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Operating Instructions

 

Vol.2

Memory Card Camera-Recorder

Model No.

AG-HPX250P

AG-HPX250EN

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.

Volume

2

Before operating this product, please read the instructions carefully and 
save this manual for future use.

■ This product is eligible for the P2HD 

5 Year Warranty Repair Program. 

For details, see page 8 of Vol. 1.

Содержание AG-HPX250

Страница 1: ...ced 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 Volume 2 Before operating this product please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use This product is eligible for the P2HD 5 Year Warranty Repair Program For de...

Страница 2: ... in compliance with the AVC standard AVC Video To decode AVC Video that was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and non commercial activity To decode AVC Video that was obtained from a video provider licensed to provide AVC Video Additional information may be obtained from MPEG LA LLC http www mpegla com Note concerning illustrations in these instructions Illustrations camera recorder menu...

Страница 3: ...l units Description of parts Description of parts Preparation 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 Using the setup menus Setup menu structure Refe...

Страница 4: ...rent targets 35 Low angle shooting 35 Self portrait shooting 35 Scan reverse shooting 35 Zebra pattern 35 Center marker display 36 Safety zone markers 36 Checking and displaying shooting status 36 Changing the image size 37 Optical Image Stabilizer 37 DRS Dynamic Range Stretcher function 37 FBC Flash Band Compensation 38 Using the USER buttons 39 Backlight compensation 40 Color bars 40 Waveform mo...

Страница 5: ... software for this product 163 Recording format list 164 Index 165 Entering the user bits 63 Setting the time code 66 Externally locking the time code 67 Outputting the time code externally 70 Recording time codes and user bits 71 Playback Basic playback operations 74 Thumbnail operations 75 Thumbnail manipulations overview 76 Thumbnail screen 77 Selecting thumbnails 79 Playing back clips 79 Switc...

Страница 6: ...r switching the power ON As the internal temperature increases it returns to normal This camera has two viewfinders one is a miniature LCD in the viewfinder and the other is a retractable 3 45 type LCD Use the viewfinder that best suits the application and shooting conditions The brightness and hue may differ between the images appearing on the viewfinder and LCD monitor and those displayed on a T...

Страница 7: ...ecessary force to the open LCD This can damage the camera recorder Ensure the LCD is fully closed Emphasizing Image Outlines Emphasizing outlines of images in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor makes it easier to focus This function does not affect video output from the camera recorder or video recorded by the camera recorder Adjust EVF PEAK LEVEL and EVF PEAK FREQ in the DISPLAY SETUP screen P...

Страница 8: ...eration lever in the or direction to make adjustment When adjusting the viewfinder PUSH MENU TO RETURN EVF BRIGHTNESS EVF CONTRAST EVF SETTING 6 Press MENU three times to exit the menus You can return the settings for EVF SETTING and LCD SETTING to the factory settings by selecting the item and pressing COUNTER RESET if it is possible to change the item at that time The viewfinder display can be i...

Страница 9: ... in any of the following states the tally lamp blinks When the remaining battery capacity runs out 4 blinks sec When the available recording space on the P2 card or the battery power is low 1 blink sec When removing the P2 card during access 4 blinks sec When there is no recording space left on the P2 card 4 blinks sec When there is a warning for GENLOCK IN terminal signal distortion system error ...

Страница 10: ...R MODE switch Shooting in auto mode 1 Set the POWER MODE switch to ON Page 25 of Vol 1 Check that the mode lamp CAMERA is lighted red 2 Switch the AUTO MANUAL switch to AUTO to select auto mode A appears on the viewfinder and LCD screens The focus gain iris and white balance are adjusted automatically 3 Press the START STOP button Red on the POWER MODE switch to start shooting Press again to retur...

Страница 11: ...button it may take some time until the writing to the P2 card finishes For this reason the operation will not be acknowledged if you press the START STOP button too soon Stopped after only a short recording time Stopped immediately after the recording has moved to a second P2 card ...

Страница 12: ...ll automatically play back the last two seconds of the most recent clip Holding down the REC CHECK button will allow you to play back up to 10 seconds Use this function to check that recording is performed normally The camera recorder returns to recording standby mode after playback For clips with a playback time of 10 seconds or less clips earlier than the current clip are not played back even if...

Страница 13: ...NU button 4 On the thumbnails menu select OPERATION and then FORMAT Page 91 A screen such as the one shown below appears Select the number of the slot into which you inserted the P2 card to be formatted Select EXIT to cancel the formatting When you press the MENU button the thumbnails menu display disappears THUMBNAIL OPERATION PROPERTY META DATA HDD EXIT DELETE FORMAT REPAIR CLIP RE CONNECTION CO...

Страница 14: ...2011 This unit cannot use AJ P2C002SG 2 GB cards Depending on the type of P2 card used you may need to update the camera recorder driver Updating the firmware incorporated into the unit Page 158 For the latest information not available in the Operating Instructions visit the support desk at the following website http pro av panasonic net P2 card recording times When using one 64 GB card System mod...

Страница 15: ...ta is being accessed The clips may be thrown out of order Page 78 Check the clips and repair them Restoring clips Page 85 Immediately after pre recording a P2 card inserted into an empty slot will not be immediately recognized During playback a P2 card inserted into the empty slot will not be recognized and the P2 card access lamp will not light When playback is completed the P2 card recognition w...

Страница 16: ... grasp the card and then remove 3 Close the P2 card SD memory card slot cover Formatting SD memory card 1 Set the POWER MODE switch to ON Page 25 of Vol 1 2 Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode PB THUMBNAIL lamp illuminates 3 Press the MENU button 4 On the thumbnail menu select OPERATION FORMAT and then SD CARD Page 91 Select EXIT to cancel the formatting THUMBNAIL OPERATION PROP...

Страница 17: ...for this product SD from 8 MB to 2 GB SDHC from 4 GB to 32 GB For the latest information not available in the Operating Instructions visit the P2 Support Desk at the following Web sites http pro av panasonic net SD memory cards must not be used or stored in an environment where they may be Exposed to high temperatures humidities Exposed to water droplets or Electrically charged Be sure always clos...

Страница 18: ...y firmly press to zoom faster Zoom lever handle side You can change the zoom speed on the handle zoom button by selecting one of three speeds with the HANDLE ZOOM switch Set the HANDLE ZOOM switch speeds by going to the setup menus SW MODE screen HANDLE ZOOM Page 138 Zoom ring Set the ZOOM switch to MANUAL so that you can use the zoom ring You cannot use the zoom ring if the ZOOM switch is set to ...

Страница 19: ...cted Using the USER buttons Page 39 Please take note of the following points regarding use of the digital zoom function Digital zoom is not available when the DRS dynamic range stretcher function Page 133 or the SCAN REVERSE function Page 136 is running The FBC flash band compensation function Page 38 is not available when the digital zoom function is running The FBC function becomes available aga...

Страница 20: ... 24P 24PA or 30P 25P When performing progressive shooting the recording format can be set to native which uses the camera s shooting frame rate as is or standard which pulls the frame rate down to 59 94 50 Standard recording pull down recording 24P records with 2 3 pulldown and 30P 25P records with 2 2 pulldown and both record as 59 94i 50i The camera recorder can also handle video shot in the 24P...

Страница 21: ...tive VFR recording Pre recording loop recording interval recording one shot recording and one clip recording are not available 1394 output 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 A REC is displayed over the audio level meter VFR ON NO ...

Страница 22: ... Recording with Variable Frame Rate VFR continued With AVC Intra or DVCPRO HD in 1080i clips are recorded as 60i 60P 50i 50P with pull down information not recorded Audio 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 ...

Страница 23: ... 720P progressive mode and cine like gamma will make video look like it was shot with a film camera recorder Standard settings for film production SYSTEM MODE settings Recording frame rate SYSTEM MODE Other settings 720 59 94P REC FORMAT AVC I 100 24PN AVC I 50 24PN DVCPROHD 24PN 24 frames VFR OFF 1080 59 94i REC FORMAT AVC I 100 24PN AVC I 50 24PN DVCPROHD 60i CAMERA MODE 1 24P 24PA VFR OFF 1 Onl...

Страница 24: ...ercials and music clips that also provide a frame rate suitable for broadcasting Standard settings for producing commercials and dramas SYETEM MODE settings Recording frame rate SYSTEM MODE Other settings 720 59 94P REC FORMAT AVC I 100 30PN AVC I 50 30PN DVCPROHD 30PN 30 frames VFR OFF 1080 59 94i REC FORMAT AVC I 100 30PN AVC I 50 30PN DVCPROHD 60i CAMERA MODE 1 30P VFR OFF 720 50P REC FORMAT AV...

Страница 25: ...ding frame rate SYSTEM MODE Other settings 1080 59 94i REC FORMAT AVC I 100 24PN AVC I 50 24PN 1 to 22 frames VFR ON FRAME RATE Set to 23 frames or less 1080 50i REC FORMAT AVC I 100 25PN AVC I 50 25PN 1 to 24 frames VFR ON FRAME RATE Set to 24 frames or less 720 59 94P REC FORMAT AVC I 100 24PN AVC I 50 24PN DVCPROHD 24PN 1 to 22 frames VFR ON FRAME RATE Set to 22 frames or less 720 50P REC FORMA...

Страница 26: ...sing 24P a recording format for specifying the playback frame rate Standard setup for overcranking effects SYSTEM MODE setup Recording frame rate SYSTEM MODE Other settings 1080 59 94i REC FORMAT AVC I 100 24PN AVC I 50 24PN 25 to 30 frames VFR ON FRAME RATE Set to 25 frames or more 720 59 94P REC FORMAT AVC I 100 24PN AVC I 50 24PN DVCPROHD 24PN 25 to 60 frames VFR ON FRAME RATE Set to 25 frames ...

Страница 27: ...suitable for the shooting purpose Setting can be performed in the same way for 720P 2 Press the START STOP button This starts recording in the VFR mode During flow effect shooting general notes Please take note of the following points when selecting AVC Intra recording When 1080i is selected the image signal and HD SDI output signal recorded are 60i 50i and all frames are effective frames With bot...

Страница 28: ...ith any format except 60i 50i and 60P 50P controlling the focus will take slightly longer than in the normal focus mode If you have set ON for the AF item on the setting menu AUTO SW screen auto focusing will occur regardless of the position of the FOCUS switch when the auto mode has been established Page 140 When the display is set to macro shooting the screen display for AF MF and MA is reversed...

Страница 29: ... EXPANDED FOCUS ASSIST button Trebles the size of the center of the image The status indication and the zebra pattern disappears and EXPANDED appears at the top of the screen EXPANDED The EXPANDED display is available only during recording and does not work in external input mode In VIDEO OUT SDI OUT and HDMI OUT the center of the image is not magnified and status indications do not appear FOCUS B...

Страница 30: ...3 2 or OPEN at full TELEPHOTO You can display the brightness level for the center part of the screen by pressing a USER button Page 39 to which Y GET has been assigned Adjusting the gain When the display is dark increase the gain to brighten the display GAIN switch 1 If the camera recorder is in auto mode use the AUTO MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode Page 28 2 Switch the gain with the GAIN s...

Страница 31: ...AIN has been assigned Using the USER buttons Page 39 In variable frame rate VFR mode super gain is not available when the frame rate is set to 4 frames or less AGC is not available when super gain is selected even if AUTO MANUAL is set to AUTO Light intensity adjustments Use the ND FILTER dial to change the ND Filter used filter to change light intensity OFF ND filter is not used 1 4 Cuts light in...

Страница 32: ...ely 70 of incoming light 5 Press the AWB button The switch returns to the central position with the white balance automatically adjusted 6 During an adjustment the viewfinder or LCD monitor displays the following message AWB Ach ACTIVE Adjusting the white balance and black balance To record high quality video with the AG HPX250P EN the black and white balances must be adjusted according to conditi...

Страница 33: ...nsufficient light Increases the amount of light Also increases gain LEVEL OVER There is too much light Reduces the amount of light Also reduces gain Viewfinder displays related to white balance For details on the screen display of the viewfinder see Screen displays Page 121 Setting auto tracking white balance ATW This camera recorder is equipped with an auto tracking white balance ATW function tha...

Страница 34: ... button for approximately 2 seconds Black balance is adjusted after the white balance As white balance is adjusted first set the conditions for white balance adjustment beforehand 2 During adjustment the viewfinder displays the following message ABB ACTIVE 3 The adjustment will take effect in a few seconds and the following message will appear ABB END The adjusted value is automatically stored in ...

Страница 35: ...level between ZEBRA1 and ZEBRA2 displays a zebra pattern To display a zebra pattern on video output via the VIDEO OUT connector make the required settings in the OUTPUT SEL screen Page 145 Low angle shooting Low angle shooting can be performed using the handle side START STOP button by releasing 1 the hold switch on this button from the HOLD position To prevent accidental operation of the START ST...

Страница 36: ...e VIDEO OUT SDI OUT and HDMI OUT connectors Checking and displaying shooting status DISP MODE CHK button When you hold down the DISP MODE CHK button during recording standby or recording all the information including the setting status of the shooting functions and a list of functions allocated to the USER buttons will be displayed When you release the button the normal display will be restored Us...

Страница 37: ...een television Optical Image Stabilizer Use the Optical Image Stabilizer OIS to reduce the effects of camera recorder shake when shooting by hand Press the OIS button to turn the function on and off appears on the screen when this function is on Turn the function off when using a tripod for more natural images OIS button This function will not be as effective when the vibration is severe or when t...

Страница 38: ...nary for an instant Resolution decreases in video exposed to flash light Horizontal lines appear in video footage exposed to flash light Using FBC FBC goes on when the brightness of the lower half of the image differs markedly from the previous half which could be caused by light from a camera flash or other strong light source Since FBC may be incorrectly activated in certain shooting environment...

Страница 39: ...marker function Page 41 MAG A LVL Assigns a function that magnifies the audio level meter Page 55 LVL METER Allocates a function that switches between CH1 2 and CH3 4 for the audio level meter display and audio channel for headphones built in speaker AUDIO OUT terminal output and HDMI OUT output while the button is held down PRE REC Assigns a function that turns the PRE REC function on and off Pag...

Страница 40: ...h a 1 kHz test tone Waveform monitor function Press the WFM button in CAMERA mode to display a waveform of the image on the LCD monitor Pressing the WFM button once again closes the waveform display WFM Page 139 on the setting menu SW MODE screen allows you to switch between the waveform and vector display The viewfinder does not show the waveform display The waveform does not appear when the focu...

Страница 41: ...onitor you can select only those clips with a shot mark and display them or play them back Switching the thumbnail display Page 80 During recording when you press the USER button to which the SHOT MARK function has been allocated MARK ON appears in the LCD monitor or the viewfinder and a shot mark is set for the thumbnail of the clip being recorded If you press the button again the shot mark is re...

Страница 42: ...e characters will vary with the recording format The data recorded depends on the DATE TIME setting on the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen No data is recorded when OFF is selected This timestamp is superimposed on the video output from the DVCPRO DV terminal Shooting techniques for different targets continued LAST CLIP DELETE function Assign LAST CLIP to any of the USER MAIN or USER 1 4 buttons ...

Страница 43: ... settings One clip recording mode is available in all recording modes except when VFR is turned ON SYSTEM MODE REC FORMAT Other conditions 1080 59 94i DVCPROHD 60i AVC I 100 60i AVC I 50 60i Set CAMERA MODE to 60i or 30P Turn VFR OFF 1080 50i DVCPROHD 50i AVC I 100 50i AVC I 50 50i Turn VFR OFF 720 59 94P DVCPROHD 60P AVC I 100 60P AVC I 50 60P Turn VFR OFF 720 50P DVCPROHD 50P AVC I 100 50P AVC I...

Страница 44: ... video recording when the START STOP button is pressed directly after switching from thumbnail display or playback to view what you are shooting after turning the power on and after changing the PREREC MODE Interval recording INTERVAL REC This function is used to record 1 frame at the time interval set in the INTERVAL TIME item 1 frame recording time 1 frame recording 1 frame recording Set INTERVA...

Страница 45: ... SETUP screen Page 141 4 Press the START STOP button The camera recorder will pause recording after making a recording that lasts the duration set in step 3 Push the Operation lever in the direction STOP to stop recording To cancel this function turn the camera recorder off or select NORMAL in the REC FUNCTION option The following indications appear to the left of the operation status display Duri...

Страница 46: ...his function turn the camera recorder off or select NORMAL in the REC FUNCTION item The following indications appear to the left of the operation status display During recording L REC stays lit During a pause L PAUSE stays lit When remaining memory is low P2 LACK L blinks Use two P2 cards with at least one minute of remaining recording time The mode check screen shows standard recording time depen...

Страница 47: ...stop recording operating while recording is in progress Follow the instructions above to end combining to the clip END 1 CLIP displays Subsequent recordings use a new and separate clip In addition to the aforementioned steps the following ends combining to the clip and subsequent recordings use a new clip When the power is turned off When the P2 card with the previous recording is removed When the...

Страница 48: ...l be created with each recording operation thereafter The following Menu items related to the reading writing of the SD memory card and reading of the settings file cannot be executed LOAD SAVE INIT in SCENE FILE all options in CARD FUNCTIONS USER FILE and MENU INIT in OTHER FUNCTIONS The following thumbnail menu items cannot be selected and executed OPERATION COPY The processing time to complete ...

Страница 49: ...field of view may appear distorted This is due to the signal read out format of the image sensor MOS sensor and is not a malfunction The red blue and green dots that may appear on the screen at low shutter speeds 1 6 to 1 15 do not indicate a malfunction Shutter speed is set using the SHTR F RATE dial and DIAL SEL button As well as the shutter speed you can use the SHTR F RATE dial to select setti...

Страница 50: ...ntinued Setting SYNCHRO SCAN mode 1 Select SYNCHRO SCAN in the SHUTTER mode Turn the SHTR F RATE dial the value displayed after 1 2000 is the current SYNCHRO SCAN setting value Select this value 2 Press DIAL SEL button to select SYNCHRO SCAN function 3 Turn the SHTR F RATE dial It is possible to set the SYNCHRO SCAN shatter speed The shatter speed is set higher by pushing and turning SHTR F RATE d...

Страница 51: ...RATE dial to set VFR mode to ON VFR mode switches between ON OFF each time the SHTR F RATE dial is pressed 2 The FRAME RATE is set by turning the SHUTR F RATE dial If no operation is performed for approximately 10 seconds the frame rate indicator illuminates and the dial returns to a locked state The FRAME RATE mode can be set using FRAME RATE on the setting menu SCENE FILE screen Use 1080i or 720...

Страница 52: ... See table below CH1 SELECT switch CH1 recording CH3 recording INT L Built in microphone Lch INPUT1 switch selection is valid LINE MIC select INPUT1 INPUT1 switch selection is valid LINE MIC select Built in microphone Lch INPUT2 INPUT2 switch selection is valid LINE MIC select Built in microphone Lch CH2 SELECT switch CH2 recording CH4 recording INT R Built in microphone Rch INPUT2 switch selectio...

Страница 53: ...an damage such equipment if you leave the setting at ON 3 Select the input signal to be recorded on the tracks of audio channels 1 to 4 Select the input to be recorded on CH1 and CH3 with the AUDIO CH1 SELECT switch and select the input to be recorded on CH2 and CH4 with the AUDIO CH2 SELECT switch Page 52 When inputting the microphone signal to channels 1 and 2 connect the microphone to AUDIO INP...

Страница 54: ...hecking the audio channel level meter in the display window or the audio level meter in the viewfinder adjust the AUDIO LEVEL CH1 CH2 control Note that if the level exceeds the top bar 0 dB the word OVER illuminates to show that the input level is excessive Adjust so that maximum sound levels do not reach the 0 dB bar C H 1 C H 2 OVER indication Pressing the USER button to which the magnification ...

Страница 55: ...L CH3 and the AUTO LEVEL CH4 in the AUDIO SETUP screen change the operation of the audio level of channels 3 and 4 as shown below These functions cannot be manually adjusted Each option can be selected in the AUDIO SETUP screen AUTO LEVEL CH3 CH4 LIMITER CH3 CH4 ON OFF ON LIMITER OFF AGC ON LIMITER OFF AGC ON OFF LIMITER ON AGC OFF LIMITER OFF AGC OFF AGC Auto Gain Control Audio level meter magnif...

Страница 56: ... A to Z numerics 0 to 9 symbols _ If the RESET button is pressed when the filename has been set the characters are cleared PUSH MENU TO RETURN S P A R K SW POSITION F3 NAME EDIT Each position of the SCENE FILE dial stores settings for specific shooting situations When shooting you can retrieve the necessary file instantly using scene file dial SCENE FILE dial Note that changing scene files during ...

Страница 57: ...n on the Operation lever PUSH MENU TO RETURN VFR FRAME RATE SYNCHRO SCAN SYNC SCAN TYPE DETAIL LEVEL V DETAIL LEVEL DETAIL CORING RETURN LOAD SAVE INITIAL 0 0 0 0 LOAD SAVE INIT SCENE FILE F3 SPARK 3 Select YES when the screen below is displayed and press SET on the Operation lever To return to the menu level above press the MENU button YES NO SAVE FILE F3 SPARK PUSH SET PROCESSING appears and the...

Страница 58: ...ILE for other settings PUSH MENU TO RETURN SD CARD FORMAT USER FILE SCENE FILE CARD FUNCTIONS RETURN CHANGE 4 Push the Operation lever in the direction and select file number 1 to 4 Press the SET button again to confirm the setting PUSH MENU TO RETURN WRITE TITLE RELOAD FILE1 FILE2 FILE3 FILE4 1 NO FILE NO FILE NO FILE NO FILE READ FILE SELECT SCENE FILE SD CARD 5 Select WRITE EXECUTE with the Ope...

Страница 59: ...ON OFF INPUT2 ON OFF LCD ZEBRA EVF DTL OIS WFM OSD COUNTER RESET TITLE VOL MULTI P IN P REC A DUB PLAY REW FF ZOOM DATE TIME PHOTO SHOT START STOP COUNTER 3 After input is complete at the left end of the characters push the Operation lever in the direction or in the direction from the right end of the characters to select YES and press SET If WRITE NG FORMAT ERROR appears format the SD memory card...

Страница 60: ...3 USER FILE4 USER FILE initial value USER FILE Factory defaults OTHER FUNCTIONS screen USER FILE INTIAL OTHER FUNCTIONS screen USER FILE LOAD SAVE CARD FUNCTIONS screen SCENE FILE LOAD SAVE 2 1 SCENE FILE dial unit 2 All files F1 to F6 Current USER FILE values USER FILE Current operating status values Saved USER FILE values USER FILE Saved camera values SCENE FILE SD CARD USER FILE SD CARD F2 Save...

Страница 61: ...a capture and external input values via TC IN OUT or DVCPRO DV connector input VITC user bits record the frame rate data of camera capture The user bits in clip metadata record the LTC UB value at the start of recording The camera recorder provides time data such as time codes user bits time of day real time data which is recorded on each frame alongside video data It is also recorded as as data i...

Страница 62: ...rom the internal clock EXT Records the user bits input to the TC IN OUT connector Recording of 1394 input also records user bits input to the DVCPRO DV connector TCG Records the time code value FRM RATE Records the frame rate information of camera capture A native recorded clip is played back at the same frame rate as the VITC UB regardless of recorded values Use this setting when a PC or other ed...

Страница 63: ...er to set the user bits SEL PUSH PUSH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UB PRESET PRESET PUSH SET PUSH MENU TO RETURN direction Shifts the target highlighted digit to the right direction Shifts the target highlighted digit to the left direction Increases the highlighted number by one direction Decreases the highlighted number by one SET Confirms the set user bits Pressing the RESET button while setting the user bit...

Страница 64: ...at F Camera capture mode Example 60i 600 60P 608 30P 308 24P 248 24PA 24C 24PN 24C recording 50i 502 50P 50A 25P 25A P 9 VFR 30PN or over 60P P 1 VFR over 60P P D VFR 24PN recording P B VFR 25PN or over 50P P 3 VFR over 50i Media management data Update frame flag active frame flag REC mark 1080i 480i 576i mode Frame rate 24P over 60i 2 3 First field of updated frame rate 02 25 00 01 03 04 05 06 23...

Страница 65: ...6 23 24 26 27 28 29 A A B B B C C C D D D D A A B B B C C D D D D D A A B B 01 10 10 10 01 00 10 10 01 00 10 01 01 00 Time code digit Video Updated frame information Frame rate 30P over 60P 2 2 25P over 50P 2 2 Time code digit Video Updated frame information 02 00 01 A A B B C C 10 10 10 ...

Страница 66: ... code setting screen 5 Select TC display using the COUNTER button and confirm that the value set is 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 t...

Страница 67: ...me code is delayed by 1 field If the reference GENLOCK input signal becomes irregular and recording cannot be normally performed TEMPORARY PAUSE IRREGULAR FRM SIG blinks in red in the viewfinder and on the LCD screen and 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...

Страница 68: ...put time code and continues to progress after input of the external time code has stopped Setting the user bits when the time code is externally locked To externally lock user bits set the setting menu UB MODE RECORDING SETUP screen to EXT Regardless of an FREE RUN or REC RUN setting the time code is slaved to user bit values input to the TC IN OUT connector Time data overview Page 61 Setting user...

Страница 69: ...tput externally GENLOCK input GL PHASE SDI OUT HD VIDEO OUT SDI OUT SD TC OUT 1080i SDI OUT 1080i 1080i HD SDI 90H delay VIDEO OUT COMPOSITE 90H advance SDI OUT 1080i SD 480i 576i HD SDI 90H delay VIDEO OUT COMPOSITE 90H advance 720P SDI OUT 720P 720P HD SDI 120H delay VIDEO OUT COMPOSITE 120H advance SDI OUT 720P SD 480i 576i HD SDI 120H delay VIDEO OUT COMPOSITE 120H advance 480i 576i SDI OUT 48...

Страница 70: ...ing menu TC VIDEO SYNC OUTPUT SEL to VIDEO OUT Set the menu option GL SELECT to HD SDI or COMPOSITE as required by supplied video output in the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen and the menu option TC OUT to TCG TCR in the OUTPUT SEL screen TC OUT VIDEO IN SDI IN HD SDI IN TC IN AG HPX250P EN 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 I...

Страница 71: ...to 30 frames Converts and outputs LTC to 30 frames Recording TC 24 frames Playback TC 24 frames tc 30 frames Output adjusted to Over 60i based on LTC UB Output adjusted to Over 60i based on LTC UB 24 FRAME Other than 24 FRAME R RUN locked NDF locked Every active frame 24 frames Matches recorder TC at start of recording 30 frames s Matches recorder TC at start of recording 30 frames s 1394 DVCPROHD...

Страница 72: ... 1394 DVCPROHD 60P R RUN F RUN 2 DF NDF 30 frames Records VAUX TC in 1394 input at all times 6 Outputs LTC Outputs LTC TC 30 frames tc 24 frames Follows UB MODE In EXT slaves to LTC UB in 1394 input Records VITC UB in 1394 input at all times Outputs LTC UB Outputs LTC UB Outputs VITC UB 480 59 94i CAMERA DVCPRO50 60i DVCPRO 60i DV 60i 60i 30P R RUN F RUN 3 DF NDF 30 frames Same as LTC value but no...

Страница 73: ...B Outputs LTC UB Frame rate data DVCPROHD 25PN AVC I100 25PN AVC I50 25PN 25 FRAME R RUN F RUN 4 Every active frame 25 frames Follows UB MODE In EXT slaves to UB in TC IN OUT connector Other than 25 FRAME R RUN locked Every active frame 25 frames Matches recorder TC at start of recording 25 frames s Matches recorder TC at start of recording 25 frames s 1394 DVCPROHD 50P R RUN F RUN 2 25 frames Rec...

Страница 74: ...LL ADV PLAY INDEX STOP V REW FF Fast forward Use this button during playback to fast forward the selected clip 4 x speed When the thumbnail screen is cancelled you can also perform this operation while the camera recorder is stopped When this button is held down the playback speed becomes faster 32 x speed When pressed during a pause playback advances one clip INDEX STOP INDEX STILL ADV PAUSE STIL...

Страница 75: ...ayed on the LCD monitor by switching to PB THUMBNAIL mode You can carry out the operations below by using the Operation lever on the thumbnail screen Playback delete copy or restore the clip Add or delete a shot mark and a text memo on the clip thumbnail Copy part of a clip by using the text memo Change the thumbnail image by using the text memo Format P2 cards and SD memory cards Uploading and ed...

Страница 76: ...SELECTED CLIPS REPAIR CLIP MARKED 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 ...

Страница 77: ... thumbnail indicated on the display and the types of the other information screens are indicated ALL Display all clips SAME FORMAT Clips in the same format as the system format SYSTEM MODE item REC FORMAT item are shown Refer to page 135 for each item SELECT The clips selected with the SET button are shown MARKER Display clips with shot marks TEXT MEMO Display clips with text memo data SLOT n Disp...

Страница 78: ...o USB HOST 8 Clip Number The numbers set by the camera recorder for all the clips recognised correctly by the P2 card These numbers are allocated in chronological order by shooting dates and times If clips cannot be played because of different recording formats they are displayed in red 9 Defective Clip Indicator and Unknown Clip indicator This marker is displayed for defective clips which may res...

Страница 79: ... remote control See page 74 for details During clip playback push the Operation lever in the direction STOP to stop playback and return to the thumbnail screen When playback is stopped the position 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 play back again to start playback from the beginning of the...

Страница 80: ...L CLIP Display all clips SAME FORMAT CLIPS Displays clips of the current system format SELECTED CLIPS Display randomly selected clips At this time the thumbnails appear in selected order MARKED CLIPS Display clips with shot marks attached TEXT MEMO CLIPS Display clips with text memo data attached SLOT CLIPS Display clips recorded in the P2 card inserted in the specified slot When this item is sele...

Страница 81: ...change Refer to Text memo recording Page 42 for the method to add text memos 2 Select THUMBNAIL TEXT MEMO CLIPS to display thumbnails of the clips with text memos 3 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 4 Select the thumbnail that you intend to replace place the point...

Страница 82: ... function Page 41 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 During recording or playback you can add text memos to clips Text memos can be used to play back clips at some point or break clips into chunks and copy the necessary portions Adding a text memo Text memos can be ...

Страница 83: ...aying back a clip at the position where a text memo is recorded Left 2 Move the pointer to the desired text memo and then press the SET button on Operation lever 3 Press the MENU button to select OPERATION DELETE from the thumbnail menu A YES NO screen appears to confirm that you wish to delete Select YES with the Operation lever to delete the text memo Playing back a clip at the position where a ...

Страница 84: ...d cancellation status To discontinue the copy process press the SET button on the Operation lever Then a YES NO confirmation screen is displayed Use the Operation lever to select YES In clip division and copying using the text memo function the area copied may be automatically modified depending on the recording format of the clip Deleting clips 1 Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL ...

Страница 85: ...lips Restoring clips Restores clips that are defective as a result of sudden powering down during recording or removal of the P2 card being accessed Only those clips with yellow corrupt clip markers 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 defectiv...

Страница 86: ...ard while data is being copied Doing so may cause the P2 card to fail If you should accidentally perform one of the its operations defective clips will be generated 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 metadat...

Страница 87: ...ssing DISP MODE CHK switch when a thumbnail is displayed to move to Step 4 3 Press the MENU button and Select META DATA LOAD from the thumbnail menu and press the SET button on the Operation lever 4 Names of metadata upload files stored on the SD memory card are displayed Select the desired files using the Operation lever and choose YES Upload starts Uploaded metadata is retained even if the power...

Страница 88: ...TE date when the clip was recorded LAST UPDATE DATE date of the latest update of the clip and LAST UPDATE PERSON person who made the latest update of the clip DEVICE Displays MANUFACTURER name of the device manufacturer SERIAL NO serial number of the device and MODEL NAME model name of the device SHOOT 2 Displays SHOOTER name of the person who shot the video START DATE start date of shooting END D...

Страница 89: ... you to check the details of read metadata 1 Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor 2 Press the MENU button to select META DATA PROPERTY from the thumbnail menu The following screen is displayed 3 Use the Operation lever to move the pointer Then press the SET button on the Operation lever This allows you to view the settings of the re...

Страница 90: ... time recording extends over more than one P2 card the recording concerned will automatically be undertaken 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 Set ON OFF in META DATA RECORD from the thumbnail menu The factory setting is OFF Selecting the USER CLIP NAME recording ...

Страница 91: ...button on the Operation lever A YES NO confirmation screen asks you to confirm that you want to initialize Select YES using the Operation lever to initialize META DATA and clear the data read Formatting a P2 card 1 Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor 2 Press the MENU button and select OPERATION FORMAT from thethumbnail menu When th...

Страница 92: ...display mode can be customised to suit your preferences 1 Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor 2 Press the MENU button and select THUMBNAIL SETUP from thethumbnail menu The following screen appears INDICATOR Select which indicators you want to show on thumbnails and which you want to hide ALL HIDE ON All indicators MARKER TEXT MEMO ...

Страница 93: ...ng of the clip indicated by the pointer Note that if the pointer is moved after stopping playback the playback will restart from the beginning of the clip indicated by the pointer regardless of this setting Also attempting to play back from the end of all the available clips will cause the screen to flash momentarily indicating that the there are no more clips which can be played back THUMBNAIL IN...

Страница 94: ...e pointer and press the SET button to check the detailed content The underlined items are automatically set during shooting Clip meta data items Page 88 Modification of recorded clip metadata 1 Display the window for detailed clip metadata that you intend to modify in the clip properties window 2 Place the cursor on the item to be modified using the Operation lever The metadata that can be modifie...

Страница 95: ...tus Display Settings Select PROPERTY CARD STATUS from the thumbnail menu to set the desired indication mode remaining free space or used memory capacity for the P2 card status display 1 Turn the POWER MODE switch to set to PB THUMBNAIL mode The thumbnail screen appears on the LCD monitor 2 Press the MENU button and select PROPERTY PROPERTY SETUP P2 CARD CAP from the thumbnail menu The following sc...

Страница 96: ... capacity and total capacity in minutes The total of the remaining memory capacity for each P2 card that is displayed may not match the actual total remaining memory capacity for the P2 cards because only the figure in minute is displayed During native recording with VFR this changes depending on the frame rate 4 Total remaining free space for the slot Displays the total remaining free space for a...

Страница 97: ...ecause fractions are truncated the figure shown for used memory capacity on a P2 card may differ from the figure for total capacity The used memory capacity of a write protected P2 card is displayed as 100 During native recording with VFR this changes depending on the frame rate 4 Total used memory capacity for all slots Displays the total used memory capacity for all 2 slots Please note that the ...

Страница 98: ...D SD STANDARD Indicates that an SD memory card is formatted according to the SD SDHC standard SUPPORTED Complies with SD SDHC NOT SUPPORTED Does not comply with SD SDHC USED Used capacity bytes BLANK Free space bytes TOTAL Total capacity bytes NUMBER OF CLIP The number of clips on an SD memory card when clips have been copied to an SD memory card PROTECT Write protected Thumbnail operations contin...

Страница 99: ...yback push the Operation lever in the direction playback or press the VAR SEARCH button on the remote control Slow playback During play press one of the STILL ADV or buttons on the remote control To return to normal playback press PLAY Fast forward rewind playback During playback push the Operation lever in the rewind or fast forward direction This performs fast forward rewind playback at 4x speed...

Страница 100: ...trol Viewing images on a TV monitor You can view the images on a TV monitor if you connect the unit to a monitor using a BNC cable not included an AV cable not included or an HDMI cable not included 1 Connect the camera recorder to the TV set monitor Page 104 2 Start playback To display the information shown in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor on a TV set monitor connected with an AV cable pre...

Страница 101: ...e holder adapter Screws for microphone holder 6 mm Screws for microphone holder 12 mm When attaching an external microphone to the microphone shoe use the supplied microphone holder and microphone holder adapter When attaching the microphone holder and the microphone holder adapter be sure to tighten the screws firmly even though you might hear a squeaking sound Use the cable clamper of the microp...

Страница 102: ...nections to a personal computer Page 109 USB2 0 cable is not included with this camera Please use a commercial USB2 0 cable double shielded for noise reduction Hard disk drive data copying Hard disk drive USB cable optional USB2 0 HOST Switching to the USB HOST mode Page 111 USB2 0 cable is not included with this camera Please use a commercial USB2 0 cable double shielded for noise reduction ...

Страница 103: ... of external devices through 1394 connection Page 106 Recording signals input to the DVCPRO DV connector Page 105 Please use a double shielded IEEE1394 cable AUTO REC function When recording is started or stopped on this camera recorder recording start stop information can be output through the SDI HD connector to control external device The external device should support this function ...

Страница 104: ...e VIERA Link of other devices may not work in some cases From the HDMI OUT terminal SD signals 480i 576i are converted to progressive signals 480P 576P then output Simultaneous display with the LCD monitor and the viewfinder is not possible when outputting video from the SDI OUT terminal For simultaneous display set SDI OUT on the setting menu OUTPUT SEL screen to OFF and EVF MODE on the DISPLAY S...

Страница 105: ... a P2 card Video and audio recording and EE type video and audio of signal inputs other than 1x speed playback signals may not work Errors and warnings Page 126 Audio signal inputs are input signals from the DVCPRO DV connector 32 kHz 4CH 12 bit audio signals input via the IEEE1394 interface are recorded as 48 kHz 4CH 16 bit on a P2 card It is not possible to use the GENLOCK IN connector to synchr...

Страница 106: ...in 1394 connections Page 107 Set 1394 CONTROL in the setting menu OTHER FUNCTIONS screen to BOTH 2 Use the setting menu 1394 CMD SEL OTHER FUNCTIONS to select the command for terminating recording that external devices receive For details on menu operation refer to Using the setup menus Page 28 of Vol 1 3 Recording can be started and stopped for both this unit and external devices by pressing the ...

Страница 107: ...able to avoid damaging the connector If an error 1394 INITIAL ERROR should occur when making a connection reinsert the 1394 cable or turn the camera recorder off and then turn it back on again Make sure that the camera recorder and all connected devices are connected to ground or connected to a common ground If the equipment cannot be connected to ground turn off all connected devices before conne...

Страница 108: ... sound different than when played back on this unit A DV or DVCPRO output format makes it possible to select audio channel CH1 CH2 or CH3 CH4 output from the IEEE1394 interface in the menu option 1394 AUDIO OUT in the AUDIO SETUP screen When recording a signal from an external device do not halt output at the external device or disconnect the cable as the device may not be recognized when recordin...

Страница 109: ...DE switch to the MODE position to illuminate the PB THUMBNAIL lamp and then turn and hold it The PC lamp illuminates the camera enters PC mode and video audio output stops You cannot switch to PC mode directly from CAMERA mode Leaves the thumbnail screen of PB THUMBNAIL mode To make a USB connection you must first install the P2 software on the supplied CD ROM on the computer Select the AG HPX250 ...

Страница 110: ...der In USB device mode clips on P2 cards can be displayed but video from the camera recorder or an external device cannot be recorded Mode lamp PC POWER MODE switch USB DEVICE CONNECT Viewfinder display 5 Terminating USB device mode Set the camera recorder POWER MODE switch to OFF You cannot return to CAMERA mode or PB THUMBNAIL mode from USB device mode Nonlinear editing with P2 card PC mode USB ...

Страница 111: ...TTER BOX REC SIGNAL 1080 59 9i SYSTEM MODE SYSTEM SETUP USB HOST USB DEVICE 2 Press MENU twice to exit the menus 3 Turn the POWER MODE switch to the MODE position to illuminate the PB THUMBNAIL lamp and then turn and hold it The PC lamp illuminates the camera enters PC mode and it goes to the thumbnail screen When a hard disk drive is connected the HDD indication in the upper right corner stays il...

Страница 112: ... 2 TB 2048 GB or more To prevent copying or formatting problems from occurring during connection to a hard disk drive be sure that the camera s battery is sufficiently charged or use the 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 Viewing hard disk drive information You can view the information on the hard ...

Страница 113: ...ng Once formatted they can be treated as a TYPE S HDD 2 VENDOR This section indicates the vendor for the hard disk drive 3 MODEL This section indicates the model of the hard disk drive 4 SIZE This section indicates the total storage on the hard disk drive 5 USED This section indicates the used space on the hard disk drive in GB and the number of P2 cards in use 6 FREE CAP This section indicates th...

Страница 114: ...s Formatting a hard disk drive 1 Switch the mode to USB HOST Switching to the USB HOST mode Page 111 The thumbnail screen is displayed USB HOST is displayed in the bottom right 2 Connect the hard disk drive via USB 3 Press the MENU button and select HDD EXPLORE from the thumbnail menu The display provides a screen that shows the information about the hard disk drive 4 From the thumbnail menu selec...

Страница 115: ... on the Operation lever instead of cancellation confirmation When the writing is completed the message COPY COMPLETED is displayed To disable verification at the time of writing select HDD SETUP from the thumbnail menu and set the option VERIFY to OFF This speeds up writing without verifying data writing Select ALL SLOT to write data collectively onto all P2 cards currently inserted in the unit to...

Страница 116: ...humbnail menu For a Type S or P2 STORE hard disk drive you can write data back to a P2 card with the same model number on a card basis The target P2 cards must be preformatted 1 Switch the mode to USB HOST Switching to the USB HOST mode Page 111 The thumbnail screen is displayed USB HOST is displayed in the bottom right 2 Connect a hard disk drive via USB 3 Insert the target P2 cards in slots 4 Pr...

Страница 117: ...e camera recorder or that the data on them will be properly retained if data copied to them from the camera recorder has been replaced with other data using a PC By using the drive mount converter distributed on the following URL the hard disk drive can be mounted in the designated folder when connected http pro av panasonic net Warning and error display for thumbnail operation and USB HOST MODE T...

Страница 118: ...haracters USER CLIP NAME MODIFIED Characters in the clip name had to be deleted in adding the counter value The user clip name plus the counter value can only contain up to 100 bytes Characters in the clip name are automatically deleted when the total exceeds 100 bytes WRITE PROTECTED The P2 or SD card is write protected Insert write enabled media Soft keyboard Message Description Measure CANNOT C...

Страница 119: ... that of the source card Use a P2 card with the same model number or copy video in clip units TOO MANY PARTITIONS There are too many partitions Hard disks can handle up to 23 partitions Use a new hard disk or formatted hard disk TOO MANY TARGETS Multiple devices are connected Disconnect devices turn off the unit and turn it back on again UNKNOWN DEVICE CONNECTED The connected DVD drive is not comp...

Страница 120: ...A C K I P A U S E C L I P U S E R 1 1394 60 F B C 1 0 8 0 i AVC I100 P 3 2K L T BOX 0 dB ND 1 8 3 ND S E P 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 S PO T F 5 6 3 5 9 4 5 m 9 m 1 Z 0 6 0 2 4 P N DR S 1 2 1 2 5 0 C H C H A R A L CH 1 2 1 4 MF 2 3 5 f t 1 6 D 5 x A R E C Selecting viewfinder display information To select items in the viewfinder screen open the DISPLAY SETUP screen and turn on or off each item or type For deta...

Страница 121: ...m DVCPRO DV connector input The colon between the seconds and the frames changes to a period in drop frame mode tc Time code value frame digits are indicated in 24 frames tc is indicated when the time code value cannot be correctly read from DVCPRO DV connector input The colon between the seconds and the frames changes to a period in drop frame mode UB User bit values UB is indicated when the user...

Страница 122: ...icator Indicates when the AUTO MANUAL switch is set to AUTO 6 Information display The following information is displayed depending on the situation Performance of auto white balance and auto black balance Warning and error indication Information on switch and button operations MODE CHECK indication Page 131 7 System frequency display 60 Indicates in 59 94 Hz mode 50 Indicates in 50 Hz mode 8 Lette...

Страница 123: ...g menu DISPLAY SETUP screen 19 Focus control display Displays the focus control information with 99 00 In the auto focus mode AF appears In the manual focus mode MF appears and when MF ASSIST is set to ON on the setting menu SW MODE screen MA appears When the display is set to macro control the black and white of AF or MF are displayed in reverse 95 Distance to the subject infinity 00 Distance to ...

Страница 124: ...30 One clip recording mode display 1 CLIP Indicates that recording has started for a new clip in one clip recording mode 1 CLIP Indicates that recordings can be compiled to a previous clip in one clip recording mode 31 Media remaining memory display Set the menu option P2CARD REMAIN in the DISPLAY SETUP screen to ONE CARD to display the remaining time on the P2 card being recorded and show the num...

Страница 125: ...n is set to INTERVAL ONE SHOT or LOOP and when PRE REC is set to ON L LOOP loop recording I INTERVAL interval recording ONE SHOT one shot recording P PRE REC pre rec recording Center information display The following information displays Page 122 are provided P2 card recording and playback data indications BOS Beginning of stream No more data is available in the rearward playback direction CANNOT ...

Страница 126: ...corder has become very hot The power switches off automatically Discontinue use and contact your dealer FORMAT ERR This indicates a P2 card that does not meet the P2 card standard INCOMPATIBLE CARD This message indicates that the inserted card does not meet required standards and cannot be used LOW BATTERY This message indicates that the battery is depleted PULL DOWN ERROR Video pull down sequence...

Страница 127: ...igned to PRST when the WHITE BAL switch is set to PRST Also displayed when AWB is performed in the PRST position BACK LIGHT Displayed during iris control when back light status is changed by pressing the user button to which BACK LIGHT is assigned DIAL FRAME RATE SHUTTER SYNCHRO SCAN LOCK This is displayed when you switch shutter frame rate dial using the dial select button DRS ON OFF Displayed wh...

Страница 128: ... settings of each shooting function the list of functions assigned to USER buttons and all other information Release the button to return to the regular screen Press the DISP MODE CHK button during recording standby or recording clears all displays Press again to return to the regular display These settings are maintained when the unit is turned off and also when switching media and operating mode...

Страница 129: ...y 9 Y GET brightness display Is not cleared 10 Recording playback frame rate display 11 Audio limiter display 12 Audio level meter display LEVEL METER 13 Audio recording not possible display 14 Shutter speed 15 DRS display 16 Iris display 17 Auto iris control displays 18 Zoom position display ZOOM FOCUS 19 Focus control display ZOOM FOCUS 20 Calendar 2 DATE TIME 21 Recommended ND filter display 22...

Страница 130: ...isplay Goes on when battery charge drops CARD BATTERY 32 Media information display Lights when SLOT SEL is performed CARD BATTERY 33 Recording and playback Appears at top right only during recording and in special recording Appears at top right only during recording and in special recording modes Displayed Not displayed Displayed depending on other settings 1 Only the warning that a P2 card has no...

Страница 131: ...ard slot status display Displays status for P2 card slots 1 and 2 ACTIVE Indicates cards that are ready for read and write operations includes cards selected for recording ACCESSING Indicates a card that is currently read or being written to INFO READING Card in the recognition phase FULL No more space available on the P2 card PROTECTED The P2 card is write protected NOT SUPPORTED The P2 card cann...

Страница 132: ...0 44 48 54 60 FRAME 720 50P 1 2 4 6 9 12 15 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 32 34 37 42 45 48 50 FRAME Can only be set when VFR is ON This setting cannot be made when REC SIGNAL is 1394 A change to 24 fps may cause the screen to flicker momentarily SYNC SCAN TYPE Selects synchro scan shutter display sec Displays the shutter speed in fractions deg Displays the approximate shutter opening angle Bri...

Страница 133: ...stretcher function This function compresses the video signal level to extend the dynamic range making it possible to correctly render highlight areas without overexposure and loss of detail that would otherwise occur 1 2 3 1 Higher numbers mean a higher compression level of high brightness areas and more noise in dark areas GAMMA Selects the gamma curve HD NORM 1 Gamma setting for HD recording LOW...

Страница 134: ...en shooting indoors under fluorescent lighting CINE LIKE Produces a tone similar to movie film SKIN TONE DTL Turns the skin tone detail on or off When on reduces detail to hide any skin blemishes ON 1 OFF V DETAIL FREQ Sets vertical detail THIN 1 Produces fine detail MID Produces less detail and wider edging THICK Produces even less detail and the widest edging effect Progressive recording made at...

Страница 135: ...TEM MODE is set to 1080 59 94i AVC I100 60i AVC I100 30PN AVC I100 24PN Uses the AVC I 100 codec for recording Shooting and recording at 60i 30PN native recording and 24PN native recording AVC I 50 60i AVC I 50 30PN AVC I 50 24PN Uses the AVC I 50 codec for recording Shooting and recording at 60i 30PN native recording and 24PN native recording DVCPROHD 60i Uses the DVCPRO HD codec for recording Us...

Страница 136: ...TEM MODE is 480 59 94i DVCPRO50 60i DVCPRO 60i DV 60i These use DVCPRO50 DVCPRO and DV codecs respectively Use CAMERA MODE options to set shooting mode Recording is locked at 60i When SYSTEM MODE is 576 50i DVCPRO50 50i DVCPRO 50i DV 50i These use DVCPRO50 DVCPRO and DV codecs respectively Use CAMERA MODE options to set shooting mode Recording is locked at 50i Not available when 1080i or 720P is s...

Страница 137: ...g mode SETUP Sets the setup level of 480i video signals 0 Setup is switched to 0 for both output and recording signals 7 5 A Setup is switched to 7 5 for the output signal and 0 for the recording signal Not displayed in 1080 50i 720 50P 576 50i PC MODE SELECT Sets camera recorder operating mode when an external device is connected via USB USB HOST Selects USB 2 0 for connecting an external hard di...

Страница 138: ...ode ATW Allows you to assign the ATW Auto Tracking White Balance function to the WHITE BAL switch Page 33 Bch Controls the ATW function when the WHITE BAL switch is set to B position OFF Does not assign the ATW function to the WHITE BAL switch A USER button to which ATW has been assigned cannot be used to turn ATW off when the WHITE BAL switch is set to B position and this menu is set to Bch ATW i...

Страница 139: ...ions that can be assigned to this button are the same as for the USER MAIN button DRS factory default setting Using the USER buttons Page 39 USER4 Sets a function assigned to the USER4 button The functions that can be assigned to this button are the same as for the USER MAIN button SLOT SEL Using the USER buttons Page 39 MF ASSIST Automatically sets the last focus during manual focusing ON Automat...

Страница 140: ...perate when a USER button to which S GAIN has been allocated is pressed and super gain is set to 24 dB or 30 dB ATW ON Performs the ATW Auto Tracing White Balance function in auto mode You cannot select ON OFF of the ATW function with the WHITE BAL switch or the USER button when this is selected However if ATWLOCK is assigned to the USER button you can set the white balance value with the USER but...

Страница 141: ...NTERVAL START DELAY This delays the start of interval and one shot recording by about 1 second ON OFF Can only be set when REC FUNCTION is INTERVAL or ONE SHOT PREREC MODE Sets PRE REC ON OFF Pre recording PRE REC Page 44 Not available in the following conditions When REC SIGNAL is set to 1394 When VFR is set to ON When REC FORMAT is set to native recording When SYSTEM MODE is set to 1080 59 94i o...

Страница 142: ...SIGNAL is set to 1394 When VFR is set to ON START TEXT MEMO Sets whether to automatically add a text memo at the recording start position each time you start recording ON OFF Not available when REC FUNCTION is set to something other than NORMAL The text memo that is added when this is set to ON indicates the recording start position For details on recording the text memo as text information refer ...

Страница 143: ...rdless of these settings AUTO LEVEL CH3 Selects the method for setting CH3 level ON Engages the auto adjustment mode The limiter is not available OFF Locks the level AUTO LEVEL CH4 Selects the method for setting CH4 level Same setting as AUTO LEVEL CH3 ON OFF 25M REC CH SEL Selects the audio channels to be recorded in the DVCPRO and DV formats 2CH Only recorded on CH1 and CH2 4CH Records on all fo...

Страница 144: ... mode CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 Available only when SYSTEM MODE is set to 480 59 94i or 576 50i and REC FORMAT is set to DVCPRO or DV AUDIO OUT Sets the audio signal output from the AUDIO OUT terminal pin jack HDMI OUT terminal headphone terminal and built in speaker during P2 card playback CH1 CH2 CH1 output CH1 signals CH2 output CH2 signals CH1 CH1 output CH1 signals CH2 output CH1 signals CH2 CH1 output...

Страница 145: ...superimpose metadata SDI EDH Sets EDH superimposition when SDI OUT is an SD signal 480i 576i ON Superimposes EDH OFF Does not superimpose EDH DOWNCON MODE Sets downconverter output VIDEO OUT and DOWNCON SDI OUT in HD mode 1080i 720P SIDE CROP LETTER BOX SQUEEZE Not available when SYSTEM MODE is set to 480 59 94i 576 50i VIDEO OUT CHAR Specifies whether or not characters are superimposed on VIDEO O...

Страница 146: ...vailable when TC IN OUT SEL is set to TC IN TC VIDEO SYNC Sets the delay of time code output when TC IN OUT connector is connected as TC OUT RECORDING Outputs the unit s time code with no delay This is used when performing simultaneous recording on 2 units with this unit s time code as the master VIDEO OUT Outputs the time code in line with delay of video output from the VIDEO OUT connector Not av...

Страница 147: ...r or monochrome ON Color display OFF Monochrome display EVF MODE Sets viewfinder off automacally or not when the LCD monitor is opened AUTO Switches off automatically ON The viewfinder operates constantly However this is limited to when no video is output from the SDI OUT terminal SDI OUT Page 145 ZEBRA1 DETECT Sets the level of the right leaning zebra pattern 1 50 70 109 ZEBRA2 DETECT Sets the le...

Страница 148: ... ON Displays the focus bar OFF Does not display the focus bar This function is not interlocked with the FOCUS ASSIST button LCD SETTING Makes it possible to set video color level brightness and contrast displayed in the LCD monitor in a subscreen Subscreen LCD COLOR LEVEL LCD BRIGHTNESS LCD CONTRAST SELF SHOOT Sets the LCD monitor display when taking self portraits NORMAL The LCD image is not inve...

Страница 149: ...th cards OTHER DISPLAY Sets display of other data PARTIAL Displays some of the data ALL Displays all data OFF Not displayed MENU BACK Select whether to lower the transparency of the background to make menu text easier to read ON Lowers background transparency However the transparency of LCD SETTING and EVF SETTING is not lowered OFF Does not lower background transparency REC COUNTER Selects counte...

Страница 150: ...hen compiling to a clip in one clip recording mode USER FILE Reads writes user files files other than SCENE FILES from onto the SD memory card FILE SELECT Selects user files 1 4 READ Reads the user file 1 4 settings stored on the SD memory card WRITE Saves the current user file 1 4 settings to the SD memory card TITLE RELOAD Reloads title list This setting cannot be made when REC SIGNAL is 1394 No...

Страница 151: ... recorder for recording BOTH BOTH Controls both the external device and the camera recorder and also records CHAIN When there is no more space left for recording in the camera recorder recording is automatically made to the external device OFF No control Not available in AVC Intra mode and DVCPRO HD native mode Not available during interval one shot and loop recording 1394 CMD SEL Determines how r...

Страница 152: ...L option in USER FILE 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 Selects the output signal whose phase is locked to the signal input to the GENLOCK IN connector in HD 1080i 720P mode Page 70 HD SDI The HD SDI is locked to the genlock input COMPOSITE The down converted composite signal VIDEO OUT or SDI...

Страница 153: ... control microprocessor P2CS BL2 2 Boot program 2 for P2 control microprocessor P2CS KR P2 control microprocessor kernel P2CS AP P2 control microprocessor application VUP System software used for updating all camera firmware VUP FS File system for updating the camera CAM FPGA Camera FPGA configuration ROM DM FPGA Main FPGA configuration ROM MODEL NAME Indicates the model name of this camera record...

Страница 154: ... signals 1394 CONFIG Opens a menu for configuring 1394 functionality DFLT 1 255 Use DFLT for normal operation P A P FILTER 1 The type of video filter for improving image quality with 3D processing technology can be selected TYPE1 This setting is suitable for image production that reduces noise as far as possible with increased sensitivity by using a 3D adaptation effect TYPE2 This setting suppress...

Страница 155: ...ven when it is charged adequately it has reached the end of its service life The remaining battery capacity is not displayed correctly The remaining battery capacity display is merely a guideline To ensure that remaining battery capacity is displayed correctly use the battery completely from a fully charged state and charge the battery again Remaining battery capacity may still not be displayed co...

Страница 156: ... thumbnail screen is less than 1000 Cannot perform interval recording one shot recording or loop recording Insert 2 cards which recording space are left over 1 munites when performing loop recording Page 46 In modes such as 24P you cannot perform these types of recording See page 43 Using special recording modes and set the recording format etc Editing Cannot perform nonlinear editing Check the sp...

Страница 157: ...p recording Cannot copy when clips are continuously linked in ONE CLIP REC mode Select CAMERA mode and push the Operation lever in the direction STOP for 2 seconds to release the clip linking Page 86 Other Cannot read the data on the SD memory card Make sure the SD memory card is formatted correctly If it is not format the card in the unit Page 16 The remote control does not work The battery in th...

Страница 158: ...o check the most recent firmware information and download any firmware you require The update is completed by loading the downloaded file onto the unit via an SD memory card For details on updating visit the support desk at 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 b...

Страница 159: ... then use a dry cloth to take up the remaining moisture Cleaning the Viewfinder If there is dust inside the view finder remove the eye cup holder and get rid of the dust The interior of the eye cup holder is specially finished so do not ever wipe it If there is dust on it blow it off with an air blower Remove the eye cup holder with the eye cup attached by rotating it counterclockwise It will be t...

Страница 160: ...y seriously burn yourself if you touch the battery in this state Discharge the battery before storing it When storing it for an extended time charge it at least once a year use up its charge in the camera recorder and then store it again P2 cards After ejecting a P2 card from the unit be absolutely sure to attach its special cap to keep sand and dust away from the connector area Stow the P2 cards ...

Страница 161: ...he data as P2 data or use the card in a P2 device When transferring data from a P2 card to a PC or when rewriting data saved on a PC to a P2 card to prevent data loss be sure to use the special P2 Viewer software Download it from the following website You can also visit the support desk at the following website for details on the system requirements of P2 Viewer http pro av panasonic net When usin...

Страница 162: ...D card adaptor is installed Make sure that the card has been installed in the adaptor before using it Use of Panasonic s SD memory cards and miniSD microSD cards is recommended Be sure to 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 ...

Страница 163: ...his software To obtain the source codes go to the following home page http pro av panasonic net The manufacturer asks users to refrain from directing inquiries concerning the source codes they have obtained and other details to its representatives 2 Included with this product is software which is licensed under MIT License Details on the above software can be found on the installation CD provided ...

Страница 164: ...4PN native recording 1P to 60P 3 24PN Native recording DVCPROHD 60P 60P 1P to 60P 3 Over60P recording 30PN 30P 30PN native recording 1P to 60P 3 30PN Native recording 24PN 24P 24PN native recording 1P to 60P 3 24PN Native recording 720 50P AVC I100 AVC I50 50P 50P 1P to 50P 4 Records as 50P 25PN 25P 25PN native recording 1P to 50P 4 25PN Native recording DVCPROHD 50P 50P 1P to 50P 4 Over50P record...

Страница 165: ...ilt in microphone 52 C MENU CAMERA MODE 136 MENU CARD BATTERY 149 MENU CARD FUNCTIONS screen 150 Center marker 36 Check recording function 12 MENU CHROMA LEVEL 133 MENU CHROMA PHASE 133 Cine like gamma 23 Clip Copying 86 Deleting 84 Meta data 87 Playing back 79 Property 93 Reconnection 85 Restoring 85 MENU CLOCK SETTING 151 Color bars 40 MENU COLOR TEMP Ach 133 MENU COLOR TEMP Bch 133 Control of e...

Страница 166: ...E CHECK 131 MENU MODEL NAME 153 Monitor 104 N MENU NAME EDIT 134 Native recording 20 Native VFR recording 21 O ONE CLIP REC 47 MENU ONE CLIP REC 142 One clip recording 47 ONE SHOT REC 45 One shot recording 45 MENU ONE SHOT TIME 141 MENU OPERATION 153 MENU OPTION MENU screen 154 MENU OTHER DISPLAY 149 MENU OTHER FUNCTIONS screen 151 MENU OUTPUT SEL screen 145 Overcranking effects 26 P P2 card Forma...

Страница 167: ... 22 MENU START DELAY 141 MENU START TEXT MEMO 142 MENU SUPER GAIN 138 MENU SW MODE screen 138 SYNCHRO SCAN 50 MENU SYNCHRO SCAN 132 MENU SYNC SCAN TYPE 132 MENU SYSTEM MODE 135 MENU SYSTEM SETUP screen 135 T Tally lamp 9 MENU TALLY LAMP 151 MENU TCG 141 MENU TC IN OUT SEL 145 MENU TC MODE 141 MENU TC OUT 146 MENU TC PRESET 142 MENU TC VIDEO SYNC 146 MENU TEST TONE 143 Text memo 42 Thumbnail Changi...

Страница 168: ... Using 6 W Warnings 126 Waveform monitor function 40 MENU W BAL PRESET 138 MENU WFM 139 White balance Adjusting 32 Write protect switch 12 Z MENU ZEBRA1 DETECT 147 MENU ZEBRA2 147 MENU ZEBRA2 DETECT 147 Zebra pattern 35 Zoom 18 MENU ZOOM FOCUS 149 Index continued ...

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