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6. SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE SHOOTING
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VF
AUTO
WHITE
SKIN
AREA
ACCU
FOCUS
TAKE
VTR
PUSH
ZEBRA
AUDIO
LEVEL CH-1
ON
OFF
4.
5.
1.
POWER ON
1 First place a charged battery pack in the battery case on
the rear section of the unit. If battery pack is not used,
connect DC power to the DC INPUT connector on the
rear section of the unit using the AC power adapter (AA-
P250) to supply DC 12 V current.
2 Set the OPERATE switch on the unit to ON.
2.
SWITCH positions
A. Set the VTR switch to STBY.
B. AUTO IRIS switch; set to NORMAL.
C. GAIN switch; set to L. The L position is 0 dB.
D. OUTPUT switch; set to CAM\AUTO KNEE OFF.
E. WHT. BAL (Auto White Balance) switch; set to A or B.
3.
Set the lens' iris mode switch to "A" (AUTO IRIS side)
4.
Choose the proper color temperature conversion filter.
5.
Using the SHUTTER dial, set the shutter speed to OFF.
6-1 Camera Settings
FILTER Suitable Location
1 3200K Indoors, dark outdoors
2 5600K+1/8ND Outdoors
3 5600K+1/64ND Outdoors under clear sky
6-2 Screen Size (4:3/16:9 aspect ratio) Mode Selection
The screen size of recorded images can be selected in ASPECT
RATIO item of the Camera OPERATION menu screen. ☞ See
page 79
● To record using the standard screen, set ASPECT RATIO to
4:3.
● When setting ASPECT RATIO to LETTER, images are
recorded on a screen of 16:9 aspect ratio split horizontally.
In this case, the viewfinder screen will show a 16:9 screen
that is horizontally split.
Memo:
• The safety zone of the standard screen or 16:9 screen
can be displayed on the viewfinder by setting SAFETY
ZONE item of the Camera VF DISPLAY menu screen.
☞ See page 78.
• When setting ASPECT RATIO to LETTER, 16:9
screen detection ID signal will not be outputted from
the Y/C OUT connector.
SHUTTERSTATUS
MENU
FILTER
3200k
1
5600k+1/8ND
2
5600k+1/64ND
3
ALARM
MONITOR
OPERATE
NG
G
A
IN
O
U
T
P
U
T
W
H
T
.B
A
L
V
T
R
ON OFF
AUTO IRIS
LOLUX
BACK L
NORMAL
SPOT L
STRETCH
NORMAL
COMPRESS
LIGHT
ON
OFF
COUNTER
AUDIO SELECT
MANUAL
AUTO
CH-1 CH-2 CH-1 CH-2
REAR
FRONT
RM
AUDIO INPUT
MODE
CTL
TC
UB
CH-1
MIX
CH-2
RESET
OPERATE/WARNING
MONITOR
SELECT
CH-1
AUDIO
LEVEL
CH-2
VTR
ON
OFF
INCOM
MIC
INCOM
MIC
LEVEL
POWER
OFFRM
DC IN
/BATT.
CALL
CARBON
DYNAMIC
FULL AUTOBLACK
2.
3.
1.
GAIN
OUTPUT
WHT.BAL
VTR
AUTO IRIS
LOLUX
BACK L
NORMAL
SPOT L
STRETCH
NORMAL
COMPRESS
FULL AUTO BLACK
A
C
B
D
E
POWER
OFFRM
DC IN
/BATT.
CALL
1.
5. PREPARATIONS
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ALARM
MONITOR
BAL
F
LOLUX
AUDIO SELECT
MANUAL
AUTO
CH-1 CH-2 CH-1 CH-2
REAR
FRONT
RM
AUDIO INPUT
MODE
CH-1
AUDIO
LEVEL
CH-2
VTR
ON
OFF
INCOM
MIC
INCOM
MIC
LEVEL
POWER
OFFRM
DC IN
/BATT.
CALL
CARBON
DYNAMIC
MENU
OVER
OVER
LIGHT
ON
OFF
COUNTER
CTL
TC
UB
RESET
OPERATE/WARNING
MONITOR
SELECT
E
REVFWD
FBATT
H
HM
MSF
REMAIN
AUD LOCK
32k
CH 1
CH 2
48k
PB NDF
AUTO OFFDEW
L iRFSERVO
HOLD
SP
40 30 2010 0
dB
CH-1
MIX
CH-2
WIDE
SLAVE
AUDIO SELECT
CONTINUE
MANUAL
AUTO
INT
EXT
AUX
GROUP ITEM SELECT DATA SET
HOLD SHIFT ADVANCE PRESET
CAM
CH-1 CH-2 CH-1 CH-2
REAR
FRONT
AUDIO INPUT
CH-1
SEE
INSTR-
UCTION
MANUAL
CH-2
AUDIO
LEVEL
VTR SELECT
VTR INPUT
PARA
REC
FREE
PRST
REGEN
TC GENE.
MENU
LITHIUM BATT.
Lithium battery compartment
2.
COUNTER
switch
3.
HOLD
button
4.
SHIFT button
5.
PRESET button
4.
ADVANCE button
H
M
S
HOLD
H
M
S
HOLD
H
M
S
Time display (COUNTER switch: TC)
HOLD
HOLD
Date display (COUNTER switch: UB)
Day
Hour Min. Sec.
Month Year
HOLD
HOLD
Date display (COUNTER switch: UB)
(U MODEL)
(E MODEL)
Month
Day Year
Memo:
Ⅲ Check that the lithium battery has been inserted.
1.
Turn ON the power and set the counter display to the date/
time mode.
• Set the VCR Setup Menu item No. 516 DISPLAY SELECT
to “CLOCK” and then press the DATA SET button.
☞ See “Displaying and Setting VCR Setup Menus” on
page 73.
☞ See “VCR Setup Menu Contents” on page 75.
2.
Set the COUNTER switch to TC or UB.
Ⅲ To set the time: Set the switch to TC.
The time (Hour, Min., Sec.) is indicated on the counter
display. (24-hour clock system)
Ⅲ To set the date: Set the switch to UB.
The date (Month, Day, Year) (U MODEL)/(Day, Month,
Year) (E MODEL) is indicated on the counter display.
3.
Press the HOLD button to enter the setting mode.
The “HOLD” indicator lights up on the display to indicate
that the unit is in the setting mode.
The leftmost digit on the counter blinks.
4.
Set the date and time.
• Each time the ADVANCE button is pressed, the value of
the blinking digit increases.
• Each time the SHIFT button is pressed, the digit to the
right of the currently blinking one starts blinking. When
pressed while the rightmost digit is blinking, the leftmost
digit starts blinking again.
Repeat the above procedure to set the value of all the
digits.
5.
To decide the set date and time data, press the PRESET
button.
The “HOLD” indicator on the display turns off and the date/
time display stops blinking.
The time starts counting.
Ⅲ When setting DISPLAY item of the Camera TIME DATE
menu screen to ON, the date and time data are displayed
on the viewfinder. In addition, the time and date data are
recorded on the tape during recording. The viewfinder
display format can be selected in the Camera TIME DATE
menu screen.
☞ See “Time/Date Display” on page 30.
☞ See “TIME DATE screen” on page 84.
To display and set the time code or user
’
s bit, set the VCR
Setup Menu item No. 516 DISPLAY SELECT to “TC”.
5-3 Setting the Date and Time
The date and time of the built-in clock should be set. Powered by the backup lithium battery, the set date and time data continue to
count even when the power is switched off. Whether to display the set date and time data on the viewfinder and whether to record
the data on the sub-time code area of the tape during recording can be set in DISPLAY item of the Camera TIME DATE menu
screen.