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MOVIECAM COMPACT Mk2
4 – THE Mk2 VIDEO ASSIST SYSTEM
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MOVIECAM COMPACT Mk2
4 – THE Mk2 VIDEO ASSIST SYSTEM
In order to access to the controls, first the cover must be
removed from the Mk2 Video Assist by unscrewing two
screws with a 1.5 mm metric hex wrench.
Three screws allow the fine positioning of the CCD and
one screw (S4) moves it in and out to obtain the best
possible focus.
Screw S1 moves the video image on the monitor hori-
zontally.
Screw S2 and S3 rotate the image around a point
which is located in the middle of the left side respective-
ly right side of the image. To shift the image vertically,
you will have to alternate the adjustments of both screws
S2 and S3 to obtain the desired position.
THE ELECTRONIC ADJUSTMENTS OF THE VIDEO
ASSIST CAMERA
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Remark
The electronic adjustments can only be carried out
when the camera is ready to shoot (STAND-BY status)
– no error message must be displayed.
THE BNC MODE BUTTON AND THE THREE LEDS
See page 80 for explanations.
THE WHITE BALANCE BUTTON AND THE FOUR LEDS
By pushing the WHITE BAL button several times, you
cycle through the four options to adapt the Mk2 Video
Assists’ CCD to the lighting conditions (colour temperatu-
re) and the photographic conditions (use of compensati-
on or coloured filter).
1. When shooting in daylight condition (about 5.600°K
natural daylight, HMI or blue filtered tungsten lumi-
naries) and when no compensation filter is used, you
may obtain a good result in selecting OUTDOOR.
If a Wratten 85 or similar filter is used to compen-
sate daylight because the film used is balanced for
3.200°K, selecting INDOOR will produce a good
result.
2. When shooting in interior conditions (about 3.200°K
light or studio halogen luminaries) and when no
coloured filter is used, you should obtain a good
result in selecting INDOOR.
3. By selecting AUTO, the electronics will adapt auto-
matically the CCD in order to obtain a ”natural”
rendition of the scene.
S2
S1
S3
S4
CCD adjustments
cover retaining screws
CCD ADJUSTMENT
fig.4/15
image on the
video monitor
S1
S2
S3
S1 adjustment
video
image
of the
groundg-
lass
VIDEO ASSIST IMAGE ADJUSTMENT
fig.4/16