separate HD VTR or disk recorder for a parallel recording or copying HDSDI is a very high frequency signal so it doesn t go very far down an ordinary BNC cable about 30m maximum The test out BNC supplies an analog luminance Y HD signal that can be fed to an HD monitor with a component input It will only show a monochrome picture as it s only luminance with no colour components but you can use it to check framing or view menus However most camcorders are fitted with a down converter option that gives you several SD monitoring options How do you tell if the down converter option is fitted e There will be an extra BNC connector fitted in a bulge in the bottom right hand corner of the side of the camcorder pointing out of the back next to the 12V DC XLR connector From this connector you will be able to get either of the following as chosen from the user menu e Composite PAL signal that can be fed to any SD monitor with a composite input SD SDI signal for good quality SD monitoring or perhaps a Digi Beta At the same time the test output can also now supply a compo
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