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Operation
1

R-G / B-G
select

OFF OFF For

registration measurement only.

Gamma
Table

A/B/C/D/F

Parallel to gamma table selection in level 8

Low light

OFF

Activates low light warning.

Low light
level

Sets level at which warning comes on.

Select Bars

EBU/SNG/SM.. SMPTE

EBU, SMPTE, SNG. SMPTE bars carry
PLUGE test signal for bright adj.

White B
channel

AWB / ATW

AWB

White bal memory B can become the Auto
Tracing White select switch

Battery
warning

10% / 20%

10%

Wide AWB

OFF

Increases the range over which the AWB will
work.

Zebra

OFF

Only for use with VF without an external
zebra switch.

Turbo sw.
indep.

OFF OFF

Operation
2

AWB level
gate

Rec Tally

Time code
display

SG adjust

H blanking
width

Enc. adjust Burst start

PAL coder alignment.

Burst stop

R-Y carrier
bal

Sync start

Sync stop

Int SC freq.

Data Reset User

Factory reset user menu

Engineer

Factory reset eng. menu

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Summary of Contents for DVW-790

Page 1: ...m a memory card The new generation of camcorders i e the 709 and the 790 now have 12 bit A D converters and a new DSP chipset which combined with the latest PowerHAD widescreen CCDs gives improved noise performance and dynamic range Many new features are also incorporated such as a built in secondary colour corrector multi matrix true eye knee saturation processing and auto white balance offset Th...

Page 2: ... are not corrupted by magnetic fields and can survive accidental immersion in a washing machine Data written for DVW 709 and 790 is inter changeable but will not transfer to the SX camcorders or the DVW 700 Future software will allow the 709 and 790 to read cards from the 700 but this is not recommended at present The cards themselves are usable with any of the above camcorders 3 1 Reading a Set U...

Page 3: ...odak stocks 4 Character Displays You may find it convenient to have the menu characters and or timecode displayed on a monitor whilst setting up a camcorder This can be by enabling page MARKER 3 3 items 1 3 and 4 and page OPERATION 2 item 4 Cursors safety markers and timecode can be displayed on a monitor which may be useful for director and PA without having the timecode appear in the viewfinder ...

Page 4: ... systems 7 Widescreen Some frequently asked questions about widescreen issues You don t have to buy a widescreen lens for shooting widescreen Widescreen switchable lenses have a 0 8x minifier in the range extender section This is to compensate for the fact that if you are shooting 4 3 on a switchable camcorder the angle of view of your lens will be slightly less than on a 4 3 only camcorder The 0 ...

Page 5: ...le ARRI A similar range of accessories is made by Chroziel 9 Option Boards Two new options are available for the 709 and the 790 The BKDW 702 is an SDI output board that gives a serial component digital output with 4 channels of embedded audio from the rear BNC connector This output is available as a direct output from the camera or a replay from the VTR The BKDW 703 is a memory cache board that i...

Page 6: ...wn buttons to set auto iris DCC function select DCC FIX DCC Can be set to FIX disabling the dynamic function Rear BNC out VBS SDI OFF VBS SDI Set to SDI if BKDW 702 is installed VTR Mode OFF OFF For use if external VTR connected Rec inhibit CCU ON ON For use if external VTR connected Assign switch OFF LOOP REC Select from RET REC TURBO AUDIO ATW LOOP REC Widescreen 16 9 4 3 16 9 16 9 Set to 4 3 an...

Page 7: ...ispening 0 0 Noise coring Turn up to REDUCE low level detail such as skin texture Aperture level 0 40 High frequency detail Dtl white clip 0 0 Reduces white edges Detail V black clip 0 5 Reduces black edges on V detail Detail H black clip 0 20 Reduces black edges on H detail Level depend ON OFF ON Low luminance edges ignored by detail corrector avoids exaggerating Level dep level 0 0 noise in blac...

Page 8: ...0 Manual set up Select the saturation hue and range of skin tones to be targeted Hue 0 0 Width 0 0 Skin tone ind OFF OFF Gate indicator in VF and test output Shows which areas will be affected Level 4 Master black 0 0 Stretches and crushes black areas Master gamma 0 5 Stretches and crushes mid luminance areas Master blk gamma 0 0 Adjusts initial gain of gamma curve Knee point 0 85 Knee point and s...

Page 9: ...NC Y set up 0 0 RGB level 4 3 0 0 ENC Y level 4 3 0 0 Test out Enc Enc Level 7 R Black 0 0 Manual black balance Can be used to give low luminance areas a colour G 0 0 shift though probably best done during grading in post B 0 0 R Flare 0 0 Flare correction G 0 0 May be used to compensate for flare from filters or a particular lens B 0 0 Flare ON ON Test Out 0 0 Sawtooth signal for alignment Level ...

Page 10: ... and saturation of all objects of that colour in the picture Axis Number B Mg R Yl G Cy The colour spectrum is divided into 12 sectors each of which can carry Saturation 0 0 a hue and a saturation offset Hue 0 0 Matrix area ind OFF OFF Superimposes the zebra pattern on areas that have been targeted Multi Matrix ON OFF Back to Top Page Item Factory Suggestion Explanation Level 10 Matrix ON ON Matri...

Page 11: ...G Shading correction for individual lenses W shading R Service use W shading B DCC adjust D range 4 4 Auto knee alignment Point 0 0 Gain 0 0 Offset white Offset white A OFF OFF Automatically adds a colour temp offset to the result of auto white bal Warm Cool A 0 0 Equivalent to balancing through a blue gel and then removing it to warm Fine A 0 0 up the look of pictures but more flexible and predic...

Page 12: ...el AWB ATW AWB White bal memory B can become the Auto Tracing White select switch Battery warning 10 20 10 Wide AWB OFF OFF Increases the range over which the AWB will work Zebra OFF OFF Only for use with VF without an external zebra switch Turbo sw indep OFF OFF Operation 2 AWB level gate Rec Tally Time code display SG adjust H blanking width Enc adjust Burst start PAL coder alignment Burst stop ...

Page 13: ... Shot display Y Y Shutter N N LED N N Menu select 2 Setup card Y Y Function 1 2 N Y Function 2 2 N N VF setting N Y Widescreen N Y Level 1 Detail N Y Level 2 Detail N Y Level 1 4 3 N Y Level 2 4 3 N Y Menu select 3 Level 3 skin dtl N Y Level 4 knee N Y Level 5 Enc N N Level 6 Enc N N Level 7 Blk Flr N Y Level 8 Gamma N Y Level 9 Matrix N Y Level 10 Matrix N Y Level 11 SC H N N Level 12 A Iris N Y ...

Page 14: ...x Box width e g 15 9 safety area Box height Box H Box V Marker 3 3 Test out Mix OFF ON Outputs VF markers to test out eg director can see 14 9 safe area Return mix OFF OFF Puts VF markers on return video signal Test out VF disp OFF ON Puts VF characters on test out Test out menu OFF ON Puts menu displays on test out RM VF menu inhib ON ON Allows menus to be adjusted on RM B150 without appearing in...

Page 15: ... High 18dB 12dB Turbo 42dB 3dB Shot ID ID 1 12 Characters Choose a caption eg programme name to be superimposed on bars ID 2 ID 3 ID 4 Shot Display Date OFF ON Selects the data superimposed on the colour bars test signal Time OFF ON Model Name OFF ON Serial No OFF ON Cassette No OFF OFF Shot No OFF OFF ID select OFF ID1 Shutter speed CLS Y Y This page doesn t select the shutter speed in EVS Y Y us...

Page 16: ...r Y Y White Preset N N ATW Run Extender Y Y Filter 2 3 4 N N Filter A C D A iris override N N Back to Top Neil Thompson Image Creation Group Sony Broadcast Professional UK July 1999 Please could you fill in our Optional Form about this feature We are always grateful for your input ...

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