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V1.01E

Understanding Scene files

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Page 1: ...1 V1 01E Understanding Scene files...

Page 2: ...roma Level Phase Color Correction 23 4 1 Adjustments of Chroma Level color saturation and Chroma Phase hue 23 4 2 Technical description About color saturation and hue 25 4 3 Color correction 25 4 4 Us...

Page 3: ...ROL menu OPTION MENU 56 CAM REMOTEADJ menu OPTION MENU 56 LCD SUB BRIGHTNESS menu OPTION MENU 56 ENG SECURITY menu OPTION MENU 57 3 Understanding USER button operation 58 1 USER button layout 59 2 USE...

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Page 5: ...3 SPARK Suitable for recording in SD resolution with richer color level and sharper contrast The picture will be showy with vivid colors and give a bright impression F4 B STR Suitable for recording wh...

Page 6: ...KE CINE LIKE MASTER PED 16 16 16 16 16 16 GAMMAMODE SEL HD HD HD HD FILM LIKE3 FILM REC MASTER GAMMA 0 45 0 45 0 45 0 45 0 45 0 45 F REC DYNAMIC LVL 600 F REC BLACK STR LVL 0 V REC KNEE SLOPE V REC KN...

Page 7: ...of selected Scene File will be overwritten Further with SCENE FILE LOAD SAVE INITIALIZE execute SAVE The overwritten values of selected Scene File will be saved in the memory of the camera Moreover S...

Page 8: ...reflection of light may be intensified or to the contrary the picture may look blurred This is a phenomenon caused by the strength weakness of Detail signal to intensify the video signal for the obje...

Page 9: ...e which is greater than the center value 0 zero that is if the Detail level is increased the edges of video signal will be intensified horizontally and vertically and the picture will look sharper wit...

Page 10: ...in the vertical direction H DTL FREQ 7 0 7 Sets the thickness of Detail in the horizontal direction V DTL FREQ 0 1 2 Sets the thickness of Detail in the vertical direction LEVEL DEPEND 7 0 7 When the...

Page 11: ...e weakened and the picture will look softer with its outline enhancement suppressed Difference of video image and waveform with different MASTER DETAIL settings MASTER DETAIL 31 Image is sharper MASTE...

Page 12: ...y this adjustment the outline of an object will be enhanced and its texture will look the same while the increase of coarseness on the whole picture is suppressed In some cases this adjustment of Deta...

Page 13: ...TONE DTL B SKIN TONE DTL C ON OFF for each Select the type of skin color on which the Skin Tone Detail works These three settings can be set either separately or in combination SKIN TONE ZEBRA ON OFF...

Page 14: ...Sets the area width to apply Skin Tone along the I axis with I CENTER as the center Q WIDTH 0 10 90 Sets the area width to apply Skin Tone along the Q axis with I CENTER as the center Q PHASE 180 0 1...

Page 15: ...era s Dynamic Range processing range In order to put such high brightness input signals within the Dynamic Range Knee function can be used to compress the gradation However the color gradation is also...

Page 16: ...value to prevent blown out highlights On the other hand when a scene does not include such areas the Knee Point is set to a higher value to prevent the gradation of middle brightness areas from being...

Page 17: ...NEE APE LEVEL 0 2 5 Sets enhancement level of detail signal for highlight areas 3 4 White Clip Adjustment Items for White Clip Main Menu SCENE FILE WHITE CLIP SETTING Factory default settings underlin...

Page 18: ...radation of the highlights can be reproduced better Using this Gamma curve which gently slopes for the low brightness area makes the picture look calm Contrast becomes sharper and the gradation expres...

Page 19: ...19 GAMMA HD GAMMA SD GAMMA FILM LIKE1 GAMMA FILM LIKE2...

Page 20: ...20 GAMMA FILM LIKE3 GAMMA FILM REC GAMMA VIDEO REC...

Page 21: ...g film like coloring Adjustment Items for Gamma Main Menu SCENE FILE GAMMASETTING Factory default settings underlined MASTER GAMMA 0 30 0 45 0 75 Sets the Master Gamma in units of 0 01 When FILM REC...

Page 22: ...amic Range Stretcher function DRS EFFECT DEPTH 1 2 3 Sets the compression level of high brightness areas by Dynamic Range Stretcher function Compressing the video signal level of high brightness area...

Page 23: ...ed CHROMA LEVEL OFF 99 0 40 Sets the Chroma Level of Pr and Pb signals On the vector scope the distance from the center no color will increase decrease as a whole picture CHROMA PHASE 31 0 31 Finely a...

Page 24: ...24 Example of chroma phase adjustment Color phase tint is varied CHROMAPHASE 31 CHROMAPHASE 0 CHROMAPHASE 31...

Page 25: ...affecting the others as little as possible Adjustment items for Color Correction Main Menu SCENE FILE COLOR CORRECTION SETTING Factory default settings underlined R R R Mg R Mg Mg Mg B B B Cy Cy Cy G...

Page 26: ...halogen lamp And it has richer color saturation than NORM1 Generally this color look is preferred in PAL areas such as Europe FLUO This expresses the colors suitable for shooting indoors under the flu...

Page 27: ...tionally changed White Balance Scene like early morning acquired by increase of blue Scene like sunset acquired by increase of red Adjustment Items for Color Temp Main Menu SCENE FILE COLOR TEMPA B SE...

Page 28: ...increased decreased B GAIN AWB PRE 200 0 200 Sets the settings so that the intensity of blue color will be increased decreased When WHITE BAL switch is at the A or B position RGAIN AWB A or B 200 0 2...

Page 29: ...k is largely related to the adjustments of outline and gradation Outline Gradation DTL Gamma Master Pedestal Sharper Look Signal edge is enhanced LOW B PRESS Slope for darker area is gentle Gradation...

Page 30: ...OFF Turns ON OFF the mode to expand the color Dynamic Range HI COLOR LVL 1 32 Selects the level of the mode to expand the color Dynamic Range Adjustment Items for Pedestal Main Menu SCENE FILE RGB BLA...

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Page 32: ...MENU SEL to select items Press MENU button MAIN MENU All menu items are displayed Items are layered by purposes and usages See P 33 MENU structure for the details Keep press MENU button for 3 seconds...

Page 33: ...8 USB SETUP Turn ON OFF USB connection mode P 49 DISPLAY SETUP Selection of items to be shown on EVF etc P 50 CARD FUNCTIONS Saving loading of scene files and user files P 52 OTHER FUNCTIONS Menu init...

Page 34: ...ontour correction ON OFF V DTL LEVEL Adjust image contour correction level for vertical direction 7 0 7 H DTL FREQ Set thickness of contour correction signal for horizontal direction 7 0 7 V DTL FREQ...

Page 35: ...CT Set fresh tone softness effect for a certain color tone level 0 16 31 I CENTER Adjust center position of the I AXIS for fresh tone control see following figure 0 35 255 I WIDTH Adjust range of the...

Page 36: ...ry position is set toA 400 0 400 B GAIN Adjust gain of Bch when white balance memory position is set toA 400 0 400 GAXIS Adjust gain of Gch when white balance memory position is set toA 400 0 400 COLO...

Page 37: ...response speed of automatic knee control Its speed becomes faster when decrease the value 1 4 8 KNEE MASTER POINT Adjust master knee point level in MANUAL knee mode in 0 5 steps 70 0 93 0 107 0 KNEE M...

Page 38: ...AVC G12 60i AVC G12 50P AVC G12 50i DVCPRO HD 60P DVCPRO HD 60i DVCPRO HD 50P DVCPRO HD 50i DVCPRO50 60i DVCPRO50 50i DVCPRO 60i DVCPRO 50i DV 60i DV 50i CAMERAMODE Set record mode when in 480i 576i m...

Page 39: ...ATWTARGET B Fine tune for Bch level ofATW 10 0 10 W BAL PRESET Set color temperature of white balance preset position 3200K 5600K VAR W BAL VAR Adjust color temperature of white balance preset positi...

Page 40: ...OCUS IRIS Assign both FOCUS and IRIS FOCUS Y GET Assign both FOCUS and YGET WFM MODE Set waveform display type to be displayed on the built in LCD monitor WAVE VECTOR WAVE VECTOR ZEBRA Turn ON OFF ZEB...

Page 41: ...g point between auto iris control and auto gain control AGC Works when AGC item is set to ON F4 0 5 6 A SHUTTER Auto shutter control works when A IRIS items is set to ON ON OFF A SHUTTER LIMIT Set the...

Page 42: ...interval time pause time of Time laps recording 2frm 4frm 8frm 16frm 1s 2s 5s 10s 30s 1min 5min 10min START DELAY In INTERVAL and ONE SHOT modes Delay the record start time for 1 second ON OFF PRE REC...

Page 43: ...ing can start and stop in the slot1 To stop recording in the card slot2 assign BACKGR REC PAUSE function to any USER assignable buttons and keep press it for 5 seconds SIMUL Record the same content on...

Page 44: ...t custom metadata from SD memory card RECORD Record imported meta data to clips ON OFF USER CLIP NAME Set type of information to be recorded as METADATAin USER CLIP NAME area When REC METADATA RECORD...

Page 45: ...SLOT CLIPS Show only clips in specified slot NG CLIPS Show only ERROR clip s DELETE Delete selected clip s from the microP2 card s FORMAT Perform card format microP2 SD card COPY Copy selected clip s...

Page 46: ...memo icon _T_ WIDE Show hide wide 16 9 material icon W PROXY Show hide clip with proxy icon P Clip thumbnail example DATADISPLAY Set information type shown at bottom part of each clip thumbnail TC Di...

Page 47: ...L knob CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 ALL OFF AUDIO LEVEL CH3 Turn ON OFF automatic level control for audio CH3 ON OFF AUDIO LEVEL CH4 Turn ON OFF automatic level control for audio CH4 ON OFF LEVEL C...

Page 48: ...rom headphones HDMI and built in speaker CH1 2 CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 TESTTONE Turn ON OFF 1kHz tone generator ON OFF Reference level varies depending on setting of HEADROOM menu item 1 The default setting v...

Page 49: ...E trigger signal from SDI OUT ON OFF DOWNCON MODE Set the display mode of down converted image from SDI OUT in 1080p 1080i 720p mode SIDE CROP LETTER BOX SQUEEZE DOWNCON SETTING DETAIL Turn ON OFF ima...

Page 50: ...attern See following chart for the details ON SPOT OFF CENTER MARK Set shape of center marker 1 2 3 4 OFF SAFETY MARK Set type of safety zone marker 1 Box 2 Corner only OFF SAFETYAREA Set size of safe...

Page 51: ...eter ON OFF 4 DATE TIME Show hide a calendar TIME DATE TIME DATE OFF 5 REC COUNTER Set count mode of the record counter TOTAL Accumulate counter CLIP Reset by each recording start 6 P2CARD REMAIN Show...

Page 52: ...on A B Preset ON OFF 12 ND Show hide ND filter position ON OFF 13 Y GET Show hide brightness level measured by Y GET function ON OFF 14 D ZOOM Show hide digital zoom ratio ON OFF 15 SCENE FILE Show hi...

Page 53: ...e is functioning ON OFF 22 PB MODE Display playback mode ON OFF 23 SYSTEM MODE Display system mode Line Frame rate ON OFF 24 REC FORMAT Display record format ON OFF 25 FRAME RATE Display current frame...

Page 54: ...of the proximity sensor on the viewfinder HIGH LOW LCD SETTING LCD BRIGHTNESS Set brightness level video on built in LCD 15 0 15 LCD CONTRAST Set contrast level video on built in LCD 30 0 30 LCD COLO...

Page 55: ...with buttons while in PLAY PAUSE mode CLIP CLIP TEXT MEMO GPS Turn ON OFF the GPS function ON OFF P OFF GPS DATA When switch OFF the power global positioning data is stored in the unit This item is t...

Page 56: ...nel 400 0 400 B GAIN Adjust color temperature at preset 3200K of B Channel 400 0 400 GAXIS Adjust color temperature at preset 3200K of G Channel 400 0 400 CAM REMOTE ADJ menu OPTION MENU press Backlig...

Page 57: ...menu OPTION MENU press Backlight MENU Menu Item Description Setting factory default ENG SECURITY Turn ON OFF menu open restriction Only USER MENU can become open once turn ON Ask your dealer how to u...

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Page 59: ...59 1 USER button layout Selected 34 functions can be assigned to the eight USER buttons USER 8 USER 7 USER 3 6 USER 1 2...

Page 60: ...ATW is working Press the USER button again to release its fixing SPOTLIGHT Set auto iris control to spot light when subject is flooded with light mode BACKLIGHT Set auto iris control to back light wh...

Page 61: ...DTV mode before the REC PAUSE button is pressed TEXT MEMO Leave TEXT MEMO to clips SHOT MARK Leave SHOT MARK to clips DEL LAST CLIP Delete the last recorded clip from the microP2 card SLOT SEL Select...

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Page 63: ...63 Revision history Date Comments Document Ver Mar 2016 The first edition issued V1 00E July 2016 Added explanations and figures for some scene file controls V1 01E...

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