CONTENTS
HDK-55 1206 VER1 (U)
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HDK-55
(FA-55)
High Definition Camera System
Operation Manual
PRODUCTS CONFORMING TO RoHS DIRECTIVE . . . i
MAINTENANCE OF PRODUCTS CONFORMING
TO RoHS DIRECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii
INFORMATION TO THE USER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
HOW TO READ THE OPERATION MANUAL . . . . . . . ix
Chapter 1 OUTLINE
1.1 Features of This Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
1.3 Connection Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2 NAME and FUNCTION
2.1 Camera and Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Camera Right View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Camera Left View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Camera Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Camera Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Viewfinder (VF421HD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.2 Displays in the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Center Marker, Safety Marker, Frame Marker . . 27
Zebra Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Side Mask Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Viewfinder Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3
INSTALLATION and CONNECTION
3.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Product Use Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Make sure the Power Switch is OFF . . . . . . . 33
Connection Example for Each Operating
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.2 Camera and Peripheral Installation and
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mounting/Removing the Camera on/from the
Tripod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mounting and Removing the Lens . . . . . . . . . 41
Mounting and Removing the Viewfinder . . . . 43
Attaching the Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Connecting the Headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Attaching the Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.3 Power Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power Supply from POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power Supply from BS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.4 Monitor Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connecting Camera and Monitor . . . . . . . . . . 51
3.5 BS Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connecting Camera and BS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 4 OPERATION
4.1 Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.2 Switch Position Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.3 Turning ON Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power Supply from POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power Supply from BS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.4 Viewfinder Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Diopter Adjustment and Screen Adjustment . . 62
Display Mode Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.5 Output Signal Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Color-Bar Signal Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Test Pulse (CAL Signal) Check . . . . . . . . . . . 64
External Chart Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.6 Auto Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Auto White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Auto Black Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Auto Black Shading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4.7 Preparation for Shooting in Particular
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 5
CAMERA SETTINGS and ADJUSTMENT
5.1 Settings Using Switches on the Camera . . . . 73
Adjusting Headset Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Selecting Shutter Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Enhancing the Vertical Resolution
(Super-V Function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switching the GAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Allocating Functions to the P.FUNC Switch . . 78
Screen Detail Enhancement (DTL) . . . . . . . . 79
5.2 Settings from the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Basic Operation of the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Menu Configuration and content . . . . . . . . . . 83
5.3 Using the Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Summary of Contents for HDK-55
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