Sony PMW300K1 Operating Instructions Manual Download

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4-485-053-

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Solid-State Memory
Camcorder

PMW-300K1

Operating Instructions

Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly
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Summary of Contents for PMW300K1

Page 1: ...4 485 053 11 1 Solid State Memory Camcorder PMW 300K1 2013 Sony Corporation Operating Instructions Before operating the unit please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference ...

Page 2: ...iewfinder 20 Adjusting the Lens 25 Adjusting the Flange Focal Length 25 Replacing the Lens 26 Retrieving the Lens File 28 Adjusting the Grip 28 Using the IR Remote Commander 29 Using SxS Memory Cards 30 About SxS Memory Cards 30 Inserting Removing an SxS Memory Card 30 Switching Between SxS Memory Cards 31 Formatting an SxS Memory Card 31 Checking the Remaining Time Available for Recording 31 Rest...

Page 3: ...ing the Built in Stereo Microphones 46 Using External Inputs 46 Using an External Microphone 46 Adjusting the Audio Recording Levels 47 Monitoring the Audio 47 Useful Functions 48 Color Bars Reference Tone 48 Shot Marks 48 OK NG KP Flags for UDF Only 48 OK Mark for FAT HD Mode Only 48 Rec Review 49 Assignable Buttons 49 Interval Recording 49 Frame Recording 50 Clip Continuous Recording UDF Only 50...

Page 4: ...Menus 69 Displaying the Detailed Information of a Clip 70 Adding Deleting a Flag UDF Only 71 Adding Deleting the OK Mark FAT HD Mode Only 71 Copying Clips 71 Deleting Clips 72 Displaying the EXPAND CLIP Screen 72 Displaying the SHOT MARK Screen UDF and FAT HD Mode 73 Adding Deleting Shot Marks UDF and FAT HD Mode 74 Changing the Index Frame UDF and FAT HD Mode 74 Dividing a Clip FAT HD Mode Only 7...

Page 5: ...le Menu 98 OTHERS Menu 100 Connecting External Devices Connecting External Monitors and Recording Devices 109 Operating Clips With a Computer 110 Connecting via i LINK FAT only 112 Recording the Camcorder Picture on an External Device 112 Nonlinear Editing 113 Recording External Input Signals 113 External Synchronization 114 Operating via the REMOTE Connector 116 Operating the Menus of the Camcord...

Page 6: ...bleshooting 133 Power 133 Recording Playback 133 External Devices 134 Error Warning Indications 135 Error Indications 135 Warning Indications 135 Licenses 138 MPEG 2 Video Patent Portfolio License 138 Bitmap Fonts 138 About OpenSSL 138 About JQuery Sizzle js 140 Specifications 141 General 141 Supplied Lens VCL 614B2X 1 143 Camera Section 143 Inputs Outputs 143 Monitoring 144 Built in Microphone 14...

Page 7: ...essed audio recording When in UDF HD422 mode this camcorder can record 4 channel audio in 24 bit 48 kHz linear PCM format Recording of 4 channel audio in 16 bit 48 kHz linear PCM format for FAT HD Mode is possible Support for a file based workflow File based recording in MXF and MP4 formats allows material to be handled with great flexibility in computer work environments enabling easy copying tra...

Page 8: ...ws the camera operator to easily call up customized picture tonal settings to suit particular shooting conditions Up to 6 groups of settings can be set Picture Cache Recording function The unit can utilize its internal memory to store the image being captured allowing recording to commence up to 15 seconds in advance of when the REC START recording start button was pressed A variety of functions a...

Page 9: ...on your shoulder by opening it toward you as follows Note Do not place weight in excess of 1 kg on the pad Part Identification Camcorder Operation panel on the handle page 11 Card slot block page 12 Side operation panel page 11 Rear connector panel page 12 Lens control block page 14 Raise the lever at the bottom to unlock Hold the lever raised when pulling out or pushing in the pad Press the lever...

Page 10: ...lder strap as shown below 2 Rear accessory shoe 3 External microphone holder page 46 4 Viewfinder page 20 5 Front accessory shoe 6 Built in microphone page 46 7 REC TALLY lamp 8 Front IR remote control receptor 9 Cable clamp page 46 10 AUDIO IN CH 1 CH 2 connectors XLR type and input selection LINE MIC MIC 48V switches page 46 11 VF connector 26 pin page 20 Controls on the grip page 14 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 11: ...C HOLD lever page 39 Side operation panel 1 ND FILTER select switch page 41 2 S Q slow quick Motion dial page 52 3 ASSIGN assignable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 buttons page 49 Lens Info is set to ASSIGN 1 BRT Disp is set to ASSIGN 2 Histogram is set to ASSIGN 3 and Camera Bars is set to ASSIGN 4 by default 4 FULL AUTO button and indicator page 38 5 Built in speaker page 68 6 PICTURE PROFILE button page 54 7 AU...

Page 12: ...3 5 DISPLAY switch page 16 6 ZEBRA switch page 42 Rear connector panel 1 HDMI OUT connector page 109 2 USB connector type A page 33 3 i LINK HDV DV connector 4 pin S400 conforming to IEEE1394 page 109 4 USB connector Mini B page 110 5 SDI OUT connector BNC type page 109 6 VIDEO OUT composite video output connector BNC type page 109 7 AUDIO OUT CH 1 CH 2 connector RCA pin jack page 113 8 REMOTE con...

Page 13: ...44 4 LENS REMOTE connector page 44 Note The lens is properly adjusted at the factory Do not touch the controls of the lens control block To remove the lens hood 1 Loosen the hood fixing screw 2 turn the hood in the direction of the arrow 3 then pull it out Zoom Lens VCL 614B2X 1 Supplied 15 25 40 81 2 10 3 10 mm 5 10 30 ft 15 5 8 8 5 6 4 2 8 1 9 16 C MAN U AUTO MANU AUTO PUSH AF FOC US IRIS STEADY...

Page 14: ...DY SHOT button page 45 5 IRIS switch page 43 6 MACRO switch page 45 7 FOCUS switch page 45 8 PUSH AF momentary auto focus button page 45 Controls on the grip 1 RELEASE grip release button page 28 2 REC START STOP button page 38 3 REC REVIEW button page 49 4 EXPANDED FOCUS button page 44 5 Servo zoom lever page 44 6 IRIS button page 44 AF FULL MF 15 25 40 81 2 10 3 10 mm 5 10 30 ft 15 5 8 C MANU AU...

Page 15: ... together with the unmarked button safety button to start recording 8 REC PAUSE buttons Press the X button together with the unmarked button safety button to pause recording 9 PUSH SET button select set It functions the same as the SEL SET button on the camcorder 10 NEXT button 11 STOP button 12 F FWD fast forward button 13 PUSH AF button Note The SUB CLIP button has no function IR Remote Commande...

Page 16: ...connected to the i LINK connector the status of the device is displayed 3 Special recording operation status indication 4 Media status indication 5 Time data indication M page 46 6 Media remaining indication M page 31 7 Zoom position indication M page 44 On Screen Indications 29 30fps F1 62 Ext zREC Recording in progress STBY Standby for recording CONT Standby for recording When using Clip Continu...

Page 17: ...s Adapter not supplied 26 Special recording mode indication M D only in Slow Quick Motion Standby 27 Video Format indication M page 40 28 Clip name indication M page 39 The settings of the items named with a suffix D can be changed using the Direct menu on the screen Select All Part or Off for Direct Menu using Direct Menu page 102 in the OTHERS menu Note When the indicator of the FULL AUTO button...

Page 18: ... with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer When you dispose of the battery you must obey the law in the relative area or country Batteries shall not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine fire or the like Fully insert the battery pack into the battery pack receptacle page 9 then slide it down to lock it To remove the battery pack press and hold the BATT RELEASE button...

Page 19: ...1 Connect the DC power output cable of the BC U1 to the DC IN connector of the camcorder 2 Connect the power cord of the BC U1 to an AC power source 3 Set the mode switch of the BC U1 to the DC OUT position To turn the power on set the power switch page 9 to the ON position the position The power indicator lights when the camcorder is turned on To turn the power off set the power switch to the OFF...

Page 20: ...r was being supplied no battery pack and no DC IN connection the Initial Setting display will be displayed when you turn the camcorder on at the next opportunity While the Initial Setting display is shown no other operation except turning the power off is permitted until you finish the setting for this display You can adjust the angle and the display conditions of the viewfinder for best viewing i...

Page 21: ... to the VF connector 26 pin 4 Reattach the cover of the VF connector Push the tabs into the slots and slide the cover over Note Make sure that the cover of the VF connector is attached If the cover is not attached the coupling is loose and noise may appear on the video 5 Route the cable as illustrated using the clamps Viewfinder connector ...

Page 22: ...from the menu and adjust Color For details on menu operations see Basic Menu Operations on page 79 Switching between color and monochrome modes For the viewfinder display color or monochrome display can be selected Select VF from the VF SET menu then select Mode Select B W if checking the subject and focusing are easier on the monochrome display If you assign VF Mode to one of the assignable butto...

Page 23: ...To reverse the image The viewfinder can be rotated as much as 180 degrees toward the direction facing the subject To read the displayed menu and messages in this condition set the MIRROR switch to ON so that the textual information is converted to the readable direction Lifting up the viewfinder mirror and eyepiece You can view the LCD screen inside the viewfinder or its mirrored image by lifting ...

Page 24: ...de the knob on the top to the opposite side of the viewfinder mirror 4 Detach the viewfinder mirror by horizontally sliding it Opening detaching the eyepiece You can directly view the LCD screen inside the viewfinder by opening the eyepiece To open Push the clip on the bottom to release and flip up the eyepiece It locks at the 120 degree position 1 2 ...

Page 25: ...rough the lens be focused in the camcorder and cause fire It is necessary to adjust the flange focal length the distance from the lens flange to the plane of the image along the optical axis if the focus does not match properly from telephoto to wide angle during zoom operations Repeated adjustment is not necessary as long as the same lens is used With the supplied or optional exclusive 1 2 inch E...

Page 26: ...n progress message is displayed When the adjustment finished properly The completion message is displayed If the adjustment fails An error message appears Check the conditions of the subject and lighting then perform the adjustment again For details on menu operations see Basic Menu Operations on page 79 When a lens other than the exclusive lenses is used adjust the flange focal length manually In...

Page 27: ...ace 2 Turn the lens mount lever downward Attaching a Sony 1 2 inch Bayonet Mount lens Use the optional lens adaptor 1 Attach the lens adaptor to the camcorder 1 Align the alignment pin of the lens adaptor with the recess at the top of the mount section and set the adaptor in place 2 Turn the lens mount lever of the camcorder downward Keep the lens mount lever of the lens adaptor in the upper posit...

Page 28: ...ing Lens Files on page 130 When you mount a serial lens The corresponding file is automatically retrieved When you mount a non serial lens Retrieve the corresponding lens file using the LENS File menu 1 Press the MENU button to set the camcorder to Menu mode and select the LENS menu 2 Select Recall Mem Recall SxS or Recall USB from Operation of the LENS File menu then the corresponding lens file f...

Page 29: ...ote To avoid malfunctions the remote control function is automatically deactivated when the camcorder is turned off Activate the function each time when required after you turn the camcorder on Replacing the battery in the IR Remote Commander Use a commercially available CR2025 lithium battery Do not use any battery other than a CR2025 1 Hold down the lock lever 1 pull out the battery holder 2 and...

Page 30: ...th the SxS label facing right The ACCESS lamp page 12 lights in red then changes to green once the memory card is ready for use 3 Close the cover Status indications by the ACCESS lamps Card slots A and B are accompanied by the respective ACCESS lamps to indicate their statuses Removing an SxS memory card 1 Open the cover of the card slot block press the EJECT button page 12 then pull the button ou...

Page 31: ... card as per the instructions in the message Note All the data including recorded pictures and setup files are erased when a memory card is formatted While recording or standing by to record you can check the time remaining for the SxS memory cards loaded in the card slots on the viewfinder screen page 16 The available time for recording with the current video format recording bit rate is calculat...

Page 32: ... unit be sure to use this unit Media recorded with a device other than this unit or with another unit of different version even of the same model may not be restored using this unit By using an optional QDA EX1 Media Adaptor you can insert an XQD memory card into the SxS memory card slot and use it instead of an SxS memory card Usable XQD memory cards QD H16 QD H32 QD S32 QD S64 as of September 20...

Page 33: ...to format a Memory Stick or an SDHC card for use if a caution message is displayed when you mount the Memory Stick or SDHC card For a Memory Stick or an SDHC card that was formatted with another system unsupported by this camcorder the message Unsupported File System is displayed on the viewfinder screen Format the Memory Stick or SDHC card as instructed below To execute formatting Using Format Me...

Page 34: ...When formatting is completed the message Format USB Memory Done is displayed The MSSONY PRO XDCAM MEMDISC folder and the General Sony Planning folder are automatically created in the drive If the format operation fails A format operation may fail because the USB flash drive is write protected or because it is not the type of drive specified for use with this camcorder In this case an error message...

Page 35: ... in the camcorder from a computer when it is connected to the camcorder via a Wi Fi connection The Web menu allows you to check the camcorder s information setting status and upload Planning Metadata Note You cannot access the Web menu while recording playing You cannot send receive a file via a Wi Fi connection Example Web menu Product Information Model name Serial No Network MAC Address IP Addre...

Page 36: ...ocus ring is pulled rearward FOCUS slider operation and ON OFF setting of Auto Focus are not available When the ZOOM switch is set to MANUAL ZOOM slider operation is not available The displays of Wi Fi remote commander For smartphone For Tablet To display the Wi Fi remote commander To display the Wi Fi remote commander on a device screen settings are required on both the device and camcorder Camco...

Page 37: ...n the device when the camcorder is restarted while the Wi Fi connection is established when the camcorder is controlled directly while the Wi Fi connection is established when the device is reconnected when you operate forward backward on the device s browser If the Wi Fi signal is poor the Wi Fi remote commander may not work properly Your smartphone tablet may not be compatible with the ad hoc mo...

Page 38: ...mcorder by the grip support it from underneath with your left hand Recording Full Auto mode 6 Press the FULL AUTO button so that the button indicator lights Full Auto mode is turned on activating the TLCS Total Level Control System page 86 Auto Iris AGC Auto Gain Control Auto Shutter ATW Auto Tracing White Balance are set to ON consequently the brightness and white balance will be automatically ad...

Page 39: ...ction page 61 to delete all recorded clips from an SxS memory card To specify a clip to be deleted operate the camcorder from the thumbnail screen page 65 Clip recording data When you stop recording video audio and subsidiary data from the start to end of the recording are recorded as a single clip on an SxS memory card Clip name For each clip recorded with this camcorder a clip name is automatica...

Page 40: ... use System page 102 in the OTHERS menu When you change the menu setting the camcorder automatically restarts executing the switching Note HD SD switching is disabled during recording and playback Changing the format To change the format use Format in System page 102 in the OTHERS menu Signals from the SDI OUT VIDEO OUT and HDMI OUT connectors are also output according to the format selected with ...

Page 41: ...ix the white balance even in ATW mode by pressing the button Note Under some conditions of lighting or the shooting subject adjustment by ATW may fail to provide proper colors Examples When the subject of a substantially single color like sky sea ground grass or certain kinds of flowers occupies most of the frame area When the subject is under a light source of extremely high or extremely low colo...

Page 42: ...rding various markers and zebra patterns can be inserted into the image on the viewfinder screen This does not affect recording signals Displaying the Markers Use Marker page 92 in the VF SET menu Displaying the Zebra Patterns Sliding the ZEBRA switch turns the zebra pattern indication on off Changing the zebra pattern Using Zebra page 93 in the VF SET menu you can change the zebra pattern to be d...

Page 43: ...t be selected when Full Auto mode is turned on page 38 or when the SLS EX SLS mode is set Shooting in SLS EX SLS Mode The shutter speed is specified in the number of accumulated frames Up to 64 frames can be accumulated in this mode permitting you to obtain low noise clear pictures in low light levels or surreal pictures with afterimages For SLS EX SLS specify the number of accumulated frames with...

Page 44: ...rip You can set the zoom speed at High and Low in Zoom Speed page 82 You can select Soft mode for zooming by using Zoom Transition page 83 in the CAMERA SET menu in which the zooming speed is gradually increased at the beginning then gradually decreased for the end When adjusting with the ZOOM T W button of the IR Remote Commander The zooming speed depends on the Remote page 82 setting in Zoom Spe...

Page 45: ...ne focus adjustment for the subject in the center of the screen When the fine adjustment is completed automatic focusing with the MF Assist function is terminated You can also enable the MF Assist function via the Direct menu page 17 When you set the DISPLAY switch to ON the selected focus mode is displayed on the screen page 16 The Direct menu cannot be selected in a mode other than MF mode Adjus...

Page 46: ...ON TC U BIT button page 11 Four channels CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 of audio can be recorded Linear PCM recording in synchronization with video recording You can use the built in stereo microphones omni directional electret condenser microphones or 2 channel external audio inputs to the AUDIO IN connectors by switching with the AUDIO IN switches Set the AUDIO IN switches both CH 1 and CH 2 page 11 to INT...

Page 47: ...evels by turning the AUDIO LEVEL knobs page 11 Set the controls to 5 for the reference setting 0 dB Setting to 10 maximizes the level 12 dB and setting to 0 minimizes it The input levels are displayed on the screen when you set the DISPLAY switch page 16 to ON Audio recording in special recording modes No audio recording is made in Interval Recording or Frame Recording No audio recording is made i...

Page 48: ...tton where you want to insert a shot mark If the Shot Mark1 or Shot Mark2 function is assigned to an assignable button page 49 you can also use that button For operations to add shot marks after recording see Adding Shot Marks During Playback UDF and FAT HD Mode on page 68 and Adding Deleting Shot Marks UDF and FAT HD Mode on page 74 For operation to apply a name to a shot mark see Defining Shot M...

Page 49: ...tons other than the STOP CAM button are disabled If the video format was changed after recording Rec Review cannot be performed except when the change was from SP 1440 1080 23 98P to SP 1440 1080 59 94i The Setup and PICTURE PROFILE menus cannot be operated during Rec Review The camcorder has eight assignable buttons page 11 to which you can assign various functions for your convenience To change ...

Page 50: ...Off Frame Recording mode cannot be used when Format in System page 102 in the OTHERS menu is set to HQ 1280 720 23 98P in UDF HD Mode or SP 1440 1080 23 98P in FAT HD Mode Frame Recording mode cannot be used when the items DVCAM or HDV are set for SDI HDMI i LINK I O Select page 90 in the VIDEO SET menu and the video format of Format in System page 102 in the OTHERS menu is set to other than HQ mo...

Page 51: ...2 seconds before you stop recording To disable Clip Continuous Recording mode While standing by to record set Setting in Clip Cont Rec page 83 in the CAMERA SET menu to Off Restricted Operations If you perform any of the following operations while recording or standing by to record 1 continuous clip will not be created The next time you start recording a new clip will be created Performing clip op...

Page 52: ...or FAT HD Mode and the video format page 103 is set to one of the following settings you can set the recording frame rate and playback frame rate to different values NTSC Area HD422 50 1080 29 97P HD422 50 1080 23 98P HD422 50 720 59 94P HD422 50 720 29 97P HD422 50 720 23 98P HQ 1920 1080 29 97P HQ 1920 1080 23 98P HQ 1280 720 59 94P HQ 1280 720 29 97P HQ 1280 720 23 98P PAL Area HD422 50 1080 25...

Page 53: ...ge 49 Superimposing a Freeze Mix image While playing or reviewing images by pressing the REC REVIEW button press the ASSIGN button to which you assigned Freeze Mix at the image with which you want to align The image is displayed as a still picture over the current camera picture Canceling Freeze Mix status You can cancel it with the ASSIGN button to which you assigned Freeze Mix or the REC START S...

Page 54: ...gs have been made press the PICTURE PROFILE button Selecting a registered Picture Profile Once you store a picture profile you can recall the picture quality registered in the picture profile 1 While standing by to record press the PICTURE PROFILE button page 11 The PICTURE PROFILE menu is displayed 2 Using the joystick or the jog dial select SEL then press the SEL SET button or the jog dial 3 Sel...

Page 55: ...n synchronization If color saturation occurs under lighting that contains excessive blue components such as blue LED lighting set the Setting of Matrix to Off to reduce the color saturation Select 1 2 3 4 5 6 Select the built in preset matrix provided for convenience 1 Equivalent to SMPTE 240M 2 Equivalent to ITU 709 3 Equivalent to SMPTE WIDE 4 Equivalent to NTSC 5 Equivalent to EBU 6 Equivalent ...

Page 56: ... selected in the Multi Matrix mode Setting On Off Set to On to enable the color phase adjustment for a specific area Simultaneous adjustment of multiple areas is not allowed You can adjust it for one area only Area Detection2 Execute Cancel Execute to detect the color in the center of the screen The area centering around the detected color of the range specified by Target Width becomes the target ...

Page 57: ...ils to be applied to the picture in HD Mode Setting On Off Set to On to apply the details to the video signal Level 99 to 99 0 Adjust the detail level Frequency 99 to 99 0 Set the center frequency of the details Setting the center frequency higher decreases the details and setting it lower increases the details Crispening 99 to 99 0 Adjust the noise suppression level When you set it to a higher le...

Page 58: ...er is higher Y G and G R Knee APT Level 99 to 99 0 Adjust the knee aperture level level of details to be applied to the sections above the knee point Skin Tone Detail Adjusting the details to be applied to the areas of a specific color phase Setting On Off Set to On to enable the detail level adjustment for specific color phase areas The detail level is uniform over the entire picture with the Off...

Page 59: ...cally set the best knee conditions according to the luminance level of the picture With Off the knee conditions can be manually adjusted independently of the luminance level of the picture Point 50 to 109 90 Set the knee point when Auto Knee is Off Slope 99 to 99 0 Set the knee slope volume of compression when Auto Knee is Off Knee SAT On Off Set to On to enable the knee saturation adjustment leve...

Page 60: ...table with 3 5 gain STD4 A gamma table equivalent to the SMPTE 240M standard STD5 A gamma table equivalent to the ITU R709 standard STD6 A gamma table with 5 0 gain HG1 A gamma table for turning 325 D range input into 100 output HG2 A gamma table for turning 460 D range input into 100 output HG3 A gamma table for turning 325 D range input into 109 output HG4 A gamma table for turning 460 D range i...

Page 61: ...re all the menu settings including picture profiles as a setup file on an SxS memory card or a USB flash drive By retrieving the stored setup file the proper setup condition can be immediately obtained Note Values for Clock Set and Hours Meter in the OTHERS menu are not stored Storing the Setup file To use an SxS memory card Only one setup file designated with the file name SETUP SUF can be stored...

Page 62: ...llectively returned to the standard statuses factory settings by executing All Reset in the OTHERS menu Planning metadata is information about shooting and recording plans recorded in an XML file Example of a planning metadata file You can shoot using clip names and shot mark names defined in advance in a planning metadata file This camcorder can display clip names and shot mark names defined in t...

Page 63: ...puter 1 Launch the browser and input http camcorder s IP address page 106 in the address bar Example When the IP address is 192 168 1 10 input http 192 168 1 10 in the address bar 2 Input the user name and password then click OK User name admin Password your unit s model in lowercase pmw 300 Clearing the loaded planning metadata To clear the planning data loaded in the camcorder s memory proceed a...

Page 64: ...r shot mark 2 you can apply a name to the shot mark using a string defined in planning metadata Example of shot mark name strings Use a text editor to modify the description for the Meta name tag The shaded fields in the example are shot mark name strings Names can be either in ASCII format up to 32 characters or UTF 8 format up to 16 characters Here sp indicates a space and 3 indicates a carriage...

Page 65: ...justed page 74 Below each thumbnail the recording date and recording start time are displayed If the clip is locked or is set with an OK mark the lock mark is displayed In FAT SD mode The thumbnail image for each clip is the first frame of the clip Below each thumbnail the recording date and recording start time are displayed If the file was split into multiple parts because its file size exceeded...

Page 66: ...l thumbnail screen OK NG KP None clip thumbnail screen and All Clip thumbnail screen are cyclically displayed FAT HD Mode The normal thumbnail screen OK clip thumbnail screen and All Clip thumbnail screen are cyclically displayed FAT SD Mode The normal thumbnail screen and All Clip thumbnail screen are alternately displayed OK NG KP None Clip thumbnail screen Only the clips flagged OK NG KP or cli...

Page 67: ...utton to return to the top of the clip then restart playback Information displayed on the playback screen The following information is superimposed on the playback picture 1 Battery remaining DC IN voltage 2 Playback mode 3 SxS memory card A mark appears to the left if the SxS memory card is write protected 4 Time data The time data for the playback picture are displayed Each time you press the DU...

Page 68: ...clip during playback At the point where you wish to add a shot mark press the Shot Mark1 or Shot Mark2 assigned button or the SHOTMARK 1 or 2 button on the IR Remote Commander Notes No shot mark can be added if the memory card is write protected No shot mark can be added to the first or last frame of a clip During thumbnail screen playback etc you can operate the clips or confirm and change the su...

Page 69: ...DIVIDE CLIP FAT only Shot Mark screen page 74 CANCEL PAUSE SET INDEX PIC SHOT MARK1 DEL SHOT MARK2 DEL DIVIDE CLIP FAT only Basic Operations of the Clip Operation Menus Item Function DISP CLIP INFO Displays the clip s information screen page 70 OK MARK ADD 1 Adds an OK mark page 71 OK MARK DELETE 1 Deletes the OK mark page 71 OK FLAG ADD 2 Adds an OK flag page 71 NG FLAG ADD 2 Adds a NG flag page ...

Page 70: ...Lock mark UDF and FAT HD Mode only UDF A lock mark appears if the selected clip is locked FAT HD Mode A lock mark appears if the selected clip has an OK mark 6 OK NG KP mark UDF and FAT HD Mode only UDF The mark is displayed if the selected clip has an OK NG KP flag FAT HD Mode The OK mark is displayed if the selected clip has an OK mark 7 Date and starting time of recording 8 File format The file...

Page 71: ... clip name The parenthetical number is the minimum value that does not exist in the destination memory card Examples ABCD0002 1 if ABCD0002 exists ABCD0002 2 if ABCD0002 1 exists ABCD0005 4 if ABCD0005 3 exists When using FAT you cannot copy a file 10 times or more if clips with the same clip name followed by parenthetical numbers 1 to 9 already exist on the card When using UDF you cannot copy a f...

Page 72: ...ay the EXPAND CLIP screen by selecting the clip on the thumbnail screen 1 Select a clip on the thumbnail screen then press the SEL SET button or the jog dial The corresponding Clip Operation menu pops up 2 Select EXPAND CLIP The EXPAND CLIP screen appears for the clip that you selected on the thumbnail screen EXPAND CLIP screen in UDF and FAT HD Mode Detailed information for the clip is displayed ...

Page 73: ...ge 69 SHOT MARK screen example when ALL MARKS is selected The detailed information of the clip is displayed at the bottom of the screen The items other than the following are the same as those on the EXPAND CLIP screen page 72 in UDF and FAT HD mode 1 Timecode indication Item Function EXPAND COARSE To decrease the number of partitions of the clip EXPAND FINE To increase the number of partitions of...

Page 74: ...RK2 DEL from the Clip Operation menu You can change the index frame to another frame you selected on the EXPAND CLIP screen page 72 or the SHOT MARK screen page 73 Select SET INDEX PIC from the Clip Operation menu Note Even if you specify a frame other than the top frame for the index frame playback always begins from the top frame when you start it from the thumbnail screen In FAT HD Mode you can...

Page 75: ... name are displayed If Picture Profile is off Off is displayed Status Displays Showing the Status Screens Camera Status Screen Display Contents B The color temperature stored in white memory B is indicated A The color temperature stored in white memory A is indicated PRST The color temperature set as the preset white is indicated The color temperature of preset white can be changed using the PICTU...

Page 76: ...2 regardless of the setting of Output CH in Audio Output in the AUDIO SET menu Wind Filter The On Off setting of Wind Filter is displayed to the right of each input source Wind Filter settings can be made from Wind Filter CH1 to Wind Filter CH4 in Audio Input in the AUDIO SET menu Video Format Video Format Video format setting The number of vertical lines frame rate scan format i P and file system...

Page 77: ...ning space of the SxS memory cards in the respective card slots is indicated on the meters At the right the available time for recording if done at the current bit rate is displayed in minutes The time indication will be min if no SxS memory card or an invalid card is in the slot If the card is write protected a icon is shown to the right of the time indication The Life value is displayed only for...

Page 78: ... For setting items related to the viewfinder screen TC UB SET menu For setting items related to timecodes and user bits OTHERS menu For setting other items Menu Configuration and Detailed Settings Overview of the Setup Menus Setup Menu Layers MENU CAMERA SET Gain Setup Shutter SLS EX SLS MF Assist Color Bars Flicker Reduce Handle Zoom Zoom Speed Zoom Transition Interval Rec Frame Rec Clip Cont Rec...

Page 79: ... or setting values Press the jog dial to select the highlighted item CANCEL button page 11 To return to the previous layer of the menu An uncompleted change is canceled Note In Expanded Focus mode page 44 the setup menu cannot be used Press the EXPANDED FOCUS button to exit this mode TC UB SET Timecode Users Bit TC Format LENS File Information Operation Setting Auto FB Adjust OTHERS All Reset Came...

Page 80: ... is ready for change When you select Execute for an execution item the corresponding function is executed When you select an item that you must confirm before execution the menu display temporarily disappears and a confirmation message is displayed Following the instructions of the message and specify whether to execute or cancel Entering a character string When you select an item for which a char...

Page 81: ... with minimal blurring You can select Speed mode to specify the shutter speed in seconds or Angle mode to specify the shutter speed by the shutter angle ECS Extended Clear Scan mode This mode may be used to shoot a monitor screen eliminating horizontal bands Shutter Speed 1 32 1 33 1 40 1 48 1 50 1 60 1 96 1 100 1 120 1 125 1 250 1 500 1 1000 1 2000 Set the shutter speed when Speed mode is selecte...

Page 82: ... under various lighting that may cause flicker such as fluorescent sodium or mercury vapor lamps If continuously shooting under lighting that may cause flicker Mode should be set to On Frequency 50 Hz 60 Hz 60 Hz UC model 50 Hz Other models Set to the power supply frequency of the light source causing flicker Handle Zoom Setting the zoom operation Off Low High Vari Set the zoom operation by using ...

Page 83: ... to 4 6 12 24 hour Set the interval of recording in Interval Recording Number of Frames 1 3 6 9 or 2 6 12 When using 720 59 94P or 720 50P Set the number of frames to be recorded at a time in Interval Recording Frame Rec Setting the Frame Recording function Setting On Off Turn the Frame Recording function on off Number of Frames 1 3 6 9 or 2 6 12 When using 720 59 94P or 720 50P Set the number of ...

Page 84: ...8P HQ 1920 1080 29 97P HQ 1920 1080 23 98P HQ 1280 720 59 94P For PAL HD422 50 1080 25P HD422 50 720 50P HD422 50 720 25P HQ 1920 1080 25P HQ 1280 720 50P FAT For NTSC or NTSC J HQ 1920 1080 29 97P HQ 1920 1080 23 98P HQ 1280 720 59 94P HQ 1280 720 29 97P HQ 1280 720 23 98P For PAL HQ 1920 1080 25P HQ 1280 720 50P HQ 1280 720 25P Set the video format for Slow Quick Motion recording CAMERA SET Menu...

Page 85: ...r HQ 1280 720 50P FAT 1 to 30 NTSC When On Format is set to HQ 1920 1080 29 97P or HQ 1920 1080 23 98P 1 to 60 NTSC When On Format is set to HQ 1280 720 59 94P HQ 1280 720 29 97P or HQ 1280 720 23 98P 1 to 25 PAL When On Format is set to HQ 1920 1080 25P 1 to 50 PAL When On Format is set to HQ 1280 720 50P or HQ 1280 720 25P Set the recording frame rate for Slow Quick Motion recording Rec Review S...

Page 86: ...hutter On Off Turn the Auto Shutter control function on off A SHT Limit 1 100 1 150 1 200 1 250 Set the maximum shutter speed in Auto Shutter control A SHT Point F5 6 F8 F11 F16 Set the exposure position for switching auto iris and auto shutter control when Auto Shutter is on Shockless White Setting the shockless white balance Off 1 2 3 Select the speed of change in white balance when the white ba...

Page 87: ...while recording or while the color bars are displayed This cannot be set while using the Picture Cache Recording mode the Interval Recording mode the Frame Recording mode the Slow and Quick Motion mode the Slow Shutter mode or the Supersensitized Slow Shutter mode ND Comp Setting the out of register color correction for the ND filter ND Offset Adjust On Off Set the out of register color correction...

Page 88: ... and CH3 Input Source is set to Internal This is also unavailable when the CH 1 input LINE MIC MIC 48V switch is set to LINE EXT MIC CH2 Ref 70 dB 60 dB 50 dB 40 dB 30 dB Select the reference input level for when an external microphone is connected to the AUDIO IN CH2 connector and that signal is being used for the audio signal source for CH2 or CH4 This can be selected regardless of the setting o...

Page 89: ...er CH 4 On Off Turn the wind filter for CH4 on off EXT CH Select CH 1 CH 1 CH 2 CH 1 To record the CH1 external input signal to both CH1 and CH2 when the CH 2 AUDIO IN switch is set to EXT If CH4 Input Source is set to External you can also record to CH4 CH 1 CH 2 To record each external input signal to its respective channel Audio Output Setting for audio outputs Monitor CH CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 CH...

Page 90: ...ut output HDV streams from the i LINK HDV DV connector SD HDMI P HDV To output SD HDMI progressive signals from the HDMI OUT connector and input output HDV streams from the i LINK HDV DV connector SD HDMI i DVCAM To output SD HDMI interlace signals from the HDMI OUT connector and input output DVCAM streams from the i LINK HDV DV connector SD HDMI P To output SD HDMI progressive signals from the HD...

Page 91: ...0 1080 23 98P or HQ 1440 1080 23 98P SDI Rec Control Setting the synchronized recording Off HD SDI Remote I F Parallel Rec To turn the function to enabling recording synchronized with this camcorder HD SDI Remote I F To feed a REC trigger signal to a recorder connected to the SDI OUT connector Parallel Rec Performs the recording controls by interlocking to the camcorder s recording operation Match...

Page 92: ...he color peaking level when Type is set to Both Marker Setting the markers added to pictures on the viewfinder screen M Setting On Off Turn all marker indications on off in combination Safety Zone On Off Turn the safety marker on off Safety Area 80 90 92 5 95 Select the size ratio to the entire screen of the safety zone marker Center Marker On Off Turn the center marker on off Aspect Marker Line M...

Page 93: ... s to be displayed 1 To display only Zebra1 the default is 70 for an area within 10 of the Zebra1 Level video level 2 To display only Zebra2 the default is 100 for a video level over 100 Both To display both zebra 1 and zebra 2 Zebra1 Level 50 to 107 70 Set the display level of zebra 1 VF SET Menu items Subitems and setting values Contents ...

Page 94: ...vel meter indication on off Timecode On Off Turn the time data timecode user bits duration indication on off Battery Remain On Off Turn the battery remaining DC input voltage indication on off Media Remain On Off Turn the media remaining indication on off TLCS Mode On Off Turn the TLCS mode indication on off Steady Shot On Off Turn the steady shot mode indication on off Focus Mode On Off Turn the ...

Page 95: ... Rec2 display on off Wide Conversion On Off Turn the wide Conversion setting indication on off Wireless Status On Off Turn the status of radio wave of the CBK WA100 Wireless Adapter not supplied on off Ext Media Remain On Off Turn the remaining time indication for the media of the CBK WA100 Wireless Adapter not supplied on off VF SET Menu items Subitems and setting values Contents ...

Page 96: ...ng function is deactivated the running mode is restored to the selected mode Run Rec Run Free Run Set the running mode when the timecode mode is set to Preset Rec Run To advance the timecode during recording only The continuity of the timecode is maintained between clips in the sequence of recording as long as the SxS memory card is not changed If you remove the memory card and record on another c...

Page 97: ... record HQ 1920 1080 23 98P other than when 23 98PsF is selected the overlapping timecodes of frames output from the SDI OUT connector are renumbered from 00 to 29 3 Even in Clock mode the timecode is gradually shifted because it is counted by NDF As output from the SDI OUT connector becomes 2 3 pulled down video when recording or standing by to record HQ 1920 1080 23 98P and other than 23 98PsF i...

Page 98: ...n the active slot is write protected this item is grayed out Recall USB Execute Cancel Recall the lens file that is stored on a USB memory When the camcorder is in FAT mode or a USB memory is not inserted this item is grayed out Store USB Execute Cancel Store the lens files onto a USB memory When the camcorder is in FAT mode or a USB memory is not inserted this item is grayed out File ID No Offset...

Page 99: ...value in the lens file Lens W B Offset 99 to 0 to 99 Sets a B white balance compensation value in the lens file Shading Ch Sel Red Green Blue Selects the white shading compensation target L R G B H Saw 99 to 0 to 99 Sets a horizontal SAW white shading compensation value in the lens file L R G B H Para 99 to 0 to 99 Sets a horizontal parabola white shading compensation value in the lens file L R G ...

Page 100: ...MW_300 All Load USB Execute Cancel Select Execute to retrieve the setting values from a USB flash drive Time Zone Setting the time difference UTC 12 00 to 13 30 Set the time zone difference from UTC in steps of 30 minutes Note The default setting is different among the sales areas United States and Canada 5 00 Europe area 0 00 Oceania 10 00 Clock Set Setting the built in clock Date Time Set the cu...

Page 101: ...ng the IR Remote Commander Shot Mark1 For adding shot mark 1 HD Mode only Shot Mark2 For adding shot mark 2 HD Mode only VF Mode For switching the viewfinder screen between color and monochrome BRT Disp For turning the brightness level indication function on off Histogram For turning the histogram indication function on off Lens Info For switching the depth of field indication to Off Meter Feet OK...

Page 102: ...ration H Phase HD 999 to 999 0 Set the H phase phase of the horizontal sync signal of HD signal for Genlock operation H Phase SD 99 to 99 0 Set the H phase phase of the horizontal sync signal of SD signal for Genlock operation Direct Menu Setting the Direct menu function All Part Off All All Direct menu operations are permitted Part A part of Direct menu operations is permitted The operation is li...

Page 103: ...AM29 97P SQ DVCAM29 97P EC IMX50 59 94i SQ IMX50 59 94i EC IMX50 29 97P SQ IMX50 29 97P EC Country PAL Area DVCAM50i SQ DVCAM50i EC DVCAM25P SQ DVCAM25P EC IMX50 50i SQ IMX50 50i EC IMX50 25P SQ IMX50 25P EC FAT HD Mode Country NTSC Area NTSC J Area HQ 1920 1080 59 94i HQ 1440 1080 59 94i SP 1440 1080 59 94i HQ 1920 1080 29 97P HQ 1440 1080 29 97P HQ 1920 1080 23 98P HQ 1440 1080 23 98P SP 1440 10...

Page 104: ...Character Set screen END To validate the change and exit the Character Set screen Title Prefix area 1 line For entering the title To set the title 1 Using the joystick select highlight a character in the character selection area to be entered in the cursor position of the Title Prefix area Then press the SEL SET button or the jog dial 2 Repeat Step 1 for setting the title Use Space INS and DEL as ...

Page 105: ...elect Execute to format the SxS memory card in slot A with the selected file system UDF FAT Media B Execute Cancel Select Execute to format the SxS memory card in slot B with the selected file system UDF FAT Plan Metadata Setting planning metadata Load Slot A or Load Slot B Execute Cancel To load planning metadata from the SxS memory card in slot A or B Selecting Execute displays the list of the p...

Page 106: ...der Clip Name Disp Title1 ASCII Title2 UTF 8 Select the display mode of the clip name specified in planning metadata Note When both an ASCII format name and a UTF 8 format name are specified in planning metadata the UTF 8 format string is used as the clip name If only either ASCII format name or UTF 8 format name is specified in planning metadata the specified name is displayed regardless of the m...

Page 107: ...PA2 Wi Fi Protected Access 2 authentication Encryption When Authentication is Open or Shared Disable WEP When Authentication is WPA or WPA2 Disable TKIP AES Select the type of data encryption Disable Do not apply data encryption WEP Apply WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy TKIP Apply TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol AES Apply AES Advanced Encryption Standard WEP Key Index 1 2 3 4 Select the key inde...

Page 108: ...f the fan while recording If temperature is excessively high the fan is turned on automatically RM USB A Sel Setting the target source for external power supply Setting Off Remote USB A Set the target source for external power supply Off Turns off this function Remote REMOTE connector USB A USB connector type A Notes When you set to Remote or USB A no signal can output from the VIDEO connector in ...

Page 109: ...h HD SDI signal output selected synchronized recording is possible by feeding a REC trigger signal to an external recording device connected via the SDI OUT connector To enable synchronized recording set SDI Rec Control page 91 in the VIDEO SET menu to HD SDI Remote I F Notes If you set SDI HDMI i LINK I O Select in the VIDEO SET menu to other than HD SDI HD HDMI or SD SDI SD HDMI i and use the HD...

Page 110: ...5 Operation is not guaranteed with all computers For support information for the driver visit the following URL http www sony net SxS Support With a Windows computer check that a Removable Disk appears in My Computer This indicates normal status With a Macintosh computer an icon is displayed on the menu bar To connect with a USB cable When you connect the camcorder or the SBAC US20 SxS Memory Card...

Page 111: ...d USB cable for connection Removing an SxS memory card Windows 1 Click on the icon of Safely Remove Hardware on the task bar of the computer 2 Select Safely remove SxS Memory Card Drive X from the displayed menu 3 Check that the Safe To Remove Hardware message appears then remove the card Macintosh Drag the SxS memory card icon on the desktop to Trash If the SxS memory card icon is located on Find...

Page 112: ...recording or standing by to record the picture being shot with this camcorder is output as an HDV or DVCAM stream via the i LINK HDV DV connector It can be recorded on a connected HDV or DVCAM recorder in synchronization with the REC START STOP operation on this camcorder 1 Perform the preparatory settings of the camcorder SDI HDMI i LINK I O Select page 90 in the VIDEO SET menu Trigger Mode page ...

Page 113: ...ess of the settings of the camcorder 1 Set the external signal to a format that can be recorded on the camcorder Depending on the video format page 103 setting of this unit recordable input signals are as follows FAT HD Mode SP 1440 1080 59 94i or SP 1440 1080 23 98P HDV stream signal of 1440 1080 59 94i SP 1440 1080 50i HDV stream signal of 1440 1080 50i FAT SD Mode DVCAM59 94i 29 97P SQ EC DVCAM...

Page 114: ... 98P 23 98P Output 59 94i 2 3 Pull Down HD422 50 1080 23 98P 23 98P Output 23 98PsF 1080 23 98PsF NTSC HD422 50 720 59 94P 1080 59 94i 720 59 94P NTSC HD422 50 720 29 97P HD422 50 720 23 98P DVCAM 59 94i SQ EC 1080 59 94i NTSC DVCAM 29 97P SQ EC IMX50 59 94i SQ EC IMX50 29 97P SQ EC Video format Valid reference signal HQ 1920 1080 59 94i 1080 59 94i NTSC HQ 1920 1080 29 97P HQ 1920 1080 23 98P 23 ...

Page 115: ...indication will show the value of the external timecode However wait for a few seconds until the timecode generator stabilizes before recording If the frequency of the reference video signal and the frame frequency are not the same a lock cannot be acquired and the camcorder will not operate properly In such a case the timecode will not be correctly locked to the external timecode When the connect...

Page 116: ...e camcorder is enabled Do not connect or disconnect the Remote Control Unit when the camcorder is on The following controls of the camcorder becomes inoperative when the Remote Control Unit is connected GAIN switch WHITE BAL switch SHUTTER switch BARS CAM button WHT BAL button FULL AUTO button Direct menu operation of the camcorder is disabled when the Remote Control Unit is connected The ECS freq...

Page 117: ...g from the Remote Control Unit Before starting Slow Quick Motion recording make the necessary settings on the menu 1 Select S Q Motion from the CAMERA SET menu 2 Set Setting to On The camcorder enters Slow Quick Motion mode 3 Select the frame rate for recording with Frame Rate 4 Press the VTR START STOP button Slow Quick Motion recording begins To stop recording Press the VTR START STOP button To ...

Page 118: ...F SHUTTER switch CAMERA SET menu c Shutter yes Shutter speed selection CAMERA SET menu c Shutter yes ECS ON OFF SHUTTER switch CAMERA SET menu c Shutter yes ECS frequency selection CAMERA SET menu c Shutter yes Auto white balance AUTO W BAL button yes Auto black balance CAMERA SET menu c Auto BLK Balance yes White R B level adjustments yes Black R B level adjustments yes White balance memory selec...

Page 119: ... also be controlled from the Remote Control Unit RM B170 1 When the function is adjusted operated on the RM B170 adjustment operation on the camcorder is disabled Function Operation on the lens Operation on the RM B170 Focus adjustment1 Focus ring yes Zoom operation1 Zoom ring yes Iris adjustment Iris ring yes Iris close Switching between auto iris and manual iris IRIS switch yes ...

Page 120: ...re enabled when the menu of the camcorder is not displayed The changes becomes valid and reflected on the Picture Profile menu If the control knobs on the Remote Control Unit is set to Absolute mode the corresponding items cannot be changed on the Picture Profile menu RM B170 Picture Profile item Operation on the RM B170 Matrix Setting yes Level yes R G R B G R G B B R B G yes Detail Setting yes L...

Page 121: ...ent of operating problems If you should experience problems with the unit contact your Sony dealer The fan is consumable parts that will need periodic replacement The fan is consumable parts that will need periodic replacement When operating at room temperature a normal replacement cycle will be about 5 to 7 years However this replacement cycle represents only a general guideline and does not impl...

Page 122: ...wing cases when operating at a high environmental temperature when you have raised the master gain sensitivity when operating in Slow Shutter mode Aliasing When fine patterns stripes or lines are shot they may appear jagged or flicker Flicker If recording is made under lighting produced by discharge tubes such as fluorescent sodium or mercury vapor lamps the screen may flicker colors may vary or h...

Page 123: ...9 94P 3 59 94P provided by outputting each frame of 29 97P two times 4 59 94P provided by repeating each frame of 23 98P two or three times 5 50i provided through conversion from 50P 6 50P provided by outputting each frame of 25P two times Formats and Limitations of Outputs Video Formats and Output Signals When recording Format in System in the OTHERS menu When playing Playback clip video format O...

Page 124: ...gh conversion from 50P 7 50P provided by outputting each frame of 25P two times Format in System in the OTHERS menu Output format Setting of SDI HDMI i LINK I O Select in the VIDEO SET menu HD SDI HD HDMI SD SDI SD HDMI i HD422 50 1080 23 98P HQ 1920 1080 23 98P HQ 1440 1080 23 98P 23 98P Output 59 94i 2 3 Pull Down 1920 1080 59 94i 1 SD 59 94i HD422 50 720 50P HQ 1280 720 50P 1280 720 50P SD 50i ...

Page 125: ...system while the Country is set to NTSC Area NTSC J Area Some frames may be repeated due to frame rate conversion Format in System in the OTHERS menu Output format Setting of SDI HDMI i LINK I O Select in the VIDEO SET menu HD SDI HD HDMI HD HDMI HDV SD SDI SD HDMI i SD HDMI i HDV SD HDMI i DVCAM SD HDMI P HDV SD HDMI P HD422 50 1080 23 98P HQ 1920 1080 23 98P HQ 1440 1080 23 98P 23 98P Output 59 ...

Page 126: ...0 59 94i HQ 1440 1080 59 94i SP 1440 1080 59 94i 1920 1080 49 95i SD 50i HD422 50 1080 29 97P HQ 1920 1080 29 97P HQ 1440 1080 29 97P 1920 1080 24 97PsF SD 25PsF HD422 50 1080 23 98P HQ 1920 1080 23 98P HQ 1440 1080 23 98P SP 1440 1080 23 98P HD422 50 720 59 94P HQ 1280 720 59 94P 1280 720 49 95P SD 50i HD422 50 720 29 97P HQ 1280 720 29 97P SD 25PsF HD422 50 720 23 98P HQ 1280 720 23 98P DVCAM59 ...

Page 127: ...e OTHERS menu When playing Playback clip video format Output format Setting of SDI HDMI i LINK I O Select in the VIDEO SET menu HD HDMI HDV SD HDMI i HDV SD HDMI P HDV SD HDMI i DVCAM HQ 1920 1080 59 94i HQ 1440 1080 59 94i No signal SD 59 94i HQ 1920 1080 29 97P HQ 1440 1080 29 97P SD 29 97PsF HQ 1920 1080 23 98P HQ 1440 1080 23 98P No signal SP 1440 1080 59 94i 1440 1080 59 94i SD 59 94i SP 1440...

Page 128: ...Y SD SDI SD HDMI i SD SD Composite HD HDMI HDV SD HDMI i HDV SD HDMI P HDV SD HDMI i DVCAM SD HDMI P SD P Off Composite FAT HD HQ HD SDI HD HDMI HD HD HD Y SD SDI SD HDMI i SD SD Composite HD HDMI HDV SD HDMI i HDV SD HDMI P HDV SD HDMI i DVCAM SD DVCAM Composite DVCAM SD HDMI P SD P Off Composite HD SP HD SDI HD HDMI HD HD HD Y SD SDI SD HDMI i SD SD Composite HD HDMI HDV HD HDV HD Y HDV SD HDMI ...

Page 129: ...HDV SD HDMI P HDV SD HDMI i DVCAM SD HDMI P Off Composite FAT HD SDI HD HDMI SD SDI SD HDMI i SD SD Composite HD HDMI HDV SD HDMI i HDV SD HDMI P HDV SD HDMI i DVCAM SD DVCAM Composite DVCAM SD HDMI P Off Composite Menu setting Output Input System SDI HDMI i LINK I O Select SDI OUT HDMI OUT i LINK VIDEO OUT i LINK UDF FAT HD SD ...

Page 130: ...jog dial A confirmation message appears 5 To execute the save select Execute then press the SEL SET button or jog dial To cancel the save select Cancel then press the SEL SET button or jog dial If you selected Store SxS in step 2 the ACCESS lamp lights in red when you execute the save When the data has been saved to the SxS memory card a completion message appears and the ACCESS lamp goes out or l...

Page 131: ... the lens supports communication of the serial number If the lens does not support communication of the serial number either On setting above will load the lens file that corresponds to the model name only This camcorder uses a backup battery to retain various setting data A lithium battery CR2032 for backup is mounted in the camcorder at the factory The backup battery retains the date time and ti...

Page 132: ...Backup Battery Replacement 132 Appendices 2 Insert a new backup battery CR2032 with the symbol on the battery facing outside 3 Attach the cover in the original position ...

Page 133: ...TART STOP button The power switch is set to OFF Set the power switch to ON The SxS memory card is write protected Release the write protection or replace the card with a non protected SxS memory card The SxS memory card is full Replace the card with one having sufficient space The SxS memory card needs restoration Restore the memory card page 32 Playback does not start when you press the PLAY butt...

Page 134: ... as expected for example no picture appears on its screen It sometimes takes time for the connected equipment to recognize the operation Wait for about 15 seconds If the connected equipment still does not react do the following Check the i LINK cable for example by re plugging it Turn the power off and connect the cable again Change the i LINK cable ...

Page 135: ...ng indication on the viewfinder Buzzer Tally lamps Cause and measures Media Near Full Intermittent Flashing Free space on the SxS memory card has become insufficient Replace it with another at the earliest opportunity Media Full Continuous Rapidly flashing No space is left on the SxS memory card Recording clip copying and clip division cannot be performed Replace it with another Battery Near End I...

Page 136: ...ard to the other memory card for continuous recording No Clip There are no clips in the memory card Check the selected card Cannot Use Media A 2 Unsupported File System A card of a different file system or an unformatted card was inserted It cannot be used with this camcorder Replace it with another card or format it with this camcorder Cannot Use Media A 2 In UDF Mode A memory card incompatible w...

Page 137: ...operations Replace the card Reached Duplication Limit Copy Completed to xx xx There are already 10 or more clips with the same name as the clip that you want to copy so copying cannot continue xx xx indicates the completed copy operations Replace the card Copy Error CANCEL Abort No Media There is no memory card inserted in the slot Insert a card Copy Error CANCEL Abort Media Write Protected The me...

Page 138: ...ded that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 All advertising materials me...

Page 139: ...4 RSA lhash DES etc code not just the SSL code The SSL documentation included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms except that the holder is Tim Hudson tjh cryptsoft com Copyright remains Eric Young s and as such any Copyright notices in the code are not to be removed If this package is used in a product Eric Young should be given attribution as the author of the parts of ...

Page 140: ...ses the following software released under MIT License jQuery JavaScript Library v1 7 2 http jquery com Copyright 2011 John Resig Sizzle js http sizzlejs com Copyright 2011 The Dojo Foundation Date Wed Mar 21 12 46 34 2012 0700 MIT License Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the Software to deal in the Softwa...

Page 141: ...tery while recording with viewfinder I O Select Off Approx 3 6 hours with BP U90 battery while recording with viewfinder I O Select Off Recording Format Video UDF HD422 50 1080 mode CBR maximum bit rate 50 Mbps MPEG 2 422P HL HD422 50 720 mode CBR maximum bit rate 50 Mbps MPEG 2 422P HL HQ 1920 1080 mode VBR 35 Mbps MPEG 2 MP HL HQ 1440 1080 mode VBR 35 Mbps MPEG 2 MP HL HQ 1280 720 mode VBR 35 Mb...

Page 142: ...1A 32 GB Approx 60 minutes HQ mode When using SBP 128B 128 GB Approx 360 minutes When using SBP 64B SBS 64G1A 64 GB Approx 180 minutes When using SBS 32G1A 32 GB Approx 90 minutes SD mode IMX50 When using SBP 128B 128 GB Approx 240 minutes When using SBP 64B SBS 64G1A 64 GB Approx 120 minutes When using SBS 32G1A 32 GB Approx 60 minutes SD mode DVCAM When using SBP 128B 128 GB Approx 440 minutes W...

Page 143: ...ensitivity 2000 lx 89 9 reflectance F11 typical 1920 1080 59 94i mode Minimum Illumination 0 12 lx typical 1920 1080 59 94i mode F1 9 18 dB gain with 64 frame accumulation Gamma off 100 video level 0 02 lx typical 1920 1080 59 94i mode F1 9 18 dB gain with 64 frame accumulation Gamma on 50 video level S N Ratio 60 dB Y typical Horizontal Resolution 1 000 TV lines or more 1920 1080i mode Shutter Sp...

Page 144: ...k 1 18 dBu 16 Ω Speaker Output Monaural Output 150 mW DC Input DC jack Remote 8 pin Lens Remote 8 pin round 1 HDMI Output Type A 1 Viewfinder 3 5 inch color LCD monitor 960 H 3 RGB 540 V 16 9 Built in Microphone Omnidirectional stereo electret condenser microphone Type ExpressCard 34 2 Lens 1 Lens hood with the lens cap 1 pre attached to the lens Lens mount cap 1 Lens cap 1 Viewfinder 1 Cold shoe ...

Page 145: ...Battery pack BP U30 BP U60 BP U90 Battery charger AC adaptor BC U1 BC U2 SxS memory card SxS PRO Series SxS PRO Series SxS 1 Series SxS memory card USB reader writer SBAC US20 Media Adaptor QDA EX1 for XQD memory cards MEAD MS01 for Memory Stick PRO HG Duo HX series MEAD SD02 for SDHC cards Wireless adapter CBK WA100 USB wireless LAN module IFU WLM3 Electret condenser microphone ECM VG1 ECM 673 EC...

Page 146: ...UDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMPENSATION ORREIMBURSEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF PRESENT OR PROSPECTIVE PROFITS DUE TO FAILURE OF THIS UNIT EITHER DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD OR AFTER EXPIRATION OF THE WARRANTY OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER SONY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CLAIMS OF ANY KIND MADE BY USERS OF THIS UNIT OR MADE BY THIRD PARTIES SONY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE LOSS REPAIR OR REPRODUCTI...

Page 147: ...2 built in speaker 68 built in stereo microphones 46 Button Remote Status Screen 76 C Camera Data 100 CAMERA SET Menu 81 CAMERA Status Screen 75 Charge Count 77 Clip 39 67 104 110 Clip Cont Rec 51 83 Clip Name Disp 106 Clip name 39 Clip Operation menu 68 Clock 20 Clock Set 100 CMOS Image Sensors 122 Color Bars 82 Color Correction 56 Color Detection 60 CONTRAST control 22 Copy 60 Copy All 105 Count...

Page 148: ... i LINK connector 109 Image Alignment 53 Image Inversion 87 Information 98 Input Source Select 90 Interval Recording 49 83 IR Remote 15 29 102 IRIS button 44 J Jog dial 79 K Knee 59 KP Flag 48 L Language 100 lens adaptor 27 lens cap 38 Lens file s loading 130 loading automatically 131 saving 130 setting data 130 lens files 28 LENS Menu 98 lens mount lever 26 LENS REMOTE connector 44 Limitations of...

Page 149: ...Tone 48 RELEASE button 28 Reset 60 S S Q Motion 84 117 SBAC US20 110 SD Detail 58 SDHC Cards 33 SDI OUT connector 109 SDI Rec Control 91 109 SDI HDMI i LINK I O Select 90 SEL SET buttons 79 SEL SET dial 79 Setting 99 Setting Data 61 Setup Menus 78 81 Shockless White 86 SHOT MARK 48 69 SHOT MARK Screen 69 73 shot marks 48 68 74 Shutter 81 Skin Tone Detail 58 SLOT SELECT button 66 Slow Quick Motion ...

Page 150: ...deo Status Screen 76 Viewfinder 20 VOLUME buttons 47 68 W Warning Indications 135 White 57 WHITE BAL switch 41 White Balance 41 White Switch B 86 WHT BAL button 42 Wide Conversion 86 Wi Fi 107 Wi Fi remote commander 36 X XQD Memory Cards 32 Z Zebra 42 93 ZEBRA button 42 zebra pattern 42 Zoom 44 82 Zoom Speed 44 82 Zoom Transition 83 ...

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