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Description

Setting auto tracking white balance (ATW)

Cancelling auto tracking white balance

This function does not provide a 100 %
accurate white balance. The tracking
performance relative to changes in ambient
lighting and white balance performance
have been given a degree of latitude.
In variable frame rate (VFR) mode, ATW is
not available when the frame rate is set to
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Summary of Contents for AG-HPX255EJ

Page 1: ...corder Model No Note that Operation Instructions Vol 2 describes advanced operations of the Memory Card Camera Recorder For instructions on basic operations of the Memory Card Camera Recorder refer to Operating Instructions Vol 1 printed documents contained in the supplied CD ROM 2 Before operating this product please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use USO RESTRITO...

Page 2: ... Note concerning illustrations in these instructions References Terminology USO RESTRITO ...

Page 3: ...Charging the battery Power sources Adjusting the hand strap Attaching the shoulder strap Detaching and attaching the lens hood Detaching and attaching the lens cap Fitting the eye cup The remote control Turn on off the camera recorder Setting the calendar Charging the built in battery Menu Basic operations of setup menus Setup menu structure Reference Specifications USO RESTRITO ...

Page 4: ...on 18 Shooting in progressive mode 20 Recording with Variable Frame Rate VFR 21 Shooting in manual mode 28 Adjusting the white balance and black balance 32 Shooting techniques for different targets 35 Using special recording modes 43 Adjusting the shutter speed 49 Switching audio input 52 56 Using time data 61 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 5: ...orage precautions 157 How to handle data recorded on P2 cards 158 Checkpoints for using memory cards 159 Information on software for this product 160 Recording format list 161 Cautions in using the Extension Control Unit 162 Index 163 Playback Basic playback operations 74 Thumbnail operations 75 Useful playback functions 99 Editing Connecting external units 101 Connections to the DVCPRO DV connect...

Page 6: ...the POWER MODE switch to ON and screen is positioned where it is easiest to see Adjust the so that you screen clearly Eye piece Do not point the eye piece at the sun or other strong light source USO RESTRITO ...

Page 7: ... the LCD monitor Position the LCD monitor where it is easiest to see Do not apply unnecessary force to the open LCD This can damage the camera recorder Emphasizing Image Outlines Adjust EVF PEAK LEVEL and EVF PEAK FREQ in the DISPLAY SETUP screen USO RESTRITO ...

Page 8: ...the Operation lever in the or direction to select the item Push the Operation lever in the or direction to make adjustment Press MENU three times to exit the menus Changing backlight brightness Select LCD BACKLIGHT from the setup menu DISPLAY SETUP screen Select and set a value in the range of 1 to 3 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 9: ...Tally lamp Tally lamp Front Tally lamp Rear USO RESTRITO ...

Page 10: ...ard eject button to the direction of the arrow and close the P2 card SD memory card slot cover Lock release button POWER MODE switch Shooting in auto mode Set the POWER MODE switch to ON Switch the AUTO MANUAL switch to AUTO to select auto mode Press the START STOP button Red to start shooting Mode lamp CAMERA AUTO MANUAL switch START STOP button handle side POWER MODE switch Lock release button U...

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Page 12: ... backup recording performed on a backup device connected to the DVCPRO DV or SDI OUT connector will also record video played back using the REC CHECK function In one clip recording mode the beginning of a clip is not used as the start position for playback after returning as far as possible with the REC CHECK function or starting playback while recording is paused Instead playback starts from the ...

Page 13: ...the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode PB THUMBNAIL lamp illuminates Mode lamp PB THUMBNAIL POWER MODE switch Press the MENU button Operation lever EXIT button MENU button On the thumbnails menu select OPERATION and then FORMAT Page 91 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 14: ...n the Operating Instructions visit the support desk at the following website P2 card recording times System mode Recording format codec Recording time The above recording time is for normal recording Recording in native mode will extend recording time depending on system mode Use of 32 GB 16 GB and 8 GB P2 cards will provide 1 2 1 4 and 1 8 respectively of above recording times The indicated capac...

Page 15: ... P2 card slot cover downward and slide to open Check that the P2 card access lamp is not blinking orange Push the P2 card eject button and press it Remove the P2 card P2 card access lamp P2 card eject button Cautions in using P2 cards USO RESTRITO ...

Page 16: ...en the P2 card SD memory card slot cover and check that the access lamp is not lit Press the card further into the unit grasp the card and then remove Close the P2 card SD memory card slot cover Formatting SD memory card Set the POWER MODE switch to ON Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode PB THUMBNAIL lamp illuminates Press the MENU button On the thumbnail menu select OPERATION F...

Page 17: ...Cautions in using SD memory cards SD from 8 MB to 2 GB SDHC from 4 GB to 32 GB Exposed to high temperatures humidities Exposed to water droplets or Electrically charged USO RESTRITO ...

Page 18: ...ng the zoom function Zoom lever handle side Zoom ring Zoom lever grip side ZOOM switch HANDLE ZOOM switch Zoom lever T W Zoom lever handle side Zoom ring On the remote control ZOOM VOL button USO RESTRITO ...

Page 19: ...Digital zoom function Please take note of the following points regarding use of the digital zoom function USO RESTRITO ...

Page 20: ...is powered up In this situation recording cannot be stopped until P2 card recognition ends To check P2 card status press the DISP MODE CHK button and check the row for LCD monitor An editing system that supports 24PA 2 3 3 2 advanced pulldown will enable editing with less quality loss than 24P 2 3 pulldown Record at standard 24P if a 24PA compatible editing system will not be used Standard recordi...

Page 21: ...t is not available during recording and recording standby Changing Scene Dial position during recording does not change VFR on and off position Sound cannot be recorded 1 At this time no audio is output and is displayed over the audio level meter VFR ON NO AUDIO RECORDING is also displayed when recording starts The time code is locked to Rec Run R RUN 1 Thumbnail screens are created 1 frame later ...

Page 22: ... playback is disabled when a frame rate converter is used to extract active frames for over and under cranking Note the following about standard VFR recording Pre recording loop recording interval recording one shot recording and one clip recording are not available 1394 output is available during recording and recording standby but not in AVC Intra mode Changing Scene Dial position during recordi...

Page 23: ...Using progressive mode and VFR recording function SYSTEM MODE settings Recording frame rate SYSTEM MODE Other settings USO RESTRITO ...

Page 24: ...ame Rate VFR continued Shooting at standard speed for producing commercials and TV programs Standard settings for producing commercials and dramas SYETEM MODE settings Recording frame rate SYSTEM MODE Other settings USO RESTRITO ...

Page 25: ...Undercranking effects Standard setup for undercranking effects SYSTEM MODE settings Recording frame rate SYSTEM MODE Other settings USO RESTRITO ...

Page 26: ...Recording with Variable Frame Rate VFR continued Overcranking effects Standard setup for overcranking effects SYSTEM MODE setup Recording frame rate SYSTEM MODE Other settings USO RESTRITO ...

Page 27: ...effect shooting Set SYSTEM MODE on the setting menu SYSTEM SETUP screen to 1080 59 94i 50i REC FORMAT to AVC I 100 50 60i 50i or DVCPRO HD 60i 50i and VFR to ON Press the START STOP button notes USO RESTRITO ...

Page 28: ...de Switching to manual mode A AUTO MANUAL switch AUTO MANUAL switch PUSH AUTO button Focus ring FOCUS switch Use the AUTO MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode Use the FOCUS switch to choose how to control focusing A AUTO Auto focus mode M MANUAL Manual focus mode USO RESTRITO ...

Page 29: ...Using expanded display EXPAND FOCUS ASSIST button EXPANDED Focus in red IN RED at the center of the LCD monitor and Displaying the focus bar FOCUS BAR When the image is not in focus As the image comes into focus the bar extends rightward USO RESTRITO ...

Page 30: ...e Page 28 Press the IRIS button to switch how to adjust the aperture of lens AUTO IRIS MANUAL IRIS Turn the IRIS ring to adjust the aperture of lens when in the manual iris mode Adjusting the gain GAIN switch Use the AUTO MANUAL switch to switch to the manual mode Page 28 Switch the gain with the GAIN switch L M H USO RESTRITO ...

Page 31: ...Using super gain Light intensity adjustments OFF 1 4 1 16 1 64 ND FILTER dial USO RESTRITO ...

Page 32: ...or appears in the screen Do not point the camera recorder at a high brightness area The white object must appear at the center of the screen 1 3 or more of the screen in width 1 3 or more of the screen in height Adjust the lens iris Press the AWB button or LCD monitor displays the following message AWB Ach ACTIVE Adjusting the white balance and black balance Adjusting the white balance AWB button ...

Page 33: ...not been automatically adjusted Error message Description Setting auto tracking white balance ATW Cancelling auto tracking white balance This function does not provide a 100 accurate white balance The tracking performance relative to changes in ambient lighting and white balance performance have been given a degree of latitude In variable frame rate VFR mode ATW is not available when the frame rat...

Page 34: ...e effect in a few seconds and the following message will appear ABB END Adjusting the white balance and black balance continued During a black balance adjustment light is automatically cut off Black balance adjustment is not available during recording Pressing the START STOP button during ABB adjustment will not start recording on a P2 card USO RESTRITO ...

Page 35: ...or different targets Scan reverse shooting Zebra pattern ZEBRA button SPOT OFF ON 109 0 ZEBRA 2 DETECT ZEBRA 2 ZEBRA 1 DETECT Low angle shooting HOLD switch START STOP button handle side Self portrait shooting USO RESTRITO ...

Page 36: ...DEO OUT SDI OUT and HDMI OUT connectors Safety zone markers Safety zone markers appear only on the are not superimposed on signals output via the VIDEO OUT SDI OUT and HDMI OUT connectors Checking and displaying shooting status DISP MODE CHK button Shooting techniques for different targets continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 37: ...Changing the image size SIDE CROP LETTER BOX SQUEEZE Optical Image Stabilizer OIS button DRS Dynamic Range Stretcher function USO RESTRITO ...

Page 38: ...e the function only for shooting In some shooting environments adequate FBC goes off FBC requirements You can use FBC in the FBC operation enabled mode below Even if the FBC function is switched ON it will be forced to OFF if the mode is switched to one not shown in FBC operation enabled mode When you wish to use this mode again set the camera to a mode shown below then press the USER button and s...

Page 39: ...L SHOT MARK MAG A LVL LVL METER PRE REC WFM LAST CLIP FBC LCD B L As factory settings the following functions are allocated to the buttons displayed If you press a USER button to which one of the functions has been allocated and then turn OFF the power during operation of the USER button function the effect added to the image will not be retained FBC USO RESTRITO ...

Page 40: ...ting techniques for different targets continued Backlight compensation Color bars BARS button Waveform monitor function Adjusting the volume while shooting Adjusting the volume Backup recording USO RESTRITO ...

Page 41: ...shot recording When this function is not available pressing this button displays SHOT MARK INVALID Shot marks can be set or cancelled in playback pause mode but not during playback Shot marks cannot be set or deleted for video data created in a single hot swap recording session consisting of multiple clips unless all the P2 cards that contain the video data for the entire session are inserted In c...

Page 42: ...Text memo recording Time stamp function R R Shooting techniques for different targets continued LAST CLIP DELETE function USO RESTRITO ...

Page 43: ...Using special recording modes SYSTEM MODE REC FORMAT Other conditions USO RESTRITO ...

Page 44: ... button Interval recording INTERVAL REC 1 frame recording time 1 frame recording 1 frame recording Set INTERVAL TIME setting Set INTERVAL TIME setting Check that the SYSTEM SETUP screen is set up as described on page 43 Select INTERVAL in the menu option PREREC MODE in the RECORDING SETUP screen Page 138 Set the time in the menu option INTERVAL TIME in the RECORDING SETUP screen Page 138 Press the...

Page 45: ...he menu option REC FUNCTION in the RECORDING SETUP screen Page 138 Set the time in the menu option ONE SHOT TIME in the RECORDING SETUP screen Page 138 Press the START STOP button No other functions are available during operation The pre recording and one clip recording functions are not available Sound is not recorded Data recorded until the stop recording in There is no output from the DVCPRO DV...

Page 46: ...k screen shows standard recording time depending on recording format as remaining P2 card time When loop recording is stopped right after deleting old data the time of recordings on the card may be shorter than indicated The pre recording and one clip recording functions are not available Canceling this function may take some time The succeeding operations are not available until the P2 card acces...

Page 47: ...ip To record a new clip In addition to the aforementioned steps the following ends combining to the clip and subsequent recordings use a new clip The clip does not stop combining even when the STOP button is pressed in the Menu or on the thumbnail display To exit one clip recording mode To cue to the start of the combined section of the clip USO RESTRITO ...

Page 48: ...ven while continuing to link clips by using the SCENE FILE dial SHTR F RATE dial or the menu When you do so the compiling process is stopped and a new clip will be created with each recording operation thereafter Using special recording modes continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 49: ...justing the shutter speed Setting SHUTTER mode Push DIAL SEL to select SHUTTER mode Push the SHTR F RATE dial Using SHTR F RATE dial DIAL SEL button SHTR F RATE dial Press the DIAL SEL button USO RESTRITO ...

Page 50: ...ontinued Setting SYNCHRO SCAN mode Select SYNCHRO SCAN in the SHUTTER mode Press DIAL SEL button to select SYNCHRO SCAN function Turn the SHTR F RATE dial Range of variation in each mode When SYSTEM MODE is set to 1080 59 94i 720 59 94P 480 59 94i When SYSTEM MODE is set to 1080 50i 720 50P 576 50i Setting the menu option SYNC SCAN TYPE in the SCENE FILE screen to deg provides a guide to setting a...

Page 51: ...Setting FRAME RATE mode Press DIAL SEL button to select FRAME RATE function The FRAME RATE is set by turning the SHUTR F RATE dial USO RESTRITO ...

Page 52: ...SELECT switch AUDIO INPUT 1 2 terminal Using the built in microphone Switch the AUDIO CH1 SELECT switch to INT L Switch the AUDIO CH2 SELECT switch to INT R CH1 SELECT switch CH1 recording CH3 recording CH2 SELECT switch CH2 recording CH4 recording When the AVC I100 AVC I50 DVCPROHD or DVCPRO50 format is used When the DVCPRO or DV format is used USO RESTRITO ...

Page 53: ...age 101 Use the INPUT 1 2 switch to switch the audio input LINE MIC When using the phantom microphone ON OFF Select the input signal to be recorded on the tracks of audio channels 1 to 4 Adjusting the audio recording level automatically AUDIO AUTO MANU CH1 CH2 switch Set the AUDIO AUTO MANU CH1 or CH2 switch to AUTO position USO RESTRITO ...

Page 54: ...at the audio level meter display indicates CH1 CH2 Position the AUDIO AUTO MANU CH1 CH2 switch at MANU Switching audio input continued While checking the audio channel level meter in the display window or the audio AUDIO LEVEL CH1 CH2 control OVER indication Pressing the USER button to which the audio level meters INT MIC ON INT MIC OFF USO RESTRITO ...

Page 55: ...t in microphone selected and switched off INT L R Built in microphone selected XLR1 XLR2 INPUT 1 2 selected 3 Standard level bar 4 Peak hold display 5 Excessive level indicator CH3 and CH4 recording levels AUTO LEVEL CH3 CH4 LIMITER CH3 CH4 ON OFF USO RESTRITO ...

Page 56: ...on the Operation lever or push direction select CHANGE and press SET once again Operation lever when the screen below is displayed SCENE FILE dial Factory setting F1 SCENE F2 SCENE FLUO F3 SCENE SPARK F4 SCENE B STR F5 SCENE CINE V F6 SCENE CINE D MODE settings Use the SYSTEM SETUP screen to make such changes USO RESTRITO ...

Page 57: ...AD SAVE INIT in the SCENE FILE screen then press the SET button on the Operation lever Select SAVE and press the SET button on the Operation lever Select YES when the screen below is displayed and press SET on the Operation lever USO RESTRITO ...

Page 58: ...setting menu CARD FUNCTIONS screen and press SET direction Select CHANGE and press SET on the direction Select WRITE EXECUTE with the Operation lever and press SET and select YES when the screen below is displayed and press SET Reloading Files From an SD Memory Card USO RESTRITO ...

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Page 60: ...returns all current its factory default SCENE FILE and USER FILE settings cannot be operated when recordings can be compiled to a previous clip in one clip recording mode i e when 1 CLIP is displayed After closing the once more after ending clip linking USO RESTRITO ...

Page 61: ...e rate is selected When 24PN or 30PN 25PN is selected When a recording is interrupted by a REC WARNING or other abnormality User bits Counter setting and display TOTAL CLIP Pressing the RESET button when the counter value is displayed resets the counter to 0 The counter value indicates values in the range between 0 00 00 and 9 59 59 in 1 second steps USO RESTRITO ...

Page 62: ...ued Date real time Setting user bits USER TIME DATE EXT TCG FRM RATE To input an external time code from the TC IN OUT terminal it is necessary to set TC IN OUT SEL on the setting menu OUTPUT SEL screen to TC IN USO RESTRITO ...

Page 63: ...MODE to USER Select CHANGE for UB PRESET on the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen and press SET on the Operation lever to Use Operation lever to set the user bits Press SET on the Operation lever and without pressing SET on the Operation lever the set value is not retained Use the COUNTER button to display the UB Retaining the user bits USO RESTRITO ...

Page 64: ...continued Frame rate information recorded in user bits Frame rate information 1080i 480i 576i mode Frame rate 24P over 60i 2 3 Frame rate 24PA over 60i 2 3 3 2 Frame rate 30P over 60i 2 2 25P over 50i 2 2 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 65: ...720P mode Frame rate 24P over 60P 2 3 Frame rate 30P over 60P 2 2 25P over 50P 2 2 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 66: ...e the time code setting screen Select TC display using the COUNTER displayed When 24P or 24PA is used the time code is adjusted every 5 frames It is adjusted to multiples of four for 24PN and to even numbers for 720 30PN It is adjusted so that the seconds plus the frames are an even number for 720 25PN The time code cannot be set during recording If you leave the time code setting screen without p...

Page 67: ...rmed TEMPORARY PAUSE IRREGULAR FRM SIG blinks in red in the current clip is divided The continuity of the time code cannot be guaranteed Recording resumes when the signal returns to normal Recording will not resume if interval one shot or loop recording is in progress Example 2 Connecting two or more AG HPX255EJ with one another with one being used as the reference device Reference device Slave de...

Page 68: ...mera when the time code is externally locked To lock other devices externally to the AG HPX255EJ as the master device make sure that the other devices are in the same camera mode as the AG HPX255EJ Note that if some of the connected devices use interlaced scanning while other devices use progressive scanning there may be breaks in the video and time code When 24P 24PA or 24PN native is selected an...

Page 69: ...GENLOCK and time code input output connection and setup Recording USO RESTRITO ...

Page 70: ...ntinued Outputting the time code externally AG HPX255EJ VTR etc SDI OUT or VIDEO OUT When the setting menu TC VIDEO SYNC is set to VIDEO OUT the time code is output via TC IN OUT in tune with VIDEO OUT delay USO RESTRITO ...

Page 71: ...Recording time codes and user bits When SYSTEM MODE is set to 1080 59 94i 720 59 94P 480 59 94i USO RESTRITO ...

Page 72: ...Using time data continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 73: ...When SYSTEM MODE is set to 1080 50i 720 50P 573 50i USO RESTRITO ...

Page 74: ... MODE switch Turn the POWER MODE switch to ON Turn the POWER MODE to illuminate the PB THUMBNAIL operation lamp For details on playing back clips using thumbnails see page 75 Operations using the Operation lever Remote Control Play Fast forward Rewind Stop Pause USO RESTRITO ...

Page 75: ...Thumbnail operations USO RESTRITO ...

Page 76: ...KED CLIPS RE CONNECTION TEXT MEMO CLIPS COPY EXCH THUMBNAIL EXIT CARD STATUS SLOT CLIPS INDICATOR SET UP DATA DISPLAY EXIT DATE FORMAT THUMBNAIL SIZE PLAYBACK RESUME DEVICES THUMBNAIL INIT PROPERTY SETUP EXIT EXIT META DATA HDD LOAD EXPORT RECORD EXPLORE USER CLIP NAME SETUP INITIALIZE EXIT PROPERTY EXIT Thumbnail operations continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 77: ...Thumbnail screen 1 4 5 6 7 2 16 3 1 Display Mode ALL SAME FORMAT SELECT MARKER TEXT MEMO SLOT n UPDATING USO RESTRITO ...

Page 78: ...indicator 8 Clip Number 9 Defective Clip Indicator and Unknown Clip indicator 10 Incomplete Clip Indicator 11 Shot Mark Indicator 12 Indicator for clips with proxy 13 Text Memo Indicator 14 Edit Copied Clip Indicator 15 Wide Clip Indicator 16 Thumbnail Scroll Bar Thumbnail operations continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 79: ...on of the pointer moves to the clip that was being played back regardless of where the playback started Push the Operation lever in the direction again to start playback from the beginning of the clip under the pointer To continue playing from where previously stopped turn the PLAYBACK RESUME setting ON in Setting the thumbnail display mode on page 92 Selecting thumbnails direction to the clip you...

Page 80: ...ODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode Press the MENU button MENU button Select THUMBNAIL from the thumbnail menu ALL CLIP SAME FORMAT CLIPS SELECTED CLIPS MARKED CLIPS TEXT MEMO CLIPS SLOT CLIPS SETUP EXIT Thumbnail operations continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 81: ...nd to change to display thumbnails of the clips with text memos Place the pointer on the clip of the thumbnail that you intend to change and then press SET of Operation lever Move the pointer to the text memo display on the lower row Select the thumbnail that you intend to replace place the pointer on it and then on the thumbnail menu when you press SET on the Operation lever Use the Operation lev...

Page 82: ...dding shot marks after recording stops attaches the shot mark to the most recently recorded clip When adding a shot mark to or deleting the shot mark from a clip recorded across multiple P2 cards do this with all these P2 cards inserted into P2 card slots Text memo Adding a text memo One clip can have up to 100 text and voice memos in combination Note that camera recorder is not capable of adding ...

Page 83: ...e position where a text memo is recorded Left Move the pointer to the desired text memo and then press the SET button on Operation lever Press the MENU button to select menu Playing back a clip at the position where a text memo is recorded Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode Press the MENU button and select the thumbnail menu Shows the still image that the text memo is related t...

Page 84: ...lot Then select YES In clip division and copying using the text memo function the area copied may be recording format of the clip Deleting clips Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode direction and position it on the clip you wish to delete Press SET on the Operation lever to select the clip Press the MENU button and select menu The following screen appears Use the Operation lever ...

Page 85: ...can be restored Clips with a red corrupt clip indicator cannot be repaired Please delete such clips If the clip cannot be deleted format the P2 card During restoration of the clips however the defective clip indicator may change from yellow to red resulting in inability to restore the clips Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode direction and position it on the clip you wish to res...

Page 86: ...erated Delete them and then copy them again When clips are copied to P2 cards all the information on the clips is copied However when they are copied to the SD memory card video and sound information is not copied only thumbnails clip metadata icons Voice Memo proxy and real time metadata capacity on the destination the message LACK OF REC CAPACITY is displayed and copying will not proceed When cl...

Page 87: ... that contains Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode Press the MENU button and Select META and press the SET button on the Operation lever the SD memory card are displayed lever and choose YES During display of names of metadata push to display of metadata names USO RESTRITO ...

Page 88: ...data items viewer is displayed as UNKNOWN DATA and may not be read GLOBAL CLIP ID USER CLIP NAME VIDEO AUDIO ACCESS DEVICE SHOOT 2 SCENARIO NEWS MEMO 3 THUMBNAIL PROXY Thumbnail operations continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 89: ...the MENU button to select META menu Use the Operation lever to move the pointer Then press the SET button on the Operation lever While viewing the settings for the metadata use the Operation lever to move the pointer to the desired option Then press the SET button on the Operation lever USO RESTRITO ...

Page 90: ...aken as a separate clip At this time each clip will be provided with its own COUNT value Thumbnail operations continued To set whether or not the uploaded metadata is recorded Selecting the USER CLIP NAME recording method TYPE1 Factory setting USER CLIP NAME to be recorded If clip metadata has been read in If no clip metadata has been read in or if the setting for recording clip metadata has been ...

Page 91: ...start Clear the uploaded metadata Formatting a P2 card Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode Press the MENU button and select menu The following screen appears Use the Operation lever to select YES Check that no important data remains on a card before formatting since data erased by formatting cannot be recovered USO RESTRITO ...

Page 92: ...ards can also be formatted from the menu screen Page 147 Check that no important data remains on a card before formatting since data erased by formatting cannot be recovered Setting the thumbnail display mode Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode Press the MENU button and select menu INDICATOR ALL HIDE ON OFF MARKER TEXT MEMO WIDE PROXY Thumbnail operations continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 93: ...SUME ON OFF THUMBNAIL INIT EXIT Properties Clip property 1 5 2 4 3 1 Clip Number 2 Thumbnail 3 Clip Information AG HPX255EJ is not capable of recording or playing back voice memos direction displays the properties of the previous next clip USO RESTRITO ...

Page 94: ...FRAME RATE REC RATE 5 Clip Meta Data Display the window for detailed clip metadata that you intend to modify in the clip properties window using the Operation lever Press the SET button on the Operation lever Press OK on the keyboard Thumbnail operations continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 95: ...llectively deleted The metadata for a clip with the incomplete clip indicator cannot be P2 cards modify the metadata while all P2 cards are inserted Any MEMO with 101 characters or more P2 Card Status Display Settings Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode Press the MENU button and select CARD CAP from the thumbnail menu REMAIN USED USO RESTRITO ...

Page 96: ...1 2 1 Write protect Mark 2 P2 Card Status remaining free space FORMAT ERROR NOT SUPPORTED NO CARD 3 P2 Card Remaining Capacity Total Capacity 4 Total remaining free space for the slot 5 Warning symbol RUN DOWN CARD DIR ENTRY NG CARD Thumbnail operations continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 97: ...rite protect Mark 2 P2 Card Status used memory capacity FORMAT ERROR NOT SUPPORTED NO CARD 3 P2 Card memory capacity Total Capacity 4 Total used memory capacity for all slots 5 Warning symbol RUN DOWN CARD DIR ENTRY NG CARD USO RESTRITO ...

Page 98: ...SD memory card status display SD STANDARD SUPPORTED NOT SUPPORTED USED BLANK TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIP PROTECT Thumbnail operations continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 99: ...l Slow playback During play press one of the STILL ADV or buttons on the remote control unit Fast forward rewind playback During playback push the Operation lever in the rewind or fast forward direction Camera recorder Remote control Frame by frame playback Press pause during playback to set the unit to the pause mode Press the PAGE AUDIO MON VAR button Camera recorder Remote control USO RESTRITO ...

Page 100: ...e volume With the PAGE AUDIO MON VAR button adjust the volume of the sound that is output from the internal speaker and headphone jack Camera recorder Remote control Viewing images on a TV monitor Connect the camera recorder to the TV set monitor Page 104 Start playback Checking the date and time Time Date Time and Date No display Useful playback functions continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 101: ...hones 3 5 mm stereo mini jack External microphone Microphone optional AG MC200G INPUT 1 or INPUT 2 terminal Microphone holder Microphone holder adapter Screws for microphone holder 6 mm Screws for microphone holder 12 mm USO RESTRITO ...

Page 102: ...Connecting external units continued File transfer nonlinear editing Personal Computer USB cable optional Mini B Hard disk drive data copying Hard disk drive USB cable optional USB2 0 HOST USO RESTRITO ...

Page 103: ...Digital video equipment Dubbing 1394 cable optional Other Digital video equipment 6 pin BNC cable optional Connect one of these cables to the terminal on the recorder AUTO REC function USO RESTRITO ...

Page 104: ...left channel sound Red CH2 right channel sound Connect one of these cables to the terminal on the television or monitor TV Monitor Extension control unit AG EC4G BNC cable optional 10 pin cable supplied with AG EC4G Monitor Extension control unit AG EC4G optional VIDEO OUT CAM BS Connecting external units continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 105: ...annot be controlled via 1394 connection when AVC Intra format or DVCPRO HD native recording is selected Backup recording does not work in three of the special recording modes Interval recording One shot recording and Loop recording Page 44 46 Please note that when performing backup recording to a connected external device with the time code of this unit set to REC RUN continuing recording when the...

Page 106: ...Connections to the DVCPRO DV connector continued Precautions in 1394 connections 6 pin type 4 pin type USO RESTRITO ...

Page 107: ... USB device operation recording playback and clip thumbnail operations are not available The free space and status of P2 cards is not displayed when operating as a USB device and video audio cannot be output or displayed Procedures for making connections to a personal computer Connect a USB cable to the USB 2 0 connector A USB 2 0 cable is not supplied with the AG HPX255EJ Use a commercially avail...

Page 108: ...Mode lamp PC POWER MODE switch USB DEVICE CONNECT READ ONLY Terminating USB device mode Nonlinear editing with P2 card PC mode USB device continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 109: ...on lever Press MENU twice to exit the menus Turn the POWER MODE switch to the MODE position to illuminate the PB THUMBNAIL lamp and then turn and hold it In USB HOST mode clips on P2 cards can be displayed but video from the camera recorder cannot be recorded You cannot return to standard mode from USB HOST mode Turn the power off and then turn it back on again USO RESTRITO ...

Page 110: ...e hard disk drive through a hub The unit does not support a hard disk drive of 2 TB 2048 GB or more To prevent copying or formatting problems from occurring during connection to a AC adaptor Versions 2 and later of the P2 STORE AJ PCS060G support USB host mode for this unit Versions 1 cannot connect Please upgrade Using a hard disk drive PC mode USB host continued Viewing hard disk drive informati...

Page 111: ...The screen can show up to 10 partitions If there are more than 10 partitions push and scroll down to display the remaining partitions 8 MODEL You can switch to PARTITION NAME by direction Push the Operation lever in the name display 9 DATE TIME 10 SERIAL USO RESTRITO ...

Page 112: ...nect the hard disk drive via USB EXPLORE from the thumbnail menu From the thumbnail menu select select YES using the Operation lever A YES or NO is displayed again Select YES Formatting a hard disk drive erases all contents of it Note that you cannot erase the contents of certain partitions by specifying them Operation of the hard disk drive with this unit and the data in the hard disk drive are n...

Page 113: ...ctively onto all P2 cards currently inserted in the unit to the hard disk drive For a Type S hard disk drive data can be written on a card basis The data on up to 23 P2 cards can be stored on the hard disk drive The data set on each P2 card is recognized as a separate drive by the PC If data on a P2 card that contains a defective clip must be written to a hard deleting that clip before writing the...

Page 114: ...will not be liable for loss of data caused by failed hard disk drives or any other problem as well as direct or indirect damages resulting from the loss of data Thumbnails Message CANNOT ACCESS CANNOT CHANGE CANNOT COPY CANNOT DELETE CANNOT FORMAT CANNOT RECONNECT CANNOT REPAIR LACK OF CAPACITY USO RESTRITO ...

Page 115: ...TENTS FORMAT UNKNOWN DATA USER CLIP NAME MODIFIED WRITE PROTECTED Soft keyboard Message CANNOT CHANGE CANNOT SET INVALID VALUE HDD USB HOST MODE Message CANNOT ACCESS CARD CANNOT ACCESS TARGET CANNOT FORMAT CANNOT RECOGNIZE HDD CARD IS EMPTY CANNOT COPY LACK OF CAPACITY HDD DISCONNECTED USO RESTRITO ...

Page 116: ...Using a hard disk drive PC mode USB host continued TOO MANY PARTITIONS TOO MANY TARGETS UNKNOWN DEVICE CONNECTED VERIFICATION FAILED USO RESTRITO ...

Page 117: ...Screen displays information USO RESTRITO ...

Page 118: ... 14 13 28 31 32 1 2 3 4 7 11 12 9 10 8 6 18 21 22 23 24 26 27 25 30 5 20 19 29 1 Time code displays No indication Counter CLIP TC tc UB FR When TC tc and UB are locked to TC IN input the characters in their icons change to outline characters USO RESTRITO ...

Page 119: ...uency indication System mode Recording format In 1080i 720P system mode In 480 576i system mode 5 AUTO MANUAL switch indicator 6 Information display 7 System frequency display 8 Letter box recording display 9 Y GET brightness display 10 Recording playback frame rate display 11 Audio limiter display USO RESTRITO ...

Page 120: ...ay 16 Iris display 17 Auto iris control displays STD SPOT BACK 18 Zoom position display 19 Focus control display 95 00 20 Calendar Month Day of the month Year 2000 2037 Hours Minutes Seconds mmm dd yyyy hh mm ss Indicates time stamp record 23 Gain display 24 WHITE BAL switch position indication 25 FBC indication USO RESTRITO ...

Page 121: ...e Stabilizer display 28 Remaining battery charge 29 Digital zoom display 30 One clip recording mode display 1 CLIP 1 CLIP 31 Media remaining memory display 32 Media information display lights lights green USO RESTRITO ...

Page 122: ...RT END Special recording display L I P Center information display P2 card recording and playback data indications BOS CANNOT PLAY CARD ERR 1 2 1 2 UPDATING CANNOT REC EOS PRE REC ON OFF INVALID SHOT MARK ON OFF INVALID SLOT SEL INVALID TEXTMEMO INVALID VFR ON NO AUDIO RECORDING USO RESTRITO ...

Page 123: ...NAL1394 DISCONNECT FAN STOPPED FAN STOPPED HIGH TEMPERATURE FORMAT ERR INCOMPATIBLE CARD LOW BATTERY PULL DOWN ERROR REC WARNING CARD ERR 1 2 1 2 ERROR OVER MAX CLIPS REC RAM OVERFLOW RUN DOWN CARD SYSTEM ERROR CAM LENS ERROR CAM MICON ERROR P2 CONTROL ERROR P2 MICON ERROR USO RESTRITO ...

Page 124: ...ER OFF Camera recorder status display in alphabetical order ABB ATW ACTIVE ATW ATW LOCK AWB AWB P3 2K AWB P5 6K BACK LIGHT DIAL FRAME RATE SHUTTER SYNCHRO SCAN LOCK DRS ON OFF D ZOOM 10x 2x 5x OFF INVALID FBC ON OFF GAIN dB IRIS MANUAL AUTO OIS ON OFF SCENE USO RESTRITO ...

Page 125: ...SHUTTER 1 OFF SPOT LIGHT VFR ON OFF Checking and displaying shooting status DISP MODE CHK button USO RESTRITO ...

Page 126: ...Screen displays continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 127: ... USO RESTRITO ...

Page 128: ...1 2 1 P2 card slot status display ACTIVE ACCESSING INFO READING FULL PROTECTED NOT SUPPORTED FORMAT ERROR NO CARD No indication 2 USER button allocation information display 3 AWB ABB error display Screen displays continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 129: ...tes LOAD SAVE INIT LOAD SAVE INITIAL VFR ON OFF 1 FRAME RATE SYNC SCAN TYPE sec deg SYNCHRO SCAN 1 50 0 DETAIL LEVEL 7 0 1 7 V DETAIL LEVEL 7 0 1 7 DETAIL CORING 7 0 1 7 Setup menu list SCENE FILE screen USO RESTRITO ...

Page 130: ... 7 0 1 7 CHROMA PHASE 7 0 1 7 COLOR TEMP Ach 7 0 1 7 COLOR TEMP Bch 7 0 1 7 MASTER PED 100 15 1 100 A IRIS LEVEL 10 0 1 10 DRS ON OFF 1 DRS EFFECT 1 2 3 1 GAMMA HD NORM 1 LOW SD NORM HIGH B PRESS CINELIKE D CINELIKE V SCENE FILE screen continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 131: ...Item Setting Notes KNEE AUTO 1 LOW MID HIGH MATRIX NORM 1 1 NORM FLUO CINE LIKE SKIN TONE DTL ON 1 OFF V DETAIL FREQ THIN 1 MID THICK NAME EDIT SCENE FILE screen continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 132: ...0 59 94i 1080 50i 720 59 94P 720 50P 480 59 94i 576 50i REC FORMAT AVC I100 60i AVC I100 30PN AVC I100 24PN AVC I 50 60i AVC I 50 30PN AVC I 50 24PN DVCPROHD 60i AVC I100 50i AVC I100 25PN AVC I 50 50i AVC I 50 25PN DVCPROHD 50i SYSTEM SETUP screen USO RESTRITO ...

Page 133: ...100 24PN AVC I 50 60P AVC I 50 30PN AVC I 50 24PN DVCPROHD 60P DVCPROHD 30PN DVCPROHD 24PN AVC I100 50P AVC I100 25PN AVC I 50 50P AVC I 50 25PN DVCPROHD 50P DVCPROHD 25PN DVCPRO50 60i DVCPRO 60i DV 60i DVCPRO50 50i DVCPRO 50i DV 50i CAMERA MODE 60i 30P 24P 24PA 50i 25P SCAN REVERSE ON OFF USO RESTRITO ...

Page 134: ...Setup menu list continued SYSTEM SETUP screen continued Item Setting Notes ASPECT CONV SIDE CROP LETTER BOX SQUEEZE SETUP 0 7 5 A PC MODE SELECT USB HOST USB DEVICE USO RESTRITO ...

Page 135: ...tes LOW GAIN 0dB 3dB 6dB 9dB 12dB 15dB 18dB MID GAIN 0dB 3dB 6dB 9dB 12dB 15dB 18dB HIGH GAIN 0dB 3dB 6dB 9dB 12dB 15dB 18dB SUPER GAIN 24dB 30dB BOTH ATW Bch OFF HANDLE ZOOM L OFF H L M H L OFF M W BAL PRESET 3 2K 5 6K USO RESTRITO ...

Page 136: ...N SPOTLIGHT BACKLIGHT ATW ATWLOCK S GAIN D ZOOM Y GET DRS TEXT MEMO SLOT SEL SHOT MARK MAG A LVL LVL METER PRE REC WFM LAST CLIP FBC LCD B L USER1 BACKLIGHT USER2 TEXT MEMO USER3 DRS USER4 SLOT SEL MF ASSIST ON OFF FOCUS ASSIST IN RED EXPAND WFM WAVE VECTOR WAVE VECT USO RESTRITO ...

Page 137: ...AUTO SW screen Item Setting Notes A IRIS ON OFF AGC 6dB 12dB 18dB OFF ATW ON OFF AF ON OFF USO RESTRITO ...

Page 138: ...TION NORMAL INTERVAL ONE SHOT LOOP ONE SHOT TIME 1frm 2frm 4frm 8frm 16frm 1s INTERVAL TIME 2frm 4frm 8frm 16frm 1s 2s 5s 10s 30s 1min 5min 10min START DELAY ON OFF PREREC MODE ON OFF TC MODE DF NDF TCG FREE RUN REC RUN RECORDING SETUP screen USO RESTRITO ...

Page 139: ...RECORDING SETUP screen continued Item Setting Notes TC PRESET UB MODE USER TIME DATE EXT TCG FRM RATE UB PRESET ONE CLIP REC ON OFF START TEXT MEMO ON OFF TIME STAMP ON OFF Note USO RESTRITO ...

Page 140: ...O SETUP screen Item Setting Notes LIMITER CH1 ON OFF LIMITER CH2 ON OFF LIMITER CH3 ON OFF LIMITER CH4 ON OFF AUTO LEVEL CH3 ON OFF AUTO LEVEL CH4 ON OFF 25M REC CH SEL 2CH 4CH TEST TONE LEVEL1 LEVEL2 OFF INT MIC ON OFF USO RESTRITO ...

Page 141: ...Item Setting Notes MIC GAIN1 40dB 50dB 60dB MIC GAIN2 40dB 50dB 60dB 1394 AUDIO OUT CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT CH1 CH2 CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH3 CH4 AUDIO SETUP screen continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 142: ...g Notes SDI HDMI SELECT 1080i 720P 1080i 1 DOWNCON SDI HDMI CHAR ON OFF SDI OUT ON OFF SDI METADATA ON OFF EXPANDED SDI EDH ON OFF DOWNCON MODE SIDE CROP LETTER BOX SQUEEZE VIDEO OUT CHAR ON OFF VIDEO OUT ZEBRA ON OFF TC IN OUT SEL TC OUT TC IN USO RESTRITO ...

Page 143: ...Item Setting Notes TC OUT TCG TCG TCR TC VIDEO SYNC RECORDING VIDEO OUT OUTPUT SEL screen continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 144: ... Notes EVF PEAK LEVEL 7 0 7 EVF PEAK FREQ HIGH LOW EVF SETTING EVF B LIGHT HIGH NORMAL LOW EVF COLOR ON OFF EVF MODE AUTO ON ZEBRA1 DETECT 50 70 109 ZEBRA2 DETECT 50 85 109 ZEBRA2 ON SPOT OFF MARKER ON OFF DISPLAY SETUP screen USO RESTRITO ...

Page 145: ...100 display at 2 39 1 OFF Safety zone marker not displayed 100 display at 2 1 Scope Size range 100 display at 4 3 90 4 3 13 9 90 display at 16 9 100 display at 13 9 14 9 100 display at 14 9 OFF Safety zone marker not displayed 100 display at 4 3 FOCUS BAR ON OFF LCD SETTING SELF SHOOT NORMAL MIRROR LCD BACKLIGHT 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 DATE TIME TIME DATE TIME DATE OFF LEVEL METER ON OFF DISPLAY SETUP scree...

Page 146: ...ed Item Setting Notes ZOOM FOCUS OFF NUMBER mm feet mm m Note CARD BATTERY ON OFF P2CARD REMAIN ONE CARD TOTAL OTHER DISPLAY PARTIAL ALL OFF MENU BACK ON OFF REC COUNTER TOTAL CLIP DISPLAY SETUP screen continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 147: ...CARD FUNCTIONS screen Item Setting Notes SCENE FILE FILE SELECT READ WRITE TITLE RELOAD USER FILE FILE SELECT READ WRITE TITLE RELOAD SD CARD FORMAT USO RESTRITO ...

Page 148: ...inued OTHER FUNCTIONS screen Item Setting Notes USER FILE LOAD SAVE INITIAL REMOTE OFF 1 2 1394 CONTROL EXT BOTH CHAIN OFF 1394 CMD SEL REC_P STOP ACCESS LED ON OFF TALLY LAMP FRONT REAR BOTH OFF CLOCK SETTING USO RESTRITO ...

Page 149: ...g Notes TIME ZONE 0 00 After setting the time change the setting menu TIME ZONE item and the display and the recorded local time will be reset accordingly GL PHASE HD SDI COMPOSITE H PHASE 512 0 511 SEEK SELECT CLIP CLIP T MENU INIT USO RESTRITO ...

Page 150: ...Setup menu list continued DIAGNOSTIC screen Item Setting Notes VERSION CAM SOFT SYSCON SOFT P2CS BL2 1 P2CS BL2 2 P2CS KR P2CS AP VUP VUP FS CAM FPGA DM FPGA MODEL NAME SERIAL NO OPERATION USO RESTRITO ...

Page 151: ...OPTION MENU screen Item Setting Notes 1394 STATUS FORMAT RATE 60 50 CH SPEED STATUS VIDEO AUDIO 1394 CONFIG DFLT 1 255 P A P FILTER 1 TYPE1 TYPE2 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 152: ...Before calling for service Power supply Battery Shooting It may be hard to bring the subject into focus when USO RESTRITO ...

Page 153: ...Shooting Editing Displays USO RESTRITO ...

Page 154: ...Playback Other Before calling for service continued USO RESTRITO ...

Page 155: ...t the following website http pro av panasonic net Be sure to use a compatible SD memory card The unit is compatible with SD memory cards based on the SD and SDHC standards Also be sure to format the memory card using the unit before use USO RESTRITO ...

Page 156: ...Cleaning When cleaning do not use benzene or thinner Eye cup holder Eye cup Projection USO RESTRITO ...

Page 157: ...tal objects such as necklaces and hair pins away from the terminals Shortcircuiting may occur across the terminals causing the battery to heat up and you may seriously burn yourself if you touch the battery in this state P2 cards SD memory cards USO RESTRITO ...

Page 158: ...se folders are required This is the file in which the information on the final clip that was recorded with the P2 device is written Changing or deleting just one information component could make it impossible to recognize the data as P2 data or use the card in a P2 device http pro av panasonic net USO RESTRITO ...

Page 159: ...ards The unit will not work properly if only the miniSD microSD card adaptor is installed Make sure that the card has been installed in the adaptor before using it format cards using camera recorder Any SD memory card with the following capacities 8 MB to 2 GB and any 32 GB SDHC memory card can be used with the unit For the latest information not available in the operating Instructions visit the P...

Page 160: ...Information on software for this product USO RESTRITO ...

Page 161: ...Recording format list Shooting recording frame mode USO RESTRITO ...

Page 162: ...Cautions in using the Extension Control Unit When you operate AG EC4G Operations of camera recorder Cautions in connecting the system REMOTE terminal REMOTE REMOTE NC USO RESTRITO ...

Page 163: ...Index Numeric A B C D E F FBC USO RESTRITO ...

Page 164: ...Index continued G H I K L M N O P R USO RESTRITO ...

Page 165: ...S T U V USO RESTRITO ...

Page 166: ...Index continued W Z USO RESTRITO ...

Page 167: ...Memo USO RESTRITO ...

Page 168: ...Web Site http panasonic net Panasonic Corporation 2012 USO RESTRITO ...

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