Sony DXC-C33 Camcorder User Manual


 
11. TECHNICAL APPENDIX
DXC-C33/C33P Product Information Manual
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DCC+ process
The DCC+ (Dynamic Contrast Control Plus) process manages video signal data at three levels -
brightness, hue and saturation. The result is an image with suitable Knee correction and without
hue distortion.
Clip level
Knee point
Luminance
level
BGR W BGR BGR W BGR W
Gray Color
Skin Color
Skin Color
without Knee
Skin Color with
conventional
Knee
BGR W
Skin Color
with DCC+
W
Knee and Black Stretch
By adjusting the Knee, a Knee point and Knee slope are set so that the highlighted areas of the
picture can be clearly reproduced.
Contrast in the dark area of the image can be variably adjusted using the Black Stretch function
for a clear view of specific details.
100%
90%
70%
High
Low
Normal
Luminance level
Amount of light input to camera
20%
Black Stretch
Knee
Compress
Stretch
Electronic Shutter function
The variable electronic shutter built into the CCD imager enables the DXC-C33/C33P to capture clear
images of moving objects. The shutter speed can be manually selected from a wide range of speeds
(up to 1/100000).
The Flickerless mode allows you to obtain flickerless
images even in fluorescent lighting conditions.
The Clearscan
TM
mode reduces the horizontal bands
that appear in computer displays when shooting the
display with a conventional video camera.
<Shutter-speed calculation in Clearscan mode>
Example: When the value is set to 250 H
(NTSC) 250 63.56 us (1 H) + 34.78 us (constant)
= 15924.78 us
= 1/62.8 s
(PAL) 250 64 us (1 H) + 35.6 us (constant)
= 16035.6 us
= 1/62.4 s
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