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Philips AG-HPX171E Camcorder User Manual

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1. gt PUSH STILL NO PUSH MENU TO RETURN The message below appears and the changes to the scene file are complete SAVE PROCESSING M 2 SAVE 38 COMPLETED D 1 1 Press MENU twice to exit the menus e To return to a previously saved setting after a change in scene file settings select LOAD in step 9 and do steps 10 and 11 e To return the scene file settings to the factory settings select INITIAL in step 9 then do steps 10to 11 E 55 Saving scene files and other settings on SD memory cards You can save up to four scene file settings or other settings as files on an SD memory card and you can also load them from the card e The data in all the scene files F1 to F6 is rewritten e Insert the SD memory card into the unit Page 29 If you have saved a scene file T Set the unit s POWER switch to ON 2 Select SCENE FILE on the setting menu CARD FUNCTIONS screen select YES and press the Operation lever or push it in the gt direction For all other settings select USER FILE e For menu operations Page 95 e You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control Page 14 CARD FUNCTIONS SCENE FILE USER FILE SD CARD FORMAT a PUSH MENU TO RETURN 3 Push the Operation lever in the lt or gt direction to select a file number 1 to 4 SCENE FILE SD CARD FILE SELECT gt i READ WRITE ae FILE 1 NO FILE FILE 2 NO FILE FI
2. 48 Loop recording LOOP REC c ee 48 Adjusting the shutter speed cccseees 50 SVNCIMNOYSCAN aanpas 51 Switching Audio Input 52 Using the built in microphone ceeee 52 Using another microphone and AUGIO eqgupPmEt siisii 52 Adjusting the recording level ee 53 Using scene files cece eeseseseeeeeeeeeeee 54 Changing scene file settings 0 0 0 0 54 Saving scene files and other settings on SD memory cards 56 Clip metadata 58 Using the Counter 59 Counter display 59 1394TC preset MOde eee eeee 59 Charging the built in battery Setting the time data ves eeeeeeeeee 60 Recharging the built in battery 0 ee 60 Setting the time code 60 Specifying the time code TC PRESET 60 Setting user information 0 cc ce 62 Playback Basic playback operations cccseseeee 64 Thumbnail SCreen cssseseseeeseeeeeeeeees 65 Basic thumbnail screen operations 65 Adding shot marks to Clips 00 67 Clearing the thumbnail screen 67 Direct shooting functions uu ee 67 Thumbnail operations c cesses 68 Selecting the thumbnail display method CAWMBNAIIE sistas 68 Deleting clips and formatting cards OPERATION ccein aeae 69 Checking the clip or card information PROPERTY keenness 70 Editing the recorded clip metadata 72 Uploading the metadata META DATA 73
3. To check the data copied into the hard disk drive After completing step 4 on the previous page push the Operation lever in the A or W direction to select PROPERTY and press it again The contents of the hard disk drive are displayed e To view detailed hard disk data push the Operation lever in the A or W direction to select an item and press it again To verify the data when copying it into the hard disk drive After completing step 4 on the previous page push the Operation lever in the A or W direction to select YES for the VERIFY option under SETUP e Copying to the P2 card is completed even if you interrupt processing during verification e You cannot copy data from the hard disk drive to a P2 card e Use a hard disk drive under the following conditions e Power is supplied from a source other than the 1394 bus It is not supplied from the unit e You may format the hard disk drive for usage by the unit e Use the hard disk drive within the guaranteed operating range humidity and other environmental conditions e Do not place the hard disk drive in an unstable locations or locations subjected to vibrations Some HDD may not operate correctly During formatting or copying do not remove any cables eject the P2 card or turn off the power for the unit or hard disk drive The power will need to be turned on again No guarantees are made for operation if the 1394 HOST mode is established without
4. m When connecting a USB cable e Attach the provided two ferrite cores length 35 mm in such a way that the whole ferrite cores fit within about 5 cm from both ends of the cable After threading the cable as shown in the figure on the right close the ferrite cores until they click into place and lock Ferrite core length 35 mm Always take sufficient care when handling the ferrite core as it can be easily damaged when dropped or subjected to other impact File transfer nonlinear editing USB cable optional Computer gt For a Windows computer D 6 pin 1394 cable optional e For an Apple Macintosh computer e When connecting a USB cable first connect the cable to the PC e When connecting to a device having 4 pin type 1394 connector first connect the cable to the 6 pin type 1394 connector on the camera e For details on the computer s conditions and other factors see Page 82 1394 AVC transfer nonlinear editing Computer Windows Apple Macintosh pue e When controlling this camera from a non linear editor cancel the thumbnail screen on the camera Page 67 e No guarantees are given for images and audio signals which are output simultaneously from the camerarecorder while data is being transferred from a computer to the camera recorder e The model name will appear on the computer screen e When connecting to a device having 4 pin type 1394 connector first connect the cable to th
5. 33 Standard recording 33 Using variable frame rates VFR 0 00 34 Shooting in 1080i 576i 480i progressive MOCE c cesses 35 Shooting in 1080i 576i progressive mode 35 Shooting in 1080i 480i progressive mode 35 Shooting in manual mode Switching to manual mode 7 Manual focusing nnna Using TOCUS ASSISH sic teccncie cca crates Mis adjust Seesen Adjusting the Galesi eensts Light intensity adjustments ee Adjusting the white balance Black balance adjustments Auto Tracking White ATW Shooting techniques for different targets Low angle ShOOtING inniinn Self portrait SHOOTING sreda Zebra p tterMi sania MAIKO t oiean aa at Checking and displaying shooting status Changing the image size Optical Image Stabilizer ni Adding effects to images s snennseseseeeesesese Using the USER buttons ees Backlight compensation c cece eee Color DaS Waveform monitor function Adjusting the volume while shooting Backup recording ccccsssseeeeee 2 slot continuous recording Shot mark function Text MEMO FECOFING c eects Time stamp FUNCTION ee eee eteeeeeeteeeeeeeeees LAST CLIP DELETE function 0 ee Using the special recording functions Pre recording PRE REC 47 Interval recording INTERVAL REC 47 One shot recording ONE SHOT REC
6. Component video cable l Video equipment Television AV cable E 8 P2 mode shooting and playback Pages 25 and 64 P2 card You can use the following features e HD High Definition recording e Multi format recording e Variable frame rates Slow amp quick motion recording e Maximum 4 channel uncompressed digital audio recording e DV recording 576i 480i For details on how to handle recorded data see Page 123 2 PC mode Page 82 Computer The data file is transferred for nonlinear editing on your computer or other unit 3 1394 host mode Page 84 External hard disk The unit directly controls the external hard disk drive and transfers the data file to it Precaution for use Always take some trial shots before actual shooting e When shooting important events such as weddings always take some trial shots and check that the sound and images have been recorded properly before actual shooting Be sure to check and set the calendar and time zone Before use e These settings affect the control and playback sequence of the recorded contents Before making a recording set and check the calendar and time zone Page 24 Panasonic makes no guarantees for your recordings e Please understand that Panasonic makes no guarantees for your recordings in cases where images and or sound were not recorded as you intended due to problems with the camera recorder Respect
7. E 64 Thumbnail screen Video data created on the P2 card in one shooting session is called a clip When the MCR mode has been established the clips will be displayed on the LCD screen as thumbnails When there is a large number of clips it will take some time for them to be displayed on the screen You can perform the following operations using the thumbnail screen e Play repair and delete clips add and delete shot marks as well as add text memos e Format P2 cards and SD memory cards e Load the metadata shooting information etc from SD memory cards to the unit Basic thumbnail screen operations To use the thumbnail menu 1 On the thumbnail screen press the MENU button to display the menu 2 it in the gt direction If another menu appears repeat this step e To return to the previous screen select EXIT and press the Operation lever or push it in the lt direction e To release the menu mode press MENU Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction and press it or push 1 2 mew THUMBNAIL Po Er gt OD Wey CO PAGE AUDIO MON VAR To select a clip Push the Operation lever in the lt or direction to move the yellow frame to the clip you want to select and press it again The frame changes to blue Pressing the Operation lever a second time deselects the thumbnail To scroll the pages press the PAGE or button To Play back clips Select a thumbnail and push the
8. Performs the Auto Gain Control max 6 dB in auto mode 12dB Performs the Auto Gain Control max 12 dB in auto mode OFF Does not perform the Auto Gain Control in auto mode Initiates the control of the gain selected by the GAIN switch ATW Camera 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 button OFF Does not perform the white balance function in auto mode This performs the white balance function selected with the WHITE BAL switch AF Camera ON Performs auto focusing in auto mode You cannot use the FOCUS switch and PUSH AUTO button when this is selected OFF Does not perform auto focusing in auto mode This performs the focusing selected with the FOCUS switch or PUSH AUTO button RECORDING SETUP screen Display mode REC FORMAT Camera Selects the recording format When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz 1080i 50i 1080i 25P 720P 50P 720P 25P 720P 25PN 576i 50i 576i 25P When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz 1080i 60i 1080i 30P 1080i 24P 1080i 24PA 720P 60P 720P 30P 720P 24P 720P 30PN 720P 24PN 480i 60i 480i 30P 480i 24P 480i 24PA MCR FORMAT MCR Selects playback or a 1394 input format When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz 1080i 50i 7
9. e In the case of the 720P 25P 720P 30P and 720P 24P formats the s low motion effect can be obtained by using a non inear editing system to process what has been recorded You can select any of 20 recording frame rates ranging from 12 frames per second fps to 50 60 fps Page 99 Shooting in 1080i 576i 480i progressive mode 24P mode Shooting in 1080i 576i progressive mode Selecting 1080i 25P or 576i 25P in the REC FORMAT option Page 105 of the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen enables shooting in progressive mode 25P mode Shoot 25 frames a second in the progressive mode For output and recording the 25 frame persecond signal is converted to 50 field per second interlace This mode gives you high quality images asp A B C DIE F GIA I J so faba ea Note the following when shooting in progressive mode e You cannot have a gain of 18 dB e Set the shutter speed to 1 50 OFF for best results Shooting in 1080i 480i progressive mode Selecting 1080i 30P 1080i 24P 1080i 24PA 480i 30P 480i 24P or 480i 24PA in the REC FORMAT option Page 105 of the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen enables shooting in progressive mode 30P mode Shoot 30 frames a second in the progressive mode For output and recording the 30 frame persecond signal is converted to 60 field per second interlace This mode gives you high quality images Shoot 24 frames a se
10. first connecting the HDD 1394 a SBP2 supported and then the HDD is connected In this case turn off the power and then release the 1394 HOST mode The hard disk drive is an extremely highprecision device Therefore it is highly possible that data cannot be read in certain operating environments Please note that our company will not be liable for any data losses due to hard disk drive failure or other faults or any other direct or indirect damage related to these problems If you rewrite the contents of the HDD used to carry out copying from the camera to another PC the subsequent operation in the camera and the data in the HDD cannot be guaranteed It is recommended that you first restore any defective clips contained in the P2 card before copying the data In order to avoid the occurrence of trouble in copying formatting or other operations it is recommended that you perform these operations after ensuring that power supply has stabilized E 85 Copying from P2 cards to the hard disk drive 1394 HOST mode continued HDD CAPACITY FULL There is not enough free memory on the HDD TOO MANY PARTITIONS There are too many partitions HDD DISCONNECTED The HDD has been disconnected CANNOT FORMAT Initializing cannot be performed TOO MANY TARGETS There are too many 1394 connection destinations CANNOT ACCESS TARGET The connection destination cannot be accessed CANNOT ACCESS CARD The card
11. 5 min approx 10 min approx 20 min e When using any other types of cards the driver installed in the camera recorder may need to be updated Page 120 e For the latest information not available in the Operating Instructions visit the P2 Support Desk at the following Web sites https eww pave panasonic co jp pro av E 27 Basic shooting operations continued Remove the P2 card 1 Lift up the viewfinder press the side of the card slot cover and slide the cover to open it 2 Check that the P2 card access lamp is not blinking orange 3 Raise the P2 card eject button and press it 4 Remove the P2 card P2 card access lamp P2 card eject button e Do not eject the P2 card or turn the power off under the following circumstances since doing so may cause a malfunction in the card 1 While the orange P2 card access lamp is blinking after the card is inserted and until it stops blinking 2 During recording during the recording finish process or while the access lamp is blinking If a P2 card is ejected during formatting or while its data is being accessed TURN POWER OFF appears in the viewfinder and a warning is indicated by the tally lamp If this happens turn the power off and back on again e When a card is ejected during formatting Format the card again e When a card is ejected while its data is being accessed The clips may be thrown out of order
12. Deleting clips and formatting cards OPERATION You can perform any of the following operations If necessary make preparations prior to undertaking the operations Deleting clips e Select the clip to be deleted Formatting P2 cards or SD memory cards e Insert the card to be formatted into the unit e When a card is formatted all its data will be deleted Repairing bad clips e Select the bad clip indicated by X you want to repair Note that clips indicated by a red X symbol cannot be repaired Reconnecting incomplete clips e Select an incomplete clip indicated by 1 you want to reconnect Incomplete clips are usually grouped together Replacing thumbnails e Attach text memos to clips and change them to TEXT MEMO CLIPS e Move the yellow frame to the thumbnail you want to edit Playback 1 On the thumbnail screen press the MENU button A menu now appears Page 65 2 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select OPERATION and press it or push it in the gt direction again 3 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to make a selection and press it again Continued on the next page THUMBNAIL gt PROPERTY gt META DATA gt EXIT THUMBNAIL DELETE OPW FORMAT PROPERTY REPAIR CLIP META DATA RE CONNECTION EXCH THUMBNAIL EXIT EXIT E 69 Thumbnail operations
13. KEEP THIS EQUIPMENT AWAY FROM ALL LIQUIDS USE AND STORE ONLY IN LOCATIONS WHICH ARE NOT EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF DRIPPING OR SPLASHING LIQUIDS AND DO NOT PLACE ANY LIQUID CONTAINERS ON TOP OF THE EQUIPMENT Camera Recorder The rating plate is on the underside of the viewfinder AC Adapter The rating plate is on the underside of the AC Adapter Disconnect the AC mains plug from the AC mains socket when not in use WARNING Always keep memory cards or accessories coin battery microphone holder screws microphone holder adapter ferrite cores INPUT terminal cover out of the reach of babies and small children CAUTION THE MAINS PLUG OF THE POWER SUPPLY CORD SHALL REMAIN READILY OPERABLE THE AC RECEPTACLE MAINS SOCKET OUTLET SHALL BE INSTALLED NEAR THE EQUIPMENT AND SHALL BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO COMPLETELY DISCONNECT THIS EQUIPMENT FROM THE AC MAINS DISCONNECT THE POWER CORD PLUG FROM THE AC RECEPTACLE CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD AND ANNOYING INTERFERENCE USE THE RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES ONLY CAUTION In order to maintain adequate ventilation do not install or place this unit in a bookcase built in cabinet or any other confined space To prevent risk of electric shock or fire hazard due to overheating ensure that curtains and any other materials do not obstruct the ventilation CAUTION Do not jar swing or shake the unit by its handle while th
14. Makes a mellow image using the gamma curve which has a gentle incline in low brightness curve The contrast sharpens SD NORM This is the normal video setting carried over from the DVX100 series HIGH Expands the tone of dark parts and makes a brighter image using the gamma curve which has a sharp incline in low brightness curve The contrast softens B PRESS Makes the contrast shaper than LOW CINE LIKE_D Makes a cinema like image CINE LIKE_V Makes a cinema like image with emphasized contrast When you select CINE LIKE gamma we recommend to set the lens aperture lower than normal image level approximately 1 2 to enjoy the full benefit of the function KNEE Camera To avoid overexposure select the compression level knee point of the high intensity video signals received through CCD AUTO Sets the level automatically according to the received signals LOW Low setting Compression starts at approx 80 MID Medium setting Compression starts at approx 90 HIGH High Setting Compression starts at approx 100 E 100 SCENE FILE screen continued Item oe Description of settings MATRIX Camera Selects the MATRIX table suitable for the desired color expression during shooting NORM1 Suitable for shooting in the open air or under a halogen lamp NORM2 Suitable for brighter colors than the NORM1 mode FLUO Suitable for shooting under fluorescent
15. Page 58 Check the clips and repair them For details on repairing clips see Page 69 Immediately after pre recording a P2 card inserted into an empty slot will not be immediately recognized E 28 e 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 will begin e You can use ACCESS LED on the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen to set the P2 card access lamps so that they will always be off In this case either turn off the power or wait until enough time has passed after inserting the cards or stopping operation before ejecting the cards e If a P2 card is ejected while thumbnails are displayed the thumbnail screen is released Cautions in using P2 cards Before using a P2 card be sure to format it with a P2 device Using SD SDHC memory cards You can use SD and SDHC memory cards the term SD memory card is used for both hereafter to save and load SCENE files and USER files and to upload clip meta data Page 56 Installing and removing the SD memory card Installation 1 Lift up the viewfinder press the side of the card slot cover and slide the cover to open it 2 Insert the card while making sure it is oriented in the proper direction 3 Close the card slot cover Removal 1 Open the card slot cover and check that the access lamp is not lit 2 Press the
16. Pages 105 108 t PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS Page 108 AV IN OUT SETUP Pages 108 109 DISPLAY SETUP AUDIO OUT _ CMPNT SDI SEL SDI OUT SDI METADATA SDI EDH DOWNCON MODE MCR FORMAT m 1394 TC REGEN TC MODE TCG TC PRESET 1394 UB REGEN UB MODE UB PRESET 1394 IN PRESET Pages 109 111 L OTHER FUNCTIONS Pages 111 113 OPTION MENU 7 USER FILE REMOTE PC MODE ACCESS LED CLOCK SET TIME ZONE SYSTEM FREQ MENU INIT OPERATION Page 114 Only when set to 59 94 Hz E 98 1394 STATUS 1394 CONFIG VIDEO OUT OSD DATE TIME LEVEL METER CARD BATT P2CARD REMAIN OTHER DISPLAY t CAMERA DATA LCD BACKLIGHT LCD SET EVF SET DISPLAY ASPECT EVF COLOR 576i 480i MCR MODE Setup menu list SCENE FILE screen Item ae Description of settings LOAD SAVE INIT Camera LOAD Loads the scene file settings saved using SAVE SAVE Saves the changed scene file settings INITIAL The settings of the scene file selected with the scene file dial are returned to the factory settings OPERATION TYPE Camera Switches the shutter and frame rate operation to the video type or film type VIDEO CAM SYNCRO SCAN is displayed using 1 n units FILM CAM SYNCRO SCAN is displayed as an angle FRAME RATE Camera Selects
17. REC MODE Page 105 is set to DV LCD BACKLIGHT Camera Adjusts the backlight of the LCD monitor Select HIGH for brighter MCR backlight HIGH NORMAL LOW LCD SET Camera Adjusts the display level of the images on the LCD monitor Page 22 MCR LCD COLOR LEVEL LCD BRIGHTNESS LCD CONTRAST EVF SET Camera Adjusts the display level of the images on the viewfinder Page 22 MCR EVF COLOR LEVEL EVF BRIGHTNESS EVF CONTRAST SELF SHOOT Camera Selects the LCD mirror mode for self portrait shooting Select MIRROR to reverse left and right at self portrait shooting Page 41 NORMAL MIRROR DISPLAY ASPECT Camera Selects the aspect ratio of the LCD monitor and the viewfinder MCR AUTO Changes automatically to the appropriate ratio according to the recording or play mode information 4 3 Fixed at 4 3 lt Note gt Black bands appear at the top and bottom of the screen when images are displayed at a 16 9 aspect ratio No parts of the images are missing EVF COLOR Camera Selects color or black and white images on the viewfinder MCR ON Color OFF Black and white ___ indicates the factory setting DISPLAY SETUP screen continued Display wi J Item mode Description of settings REC COUNTER Camera Selects counter operation during recording TOTAL Continues counting until card is reset with the COUNTER RESET button CLIP Resets the counter at start of recording and counts the time of each recording se
18. WARNING is displayed FOCUS LOCK Abnormal focus operation PSD NG Abnormal vibration detected GYRO NG Abnormal Optical Image Stabilizer control 1394 This is displayed when trouble has occurred in the 1394 connections or signals 1394 INITIAL ERROR connection error 1394 INPUT ERROR input error 1394 INPUT ERROR OTHER FORMAT wrong input format Displays E 93 Screen displays continued Setting the DISPLAY items Display the following items on the viewfinder and LCD monitor screen by pressing the DISP MODE CHK button or by configuring OTHER DISPLAY of the DISPLAY SETUP screen of the setup menus Page 110 Displays MODE DISPLAY OTHER DISPLAY settings CHECK ALL PARTIAL OFF 1 Time code display v Z 3 AUTO MANUAL switch operation display v v v v x 5 Recording format v v v x x 7 Information display v x x x 8 Squeeze information display v v v y x 9 Microphone level auto control display v v v x x 11 Focus bar display 13 Time stamp display v v 4 a 14 Calendar display v v 4 15 Recording playback frame rate display v v v 4 x 16 Shutter speed display v v v v 17 Audio level meter display v v 18 Auto IRIS control display v v v v 19 IRIS display v v v v 20 Zoom position display v v 21 Focus control display v v 23 Recommended ND filter display v v v v x 24 ND fil
19. operated the focus ring e If the focus differs considerably form the manually set focus the focus may not be set correctly e Automatic adjustment is not performed until you operate the focus ring for the next time e Auto focus may not work properly if there is flickering Select a shutter speed suited to the ambient light Page 50 e If the auto focus mode is set with any format except 50i 60i and 50P 60P controlling the focus will take slightly longer than in the normal focus mode e 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 105 e During macro shooting AF MF or MA will be displayed in a frame on the screen Pressing the FOCUS ASSIST button magnifies the center portion of the image or brings up a frequency distribution graph at the top right of the image to assist during manual focusing You can use the FOCUS ASSIST setting on the SW MODE screen to change the viewfinder and LCD monitor displays that appear when the FOCUS ASSIST button is pressed Page 104 FOCUS ASSIST button EXPANDED Doubles the size of the center of the image GRAPH Displays a frequency distribution graph at the top right in the viewfinder and LCD monitor Turn the focus ring on the lens to place the graph further to the right TT T
20. out 2 Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST The current white balance value appears e White balance values 3200 K and 5600 K are preset in the PRST position Guide to the preset values P3 2K 3200 K halogen light P5 6K 5600 K outdoors 3 Press the AWB button White balance switches between 3200 K and 5600 K Black balance adjustments In order to reproduce the black accurately adjust the zero level of all three RGB primary colors If the black balance is not adjusted properly not only will the black be reproduced poorly but the color tones of the entire screen will also be downgraded It is not normally necessary to adjust the black balance Adjust it when e You use the camera for the first time e You use the camera after not using it for a long time e The ambient temperature changes greatly e You switch to the normal OFF shutter speed or to slow shutter e You switch between the progressive and normal 50i 60i modes Press the AWB button to automatically adjust the white balance Press and hold the AWB button to adjust the black balance e As the white balance is adjusted first when you press the AWB button make the necessary preparations for this E 40 e You cannot adjust the black balance while you are shooting Message during adjustment ABB ACTIVE Message after adjustment ABB END e Hold down the AWB button to adjust the black balance available also w
21. s instructions carefully and select the correct camera recorder properly video input connector for the camera recorder Cannot hear any sound You may have turned down the camera recorder s volume control P76 from the camera too far recorder s speaker Adjust the volume level using the PAGE AUDIO MON VAR button Cannot perform hot swap e This unit does not support hot swap playback P87 playback To replace one card with another during dubbing stop the dubbing first and upon completing the replacement resume it Other Cannot read the dataon e Make sure the SD memory card is formatted correctly P29 the SD memory card If it is not format the card in the unit The remote control does e The battery in the remote control may have run out P18 not work If the remote control fails to work even if it is operated close to the remote control sensor of the camera recorder it means that the battery has run out Replace it with new one e Make sure the remote control setting is the same for the remote P18 control unit and the camera recorder If the REMOTE setting is different on the remote control and the camera recorder the remote control will not work There is a rattling sound e There are some parts of the camera that make a rattling sound when the camera recorder in the MCR mode or when the POWER switch is OFF This is is tilted back and forth normal A clicking sound is heard _ e This initialization operation is perfor
22. unit to the pause mode 2 Press the PAGE AUDIO MON VAR button to Playback play frame by frame On the remote control unit press the STILL ADV f or J gt button e Press and hold the button to perform frameby frame play continuously MENU THUMBNAIL sein Eg z gt a TE a EN Remote control PAGE AUDIO MON VAR W Camera or To return to normal playback push the Operation lever in the gt playback direction E 75 Useful playback functions continued Clip skip 1 Press Il pause during playback to set the unit to the pause mode 2 Push the Operation lever in the lt lt rewind or gt gt fast forward direction PNP REC ADUB s s oe PLAY FFI 4 Cie ale N N Di Remote control Camera or Adjusting the volume MENU THUMBNAIL Camera or Remote control 1 With the PAGE AUDIO MON VAR button adjust the volume of the sound that is output from the internal speaker and headphone jack On the remote control press the ZOOM VOL button E 76 Viewing images on a monitor You can view the images on a monitor if you connect the unit to a monitor using a BNC cable not included an AV cable not included or component video cable included 1 Connect the camera recorder to the TV set Page 81 2 Start playback e To show the information that app
23. version upgrade files etc Errors These are displayed when an error occurs in the unit P2 card or other component If the problem is not fixed by turning the power off and then on again either replace the card based on the error information or consult with your dealer as to which one is to be purchased CANNOT PLAY This is displayed when trouble has occurred during playback CARD ERR 1 2 1 2 Trouble has occurred in the P2 card found in the slot indicated by the number CLIP ERROR clip trouble UPDATING clip recording ERROR other type of trouble SYSTEM ERROR This is displayed when trouble has occurred in the system Switch ON the power again P2 MICON ERROR no P2 microcomputer response P2 CONTROL ERROR trouble in P2 control REC RAM OVERFLOW recording RAM overflow TURN POWER OFF This display appears when an abnormality occurs as a result of the card being pulled out while data is being accessed REC WARNING This is displayed when trouble has occurred during recording Carry out recording once again If the warning persists consult your dealer CARD ERR 1 2 1 2 Trouble has occurred in the P2 card found in the slot indicated by the number e If the warning continues turn off the power e If the warning appears even when recording is carried out again replace the card with another one ERROR other type of trouble WARNING When trouble occurs with camera systems
24. will be contained in one file e No guarantees are made for the 1394 output images Operation is not possible even if only one of the inserted cards is DIR ENTRY NG CARD Page 92 After interval recording has started a recordable P2 card cannot be used even if it is inserted into an empty slot The slots for recording in this mode are indicated by the orange P2 card access lamps The slots for recording P2 cards that are inserted after starting recording are indicated by the green P2 card access lamps e Text memos cannot be added One shot recording ONE SHOT REC This function records a single shot at each unit of time which has been set 1 Check that the settings given on Page 47 have been established for the OPERATION TYPE item and recording format 2 Select ONE SHOT under REC FUNCTION Page 105 e For menu operations Page 95 3 Set the recording time using ONE SHOT TIME Page 105 4 Press the START STOP button Recording continues for the duration set in step 2 and then goes on standby To stop operation push the Operation lever in the W direction To release standby either turn off the unit s power or select NORMAL under REC FUNCTION e The following displays will appear on the left of the operation status display While recording is underway I REC lights up In temporary standby I PAUSE lights up While recording is stopped The I of PAUSE flashes e The pre recording fun
25. 23 Recommended ND filter The recommended ND filter under the current shooting conditions is displayed here E 90 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ND filter display ND filter selected is displayed Gain display In CAM mode displays the gain value of the image amplifier configured During the auto mode AGC is displayed Only in the 576i 480i DV format the gain value during shooting is also displayed during playback when ON was selected under CAMERA DATA of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen AWB operation display The white balance operation is indicated here AWB information display Displays the information of white balance ATW When ATW is set P3 2K P5 6K In the case of preset Ach Bch In the case of A B LOCK When ATW is locked Digital zoom display Shows the digital zoom ratio D 2X 2x D 5X 5x D 10X 10x Displays marker During shooting pressing the ZEBRA button once or twice will display the marker Optical Image Stabilizer W display In CAM mode W appears when images were shot in the optical image stabilization mode Only in the 576i 480i DV format Wj also appears in playback mode when ON was selected under CAMERA DATA of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen and images were shot in the optical image stabilization mode Scene file name display in CAM mode Page 54 Remaining battery charge As the remaining battery charge drops the display changes as foll
26. E 12 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 set _zebra Gis J ey Cr AUTO MANUAL switch Page 25 AUDIO LEVEL knobs CH1 CH2 Page 53 LCD monitor Page 21 MENU button Page 95 THUMBNAIL button Page 67 Operation lever Pages 64 and 95 PAGE AUDIO MON VAR button Pages 44 and 75 CH1 CH2 SELECT switch Page 52 BARS button Page 43 SHUTTER SPEED SELLECT button Page 50 INPUT1 2 switch MIC POWER 48 V Page 52 COUNTER RESET TC SET button Page 59 LCD button Page 23 ZEBRA button Page 41 EVF DTL button Page 21 WFM button Page 44 OIS button Page 43 MCR REC button Page 87 Functions when the ZEBRA button 32 and OIS button 35 are pressed at the same time Terminals and mounting parts USB terminal Mini B Page 78 Light shoe Microphone shoe Page 77 P2 card slots Page 25 SD memory card slot Page 29 P2 card eject buttons Page 28 SDI OUT terminal Page 81 1394 terminal Pages 78 and 79 COMPONENT OUT terminal Page 81 0 CAM REMOTE jack FOCUS IRIS 3 5 mm mini jack You can connect a remote control unit to control the FOCUS and IRIS aperture ZOOM S S 2 5 mm super mini jack You can connect a remote control unit to control zoom and start stop of recording O ON OA FF WD 11 Headphone jack 3 5 mm stereo m
27. P2 card Only when set to 0 59 94 Hz Setup is switched to 0 for both the camera output and the recording 7 5 A Setup is switched to 7 5 for the camera output and 0 for the recording indicates the factory setting E 101 Setup menu list continued SW MODE screen Item Display mode Description of settings MID GAIN Camera Sets the gain value assigned to the M position of the GAIN switch OdB 3dB 6dB 9dB 12dB HIGH GAI N Camera Sets the gain value assigned to the H position of the GAIN switch OdB 3dB 6dB 9dB 12dB ATW Camera Sets the operation of the ATW Auto Tracking White Balance function assigned to the WHITE BAL switch When the ATW function is set to the AUTO MANUAL switch or USER button the operation remains effective Ach Activates the ATW function when the WHITE BAL switch is set to A Bch Activates the ATW function when the WHITE BAL switch is set to B PRST Activates the ATW function when the WHITE BAL switch is set to PRST OFF Deactivates the ATW function HANDLE ZOOM Camera Sets the zoom speed assigned to each setting position of the HANDLE ZOOM switch L OFF H Sets LOW low speed OFF HIGH high speed to the 1 2 3 position Zoom is disabled when set to OFF L M H Sets LOW low speed MID medium speed HIGH high speed to the 1 2 3 position L OFF M Sets LOW low speed OFF MID medium speed to
28. card to Blinks green slow PROTECT No available space on card card is write protected Lights orange Slot that is the object of recording Blinks orange Data is now being accessed Blinks orange fast A card is now being recognized Both lamps blink orange Ejection of card during access Off Formatting P2 cards Cards have not been inserted or formatted Write protect switch PROTECT Insertion of incompatible card T Set the POWER switch to ON Page 19 PC mode USB DEVICE 2 Press the mode button and set it to MCR Blinks orange Data is now being accessed mode the MCR lamp lights Off A status other than access underway e Thumbnails are displayed PC mode 1394 DEVICE Blinks orange Connected Off Not connected E 26 3 Press the MENU button e For menu operation Page 95 Recording times Mode button Operation lever MENU formatting e When you press the MENU button the menu display disappears THUMBNAIL cmo DELETE META pata REPAIR CLIP sLoT2 EXIT RECONNECT SDCARD Mode lamp EXCH THUMB ExT saree o EXIT MODE why 4 On the menu select OPERATION and then ZN O FORMAT Page 69 e 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 5 Select YES on the confirmation screen e The selected P2 c
29. light indoors CINE LIKE Suitable for cinema like image SKIN TONE DTL Camera Sets the skin tone details Select ON to reduce the skin tone details and soften the skin tone ON OFF V DETAIL FREQ Camera Sets the vertical detail for shooting in 576i 480i progressive mode THIN Makes the detail thin MID Makes the detail slightly thicker THICK Makes the detail thicker When images were shot in the progressive mode in which the vertical detail is set as THIN or MID and are played on a monitoring television 50i 60i interlace you will see flickers caused on horizontal lines and almost horizontal oblique lines When playing back images in the progressive mode or when editing images or performing other postprocessing images with a higher resolution will be obtained with the THIN or MID setting than with the THICK setting NAME EDIT Camera Edits the name of the selected scene file you have selected with the scene file dial CAMERA SETUP screen Item A P ce Description of settings ASPECT CONV Camera elects the aspect ratio of the image you record in 576i 480i format This item cannot be selected when the 1080i or 720P recording format is used Page 42 SIDE CROP Crops the right and left edges of the image LETTER BOx Adds black bands at the top and bottom of the image SQUEEZE Squeezes the image horizontally SETUP Camera Switch the setup level of video signals in 480i format using a
30. miniSD cards All memory cards except the ones e SDHC memory cards including miniSDHC cards pictured on the left e MultiMediaCard We recommend using SD SDHC memory cards and miniSD miniSDHC cards that are made by Panasonic For the latest information on the unit and on the memory cards which can be used by this unit go to the P2 support page at the following web site https eww pave panasonic co jp pro av e The SDHC card conforms to a new standard for memory cards with a large capacity of more than 2 GB which was established by the SD Association in 2006 e The SD card logo is a registered trademark e MMC MultiMediaCard is a registered trademark of Infineon Technologies AG E 124 Recording format list e When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz Frame rate 50 25P 1080i 50i 1080i 50i 1080i 25P over 50i DVCPRO HD 720P 50P 720P 50P 1080i 25P over 50P Video format 720P 25PN 720P 50P Native recording 720P 25PN DVCPROS50 DVCPRO 576i 50i 576i 50i 576i 25P over 50i DV Frame rate 12 15 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 30 32 34 37 42 45 48 50 1080i 50i DVCPRO HD 720P 50P 720P 12P 50P over 50P Video 720P 25PN 720P 12P 50P Native recording format DVCPRO50 DVCPRO 576i 50i DV e When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz Frame rate 6
31. rate using the FRAME RATE function Page 99 4 Press the START STOP button to start or stop native recording in VFR mode e No signals are output from the 1394 terminal during recording or recording standby in the native mode Sound is not recorded However sound will be recorded when the same frame rate is used for both recording and playback When a recorded clip lasting a long time is to be played back and imported using a nonlinear editing system that supports Varicams the UB MODE option on the RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to FRM RATE If the effective frame information is to be carried over when recording onto this camerarecorder from a nonlinear editing system that supports Varicams the 1394 UB REGEN option on the RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to ON After editing materials are output from the nonlinear editing system in 1080i 25P 1080i 24P or 720P 50P 25P over 50P 720P 60P 24P over 60P format Standard recording 1 Using the REC FORMAT function Page 105 on the RECORDING SETUP screen select 720P 50P 720P 60P 720P 25P 720P 30P or 720P 24P as the recording format Select the appropriate scene file using the SCENE FILE dial If necessary before doing this perform the camera settings from the setting menu and register the scene file Page 54 Using the OPERATION TYPE function Page 99 on the SCENE FILE screen select FILM CAM and set the desired recording frame rate using the
32. setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen INPUT 1 2 MIC CH2 SELECT switch POWER 48V CH1 SELECT switch SWitch CHTSELE T CH2SE ECT INPUT INTZ een F Ah one nu rupio S_MCPoweRsaav 1 O COUNTER RESET TCSET ZEBRA C Gs O DIL O INPUT 1 2 switches E 52 Using the built in microphone 1 Switch the CH1 SELECT switch to INT L e Audio from the built in microphone Lch is recorded to audio channel 1 2 Switch the CH2 SELECT switch to INT R e Audio from the built in microphone Rch is recorded to audio channel 2 Using another microphone and audio equipment 1 Connect an external microphone or audio equipment to the INPUT 1 2 XLR 3 pin terminal Page 77 N Use the INPUT 1 2 switch to switch the audio input LINE audio equipment is connected Input level is 0 dBu MIC another microphone is connected Input level is 50 dBu You can change the input level to 60 dBu in the setup menus RECORDING SETUP screen MIC GAIN 1 and MIC GAIN 2 Page 106 Be aware that sensitivity will be higher if you choose 60 dBu so you will record more noise When using the phantom microphone set the INPUT 1 2 MIC POWER 48V switch to ON ON When using the phantom microphone 48V power supply to INPUT 1 2 terminal OFF When a phantom microphone is not connected No power supply for INPUT 1 2 terminal e The battery will discharge faster if you use a phantom microphone e Set to OFF i
33. speed in the blue characters while the current recording format is used The speed is fixed at 1 50 1 60 A change under SYSTEM FREQ resets the camera to its factory settings D 3 e 26 icp You can change the progressive mode in the setup menu with REC FORMAT in the RECORDING SETUP screen Page 105 E 51 Switching Audio Input During shooting you can record up to four channels of sound You can also switch the input sound to be recorded on each of the channels to the built in microphones external microphones or audio equipment connected to camera See table below CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 Moea fnras neun meo Man neure weur farrea meur Meane rrean meure meur meure ioeo NT Buk meure meure ioeo NT Buk meure Naar eun meure The input sound to be recorded onto CH1 can be switched using the CH1 SELECT switch The input sound to be recorded onto CH2 can be switched using the CH2 SELECT switch e The CH3 and CH4 input sound is determined automatically by what was selected using the CH1 SELECT switch and CH2 SELECT switch However the following restrictions apply depending on the media and format used Page 125 Recording format When the DVCPRO HD or DVCPRO50 format is used The recording mode is fixed at 4 channel recording When the DVCPRO25 or DV format is used Either 2 or 4 channels can be selected using 25M REC CH SEL on the
34. stereo mini jack x 1 Internal speaker 20 mm diameter x 1 OTHER INPUTS OUTPUTS Digital interface 6 pins digital input output compliant with IEEE 1394 standard USB Type mini B connector compliant with USB ver 2 0 CAM REMOTE Mini jack 3 5 mm diameter FOCUS IRIS Super mini jack 2 5 mm diameter ZOOM S S Monitor LCD monitor 3 5 inch LCD color monitor 210 000 pixels Viewfinder 0 44 inch LCD color viewfinder 235 000 pixels AC ADAPTER Power Source 100 240 V AC 50 60 Hz 24 W Power Output 7 9V DC 1 9 A Video Camera 8 4 V DC 1 2 A Charge indicates safety information Weight 160g Dimensions W x H x D 70 0 mm x 44 5 mm x 116 0 mm Reference Inrush current measured according to European Weight and dimensions are approximate standard EN55103 1 5A Specifications are subject to change without notice E 129 Information for Users on Collection and Disposal of Old Equipment and used Batteries These symbols on the products packaging and or accompanying documents mean that used electrical and electronic products and batteries should not be mixed with general household waste For proper treatment recovery and recycling of old products and used batteries please take Hmm them to applicable collection points in accordance with your national legislation and the Directives 2002 96 EC and 2006 66 EC By disposing of these products and batteries c
35. the camera recorder from the AC adapter e Disconnect the AC power supply cord from the power outlet when the unit is not going to be used E 16 Adjusting the hand strap Adjust the hand strap to suit your hand 1 Open the cover and adjust the length 2 Close the cover e Make sure the cover is fully closed Attaching the shoulder strap Attach the shoulder strap and use it as a precaution against dropping the camera Preparation 20 mm or more 20 mm or more Detaching and attaching the lens hood Detaching the lens hood e Turn the lens hood counterclockwise to detach it Attaching the lens hood e Turn the lens hood clockwise until it clicks to secure it in position e Be sure to attach the lens hood cap to protect the lens when not in use The remote control Insert the battery 1 Push the catch in the direction shown by arrow to remove the holder ee A MQA if 2 Insert the battery with the marked side facing up T 3 Return the holder to its original position e When the battery CR2025 has run out replace it with a new one The battery lasts about one year depending on the frequency of use If the remote control unit fails to work even when it is operated near the camera recorder s remote control sensor the battery has run out e Keep the battery out of the reach of children E 18 Remote control setup When using two camera recor
36. the shooting interval and exposure time when 720P and FILM CAM is selected The DEFAULT value is dependent on the frame rate of the recording format When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz DEFAULT 12 15 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 32 34 37 42 45 48 50 FRAME When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz DEFAULT 12 15 18 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 30 32 34 36 40 44 48 54 60 FRAME SYNCRO SCAN Camera Adjusts the synchro scan shutter speed used for shooting images on a TV screen etc Pushing the Operation lever the A or W direction and holding it down will cause the values to change at a faster rate When VIDEO CAM is selected as the OPERATION TYPE option setting 50P 50i 1 50 0 1 248 9 25P 25PN 1 25 0 1 48 0 1 248 9 60P 60i 1 60 0 1 249 8 30P 30PN 1 30 0 1 48 0 1 249 8 24P 24PA 24PN 1 24 0 1 48 0 1 249 8 When FILM CAM is selected as the OPERATION TYPE option setting The shutter speed is displayed as an angle such as 180 0 d 10 0 deg 180 0 deg 360 0 deg the angle can be changed in increments of 0 5 degrees DETAIL LEVEL Camera Adjusts the level of the image outline correction in the horizontal and vertical directions 7 0 7 V DETAIL LEVEL Camera Adjusts the level of outline correction in the vertical direction 7 0 7 DETAIL CORING Camera Adjusts the level of noise reduction of the detail signal 7 0 7 Set to fo
37. using the MID GAIN and HIGH GAIN items on the setting menu SW MODE screen Page 102 In auto mode auto gain is available regardless of the GAIN switch setting when a setting other than OFF is selected under AGC on the setting menu AUTO SW screen Page 105 When the recording frame rate is less than 23 22 fps and when a slow shutter speed 1 12 1 15 has been set the gain is fixed at 0 dB regardless of the GAIN switch setting Pages 31 and 50 E 38 Adjusting the white balance In order to reproduce the white accurately adjust the ratio between the three RGB primary colors If the white balance is not adjusted properly not only will the white be reproduced poorly but the color tones of the entire screen will also be downgraded When you are shooting in manual mode readjust the white balance whenever lighting conditions change You can save adjustments and reselect them by setting the WHITE BAL switch to A or B You can also use the preset values Use the settings to suit the shooting conditions WHITE BAL switch AWB button White balance adjustments 1 If the camera is in auto mode use the AUTO MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode Page 36 2 Set the shutter speed Page 50 3 Place a white pattern in a location with the same lighting conditions and light source as the subject then zoom in and fill the whole screen with white Something white a white cloth or wall near the subject can be used i
38. 0 30P 24P 24PA ain rare 1080i 30P over 1080i 24P over 1080i 24PA 1080i 60i 1080i 60i 60i 60i over 60i 720P 30P over 720P 24P over 720P 60P 720P 60P 60P 60P 720P 60P 720P 24P ayer 720P 30PN Native 720P 30PN Native Video format recording recording 720P 60P 720P 30P 720P 24PN Native Native 720P 24PN recording recording DVCPRO50 gt DVCPRO 480i 60i 480i 60i 480i 30P over 480i 24P over 480i 24PA over 60i 60i 60i DV Frame rate 12 15 18 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 30 32 34 36 40 44 48 54 60 1080i 60i 720P 60P 720P 12P 60P over 60P DVCPRO HD Video CPRO 720P 30PN 720P 12P 60P Native recording format 720P 24PN 720P 12P 60P Native recording DVCPRO50 DVCPRO 480i 60i DV Reference E 125 Appendix Selecting the USER CLIP NAME recording method Press the MENU button and select META DATA PROPERTY gt USER CLIP NAMEto select the recording method Two options are available TYPE1and TYPE2 e TYPE1 USER CLIP NAME to be recorded beentead ia Uploaded data If clip metadata has If no clip metadata has been read in or if the setting for recording clip metadata has been turned off Same as GLOBAL CLIP ID UMID data TYPE2 USER CLIP NAME to be recorded If clip metadata has been read in Uploaded data COUNT value META DATA REC META DATA REC ON META NAME test datal CREATOR BRET DD ar DERSON LOAD DATA TEST COUNT 0001 REC DATA TEST
39. 0001 When a P2 card with a memory capacity of 8 GB or more is used in this unit and a one time continuous recording exceeds the prescribed duration approx 5 minutes for DVCPRO HD approx 10 minutes for DVCPRO50 or approx 20 minutes for DVCPRO or DV or when a one 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 If no clip metadata has been read in or if the setting for recording clip metadata has been turned off Same as CLIP NAME The COUNT value is indicated as a four digit number The COUNT value is incremented each time a new clip is captured if clip metadata has been read in and TYPE2 has been selected as the recording method The COUNT value can be reset using the following procedure Press the MENU button and select META DATA gt PROPERTY gt USER CLIP NAME to display the menu shown below Select COUNT RESET with the cursor and press the Operation lever to reset the COUNT value to 1 E 126 Example of recording DVCPRO50 a clip on one P2 card REC start REC PAUSE recording start recording pause Recording duration Approx 15 min i L gt Clip 1 Clip 2 COUNT value 0001 COUNT value 0002 l 10 min 5 min Example of recording a clip on two P2 cards REC start REC PAUSE recording start recording p
40. 12 When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz Shutter speed Progressive mode 50 Hz 60 Hz OFF 60i 1 100 OFF 1 60 30P OFF 1 50 1 60 24P 24PA OFF 1 50 1 60 24PN e The gain is fixed at 0 dB with a shutter speed of 1 12 and 1 15 Set the shutter speed of the synchro scan used when shooting a television or computer monitor in the setup menus SCENE FILE screen SYNCRO SCAN Page 99 e Adjust the shutter speed to match the frequency of the television or computer monitor to minimize the horizontal noise that appears when shooting such subjects e When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz by switching to progressive mode you can also shoot PAL system television screens e When the OPERATION TYPE option in the SCENE FILE screen Page 99 is set to FILM CAM the shutter opening angle can be adjusted from 10 to 360 in 0 5 steps Example When the recording frame rate is set to 25 24 fps and the exposure time is halved 1 25 1 24 2 1 50 1 48 180 1 25 1 24 360 In the default setting 180 this becomes 1 2 of the exposure time If it were 90 it would be 1 4 and if it were 45 it would be 1 8 of the exposure time Shutter opening angle This is equivalent to the shutter speed of a film camera and a wider angle results in a longer exposure to light If the shutter speed is displayed in blue characters followed by 1 50 1 60 you cannot change the shutter
41. 16 e Leave the POWER switch at OFF 2 Leave the camera recorder like this for about 4 hours e The internal battery charges during this time e Recharge the battery regularly to ensure correct TC and menu operations If 2 appears even after charging it means that the internal battery must be replaced Ask your dealer to do this In the setup menus RECORDING SETUP screen set the following time code related items Page 106 e TC MODE e TCG e TC PRESET e 1394 TC REGEN appears when in MCR mode In MCR mode and 1394 TC REGEN is ON you cannot change the items shown above E 60 Specifying the time code TC PRESET Set TC PRESET so you can record a value of your choice as the initial setting for the time code to be used at the start of recording 1 Set the POWER switch to ON 2 On the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to move to TC PRESET and press it again RECORDING SETUP a MIC GAIN2 50dB 25M REC CH SEL 2CH TC MODE DF TCG REC RUN gt an UB MODE FRM RATE UB PRESET TIME STAMP OFF PUSH MENU TO RETURN 3 Push the Operation lever in the W direction to move to YES and press it again RECORDING SETUP a MIC GAIN2 50dB 25M REC CH SEL 2CH TC MODE DF TCG REC RUN UB MODE UB PRESET TIME STAMP OFF PUSH MENU TO RETURN 4 When the screen below appears set the time code value Push the Operation lever i
42. 2 Camera Sets the input level of the external microphone connected to the INPUT 2 terminal Page 52 50dB 60dB 25M REC CH SEL Camera Selects the recording audio channel for DVCPRO and DV formats Page 52 2CH 4CH lt Notes gt Even when 4CH is selected as this item s setting the signals will be input to two channels always CH1 and CH2 when there are two 1394 input channels Similarly even when 4CH is selected the 1394 output signals will be delivered to two channels always CH1 and CH2 1394 TC REGEN MCR Selects the time code used for recording the signal from equipment connected to the 1394 terminal ON Records using the time code of the signal input through the 1394 terminal OFF Records using the time code set in TC MODE TCG If you select ON here this has priority over the settings in TC MODE TCG If there is no input to the 1394 terminal the camera follows the settings in TC MODE TCG TC MODE Camera Selects the correction mode of the internal time code generator Only when set to MCR DF Uses the drop frame mode 59 94 Hz NDF Uses the non drop frame mode The non drop frame mode will be used when you set recording frame rate of recording format to 24P 24PA or 24PN TCG Camera Sets the mode in which you advance the time code MCR FREE RUN The time code is advanced regardless of the operation mode When setting a frame rate other than 25P 24P dur
43. 20P 50P 720P 25PN 576i 50i When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz 1080i 60i 720P 60P 720P 30PN 720P 24PN 480i 60i 576i 480i REC MODE Camera Select the recording mode for a 576i 480i recording format DVCPRO50 DVCPRO DV Item Description of settings 576i 480i MCR MODE MCR Selects format for playback or 1394 input in the 576i 480i recording format DVCPRO50 DVCPRO DV REC FUNCTION Camera Selects the special recording mode Pages 47 49 NORMAL INTERVAL ONE SHOT LOOP ONE SHOT TIME Camera Selects the one shot recording time Page 48 1F 2F 4F 8F 16F 1s INTERVAL TIME Camera Selects the interval time for interval recording Page 47 2F 4F 8F 16F 1s 2s 5s 10s 30s 1m 5m 10m PREREC MODE Camera Sets PRE RECORDING to ON or OFF Page 47 ON OFF indicates the factory setting E 105 Setup menu list continued RECORDING SETUP screen continued Item Display Description of settings mode MIC ALC Camera Sets mic level auto control to ON or OFF Page 53 ON OFF Set to ON to reduce distortion at high input levels This setting does not change the audio signal recording level Use the AUDIO control knob to adjust the audio signal recording level MIC GAIN 1 Camera Sets the input level of the external microphone connected to the INPUT 1 terminal Page 52 50d0B 60dB MIC GAIN
44. 24PA 24PN mode 1 24 1 50 OFF 1 60 1 120 1 250 1 500 1 1000 sec Synchro scan 50i 50P mode 1 50 0 to 1 248 9 sec 25P 25PN mode 1 25 to 1 248 9 sec 60i 60P mode 1 60 0 to 1 249 8 sec 30P 30PN mode 1 30 0 to 1 249 8 sec 24P 24PA 24PN mode 1 24 0 to 1 249 8 sec Shutter opening angle Opens in 0 5 degree increments between 10 and 360 degrees 1 1 When OPERATION TYPE in the SCENE FILE screen is FILM CAM Slow shutter speed 50i 50P mode 1 12 1 25 sec 25P 25PN mode 1 12 sec 60i 60P mode 1 15 1 30 sec 30P 30PN mode 1 15 sec 24P 24PN mode 1 12 sec 1 1 Only 720 24P 720 24PN Minimum subject luminance 3 Ix F1 6 gain 12 dB with a shutter speed of 1 24 Lens hood Large sized lens hood with wide angle of view Filter diameter 72mm VIDEO P2 DVCPRO HD 1080i 720P Sampling frequency Y 74 25 MHz Ps Pr 37 125 MHz Quantizing 8 bit Video compression system DCT variable length code Video compression rate 1 6 7 Video recording bit rate 100 Mbps Reference E 127 Specifications continued AUDIO P2 DVCPRO HD 1080i 720P Sampling frequency 48 kHz Quantizing 16 bit 4 CH Frequency response 20 Hz to 20 kHz MEMORY CARD Video recording formats DVCPRO HD 1080i 50i 25P over 50i 720P 50P 25P over 50P 720P 25PN Native recording 1080i 60i 30P over 60i 24P over 60i 24PA over 60i 720P 60P 30P over 60P 24P over 60P 720P 30PN Native recording 720P 24PN Native recording DVCPR
45. 30P 720P 30P 480i 30P and 720P 30PN formats Standard Off 1 50 f SYNCRO SCAN gt 1 15 gt 1 30 gt 1 60 t 1 1000 gt 1 500 gt 1 250 gt 1 120 With the 1080i 24P 480i 24P 1080i 24PA and 480i 24PA formats Standard Off 1 50 SYNCRO SCAN gt 1 24 gt 1 60 t t 1 1000 gt 1 500 gt 1 250 1 120 With the 720P 24P and 720P 24PN formats Standard Off 1 50 t 1 1000 gt 1 500 gt 1 250 gt 1 120 SYNCRO SCAN gt 1 12 gt 1 24 gt 1 60 t Bold and underlines indicate formats that can be selected only when VIDEO COM is selected under OPERATION TYPE and OFF is selected under DRS in the SCENE FILE screen of the setup menus E 50 With artificial lighting and especially fluorescent lights and mercury vapor lamps the luminance changes in synchronization with the power line frequency When this frequency is 50 Hz mutual interference will occur between the camerarecorder s vertical sync frequency approx 60 Hz and the lighting frequency 50 Hz This means that the white balance may change periodically Before shooting in areas with artificial lighting or adjusting the white balance set the shutter speed as follows When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz Progressive Shutter speed mode 50 Hz 60 Hz OFF 50i 1 60 OFF 1 50 25P 25PN OFF 1 50 1 60 e The gain is fixed at 0 dB with a shutter speed of 1
46. 480i 24P 480i 24PA Adjustable in 5 frame 720P 60P 720P 30P 24 increments 720P 24P Adjustable 720P 24PN in 4 frame increments Adjustable 720P 30PN in 2 frame increments E 61 Charging the built in battery Setting the time data continued Setting user information Setting user information allows you to store 8 digit memo information such as the date and time in the hexagonal format on the sub code track area User information is automatically saved in the memory and retained after you turn off the power 1 Set the POWER switch to ON 2 In the setup menus RECORDING SETUP screen UB MODE select USER e For menu operation Page 95 e You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control Page 14 Example In the CAM mode RECORDING SETUP a MIC GAIN2 50dB 25M REC CH SEL 2CH TC MODE DF TCG REC RUN TC PRESET gt USER UB PRESET TIME STANP OFF PUSH MENU TO RETURN 3 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to move to UB PRESET and press it again RECORDING SETUP a MIC GAIN2 50dB 25M REC CH SEL 2CH TC MODE DF TCG REC RUN TC PRESET UB MODE USER UB PRESET gt TIME STANP OFF PUSH MENU TO RETURN 4 Push the Operation lever in the Y direction to move to YES and press it again RECORDING SETUP a MIC GAIN2 50dB 25M REC CH SEL 2CH TC MODE DF TCG REC RUN TC PRESET UB MODE USER TIME STA
47. A SETUP screen snose SW MODE SCHON visirani AUTO SW SOOM xciccsnsccssssccnstanctsnireussnseracee RECORDING SETUP screen PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen 00 108 AV IN OUT SETUP screen DISPLAY SETUP screen CARD FUNCTIONS screen vee 11 OTHER FUNCTIONS screen 111 OPTION MENU screen c cece 114 Reference Before calling for ServiCe ssseeeeeneee 115 Operating precautions cccseeeeeeee een 118 Updating the driver in the camera 120 Cleaning 121 Storage Precautions c cscs 122 How to handle data recorded on P2 cards 123 Checkpoints for using memory cards 124 Recording format liSt cccseeseeeeeeneee 125 V8 1 110 Oe ees 126 Specifications cscs eeeeeeeeeeeeee eee 127 Outline of operations This unit is compatible with P2 Professional Plug in cards The P2 card has a large capacity with a high transfer rate and allows you sophisticated movie making on this handy camera including HD High Definition recording and smooth editing dubbing Video equipment Monitor 7 Computer Memory card recorder The contents can be transferred as a data stream digital dubbing IEEE1394 HS or Windows Macintosh The setting values such as the user file are saved to and read from the SD memory card P2 card Windows IEEE1394 Macintosh IEEE1394 f Serial Bus Protocol 2
48. Analog output mode You can record images you have shot on this unit e Set up the connected equipment for playback to an S VHS VHS tape in a video deck or recording e When performing digital dubbing with a 1 Connect the video recording device to the second camera recorder or other device a unit Page 81 recording cannot be made unless the signal formats at the output side and input side are 2 Press the mode button to switch to the identical MCR mode e When using with the 720P 25PN S 720P 24PN and 720P 30PN settings digital UIC output in MCR mode only is performed oN Digital input is not possible MODE O 3 Start playing back in the player 3 Set the unit to playback 4 Start recording in the recorder 4 i e If you are using this unit as the recorder Start the recording by operating the video press the two REC buttons ZEBRA and recording device OIS at the same time On the remote control unit press the PLAY button while holding When video recording is completed stop the video down the REC button recording device We po oE eE SS A To stop playback push the Operation lever to the COUNTER RESET TCSET ZEBRA Gis he REC anue E stop direction mew CPLAY Pe TD DE M PC LADY PAUSE sua Qua Camera or Remote control 5 Stop recording in the recorder e If the unit is used as the recorder push the Operation lever to the ll stop direction 6 Stop playback on the other unit e If
49. CAM O MCR O Ney MODE a E 84 5 7 8 Only when the hard disk drive is not formatted Push the Operation lever in the A or V direction to select FORMAT HDD and press it again Then push the Operation lever in the A or V direction to select YES and press it again Formatting now starts Formatting is completed in about 2 to 3 seconds COPY TO HDD FORMAT HDD PROPERTY SETUP gt When formatting is complete Push the Operation lever in the A or V direction to select COPY TO HDD and press it again COPY TO HDD FORMAT HDD PROPERTY SETUP gt e Data is copied onto the HDD on a card by card basis Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select a card slot and press it again Then push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select YES and press it again Copying now starts e You can carry out copying up to 15 times to one HDD FORMAT HDD PROPERTY SETUP When copying is complete Switch OFF the camera e You cannot cancel the 1394 HOST mode even if you press the operation mode button for more than 2 seconds To check the HDD status The color of o indicates the HDD status as below White HDD is connected and can be used Black HDD is not connected Red Copy cannot be made to the HDD since it is incorrectly formatted etc e When the color is red correctly format the HDD at step 5 before copying data onto it
50. CONFIG Camera 1394 extended menus appear MCR DELT Normally DFLT is used 1 255 E 114 ___ indicates the factory setting Before calling for service Power supply There s no power e Make sure the battery and AC adapter are connected properly P16 Check the connections again Power shuts off for no e To prevent the battery from running down needlessly the camera P113 apparent reason recorder automatically turns off when the camera recorder has been left in the shooting pause mode for more than 5 minutes Check the settings in the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen POWER SAVE Power goes off as soon as The battery may have run out RIS it is turned on If the remaining battery charge display is blinking or appears the battery has run out The same is true if when the power is turned on the CAM MCR and PC lamps flash in this sequence and then the power goes off Either recharge the battery or replace the discharged battery with a fully charged one Battery The battery runs down e Make sure the battery is fully charged P15 quickly Keep charging until the AC adapters CHARGE lamp goes out e Are you using the battery in a cold place The battery is affected by the ambient temperature Its operating time is reduced in low temperatures e The battery may have reached the end of its service life The battery will become unchargeable The battery has a certain service life which va
51. D monitor This feature affects only the image in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor not the recorded image 1 Select LCD REV under LCD on the setting menu SW MODE screen This assigns LCD REV to the LCD button 2 Press the LCD button e This button toggles between the normal and flipped image at each press e No screens are displayed when the image is flipped e The unit returns to normal image mode the next time it is powered up LCD Ww Switching between overscan and underscan Use this function to underscan or overscan the image shown in the viewfinder or on the LCD monitor T Select OVERSCAN under LCD on the setting menu SW MODE screen This assigns OVER SCAN to the LCD button 2 Press the LCD button e This button toggles between overscan and underscan at each press e The unit returns to underscan mode the next time it is powered up e In overscan mode a frame appears on the screen LCD W Preparation E 23 Setting the calendar The CLOCK SET value is recorded in the contents clip and affects the sequence of playback of the thumbnails Before carrying out recording be sure to check and set CLOCK SET and TIME ZONE This shows you how to adjust the calendar to 5 20 PM on December 25 2008 1 Set the POWER switch to ON Page 19 2 Press the MENU button 3 Push the Operation lever in the A or V direction to set the time difference from Greenwich Mean Time under TIME ZONE on the s
52. EST TONE Camera Determines whether or not a test tone is output to channels 1 2 3 and 4 when BARS is set to ON ON Outputs a test tone to channels 1 2 3 and 4 OFF Does not output a test tone INT MIC Camera Determines whether or not input from the internal microphone is used during recording ON Uses internal microphone input OFF Does not use internal microphone input DISPLAY SETUP screen Item pean Description of settings ZEBRA DETECT 1 Camera Selects the brightness level of the left leaning zebra patterns on the screen 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 ZEBRA DETECT 2 Camera Selects the brightness level of the right leaning zebra patterns on the screen 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 OFF lt Note gt The zebra patterns do not appear if you select OFF MARKER Camera Select ON to display the marker Page 41 ON OFF To display the marker press the ZEBRA button SAFETY ZONE Camera Sets SAFETY ZONE to ON or OFF OFF 90 4 3 13 9 14 9 FOCUS BAR Camera Turns the FOCUS ASSIST bar display ON or OFF ON OFF When set to ON the FOCUS ASSIST bar can be displayed VIDEO OUT OSD Camera Select ON to output the information displayed on the screen together MCR with the signals from the VIDEO IN OUT jack ON OFF indicates the factory setting E 109 Setup menu list c
53. Exposed to water droplets or Electrically charged e Be sure always close the cover when using an SD memory card e See also Checkpoints for using memory cards on Page 124 E 29 Using the zoom function This camera has a 13 x optical zoom function Zoom with the zoom button or the zoom ring Zoom button Set the ZOOM switch to SERVO so that you can use the motor driven zoom T Zoom in W Zoom out Gently press the zoom button on the grip to zoom slowly firmly press to zoom faster 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 102 HANDLE ZOOM switch et zoom button Zoom button Zoom ring Set the ZOOM switch to MANUAL so that you can use the zoom ring e You cannot use the zoom ring if the ZOOM switch is set to SERVO Trying to use it could damage the camera Zoom ring 9000 T 5je8 o eoon MANUAL o SERVO zoom 0 E 30 On the remote control Press ZOOM VOL to zoom with the motor drive e Zoom speed is fixed at medium ZOOM VOL button PBDIGITAL J Assign the D ZOOM function to any of the USER 1 3 buttons to enable use of the digital zoom Page 43 Each press of the USER button to which D ZOOM is assigned switches the
54. FRAME RATE SYNCRO SCAN DETAIL LEVEL V DETAIL LEVEL DETAIL CORING CHROMA LEVEL CHROMA PHASE COLOR TEMP Ach COLOR TEMP Bch MASTER PED t A IRIS LEVEL DRS GAMMA t KNEE MATRIX SKIN TONE DTL V DETAIL FREQ Pages 109 111 CARD FUNCTIONS Page 111 OTHER FUNCTIONS Pages 111 113 OPTION MENU Page 114 Only when set to 59 94 Hz m 1394 STATUS 1394 CONFIG ONE SHOT TIME NAME EDIT INTERVAL TIME m CMPNT SDI SEL PREREC MODE SDI OUT MIC ALC SDI METADATA MIC GAIN 1 SDI EDH MIC GAIN 2 DOWNCON MODE 25M REC CH SEL HP MODE TC MODE TEST TONE TCG INT MIC TC PRESET UB MODE UB PRESET m ZEBRA DETECT 1 TIME STAMP ZEBRA DETECT 2 MARKER SAFETY ZONE FOCUS BAR m USER FILE VIDEO OUT OSD m SCENE FILE REMOTE DATE TIME USER FILE 1394 CONTROL LEVEL METER SD CARD FORMAT 1394 CMD SEL ZOOM FOCUS PC MODE CARD BATT ACCESS LED P2CARD REMAIN REC LAMP OTHER DISPLAY BEEP SOUND LCD BACKLIGHT CLOCK SET LCD SET TIME ZONE EVF SET POWER SAVE SELF SHOOT SYSTEM FREQ DISPLAY ASPECT MENU INIT EVF COLOR OPERATION REC COUNTER E 97 Setup menu structure continued MCR playback mode menu MCR MENU RECORDING SETUP
55. FRAME RATE function Page 99 When 720P 25P 720P 30P or 720P 24P has been selected as the recording format the following displays appear depending on the setting which has been selected for the FRAME RATE item on the SCENE FILE screen 1 PULL DOWN information displayed in PROPERTY CLIP PROPERTY VIDEO With the default setting 2 2 or 2 3 With any other settings other Format information in the bottom left of the screen when thumbnails are displayed With the default setting 720P 25P 720P 30P or 720P 24P With any other settings 720P 50P 720P 60P The default setting is 25FRAME if the frame rate of the recording format is 25P or 30FRAME if it is 30P 24FRAME if it is 24P Shooting N lt Press the START STOP button to start or stop standard recording in VFR mode e Sound is recorded e In the case of a nonlinear editing system that supports Varicams equipped with an effective frame extraction function you can upload even undercrank or overcrank shooting materials as is The UB MODE option on the RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to FRM RATE e After editing materials are output from the nonlinear editing system in 1080i 25P 24P or 720P 50P 25P over 50P 720P 60P 24P over 60P format e The 25P 30P format is used for 2 2 pull down recording the 24P format is used for 2 3 pull down recording E 33 Variable frame rates VFR continued Using variable frame rates VFR Standard spe
56. LACE NAME shooting location altitude longitude latitude information source name of location SCENARIO This indicates the PROGRAM NAME SCENE NO and TAKE NO NEWS This indicates the REPORTER name of the reporter PURPOSE purpose of data collection and OBJECT target of data collection MEMO 2 This indicates the No memo No OFFSET frame position from the beginning of the clip PERSON name of the person who recorded the text memo and TEXT contents of memo THUMBNAIL Indicates thumbnail image offset It is used in editing thumbnails with the EXCH THUMBNAIL function 1_ If there is no information in the metadata upload file the global clip ID serves as the USER CLIP NAME The USER CLIP NAME recording method is selectable Please refer to Appendix Page 126 2 When MEMO is to be input you must input TEXT You cannot input PERSON only It may not be possible to load files which have been edited using a viewer other than the P2 Viewer In this case UNKNOWN DATA will be displayed Only printable ASCII characters can be displayed by this unit Due to the limitations imposed by this unit on the number of characters which can be displayed not all the data can be displayed This does not mean that the data which is not displayed has been deleted Use a P2 viewer or other program to check all the data Using the Counter Counter display You can display a counter that indic
57. LAY SETUP screen SELF SHOOT and select MIRROR Shooting in mirror mode has no effect on what you actually shoot and record Press the ZEBRA button in CAM mode to show the zebra pattern or marker on the screen so you can check the brightness of the subject Parts that may be whited out through over exposure are shown as a zebra pattern e Very bright e Reflecting parts You can remove most overexposed parts by adjusting the iris and shutter speed in the manual mode to remove the areas with zebra patterns The display changes as follows each time you press the ZEBRA button BARS SHUTTER SPEES SELECT CHI SELECT CH2SELECT INPUTI INPUT2 ON ZEBRA 1 ZEBRA 2 t tea oe SaO OFF MARKER AUDIO ZEBRA C Ols COUNTER RESET TC SET QO AS In the setup menus DISPLAY SETUP screen ZEBRA DETECT 1 and ZEBRA DETECT 2 set the brightness for the zebra patterns Page 109 The zebra pattern you have set appears as a percentage on the display for about 2 seconds If you press the ZEBRA button again while the zebra pattern is being displayed a marker appears in the center of the display if you have set the setup menu DISPLAY SETUP MARKER to ON The brightness of the areas near the screen center can be checked as a percentage 0 to 99 99 1 appears if the percentage is over 99 Shooting Image level detection area NS L Marker 99 t Image level The n
58. LE 3 NO FILE FILE 4 NO FILE TITLE RELOAD PUSH MENU TO RETURN E 56 4 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select WRITE and press it again SCENE FILE SD CARD FILE SELECT 1 READ WRITE gt YES FILE 1 NO FILE FILE 2 NO FILE FILE 3 NO FILE FILE 4 NO FILE TITLE RELOAD lt PUSH MENU TO RETURN 5 Push the Operation lever in the lt direction to display the screen below then select YES and press the Operation lever again e In the following example TITLE 1 is the filename To change the filename see page 57 SCENE FILE SD CARD WRITE FILE 1 NO TITLE EDIT TITLE 1 PUSH gt E SEL PUSH lt 4 gt gt PUSH MENU TO RETURN The message shown below appears to indicate that the change in scene file settings has been completed NOW WRITING WRITE OK 6 Press the MENU button four times to cancel the menu mode To load a file 1 Perform steps 1 to 3 select READ in step 4 and push the Operation lever When reading is completed READ OK appears To title a file 1 Perform steps 1 to 4 2 Push the Operation lever in the A or V direction to select a character then push it in the direction to move to the next character The next character can now be selected e You can input any of the following characters Space Ato Z 0 to 9 lt gt 4 e You can erase all characters using the RESET button on
59. NAL1394 DISCONNECT When the 1394 CONTROL item of the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen of the Setup menu is set to EXT and recording without connecting external units with 1394 terminal this display appears INCOMPATIBLE CARD The card cannot be used since it does not comply with the specified standard RUN DOWN CARD The maximum number of overwrites on the P2 card has been exceeded Operation continues However recording or playback may not operate correctly It is recommended that you replace the P2 card with another one DIR ENTRY NG CARD The directory structure on the P2 card is not supported Operation continues However recording or playback may not operate correctly The P2 card cannot be used for the special recording functions interval recording one shot recording and loop recording Back up data on the P2 card as soon as possible and format the card before using it again FORMAT ERR This card is not compliant with the P2 standard LOW BATTERY No operations can be performed since the battery charge is low lt Thumbnail operations gt CANNOT ACCESS Cannot access clips CANNOT DELETE Cannot delete clips CANNOT FORMAT Cannot format P2 cards or SD memory cards CANNOT REPAIR Cannot repair clips CARD FULL The P2 card does not have enough free space for recording E 92 WRITE PROTECTED The P2 card or SD memory card is writeprotected NO CARD A P2 card or SD memory card has not been inserted NO FILE There are no files
60. NP PUSH MENUTO RETURN E 62 5 Set the user information Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select user information characters e You can use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F UB PRESET MOo0o000000 PUSH gt E SEL PUSH lt 4 gt gt PUSH MENU TO RETURN Push the Operation lever in the direction to move to the next digit then push it in the AV direction to select a character UB PRESET FH000000 PUSH gt E SEL PUSH lt 44 gt gt PUSH MENU TO RETURN You can reset the user information to nothing by pressing RESET on the camera or the remote control BARS SHUTTER SPEES SELECT COUNTER RESETTCSET ZEBRA Ols OQ OO VEDL WFM D Camera or Remote control 6 Press the MENU button when you have finished setting the user information MENU 7 Push the Operation lever in the A direction to move to YES and press it again UB PRESET PRESET OK YES gt PUSH STILL NO 8 Press MENU twice to exit the menus MENU D fe wn E 63 Basic playback operations POWER switch to ON turns on changes as below MCR CAM T Turn the POWER switch to ON While pressing the lock release turn the 2 Press the mode button so the MCR lamp The camera is now in the MCR mode e Each time you press the button the mo
61. O50 DVCPRO DV 576i 50i 25P over 50i 480i 60i 30P over 60i 24P over 60i 24PA over 60i Audio recording formats PCM digital recording 48 kHz 16 bit 4CH DVCPRO HD DVCPROS50 48 kHz 16 bit 2CH 4CH selectable DVCPRO DV Recording playback time Approx 8 minutes When recorded in DVCPRO HD format using one AJ P2C008HG card with audio signals recorded on 4 channels Approx 16 minutes When recorded in DVCPRO HD format using one AJ P2C016RG card with audio signals recorded on 4 channels Approx 32 minutes When recorded in DVCPRO HD format using one AJ P2C032RG card with audio signals recorded on 4 channels lt Note gt e This recording time represents one shot continuously recorded on a P2 card The recording time may be shorter depending on the number of shots recorded e The 720P 25PN 720P 30PN and 720P 24PN formats are not included in the DVCPRO HD recording format E 128 VIDEO OUT SDI output BNC x 1 0 8 V p p 75 Q HD complies with SMPTE 292M 296M and 299M SD complies with SMPTE 259M C 272M A and ITU R BT 656 4 Analog component output Y 1 0 V p p 75 Q Ps Pr 0 7 V p p 75 Q Analog composite output Pin jack x 1 1 0 V p p 75 Q AUDIO IN OUT XLR input XLR 3 pins x 2 INPUT 1 INPUT 2 LINE MIC selectable high impedance LINE 0 dBu MIC 50 dBu 60 dBu selectable in menu LINE OUT Pin jack x 2 CH1 CH2 Output 316 mV 600 Q Internal microphone Stereo microphone Headphone jack 3 5 mm
62. Operation lever in the playback direction For details on playback see Page 64 e Only clips recorded in the same format as the playback format 6 in the figure below can be played back 1 2 3 s et 2 03 104 OPERATION gt T T PROPERTY r hu 00 0 8 0 00 0 08 0 07 META DATA EXIT 4 09 10 11 7 5 T 8 00 00 4 00 09 44 0 00 00 00 00 6 EA 910807601 Dur 00 00 39 28 THUMBNAIL OPERATION PROPERTY META DATA ALL CLIP DELETE CLIP PROPERTY LOAD SAME FORMAT CLIPS FORMAT CARD STATUS RECORD SELECTED CLIPS REPAIR CLIP DEVICES USER CLIP NAME MARKED CLIPS RE CONNECTION PROPERTY SETUP INITIALIZE TEXT MEMO CLIPS EXCH THUMBNAIL SYSTEM INFO PROPERTY SLOT CLIPS EXIT EXIT EXIT SETUP EXIT e Thumbnail screens are output only from the VIDEO OUT terminal Continued on the next page E 65 Thumbnail screen continued 1 E 66 Slot number display The number of the slot with the P2 card containing the clip indicated by the yellow frame is shown here The number appears in yellow If a clip extends over the P2 cards in two slots both numbers will appear in yellow e When one of the following warnings applies to an inserted P2 card the frame around the slot number turns pink 1 RUN DOWN CARD Page 92 2 DIR ENTRY NG CARD Page 92 Thumbnails This is where the images representing the clips are di
63. P2 cards and one of the cards is not found in the slot X Defective clip This indicator appears for a clip whose recording was defective because the power was cut off during the recording process for instance Clips indicated by the yellow defective clip indicator can be repaired Clips indicated by the red defective clip indicator cannot be repaired so delete them If a clip cannot be deleted first back up its data and then format the P2 card Clips in the wrong format are indicated by instead T Text memo This indicates that a clip has a text memo E Edit copy This indicates that this is an edit copy clip You cannot perform editing with this camera P Proxy This indicates that a proxy has been added and recorded You cannot perform recording with this camera Duration display This displays the duration of the selected clip Adding shot marks to clips Adding shot marks M will make it easier to find the clips you are looking for T Push the Operation lever in the lt or gt direction to move the yellow frame to the clip to which you will add a shot mark 2 Press the USER button to which the shot mark function has been allocated Page 43 To release a shot mark repeat the above steps e When the video data of a single shot is recorded in multiple P2 cards you cannot set or release shot marks unle
64. PC MODE ACCESS LED REC LAMP Camera MCR Camera MCR Camera Selects the terminal for data transfer You cannot select USB and 1394 at the same time USB DEVICE Mode for sending files using the USB connector 1394 DEVICE Mode for sending files using the 1394 connector 1394 HOST Mode for copying files from the P2 card onto an external hard disk drive using the 1394 connector Sets the access lamp to ON or OFF ON The lamp lights up and blinks as per the regular specifications OFF The lamp is OFF in all circumstances Sets lighting of the tally lamp OFF The tally lamp does not light FRONT Front tally lamp microphone side lights REAR Rear tally lamp viewfinder side lights BOTH Both tally lamps light BEEP SOUND Camera Turns the beep sound ON or OFF ON OFF When ON is selected the beep is sounded when the memory of the P2 card has been used up during recording When the beep is sounded the audio signals from the output connector are muted before the beep sound is output CLOCK SET Camera MCR Sets the camera recorder s calendar E 112 ___ indicates the factory setting OTHER FUNCTIONS screen continued Item Display Description of settings mode TIME ZONE Camera Adds to or deducts f
65. Panasonic Before use m This product is eligible for the P2HD 5 Year Warranty Repair Program For details see page 5 Operating Instructions Bedienungsanleitung Mode d emploi Istruzioni per Puso Instrucciones de funcionamiento Description of parts Memory Card Camera Recorder Speicherkarten Kamerarecorder Cam scope a carte m moire Camcorder a schede di memoria Camascopio basado en tarjeta de memoria Model No AG H PX1 11 E WHD fz H wD Iw LW CPR 50 IWC Preparation D O wn Playback gt DP DICOMAR gt DP GIS Before operating this product please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use Lesen Sie die Anweisungen vor der Verwendung dieses Produkts sorgf ltig durch und bewahren Sie das vorliegende Handbuch zur k nftigen Referenz auf Avant d utiliser ce produit veiller lire attentivement ce manuel et le conserver pour un usage ult rieur Prima di utilizzare questo prodotto leggere queste istruzioni e conservare questo manuale per consultarlo quando necessario Antes de utilizar este producto lea estas instrucciones de funcionamiento con atenci n y gu rdelas para poder consultarlas en el futuro z Reference Ea Displays FO808TO P VQT1U93 E Read this first indicates safety information Caution for AC Mains Lead FOR YOUR SAFETY PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT CAREFULLY This p
66. Position the LCD monitor where it is easiest to see e The monitor can be rotated 180 degrees toward the lens and 90 degrees toward you e Do not apply unnecessary force to the open LCD This can damage the camera e Ensure the LCD is fully closed Emphasizing outlines Emphasizing the outlines of the images you see in the viewfinder or on the LCD makes it easier to focus Emphasizing the outlines does not effect the images you shoot T in CAM moce press EVF DTL EVF DTL ON appears on the screen for about 2 seconds Preparation CHT SELE INT g wg wg igiri g g Mama sg AUDIO MC POWERS counTeR nreseracset zeBRA C Ols QO EVF DTL button Press EVF DTL again to return to the original display EVF DTL OFF appears on the screen for about 2 seconds E 21 Viewfinder continued Adjusting the screen display 5 Push the Operation lever in the lt or gt direction to make adjustment 1 Set the POWER switch to ON Page 19 EVF SET 2 Press the MENU button ei saan oun 4 e For menu operation Page 95 e You can also use the menu buttons on the ares TS remote control Page 14 ex CONTRAST j H 3 Viewfinder adjustments PUSH MENU TO RETURN Select YES under EVF SET on the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen 6 Press MENU three times to exit the menus LCD monitor adjustments Set
67. S screen 1394 CONTROL you have selected OFF 1394 Recording 1394 I Recording standby 1394 B The backup unit cannot be controlled 1394 The backup unit is not connected 1394 The backup unit is connected but is in a mode other than recording or recording standby Recording format and system frequency P2 card Page 105 display 1394TC display Appears when the 1394 IN PRESET option on the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen is ON This appears in the MCR mode Information display Following information is displayed depending on the situation e Performance of the auto white balance or the auto black balance e Warning Page 92 e The functions allocated to the USER buttons are displayed while you hold down the DISP MODE CHK button Squeeze information Appears when in the setup menus CAMERA SETUP screen ASPECT CONV you have selected SQUEEZE Page 101 or when playing back images recorded in the squeeze mode Mic level auto control Appears when in the setup menus RECORDING SETUP screen MIC ALC you have selected ON AWB error LOWLIGHT Appears when the brightness level adjusted by the auto white balance is too low C TEMP Appears when the WHITE BAL switch position is changed the power is turned on and COLOR TEMP Ach COLOR TEMP Bch are set to a value other than 0 on the setting menu SCENE FILE screen while in the auto white balance adjustment 11 Focus bar The
68. Useful playback functions 0 75 Variable speed search sssssseseesrresrrerrerr 75 SIOW PlayOaCK vaenamise 75 Fast forward rewind playback e cee 75 Frame by frame playback ee 75 CIP SK pire erine eid asiaani 76 Adjusting the volume 0 cccsce eee 76 Viewing images on a monitor Checking the date and time Connecting external units sees 77 Headphones External microphone es Computer non linear editing file transfer 78 Hard disk drive data copying cee 79 Digital video equipment Dubbing 0 80 Video deck Dubbing cece 81 TV Monitor playback dubbing 0 0 000 81 Nonlinear editing with P2 card PC mode 82 Copying from P2 cards to the hard disk drive 1394 HOST mode 84 WalmninQS ii i22i Cetra citi ers 86 DUDDING ccecectscteeteseeeeeeeeneeneeusenseuseuseuseuseeaeee 87 Digital input output enna 87 Analog OUTDUL vesscciees csevanecsszicctas sce senedeapecccrs canes 87 Displays Screen displays 88 Regular displays Warning eesis 92 Setting the DISPLAY items 0 0 ce 94 Using the setup MeMNUS c ce seeeeeenee nena USING thE MENUS rnense tasisi Initializing the menu settings ee Setup Menu structure cesses eens nena CAM camera mode menu MCR playback mode menu Setup meni list eee i SCENE FILE Stree iso os headers CAMER
69. YES under LCD SET on the setting menu e You can return the settings for EVF SET and DISPLAY SETUP screen LCD SET to the factory settings by selecting DISPLAY SETUP the item and pressing COUNTER RESET if it a is possible to change the item at that time ZOOM FOCUS NUMBER ag i CARD BATT ON e The viewfinder display can be in color or black P2CARD REMAIN TOTAL R OTHER DISPLAY BARTAL and white See the setup menus DISPLAY LCD BACKLIGHT NORMAL SETUP screen EVF COLOR The resolution eo is the same for both of them SELF SHOOT MIRROR PUSH MENU TO RETURN 4 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select the item EVF SET 4 a EVF BRIGHTNESS 4 EVF CONTRAST 4 PUSH MENU TO RETURN E 22 Adjusting the backlight The steps below show how to set the brightness of the LCD monitor to one of three possible levels 1 Select LCD BL under LCD on the setting menu SW MODE screen This assigns LCD BL to the LCD button 2 Press the LCD button Each press of the button switches backlight brightness in the following order NORMAL standard gt LOW dark gt HIGH bright gt NORMAL e These settings persist even when the camera recorder is turned off LCD Q Flipping images vertically and horizontally Use this function to flip an image vertically or horizontally to check the aspect ratio or composition on the LC
70. am for computers commercially available to completely erase the data Users are responsible for managing the data on their memory cards Liquid crystal displays e Images or letters can get burned onto the screen of the LCD or viewfinder if they are displayed for a long time but you can fix this by leaving the camera off for several hours The liquid crystal parts are highly precise with 99 99 of the pixels effective This leaves less than 0 01 of pixels that may not light or may remain on all the time These phenomena are normal and will have no effect on the images you shoot Condensation may form if you use the camera where temperatures fluctuate Wipe dry with a soft dry cloth The LCD may appear dim after immediately turning on a cold camera but will brighten as the camera warms up Do not point the lens or viewfinder at the sun Doing so may damage the parts inside Protective caps for the connectors Keep the protective caps fitted over any connectors that are not being used Reference E 119 Updating the driver in the camera For the latest information on drivers visit the P2 Support Desk at the following Web sites https eww pave panasonic co jp pro av To update a driver select PROPERTY on the thumbnail menu and then SYSTEMINFO to check the camera recorder s version go to the site given above and download the driver as necessary The updating procedure is completed when the downloaded file has be
71. ard is formatted DVCPRO HD Card model Capacity Peira A on ines i in DVCPRO HD 1 n 720P 25PN 720P 30PN AJ P2CO004HG 4GB approx 16 min approx 8 min approx 4 min approx 10 min approx 8 min AJ P2CO08HG 8 GB approx 32 min approx 16 min approx 8 min approx 20 min approx 16 min AJ P2C016RG 16 GB approx 64 min approx 32 min approx 16 min approx 40 min approx 32 min AJ P2C032RG 32GB approx 128 min approx 64 min approx 32 min approx 80 min approx 64 min Shooting e The AJ P2C002SG 2 GB card cannot be used e The displayed available space includes the management area and so the space available for recording is smaller than this e Concerning the division of clips recorded on P2 cards When using a P2 card of at least 8 GB in this camera if the continuous recording time for a single session exceeds the time shown in the following table recording will be automatically resumed as a different clip When performing a thumbnail operation display delete restore copy etc on clips using P2 cards you can operate them as a single clip When you are using non linear editing software and a PC for example the clips are displayed individually Recording Format DVCPRO HD 1 DVCPRO50 DVCPRO DV Recording times 1 The 720P 25PN 720P 30PN and 720P 24PN formats are not included in the DVCPRO HD recording format approx
72. are using may not be formatted for use with the unit If so format the card in the unit e 2 GB P2 cards cannot be used e The media information display may be indicating E If so format P91 the card in the unit Cannot perform interval e Make sure that the DIR ENTRY NG CARD warning is not P92 recording one shot displayed after inserting the P2 card Interval recording one shot recording or loop recording and loop recording cannot be performed with this card recording Format the card in the unit Editing Cannot perform nonlinear e Check the specifications of your computer and connecting cable P82 editing Cannot dub onto an e Make sure the external device is connected correctly P79 81 external device Displays Something is wrong with the time code display e The time code display may not register a regular count if a tape is played in the reverse slow mode This is normal E 116 Playback Cannot play even when Make sure the MCR lamp is on press the mode button P64 press the play button No kind of playback operation can be performed unless this lamp is on Mosaic like noise appears This noise is inherent to digital video technology when I cue or review a This is normal tape Images do not appear on e Make sure the input selector on your television is set to video the television even though input have connected the Read the television
73. ates how much time has elapsed during shooting or playback T Press the COUNTER button Each time you press the button the display changes as follows Page 88 0 00 00 CAM mode only Counter value CLIP 0 00 00 When CLIP is selected for the REC COUNTER item on the DISPLAY SETUP screen The value is automatically reset at start of shooting and the counter value appears during each shooting session TC XX XX XX XX Time code value When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz display time code frame digits in 25 frames When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz display time code frame digits in 24 frames when 720 24PN is set and in 30 frames when any other format is set tc XX XX XX XX Only in 59 94 Hz FILM CAM mode During recording and playback when FILM CAM has been set under OPERATION TYPE the time code frame digits are converted into 24 frames for display However tc does not appear during recording when 720 24PN has been set under REC FORMAT or during recording and playback when 720 30PN has been set During playback when 720 24PN has been set the time code frame digits are converted into 30 frames for display Pages 99 and 105 UB XX XX XX XX User information FR Frame rate 25P 30P 24P 24PA and frame sequence in progressive mode shooting No display Data is not displayed Resetting the counter Press the COUNTER RESET button while the counter is displayed 1394TC preset mode When shooting u
74. ations Loading the metadata e Insert the SD memory card on which the metadata is recorded into the unit For details on creating the metadata see Page 58 Selecting whether to record the metadata on the P2 card Changing recording method of USER CLIP NAME Initializing the metadata inside the unit Confirming and editing camera recorder metadata 1 On the thumbnail screen press the MENU button A menu now appears Page 65 2 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select META DATA and press it or push it in the gt direction again THUMBNAIL gt OPERATION gt PROPERTY gt EXIT 3 Push the Operation lever in the A or V direction to make a selection and press it again THUMBNAIL OPERATION RECORD gt PROPERTY USER CLIP NAME gt La EXIT LOAD Select this to load the metadata recorded on the SD memory card into the unit When the Operation lever is pressed with operation moved to LOAD the metadata on the SD memory card will be displayed Therefore press the Operation lever again Select YES to load the metadata or NO to cancel the loading and press the Operation lever e If characters other than single byte alphanumeric characters are used in the metadata file name to be loaded they are displayed as RECORD Select this to set whether to record the metadata to be loaded into the unit simultaneously on a P2 card Select ON to reco
75. ause 2nd card 1st card If the clip thumbnails are displayed as shown in the example above or their properties are indicated using a P2 device the thumbnail and COUNT value of clip 1 will be displayed Specifications GENERAL Supply voltage DC7 2 V 7 9 V Power consumption 10 9 W when the LCD monitor is not used 11 7 W when the LCD monitor is used 13 8 W max indicates safety information Ambient operating temperature 0 C to 40 C Ambient operating humidity 10 to 85 no condensation Weight 1 9 kg excluding battery and accessories Dimensions W x H x D 154 mm x 179 5 mm x 397 mm Camera Pickup devices CCD image sensor x3 1 3 inch interline transfer progressive capable Lens LEICA DICOMAR Optical image stabilizer lens Motorized Manual selectable 13x zoom F1 6 to 3 0 f 3 9 mm to 51 mm 35 mm equivalent 28 mm to 368 mm Color separation optical system Prism system ND filter 1 4 1 16 1 64 Gain settings 0 3 6 9 12 18 dB 50i 50P 60i 60P mode 0 3 6 9 12 dB 25P 25PN 30P 30PN 24P 24PA 24PN mode Shutter speed settings Preset 50i 50P mode 1 50 OFF 1 60 1 120 1 250 1 500 1 1000 1 2000 sec 25P 25PN mode 1 25 1 50 OFF 1 60 1 120 1 250 1 500 1 1000 sec 60i 60P mode 1 60 OFF 1 100 1 120 1 250 1 500 1 1000 1 2000 sec 30P 30PN mode 1 30 1 50 OFF 1 60 1 120 1 250 1 500 1 1000 sec 24P
76. balance Switching to manual mode Slide the AUTO MANUAL switch to MANUAL to switch to the manual mode A on the viewfinder and LCD go out AUTO MANUAL switch Manual focusing Focus ring FOCUS switch Os PUSH AUTO button AUTO MANUAL switch FOCUS IRIS switch 1 Use the AUTO MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode 2 Use the FOCUS switch to choose how to control focusing A AUTO Auto focus mode M MANUAL Manual focus mode Turn the focus ring by hand oo The camera first focuses on infinity then it switches to manual focus The FOCUS switch automatically moves back to M MANUAL after you move it to o E 36 3 Use the FOCUS RING FOCUS IRIS switch to change the function assigned to the focus ring FOCUS Adjusts focus IRIS Adjusts iris aperture e When setting the FOCUS switch to M also set the FOCUS RING FOCUS IRIS switch to FOCUS Temporarily switching to auto focus Even if you have switched FOCUS to M MANUAL the camera will focus automatically while you press down PUSH AUTO Switching to manual focus assist mode To change from the manual focus mode to the manual focus assist mode set MF ASSIST to ON on the setting menu SW MODE screen e You can make coarse adjustments to the focus in manual focus assist mode by turning the focus ring about half the amount you would turn it in manual focus mode e Fine adjustment is made automatically after you
77. cannot be accessed MISMATCH COMPONENT There is a mismatch with the connection destination UNKNOWN DEVICE CONNECTED A device other than an HDD has been connected P2 CARD IS UNFORMATTED The P2 card is still unformatted CARD IS EMPTY CANNOT COPY There is no data on the P2 card and so it cannot be copied VERIFICATION FAILED A mismatch was discovered by verification TURN POWER OFF Turn off the power CANNOT RECOGNIZE HDD HDD recognition failed 1 Data can be copied to up to fifteen P2 cards E 86 Dubbing Digital input output e The DV format is converted into 48K 2CH or You can perform dubbing with a high image quality ACH In the case of 1080i and 720P channels by means of digital signals by using a 1394 cable 1 to 4 are recorded directly and channels 5 to to connect this unit to a digital video unit equipped 8 are not recorded If you have set 1394 TC REGEN or 1394 UB REGEN to on in the recording unit s with a 1394 connector 1 Connect the digital video equipment to this menus you can copy the time code and unit Page 80 user information from the playback source Page 106 2 Press the unit s mode button to switch to Do not start recording until you can see the MCR mode the images on the recording unit s screen o Time code and user information may not VIC be correctly recorded if you start recording TaN before the images are received MODE O e Cancel the thumbnail screen when in MCR
78. card further into the unit grasp the card and then remove Close the card slot cover Formatting SD memory card Set the POWER switch to ON Page 19 Press the mode button and set it to MCR mode the MCR lamp lights Press the MENU button A N On the menu select OPERATION FORMAT and then SD CARD Page 69 e Select EXIT to cancel the formatting THUMBNAIL DELETE PROPERTY WEKO SLOTI META DATA REPAIR CLIP sLor2 EXIT Mee o MEREEN EXCH THUMB x T EXIT 5 Select YES on the confirmation screen e The selected SD memory card is formatted e You can also format from the SD CARD FORMAT option on the CARD FUNCTIONS screen Page 111 e With SDHC cards 32 KB of capacity will have been used Cautions in using SD memory cards e SD memory cards used with the AG HPX171E should conform to SD or SDHC standards Be sure to format cards using the AG HPX171E SD memory cards with the following capacity can be used for the AG HPX171E SD from 8 MB to 2 GB 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2GB Shooting SDHC 4 GB to 16 GB 4GB 8GB 16 GB For the latest information not available in the Operating Instructions visit the P2 Support Desk at the following Web sites https eww pavc panasonic co jp pro av e SD memory cards must not be used or stored in an environment where they may be Exposed to high temperatures humidities
79. ch 35 Media information display The card slot where the P2 card was inserted and the basic information of the media are displayed here 1 2 lights P2 card on which data can be recorded lights green P2 card on which data is to be recorded 1 2 flashes Card recognition underway No card inserted P Write protected F Full memory X Cannot recognize E Card with format error becomes normal if formatted an N 36 37 38 Special recording display This display appears when the REC FUNCTION option of the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen is set to INTERVAL ONE SHOT or LOOP and when PRE REC is set to ON Monitor sound volume level meter When you press the PAGE AUDIO MON VAR button the sound volume output from the builtin speaker and headphone jack is displayed Safety zone The range of the zone is indicated by the SAFETY ZONE item Page 109 on the DISPLAY SETUP screen 4 3 This indicates the position which is cropped to 4 3 13 9 This indicates the position which is cropped to 13 9 14 9 This indicates the position which is cropped to 14 9 90 This indicates the range 90 in which signals can be displayed by an ordinary homeuse TV set Displays E 91 Screen displays continued Warnings TC COPY INHIBITED Can not record correctly because of the input signal copy guarded EXTER
80. cond in the progressive mode For output and recording the 24 frame persecond signal is converted to 60 field per second interlace using the widely used 2 3 ratio This gives you images similar to a movie shot with film 24P advanced mode Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressive mode For output and recording the 24 frame persecond signal is converted to 60 field per second interlace using advanced conversion D 5 Q O 5 N With the 2 3 method frames BoCe CoDe FoGe and GoHe shown in the illustration would be extended over different frames which can cause a drop in picture quality With the 24P advanced method however frames BoCe and FoGe are cut out leading to a reduction in image quality loss If you also use a system compatible with the advanced method editing will also yield better quality images than those shot in the normal 24P mode e If you are not going to do your editing on such a system use the normal 24P method for shooting Note the following when shooting in progressive mode e You cannot have a gain of 18dB e Set the shutter speed to 1 50 OFF or 1 60 for best results e There may be a slight delay to the start of recording when you use the 24P or 24P advanced modes because 5 frames are recorded at a time E 35 Shooting in manual mode Set the unit to manual mode when manually adjusting the focus iris gain and white
81. contents appears as a removable disk in My Computer of your computer e For further details refer to the instructions for your computer s editing software e When replacing one card with another if the USB connection is used check that the access lamp is not flashing and that the data on the card is not being accessed before ejecting the card If the 1394 connection is used place the drive icon into the computer s recycle bin before ejecting the card e The unit cannot be operated while in PC mode e When the cable is to be disconnected proceed with Safely Remove Hardware on the computer In the case of a 1394 connection first confirm that 1394 DEVICE DISCONNECT is displayed on the camera recorder before disconnecting the cable In the case of a USB connection USB DEVICE CONNECT will remain displayed so check that the card is not being accessed before disconnecting the cable 7 Switch OFF the camera e When turning the power off proceed with Safely Remove Hardware on the computer In the case of a 1394 connection first confirm that 1394 DEVICE DISCONNECT is displayed on the camera recorder before turning the power off In the case of a USB connection USB DEVICE CONNECT will remain displayed so check that the card is not being accessed before turning the power off e You cannot cancel the PC mode even if you press the mode button for more than 2 seconds P2 cards are co
82. continued DELETE Select this to delete the selected clip Select YES to delete the clip or NO to cancel the deletion and press the Operation lever FORMAT Select this to format a P2 card or SD memory card When you move to FORMAT the card selection screen will appear Select the P2 slot SLOT1 or SLOT2 or select SD CARD and press the Operation lever Select YES to format the card or NO to cancel the formatting and press the Operation lever REPAIR CLIP Select this to repair defective clips Select YES to repair the clip or NO to cancel the repair and press the Operation lever e The SHOT MARK and TEXT MEMO data are deleted when a clip is repaired RE CONNECTION Use this function to reconnect clips that span multiple P2 cards Clips recorded across multiple P2 cards may become incomplete clips Should this happen use the RE CONNECTION function to merge the different clips to create one single clip Select YES NO and push the Operation lever EXCH THUMBNAIL Use this function to replace thumbnail images with images to which text memos have been attached Select YES NO and push the Operation lever EXIT Select this to return to the last screen 4 Press the MENU button to release the menu mode e When clips have been copied by operating Explorer for instance the 1 indicator may appear on the clips If this happens can sometimes be released by downloading the latest version of the P2 vie
83. copyrights e Copyright laws forbid the use of video and audio material you have recorded for any purpose other than your own personal enjoyment Remember that restrictions apply to the shooting of certain material even if it is intended for private use Caution regarding laser beams e The CCD may be damaged if it is subjected to light from a laser beam When using the camera recorder in locations where laser irradiation equipment is used be careful not to allow the laser beam to shine directly on the lens Notes when connecting a 1394 cable e Windows Before connecting turn off the main unit power and check the shape and orientation of the terminal e Macintosh After turning on the power of the Apple Macintosh computer check the shape and orientation of the terminal and then connect the cable Pages 78 79 Media that can be used in this unit The following media can be used in this unit For details refer to the respective pages e P2 card Pages 25 123 e SD SDHC memory cards Pages 29 124 Mounting the camera recorder on a tripod The tripod mounting hole is 5 5 mm deep Do not force the tripod screw beyond this depth You can damage the camera recorder if you use any screw other than 1 4 20UNC Attach the tripod to the tripod hole For other usage notes see Page 118 E 9 Accessories Battery 1 AC Adapter AC power supply cords DC cord For the U K For areas other than the U K M
84. corded clip Pressing the USER button to which LAST CLIP was assigned displays a YES NO confirmation dialog on the screen Select YES and the last recorded clip is deleted and LAST CLIP DELETE Ok is displayed e Select NO to cancel clip deletion e Clips cannot be deleted when a switch has been made to the MCR or PC mode or the recording format has been changed after completing a recording Then it will not be possible to delete the clip by turning the power off and turning it back on e This button cannot be used to delete clips when a P2 card one of two inserted cards has been removed and reinserted after recording nor can it be used to delete clips on a write protected P2 card e In hot swap recording the clip delete function is not available unless all the P2 cards containing data shot in one recording operation are inserted e The YES NO confirmation dialog does not appear when the clip delete function is not available E 46 Using the special recording functions Making the settings in the RECORDING SETUP screen Page 105 enables special recording functions such as Pre recording Interval Recording One Shot Recording and Loop Recording These special recording functions can be used only when the settings below are established e OPERATION TYPE item Page 99 VIDEO CAM e Recording format e When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz 1080i 50i 720P 50P 576i 50i 1080i 25P 720P 25P or 576i 25P e When SYSTEM FREQ
85. ction does not work e No sound is recorded e All data recorded while this mode is active will be contained in one file E 48 e No guarantees are made for the 1394 output images Operation is not possible even if only one of the inserted cards is DIR ENTRY NG CARD Page 92 When continuous one shot recording is performed there may be delays in acknowledging the recording operation After one shot recording has started a recordable P2 card cannot be used even if it is inserted into an empty slot The slots for recording in this mode are indicated by the orange P2 card access lamps The slots for recording P2 cards that are inserted after starting recording are indicated by the green P2 card access lamps e Text memos cannot be added Loop recording LOOP REC This function is used to record first on one card and then on the next when you have inserted two P2 cards into the card slots If there is not enough free memory remaining on the second card recording returns to the first card whose data will then be overwritten When data is overwritten the saved clips are deleted and then the new clips are recorded in their place Clip deletion is performed approximately 30 seconds before the overwrite 1 Check that the settings given on Page 47 have been established for the OPERATION TYPE item and recording format 2 Select LOOP under REC FUNCTION Page 105 e For menu operations Page 95 3 Press the START STOP bu
86. de a See When you press the mode button while PE b MCR is selected the unit enters the PC PC For details on playing back clips using thumbnails see Page 65 connection mode Page 82 Operations using the Operation lever Remote Control Play gt Use this button in stop mode to start playback from the beginning of the selected clip During playback the unit enters the variable speed search mode and starts 1x playback Page 75 Fast forward gt gt 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 is stopped When this button is held down the playback speed becomes faster 32x speed When pressed during a pause playback advances one clip Ga ea ae Rewind lt lt Use this button during playback to rewind the selected clip 4 x speed When the thumbnail screen is cancelled you can also perform this operation while the camera is stopped When this button is held down the playback speed becomes faster 32x speed When pressed during a pause playback goes back one clip IEW CPLAY FRIES r GLI Ien pause smua A or INDEN ix Stop W PLAY FFI S Ge Ismuy Pause smua GOD INDEX STOP G R Pause IH Press again to return to playback
87. ders simultaneously set this camera recorder and the remote control to either operation mode 1 or operation mode 2 so the remote control does not operate the wrong camera recorder by mistake Setting e Wireless remote control Press the MCR operation buttons STOP Ml and STILL ADV gt at the same time to set the remote control unit for use in operation mode 1 Alternatively press the STOP W and STILL ADV af buttons at the same time to set the remote control unit for use in operation mode 2 When the battery in the remote control unit is replaced the remote control unit is set for use in operation mode 1 Camera In the setup menus OTHER FUNCTIONS screen REMOTE set to 1 or 2 Page 111 If different settings are used for the camera recorder and remote control unit REMOTE lights in red on the viewfinder and LCD monitor Gy a REW PLAY FF GS Gx T J Toe STILL ADV PAUSE STILL ADV Operation i aJ gt mode 2 INDEX STOP INDEX 7 Operation mode 1 ee Turn on off the camera While pressing the lock release turn the POWER switch Turn on the camera The mode lamp CAM lights red CAM mode and the camera is now in the shooting standby mode Turn off the camera The mode lamp CAM goes out e Power saving mode When the camera is left idle in pause mode for about 5 minutes it will behave as follows dependin
88. e Compatible with the Windows XP Windows 2000 and Windows Vista operating systems https eww pave panasonic co jp pro av support desk e index htm m When using regular IT tools such as Microsoft Windows Explorer or Apple Finder to transfer data to a PC follow the instructions below However be sure to use the P2 Viewer when returning data to a P2 card e Transfer the corresponding CONTENTS folder and LASTCLIP TXT file together as a set e Do not transfer individual files from the CONTENTS folder e When copying copy the LASTCLIP TXT file at the same time as the CONTENTS folder e When transferring multiple P2 cards to a PC create a folder for each P2 card to prevent clips with the same name from being overwritten e Do not delete data from the P2 card e Before using a P2 card be sure to format it with a P2 device e Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation in the USA and other countries e Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc in the USA and other countries Reference E 123 Checkpoints for using memory cards In this unit use SD memory cards that are compatible with the SD or SDHC standard When using miniSD or miniSDHC cards in this unit be sure to use the special adapter The unit will not operate correctly if only the adapter is inserted Always insert a memory card into the adapter Cards you can use Cards you cannot use e SD memory cards including
89. e holder clicks into place Eye cup holder Reference E 121 Storage Precautions Before storing the camera recorder remove the battery Store all of these items in a place with low humidity and relatively constant temperature Recommended temperature range 15 C to 25 C Recommended relative humidity 40 to 60 Video camera e Wrap the video camera in a soft cloth to keep the dust off Battery e The battery life is shortened in places with extreme temperatures e Storing the battery in a location with oily vapors or high dust concentrations may corrode the terminals or cause other damage leading to malfunction e Keep metal objects such as necklaces and hair pins away from the terminals Shortcircuiting may occur across the terminals causing the battery to heat up and you may seriously burn yourself if you touch the battery in this state e 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 camerarecorder and then store it again E 122 P2 cards e 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 in their own cases when storing them or carrying them around e Do not leave P2 cards in areas where corrosive gases etc are present SD memory cards e After ejecting an SD memory card from the unit be abso
90. e 6 pin type 1394 connector on the camera E 78 When connecting the unit to an Apple Macintosh computer e Connect the 1394 cable after turning on the power of the Apple Macintosh computer Otherwise the unit may not be mounted e The unit may not be recognized after the Apple Macintosh computer has been placed in the hibernation state by its power saving setting In this case disconnect the 1394 cable and then re connect it If the unit is not mounted properly on an Apple Macintosh computer e When the P2 card access lamp flashes orange 1 Select Applications gt Utilities gt and start up Disc Utility 2 Select a grayed out volume among volumes of the X X GB Panasonic disc and click Mount e When the P2 card access lamp is off Eject the P2 card and insert it again If the unit is still not mounted disconnect the 1394 cable and then re connect it Hard disk drive data copying Hard disk drive LA Ferrite core included f 1394 cable optional e Before proceeding to connect or disconnect 1394 cable be absolutely sure to turn off the power of the units e Before proceeding to connect the unit which uses a 6 pin type 1394 connector carefully check the shape of the 1394 cable and the connectors A on the 1394 cable Connecting a connector upside down may damage the A parts inside the unit and cause malfunctioning The above also applies to LD J USB cable as well S amp S i e When connect
91. e camera recorder near a radio transmitter or high voltage equipment may adversely affect the recorded images and or sound Do not allow any sand or dust to get into the camera recorder when using it at the beach and other similar places e Sand and dust can damage the camera recorder and P2 card Be especially careful when inserting or removing the P2 card AC adapter and battery e If the battery is extremely hot or cold the CHARGE lamp will blink several times before charging starts e If the CHARGE lamp continues to blink even when the battery temperature is normal there may be something wrong with the battery or AC adapter Contact your dealer e The battery takes longer to charge when it is warm E 118 e The AC adapter can interfere with radio reception so keep radios at least 1 meter away from it e The AC adapter may make some noise when you are using it but this is normal Take precautions not to drop the camera when moving it e Strong impacts may damage the camera and cause it to stop working e Handle the camera with care using the hand strap or shoulder strap to carry it Do not spray the camera with insect sprays or other volatile substances e These can warp the camera or cause the finish to come off e Do not leave the camera recorder in contact with rubber or PVC products for extended periods of time After use remove the battery and disconnect the AC power supply cord Battery charact
92. e conversion lens or another accessory is attached Due to the added weight of the conversion lens any strong jolt to the handle may damage the unit or result in personal injury CAUTION Do not lift the unit by its handle while the tripod is attached When the tripod is attached its weight will also affect the unit s handle possibly causing the handle to break and hurting the user To carry the unit while the tripod is attached take hold of the tripod CAUTION EXCESSIVE SOUND PRESSURE FROM EARPHONES AND HEADPHONES CAN CAUSE HEARING LOSS CAUTION Danger of explosion or fire if battery is mistreated For Battery Pack e Replace only with same or specified type e Do not disassemble or dispose of in fire e Do not store in temperatures over 60 C 140 F e Do not leave the battery in an automobile exposed to direct sunlight for a long period of time with doors and windows closed e Use specified charger For Battery of Remote Controller e Replace battery with part No CR2025 only e Do not recharge the battery e Do not disassemble or dispose of in fire e Do not store in temperatures over 60 C 140 F CAUTION Do not leave the unit in direct contact with the skin for long periods of time when in use Low temperature burn injuries may be suffered if the high temperature parts of this unit are in direct contact with the skin for long periods of time When using the equipmen
93. e the format of the signals being output from the external unit Doing so may make it impossible to record correctly e Do not apply force when connecting 1394 cable to 1394 connector as this may damage the connector e When signals are input from an external unit via the 1394 cable video is output from the terminals such as the SDI OUT terminal but the output video is only for check purpose and the quality is not guaranteed Frame skip and overlap occur e The automatic recording function in the DVD unit may not function properly In a case like this proceed with the recording manually E 80 Video deck Dubbing Audio cable optional White CH1 left channel sound Red CH2 right channel sound VCR Md 39 t f 1 Connect one of these cables to I the terminal on the video deck BNC cable optional COMPONENT i OUT Component video l cable included ree Video cable optional AUTO REC function When recording is started or stopped on this camera recording start stop information can be output through the SDI HD connector to control external device The external device should support this function TV Monitor playback dubbing Audio cable optional White CH1 left channel sound Red CH2 right channel BNC cable sound optional ii TV Monito
94. ears on the viewfinder and LCD press the OSD button on the remote control Press the OSD button again to clear the display Checking the date and time Press the DATE TIME button on the remote control to show the date and time of shooting on the screen The display changes as follows each time you press the button Time Date Time and Date No display Connecting external units Headphones 3 5 mm stereo mini jack e Sound is no longer heard from the speaker when the headphones are connected External microphone Microphone optional Microphone holder AG MC200G Microphone holder adapter 6mm e When attaching an external microphone to the microphone shoe use the supplied microphone holder and microphone holder adapter e 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 E 77 Connecting external units continued Computer non linear editing file transfer m When connecting a 1394 cable e Attach the provided two ferrite cores length 30 mm to the both ends of I the cable After passing the cable as shown in the figure on the right close Sa the ferrite cores until they click into place and lock Always take sufficient care when handling the ferrite core as it can be easily damaged when dropped or subjected to other impact Ferrite core length 30 mm
95. ecorded at the top and bottom of the image SQUEEZE The recorded images are squeezed horizontally so that they are shown as 16 9 images on a compatible wide screen television If you have selected SQUEEZE SQU appears on the screen rapo oY To change the aspect ratio display of the viewfinder and LCD Select the aspect ratio in the setup menus DISPLAY SETUP screen DISPLAY ASPECT Page 110 Optical Image Stabilizer Use the Optical Image Stabilizer OIS to reduce the effects of camera shake when shooting by hand Press the OIS button to turn the function on and off W appears on the screen when this function is on Turn the function off when using a tripod for more natural images BARS SHUTTER SPEES SELECT 1 SELECT CH2 SELECT PUTI INPUT2 CHI INF 5 m ig ole H 2 or adii meroma O AUDIO COUNTER RESET TCSET _zeBRA EC Bis e This function will not be as effective when the vibration is severe or when tracking a moving subject Adding effects to images Press the USER button you have allocated to the BLACKFADE or WHITEFADE feature to add fading effects to your images The button s function is forcibly canceled during playback or REC CHECK and also when thumbnails are displayed BLACKFADE Press and hold to fade out to black Audio also fades out Fade in starts when the button is released WHITEFADE Press and hold to fade out to white Audio also
96. ed shooting for movie production When making movies to show on a screen a frame rate of 24 fps frames per second which is the same as for films is the norm 1x speed If you use the settings below the same kind of playback as with screenings can be obtained By using the 720P progressive mode and cine like gamma high quality film like images can be achieved Recording format REC FORMAT 720P 24P 2 3 pull down 720P 24PN native recording Recording frame rate FRAME RATE 24 fps Standard speed shooting for making commercials and dramas When producing commercials and dramas to be shown on a TV screen as in the case of HDTV SDTV and other broadcasts a frame rate of 25 30 fps frames per second is the norm 1x speed If you use the settings below the same kind of playback as when the programs are broadcast can be obtained Commercials and music clips will be recorded with a high film like picture quality while the number of frames is also ideally suited to TV broadcasts Recording format REC FORMAT 720P 25P 2 2 pull down 720P 25PN native recording 720P 30P 2 2 pull down 720P 30PN native recording Recording frame rate FRAME RATE 50 Hz 25 fps 59 94 Hz 30 fps E 34 Undercrank shooting This way of shooting provides quick motion effects used to present such scen of clouds someone standi es as the movement ng among crowd of
97. elected are displayed MARKED CLIPS The clips with shot marks are displayed TEXT MEMO CLIPS The clips with text memos are displayed The thumbnails at text memo positions time codes TC total number of memos and the current order of the clips are displayed E 68 To delete a text memo 1 Move the yellow frame to the clip whose text memo is to be deleted and press the Operation lever A thumbnail of the text memo now appears 2 Select the thumbnail of the text memo to be deleted 3 Press the MENU button to display the menu and select OPERATION DELETE SLOT CLIPS The clips on the P2 card in the specified slot are displayed SETUP Various setup operations are performed EXIT Select this to return to the last screen Proceed to step 4 only when you have selected SETUP 4 Push the Operation lever in the A or V direction to select an item and press it again ALL HIDE Selecting ON hides MARKED IND TEXT MEMO IND WIDE IND and PROXY IND MARKED IND Select this to set whether the shot mark indicator is to be displayed ON OFF TEXT MEMO IND Select this to set whether the text memo indicator is to be displayed ON OFF WIDE IND Select this to set whether the wide indicator is to be displayed ON OFF PROXY IND Select this to set whether the proxy indicator is to be displayed ON OFF DATA DISPLAY Select the time code TC user information UB shooting time TIME shooting date DATE shoo
98. en loaded into the camera recorder via the SD memory card For further details on this procedure go the site given above e For installation you must connect the AC adapter e If you are going to use SD memory cards with this camera recorder use only cards which are in compliance with the SD standard Always format SD memory cards on this camera recorder E 120 Cleaning When cleaning do not use benzene or thinner e Using benzine or paint thinners may deform the camera recorder and or cause the surface finish to peel off e Before proceeding with maintenance remove the battery or disconnect the AC cord from the power outlet e Use a soft clean cloth to wipe the camera recorder To remove stubborn dirt wipe the camera recorder with a cloth moistened with kitchen detergent that has been diluted with water and then use a dry cloth to take up the remaining moisture Cleaning the Viewfinder o If there is dust inside the view finder remove the eye cup holder and get rid of the dust e 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 e Remove the eye cup holder with the eye cup attached by rotating it counterclockwise It will be tightly screwed on When you do this tilt the view finder slightly upward e To amount the eye cup holder align the ridges and grooves of the eye cup holder and camerarecorder and turn clockwise until th
99. eristics This camera recorder uses a rechargeable lithiumion battery that uses its internal chemical reaction to generate electrical energy This reaction is easily influenced by the ambient temperature and humidity and the battery s effective operating time is reduced as the temperature rises or falls In very low temperatures the battery may last only 5 minutes Protective circuitry functions if you use the battery where it is very hot and you will have to wait before you can use it again Remove the battery after use Completely remove the battery The battery continues to be used even if you have turned the camera off The battery can over discharge if you leave it in the camera and it may become impossible to recharge it Keep dust and other foreign objects away from the battery terminal If the battery is dropped make sure that the body and terminal portion of the battery are not deformed If a deformed battery is inserted into the camera recorder or placed on the AC adapter the camera recorder or AC adapter may be damaged What to remember when throwing memory cards away or transferring them to others Formatting memory cards or deleting data using the functions of the unit or a computer will merely change the file management information it will not completely erase the data on the cards When throwing these cards away or transferring them to others either physically destroy them or use a data deletion progr
100. etting menu OTHER FUNCTIONS screen Page 113 OTHER FUNCTIONS a CLOCK SET gt 0 00 POWER SAVE OFF MENU INIT OPERATION 00012H PUSH MENU TO RETURN Example of MENU in the CAM mode e For menu operation Page 95 e You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control Page 14 4 In the setup menus OTHER FUNCTIONS screen CLOCK SET select YES OTHER FUNCTIONS A TIME ZONE POWER SAVE OFF MENU INIT OPERATION 00012H PUSH MENU TO RETURN 5 Push the Operation lever in the lt or gt direction to set YEAR to 2008 CLOCK SET 2008 MONTH OCT DAY 01 HOUR 12 MIN 00 PUSH PP 44 SEL PUSH gt E PUSH MENU TO RETURN Choose a year between 2000 and 2030 E 24 6 Push the Operation lever in the Y direction to move to the MONTH setting CLOCK SET YEAR 2008 oct DAY 01 HOUR 12 MIN 00 PUSH PP 44 SEL PUSH gt W PUSH MENU TO RETURN 7 Push the Operation lever in the lt or gt direction to set MONTH to DEC CLOCK SET YEAR 2008 DEC DAY 01 HOUR 12 MIN 00 PUSH PP 44 SEL PUSH gt E PUSH MENU TO RETURN 8 Set DAY HOUR and MIN using the method shown in steps 4 and 5 e This is a 24 hour clock CLOCK SET YEAR 2008 MONTH DEC DAY 25 HOUR 17 hi 20 PUSH PP lt 4 SEL PUSH gt W PUSH MENU TO RETURN 9 Press MENU three times to e
101. f you connect equipment not compatible with 48V You can damage such equipment if you leave the setting at ON LENGLISH 4 Use the CH1 SELECT switch to select the input signal to be recorded to audio channel 1 INT L Audio from the built in microphone Lch is recorded to audio channel 1 INPUT 1 Audio from a device connected to INPUT 1 terminal is recorded to channel 1 INPUT 2 Audio from a device connected to INPUT 2 terminal is recorded to channel 1 Use the CH2 SELECT switch to select the input signal to be recorded to audio channel 2 INT R Audio from the built in microphone Rch is recorded to audio channel 2 INPUT 2 Audio from a device connected to INPUT 2 terminal is recorded to channel 2 When inputting the microphone signal to channels 1 and 2 connect the microphone to INPUT 2 and switch both CH1 SELECT and CH2 SELECT to INPUT 2 Adjusting the recording level AUDIO LEVEL knob Use the AUDIO LEVEL knob to adjust the recording level of the built in microphone or of audio signals input through the INPUT 1 2 XLR 3 pin terminal To adjust the volume of the sound for monitoring Page 44 To adjust the recording level of the audio signals turn the AUDIO LEVEL knob while referring to the audio level meter at the bottom left of the viewfinder and LCD monitor regardless of the MIC ALC option setting Page 106 on the RECORDING SETUP screen of the setting menu When SYSTEM FREQ i
102. fades out Fade in starts when the button is released Using the USER buttons You can allocate one of sixteen features to each of the three USER buttons Use these buttons to change shooting settings quickly or add effects to the images you are shooting The following features are allocated to the buttons at the time of shipping USER1 WHITEFADE USER2 BACKLIGHT USER3 TEXT MEMO For details see the setup menus SW MODE screen USER1 to 3 Page 103 If you press a USER button to which one of the following functions has been allocated and then turn off the power that button will revert to the previous setting SPOTLIGHT BACKLIGHT ATW ATW LOCK GAIN 18 dB D ZOOM Backlight compensation Press the USER button you have allocated to the BACKLIGHT feature when shooting subjects lit from the back BACK appears on the screen Backlight compensation adjusts the iris so the subject doesn t come out dark Press the same USER button to turn the feature off Color bars Press the BARS button in CAM mode to output a color bar screen to a television or monitor so you can adjust them Press the button again to turn the feature off Shooting A 1 kHz test tone is output in the color bar screen when ON is selected under TEST TONE on the setting menu AV IN OUT SETUP screen e The color bar can be recorded together with a 1 kHz test tone E 43 Shooting techniques for different targets continued Waveform monit
103. focus bar appears when FOCUS BAR is set to ON in the setup menu DISPLAY SETUP screen The focus bar extends to the right when the image is in focus 12 Marker luminance display When markers are displayed the brightness level around the center of the screen is indicated as 0 to 99 99 1 appears if the percentage is over 99 13 Time stamp recording display The time stamp recording appears when TIME STAMP is set to ON on the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen 14 Calendar Month JAN January FEB February MAR March APR April MAY May JUN June JUL July AUG August SEP September OCT October NOV November DEC December Day of the month Year 2000 2030 Hours Minutes m Seconds mmm dd yyyy hh mm ss Displays 15 Recording playback frame rate display Apart from the case of 720 25PN 720 30PN and 720 24PN only the recording frame rate is displayed 16 Shutter speed The shutter speed is displayed here 17 Audio level meter Page 53 18 Auto iris control displays STD Standard auto iris control SPOT Auto iris control for spotlight BACK Auto iris control for backlight compensation E 89 Screen displays continued 19 IRIS display In CAM mode displays the F value during shooting Only in the 576i 480i DV format the F value during shooting is also displayed during playback when ON was selected under CAMERA DATA of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen 20 Zoom pos
104. g INTERVAL REC With this function the unit continuously records frames 1 25 1 30 sec one at a time with an interval The interval can be set with INTERVAL TIME item One frame One frame One frame recording recording recording l l l l I gt 1 e gt 1 l l l l l Time e 4eme E l I l 5 e a I I I W Time set as Time set as INTERVALTIME INTERVAL TIME 1 Check that the settings given above have been established for the OPERATION TYPE item and recording format 2 Select INTERVAL under REC FUNCTION Page 105 e For menu operations Page 95 3 Set the time INTERVAL TIME Page 105 4 Press the START STOP button The unit starts INTERVAL REC operation e To stop operation push the Operation lever in the ll direction e To release the function either turn off the unit s power or select NORMAL under REC FUNCTION e The following displays will appear on the left of the operation status display While recording is underway I REC lights up In temporary standby I PAUSE lights up While recording is stopped The I of l PAUSE flashes However if the duration selected in step 3 is less than 2 seconds I REC will flash while recording is underway in accordance with the set time e The pre recording function does not work Continued on the next page E 47 Using the special recording functions continued e No sound is recorded e All data recorded while this mode is active
105. g on what POWER SAVE settings have been made in the setting menu OTHER FUNCTIONS screen Page 113 Mode lamp ON The camera recorder turns off automatically store Sl OFF The camera recorder does not turn off Tas O automatically See the setup menus OTHER FUNCTIONS screen POWER SAVE Page 113 for details Mode button Lock release e When the operation mode buttons flash in sequence starting with the top one and the power then goes off it means that there is no charge left in the battery Recharge the battery Tally lamp Preparation The tally lamp can be made to light up during shooting by selecting ON as the REC LAMP setting in the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen Page 112 When the camera recorder is in any of the following states the tally lamp blinks e When an operation initiated by the remote control unit has been received 8 blinks sec e When the remaining battery capacity runs out 4 blinks sec e When the available recording space on the P2 card or the battery power is low 1 blink sec e When removing the P2 card during access 4 blinks sec e When there is no recording space left on the P2 card 4 blinks sec E 19 Viewfinder This camera has two viewfinders one is a Fitting the eye cup miniature LCD in the viewfinder and the other is a Attach the eye cup by aligning the projections retractable 3 5 inch LCD on the eye cup holder and eye cup and fitt
106. ge OFF Does not superimpose date and time information on the image lt Note gt When DATE TIME on the DISPLAY SETUP screen is set to OFF the date and time information is not superimposed PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS screen Display mode AUDIO OUT MCR Sets the audio signals to output from the AUDIO OUT pin jack when the P2 card or the tape is played back CH1 output CH1 signals CH2 output CH2 signals CH1 CH1 output CH1 signals CH2 output CH1 signals CH2 CH1 output CH2 signals CH2 output CH2 signals CH3 CH4 CH1 output CH3 signals CH2 output CH4 signals CH3 CH1 output CH3 signals CH2 output CH3 signals CH4 CH1 output CH4 signals CH2 output CH4 signals AV IN OUT SETUP screen Display mode CMPNT SDI SEL Camera Selects the type of component terminal or SDI connector MCR When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz AUTO Monitor with D4 terminal 720P 1080i 576i output 1080i Monitor with D3 terminal 1080i 576i output 576i Monitor with D1 terminal 576i output When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz AUTO Monitor with D4 terminal 720P 1080i 480i output 1080i Monitor with D3 terminal 1080i 480i output 480i Monitor with D1 terminal 480i output Only video recorded at 720P is cross converted to 1080i Cross conversion does not take place in other cases SDI OUT Camera Selects video output from component terminal or SDI OUT terminal MCR ON Video is not output via the component term
107. hange the TIME ZONE settings Page 113 REMOTE Camera Sets the operations of the supplied remote control unit Remote control MCR setup Page 18 OFF Operations are not accepted from any remote control 1 Accepts commands from the remote control set for operation mode 1 2 Accepts commands from the remote control set for operation mode 2 _ indicates the factory setting E 111 Setup menu list continued OTHER FUNCTIONS screen continued Item Display mode Description of settings 1394 CONTROL Camera Sets the control method for backup recording using a backup unit connected to the 1394 terminal OFF The backup unit is not controlled EXT The backup unit can be controlled by the START STOP button The images shot by the camera recorder are recorded by the backup unit Note that the camera recorder does not record them BOTH The images shot by the camera recorder are recorded by both the camera recorder and backup unit CHAIN When the camera recorder s media approaches its end during shooting the backup unit in the recording stand by mode automatically starts recording images 1394 CMD SEL Camera Sets how the START STOP button works for the backup unit REC P This switches between recording and pause STOP This switches between recording and stop lt Note gt If the backup unit does not have a rec pause function select STOP
108. he P2 card memory capacity After selecting the P2 CARD CAP select REMAIN remaining memory or USED memory used and press the Operation lever SYSTEM INFO The version of the system in this camera is displayed EXIT Select this to return to the last screen e Pressing the DISP MODE CHK button in a thumbnail screen displays the CLIP PROPERTY screen Press the button again to return to the thumbnail screen 4 To exit the information screen press the MENU button push the Operation lever in the gt direction to select EXIT and press it again Clip information screen VOICE MEMO 0 TEXT MEMO 0 CLIP NAME 0005PH STARTTC 00 01 28 07 STARTUB 00000000 DATE 2006 AUG 03 TIME 5 26 GMT 09 00 DURATION _ 00 00 39 28 V_FORMAT DV100_1080 59 94i FRAME RATE 59 941 REC RATE Clip number Thumbnail Slot number A O N Clip information Various indicators that have been added to the clip and also various kinds of data are displayed appears if the P2 card is writeprotected CLIP NAME Clip name START TC Time code value when recording started START UB User information value when recording started DATE Date when the recording was made TIME Time when recording started DURATION Clip length V_FORMAT Video signal format FRAME RATE Playback frame rate REC RATE Recording frame rate e This display appears when recording using a setting for the FRAME RATE i
109. he white area moves to the right as the image comes into focus Out of focus BOTH Magnifies the center portion of the image and displays the frequency distribution graph e The image on the LCD monitor may differ slightly from the image in the viewfinder when the FOCUS ASSIST button is used in EXPANDED mode e The EXPANDED mode is available during 1080i and 720P HD mode recording and standby but dues not work in external input mode In the 576i 480i SD format only the GRAPH display is available When set to the EXPANDED mode the focus assist function does not work Even when the BOTH mode is set only the GRAPH display is available e The FOCUS ASSIST button does not work when the digital zoom function is used To return to the previous screen press the FOCUS ASSIST button again Iris adjustments IRIS dial IRIS button 1 If the camera is in auto mode use the ers RING FOCUS IRIS switch AUTO MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode Page 36 2 Press the IRIS button to switch how to adjust the aperture of lens AUTO IRIS Adjust the iris automatically MANUAL IRIS Adjust the iris manually 3 Turn the IRIS dial to adjust the aperture of lens when in the manual iris mode In the auto iris mode the lens iris can be corrected using this dial Set the direction of the IRIS DIAL and aperture control in the setup menus SW MODE screen IRIS DIAL Page 102 If you have set ON under A IRIS on the sett
110. hen the ATW function is used Auto Tracking White ATW You can allocate the ATW feature to one of the positions on the WHITE BAL switch A B or PRST Allocate it by going to the setup menus SW MODE screen ATW Page 102 The ATW feature is set to work in the auto mode at the time of shipping Page 105 If you use the ATW feature whenever you are shooting the camera automatically adjusts the white balance as you shoot e The ATW feature automatically determines the current shooting environment and adjusts the white balance accordingly Depending on the environment there may be some error in the adjustment Use the procedure described on the preceding page whenever you need more precise white balance Do not block the white balance sensor when using the ATW feature ATW will not work if you do Shooting techniques for different targets Low angle shooting Set the Recording enable disable switch to ON and use the START STOP button on the handle to make it easier to shoot from low angles e Set the Recording enable disable switch to OFF to prevent inadvertent use of the START STOP button on the handle when this function is not needed Recording enable disable switch START STOP button Self portrait shooting Images in the LCD when it is turned 180 degrees for self portrait shooting may appear unusual You can make them appear better by reversing left and right Go to the setup menus DISP
111. hown below appears use the Operation lever to enter a 6 character file name Set the same as user information Page 62 e Characters that can be set Space Ato Z 0 to 9 lt gt 4 When the filename has been set you can erase all characters using the RESET button on the camera or the remote control SPEES SELECT BARS SHUTTER HT SEI INT a INT ol Mang aaea g g Se I MICPOWER AUDIO INTER RESET TCSET ZEBRA GIS O Q OO VEDL WFM DO Camera or Remote control NAME EDIT SW POSITION F1 PUSH gt E SEL PUSH lt 4 gt gt PUSH MENU TO RETURN 7 After you finish setting the filename press the MENU button 8 Push the Operation lever in the Y direction to select LOAD SAVEZ INIT SCENE FILE F1 LOAD SAVE INIT gt OPERATION TYPE VIDEO CAM FRAME RATE DEFAULT SYNCRO SCAN 1 48 0 DETAIL LEVEL 0 V DETAIL LEVEL 0 DETAIL CORING 0 CHROMA LEVEL 0 v PUSH MENU TO RETURN 9 Press the Operation lever push it in the V direction to select SAVE and press it again SCENE FILE F1 OPERATION TYPE LOAD FRAME RATE SYNCRO SCAN INITIAL DETAIL LEVEL 0 V DETAIL LEVEL o DETAIL CORING 0 CHROMA LEVEL o v PUSH MENU TO RETURN 1 0 Press the Operation lever to select YES when the screen shown below appears To return to the menu level above press the MENU button SCENE FILE F1 SAVE YES
112. ice Make sure to save the Registration Notice P2 product within 1 month e mail sent e mail during the warranty period Details about user registration and the extended warranty http panasonic biz sav pass_e XN E 5 Contents Read this first ccc ccsssssessesseeseeseeseeseeseenenee 2 Operating precaution 4 IMPORTANT ccccscssssssssseseeseeseessevseveeesnesensensenae 4 Recommendation for Use of Genuine Panasonic Battery Pack Rechargeable Battery csesseseeeeeee 4 Software information for this product To remove the battery 5 Main Power Battery 25 Remote Control Battery 5 Before use Outline of Operations 0 0 ween 8 Precaution fOr USC sccecseeeseeseeneeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeee 9 ACCESSOTICS cceecceneeeeeneeeeeeeeneeseeeneneneeeneeeenenenes 10 Optional units wa 10 About this manual cccsceseeseeeseeeeeeseeeeseeneees 10 Description of parts Description Of Parts cecceceeeenseneeeeeeeeees 11 Right side and rear side beft SIO ects cece eee Terminals and mounting parts 13 Remote COMO cece cen nen oboe eee res 14 Preparation The battery saias 15 GN QUING ee faceless ocr cece et eee eerie 15 Installing and removing the power supply 16 Installing and removing the battery 000 0 16 Connecting and disconnecting the power COAs innii steatosis cece 16 Adju
113. icrophone holder Screws for microphone Microphone holder holder adapter 6 mm screws 2 12 mm screws 2 W Shoulder belt Component video cable PIN BNC conversion 30 mm ferrite core 2 2 plugs 3 35 mm ferrite core 2 2 CD ROM The following accessories are attached to the and battery CR2025 camera recorder L Lens hood INPUT terminal cover 2 o7 1 For part numbers for the battery see Optional units see below 2 When using a 1394 cable sold separately or a USB cable sold separately attach ferrite cores to the both ends of the cable Page 78 Optional units e XLR microphone AG MC200G e Battery CGA D54 5400 mAh equivalent to accessory battery About this manual Note concerning illustrations in these instructions e Illustrations camera recorder menu screens etc in these operating instructions differ slightly from the actual camera recorder References e References are shown as Page E 10 Description of parts Right side and rear side 34 5678 910 11 12 15 POWER switch Page 19 START STOP button Page 25 REC CHECK button Page 25 Zoom button Page 30 HANDLE ZOOM switch Page 30 Recording enable disable switch Page 41 Handle zoom button Page 30 Handle START STOP button Page 25 9 Built in stereo microphone Page 52 10 Tally lamp Front Page 19 11 Remote control sensor Front Page 18
114. if the last focus differs considerably from the manually set focus You cannot operate using the remote control connected to the CAM REMOTE jack OFF The focus is not adjusted automatically WFM Camera Switches the waveform display that appears when the WFM button is pressed WAVE Displays a waveform VECTOR Opens a vector display WAVE VECT Each press of the button switches the settings in the following order OFF gt WAVE waveform gt VECTOR vector gt OFF LCD Camera Allocates a function to the LCD button LCD REV Flips the LCD image vertically and horizontally OVERSCAN Switches between overscan and underscan of the LCD viewfinder image This button toggles between the overscan and underscan image at each press LCD BL Switches the brightness of the LCD backlight The brightness of the backlight set using LCD BL is retained when functions assigned using the LCD button change AUTO SW screen Item pony Description of settings A IRIS Camera ON Performs the auto iris control in auto mode The IRIS button is deactivated OFF Deactivates the auto iris control in auto mode This performs the iris control selected with the IRIS button E 104 indicates the factory setting AUTO SW screen continued Item Display Description of settings mode AGC Camera Sets the Auto Gain Control when the ON is selected in A IRIS 6dB
115. inal but from the SDI connector OFF Video is output via the component terminal but not from the SDI connector SDI METADATA Camera Determines whether or not metadata is superimposed on SDI signals MCR during HD SDI output ON Superimposes metadata OFF Does not superimpose metadata SDI EDH Camera Determines whether or not EDH is superimposed on SD SDI signals MCR during SD SDI output ON Superimposes EDH OFF Does not superimpose EDH Item Description of settings Item Description of settings E 108 indicates the factory setting AV IN OUT SETUP screen continued Item pala Description of settings DOWNCON MODE Camera Switches down conversion output mode MCR SIDE CROP Crops the right and left edges of the images with the 4 3 aspect ratio LETTER BOx Adds black bands at the top and bottom of the images and the images with the 16 9 aspect ratio are displayed in the 4 3 aspect ratio SQUEEZE Select this option for 16 9 aspect ratio images When viewed on a 4 3 aspect ratio monitor images are squeezed horizontally HP MODE Camera Selects the sound heard through the headphones LIVE The sound which has been input from the microphone is output as is This setting is selected when delays in the sound are annoying RECORDING The sound in the status which is to be recorded the sound synchronized with the images is output T
116. ing Use the viewfinder that best suits the application them together and shooting conditions e Turning the eye cup after attaching it may e The brightness and hue may differ between the cause the eye cup holder to come off If the images appearing on the viewfinder and LCD eyecup holder does come off see Cleaning monitor and those displayed on a TV monitor the Viewfinder Page 121 for details on how To see how the final images will appear check to refit it them on a TV monitor Eye cup holder e Images are always displayed on the viewfinder Using the viewfinder 1 Set the POWER switch to ON and check that images appear in the viewfinder e Keep the LCD monitor closed POWER ON Projection 2 Adjust the viewfinder s angle so that the screen is positioned where it is easiest to see e You can move the view finder out to about 90 degrees perpendicular to the camera 3 Adjust the diopter adjustment lever so that you can see the characters on the viewfinder screen clearly Viewfinder diopter dial Do not point the eye piece at the sun or other strong light source e Light concentrated by the lens could damage internal components and poses a fire hazard E 20 Using the LCD 1 Set the POWER switch to ON 2 Hold down the OPEN button to open the LCD monitor e It can open out to 120 degrees Do not try to open it further as this will damage the camera OPEN button 3
117. ing menu AUTO SW screen auto iris will be forcibly selected when auto mode has been established Page 104 e Setting the FOCUS RING FOCUS IRIS switch to IRIS allows you to set aperture using the focus ring on the lens Note that since the focus ring now does not control focus adjustment set the FOCUS switch to A AUTO focus control Page 36 This unit s iris F number when it is open is F1 6 at full WIDE and F3 0 at full TELEPHOTO The iris display in the viewfinder or on the LCD when the iris is open is OPEN at full WIDE and F2 8 or OPEN at full TELEPHOTO E 37 Shooting in manual mode continued Adjusting the gain Light intensity adjustments When the display is dark increase the gain to Use the ND FILTER Switch to change the ND Filter brighten the display used filter to change light intensity OFF ND filter is not used 1 4 Cuts light intensity by up to about 1 4 1 16 Cuts light intensity by up to about 1 16 1 64 Cuts light intensity by up to about 1 64 ND FILTER switch GAIN switch 1 If the camera is in auto mode use the AUTO MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode Page 36 da loss oo aoo 2 Switch the gain with the GAIN switch L Set here under normal conditions 0 dB M Increase the gain of the image amplifier The default value is 6 dB H Increase the gain of the image amplifier The default value is 12 dB You can change the M and H gain values
118. ing operation with the 720P 25PN 720P 24PN format the FREE RUN operation for the time code will not be performed and the REC RUN operation will be performed instead It is the same when setting a frame rate other than 30P during operation with the 720P 30PN format REC RUN The time code is advanced only when recording TC PRESET Camera Sets the initial time code MCR Set the frame value to O or a multiple of 5 when you set recording frame rate of recording format to 24P 24PA or 24PN If any other value the recorded time code will mis match E 106 ___ indicates the factory setting RECORDING SETUP screen continued Display mode 1394 UB REGEN MCR Selects the user information used when recording the signals from equipment connected to the 1394 terminal ON Records using the user information of the signal input through the 1394 terminal OFF Records using the user information set in UB MODE If you select ON here this has priority over the setting in UB MODE The user information is recorded only when the signal contains the user information If there is no input to the 1394 terminal the camera follows the UB MODE settings UB MODE Camera Set the content for user information MCR USER Records the information of user TIME Records the time at recording DATE Records the date at recording TCG Records the values of the time code generator FRM RATE Records the frame ra
119. ing to a device having 4 pin type 1394 connector first 6 pin type 4 pin type connect the cable to the 6 pin type 1394 connector on the camera e Do not apply force when connecting 1394 cable to 1394 connector as this may damage the connector E 79 Connecting external units continued Digital video equipment Dubbing Other Digital video equipment A lt p n 4 TIO A Kl 1394 cable optional m You can connect a digital video unit equipped with a 1394 connector and digitally transfer video and audio signals as well as time code e Before proceeding to connect or disconnect 1394 cable be absolutely sure to turn off the power of the units e Before proceeding to connect the unit which uses a 6 pin type 1394 connector carefully check the shape of the 1394 cable and the connectors on the 1394 cable Connecting a connector upside down may damage the parts inside the unit and cause malfunctioning e When connecting the camera to a device with a 4 pin type 1394 connector first connect the 6 pin type connector of the cable to the camera e When recording signals from an external unit first check that video signals are supplied e While signals from an external unit are being recorded do not stop output on the external unit side or disconnect any of cables This may lead to a failure to recognize the signals when you do recording again e While signals from an external unit are being recorded do not chang
120. ini jack Page 77 12 Tripod hole Page 9 13 14 15 16 Description of parts Security Lock opening Use this opening to attach a security cable For details on how to attach the cable see the Operating Instructions supplied with the cable The security lock and security cable are designed to prevent theft but Panasonic will not accept any liability for damages resulting from theft INPUT 1 2 terminal XLR 3 pin Page 77 AUDIO OUT CH1 CH2 terminals Page 81 VIDEO OUT terminal Page 81 Do not connect any equipment except the remote controller to the CAM REMOTE jack Connecting any equipment other than the remote control may cause the image brightness to change and or the images to appear out of focus E 13 Description of parts continued Remote control 1 DATE TIME button Page 76 The following buttons are for functions that cannot be executed on the camera recorder 2 OSD button Page 76 e PHOTO SHOT e TITLE e A DUB 3 COUNTER button Page 59 e MULTI P IN P e SELECT Same function as the COUNTER button on the e STORE e OFF ON main unit PB ZOOM e INDEX 4 COUNTER RESET button Page 59 Same function as the COUNTER RESET button on the main unit 5 REC button Page 87 Operation buttons 6 PLAY button Pages 64 and 87 7 lt REW button lt lt Page 64 8 PAUSE button II Page 64 Like the operation buttons of the camera TART MENU operati
121. is set to 59 94 Hz 1080i 60i 720P 60P 480i 60i 1080i 30P 720P 30P or 480i 30P Pre recording PRE REC This function is used to record pictures and sound starting at a fixed time approx 3 seconds for HD recording or approx 7 seconds for 576i 480i recording before the time when the actual recording has been set to start Recording start operation Recording stop operation i 4 Time l I I i T gt he Actual recording i time Pre recording time 1 Check that the settings given above have been established for the OPERATION TYPE item and recording format 2 Select ON under PREREC MODE Page 105 e For menu operations Page 95 3 Press the START STOP button Pre recording starts e In the following cases the pre recording function will be canceled and recording will be initiated from the respective operation points When 1394 input recording is initiated When the unit is transferred from the playback mode to the recording mode When interval recording is initiated When one shot recording is initiated When loop recording is initiated e Immediately after switching from the MCR mode to CAM mode immediately after turning on the camera recorder s power or immediately after changing the PRE REC option setting it may not be possible to record the images and sound before the time mentioned on the previous page has elapsed even if the recording has been started straight away Interval recordin
122. ition display The zoom poison is displayed with ZOO maximum wide angle Z99 maximum zoom The unit can be switched to mm in the ZOOM FOCUS option of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen 21 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 the subject approx 5 cm Depending on the zoom position the macro range may not be enabled Also depending on the zoom position the lower limit value of macro range may be different The units can be switched between feet and m in the ZOOMeFOCUS option of the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen 22 TEXT MEMO and SHOT MARK display This display lights when the USER button to which the TEXT MEMO function has already been allocated is pressed while recording or playback and the text memo is recorded e MARK ON appears when the USER button to which the SHOT MARK function has already been allocated is pressed while recording and a shot mark is added to the clip being recorded Pressing the USER button again deletes the shot mark and MARK OFF appears e INVALID appears when text memo could not be recorded or when a shot mark could not be added or deleted
123. l speed 2 Press the PAGE AUDIO MON VAR button to change the playback speed On the remote control press the J or A button e The playback speed increases as follows each time you press the button 1 5x 1x 2x 4x 12x and 24x Audio is not played at 12x or 24x speed e Press the button to increase the speed and the button to decrease the speed MENU THUMBNAIL PAGE AUDIO MON VAR Y Camera or Remote control To return to normal playback push the Operation lever in the direction playback or press the VAR SEARCH button on the remote control Slow playback 1 During play press one of the STILL ADV af or J gt buttons on the remote control unit rar Ca sag Ga gt gt aar muas ea EOS To return to normal playback push the Operation lever in the playback direction Fast forward rewind playback 1 During playback push the Operation lever in the lt lt rewind or gt gt fast forward direction This performs fast forward rewind playback at 4x speed When this button is held down the playback speed becomes faster 32x speed PINE emeu auus s Og C H Ew CPLaY FE Cale lw p gt b gt aN wee at INDEN A A Remote control Camera or To return to normal playback push the Operation lever in the playback direction Frame by frame playback 1 Press Il pause during playback to set the
124. le suitable for shooting movie like scenes where the contrast is to be emphasized The recording format remains unchanged even when the scene file is changed It must be set using the REC FORMAT option on the RECORDING SETUP screen Page 105 F6 SCENE CINE D File suitable for shooting movie like scenes where the dynamic range is to be emphasized The recording format remains unchanged even when the scene file is changed It must be set using the REC FORMAT option on the RECORDING SETUP screen Page 105 E 54 Changing scene file settings The setting value of the scene file can be changed Also you can save the changed scene file to each position of the scene file dial Example Change the name of the scene file T Set the POWER switch to ON 2 Turn the scene file dial then select the scene file to be changed 3 In the setup menus select the SCENE FILE screen e For menu operation Page 95 e You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control Page 14 4 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select NAME EDIT SCENE FILE F1 a MATRIX NORM1 SKIN TONE DTL OFF V DETAIL FREQ THIN gt PUSH MENU TO RETURN 5 Press the Operation lever or push it in the gt direction then push it in the Y direction to select YES and press it again SCENE FILE F1 a MATRIX NORM1 SKIN TONE DTL OFF V DETAIL FREQ THIN noes PUSH MENU TO RETURN 6 When the screen s
125. lutely sure to stow it in its own case e Do not leave SD memory cards in areas where corrosive gases etc are present e Do not leave the cards inside vehicles in places exposed to direct sunlight or in other places where the temperature is high e Do not leave the cards where the humidity level is high or where there are high concentrations of dust How to handle data recorded on P2 cards The P2 card is a semiconductor memory card that is used as the recording medium in the professional video production and broadcasting devices that make up the DVCPRO P2 Series Em Since data recorded in the DVCPRO P2 Drive format are in a file format they have excellent CONTENTS compatibility with PCs The file structure is a AUDIO unique format which in addition to video and CLIP audio data in MXF files contains various other ICON important information items The folder structure PROXY links the data as shown on the right VIDEO VOICE Changing or deleting just one information LASTCLIP TXT component could make it impossible to recognize the data as P2 data or use the card in All these folders are required a P2 device This is the file in which the information on the final clip that was recorded with the P2 device is written m 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 websit
126. med when the camera starts when the power is turned up on or when the MCR It occurs due to the construction of the camera and is not mode is switched to the indicative of any trouble CAM mode Reference E 117 Operating precautions Do not allow any water to get into the camera recorder when using it in the rain or snow or at the beach e Failure to heed this precaution will cause the camera recorder or P2 card to malfunction and may result in irreparable damage Keep the camera recorder away from equipment such as TV sets and video game machines that generate magnetic fields e Using the camera recorder on top of or near a TV set may cause distortion in the images and or sound due to the electromagnetic waves that the set emits The powerful magnetic fields generated by speakers or large motors may damage your recordings or distort the images The electromagnetic waves emitted from a microcomputer will adversely affect the camerarecorder causing the images and or sound to be distorted If the camera recorder is so adversely affected by products that generate magnetic fields that it no longer operates properly turn it off and remove the battery or unplug the AC adapter from the power outlet Then install the battery again or reconnect the AC adapter After this turn the camera recorder back on Do not use the camera recorder near radio transmitters or high voltage equipment e Using th
127. mpliant with the Type ll standard so you can insert them straight into the computer s card slots and proceed with nonlinear editing e The Card Bus driver is contained in the CD ROM provided E 83 Copying from P2 cards to the hard disk drive 1394 HOST mode e Use an HDD hard disk drive that has sufficient capacity to permit copying e Before copying the data format the hard disk drive so that it can be used by the unit Bear in mind that this process will delete all the data on the drive e Connect the camera to an HDD using the 1394 cable Page 79 e Do not connect the camera to two or more HDD chain hub etc even if they are not turned ON e Insert the P2 card into the unit Page 25 1 First turn on the power of the HDD 1394 a SBP2 supported to be connected and connect it using the 1394 cable Then turn the unit s POWER switch to ON 2 Select 1394 HOST for PC MODE on the setting menu OTHER FUNCTIONS screen and press the Operation lever e For menu operations Page 95 OTHER FUNCTIONS USER FILE REMOTE 1 1394 CONTROL OFF 1394 CMD SEL REC_P Deeb USB DEVICE ACCESS LED 1394DEVICE REC LAMP BEEP SOUND OFF v PUSH MENU TO RETURN 3 Press the MENU button twice to release the menu mode MENU 4 Press the mode button to light up the MCR lamp and then hold the button down for 2 or more seconds The PC lamp now lights and PC mode is established
128. n the A or Y direction to select a time code value TC PRESET Honoomoosoof PUSH gt E SEL PUSH lt 44 gt gt PUSH MENU TO RETURN Push the Operation lever in the direction to move to the next digit then push it in the A or Y direction to select a value TC PRESET 1MhoOOm00sO0f PUSH gt E SEL PUSH lt 4 gt gt PUSH MENU TO RETURN You can reset the time code to zero by pressing RESET on the camera or the remote control BARS SHUTTER SPEES SELECT Go COUNTER RESET TC SET oe Camera or Remote control 5 Press the MENU button when you have finished setting the time code MENU 6 Push the Operation lever in the A direction to move to YES and press it again TC PRESET PRESET OK YES gt PUSH STILL NO 7 Press MENU twice to exit the menus MENU With this unit the time code value is adjusted in accordance with the format and frame rate For this reason bear in mind that making a change in the format or frame rate may result in discontinuity from the last time code value of the previous recording When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz Frame Time code rate adjustment Adjustable 720P 25PN in 2 frame increments Recording format D O wn When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz Frame Time code Recording format rate adjustment 1080i 24P 1080i 24PA
129. nd remove it Recording time of included battery Capacit Recharging Continuous ate time recording time 5400 mAh Approx 330 Approx 160 min min e The times given above are approximate for when scenes are shot in the DVCPRO HD mode while not using the LCD monitor The times apply when the ambient operating temperature is 20 C and humidity is 60 Charging may take longer at other temperatures and humidity levels Preparation e Keep metal objects such as necklaces and hairpins away from the battery Shortcircuiting may occur across the terminals causing the battery to heat up and you may seriously burn yourself if you touch the battery in this state The battery becomes hot while it is being used or charged The camera recorder itself also becomes hot during use The recordable time reduces if you repeatedly start and stop recording 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 camerarecorder and then store it again If the battery is extremely hot or cold the CHARGE lamp will blink several times before charging starts If the CHARGE lamp continues to blink even when the battery temperature is normal there may be something wrong with the battery or AC adapter Contact your dealer The battery takes longer to charge when it is warm The AC adapter can interfere with radio reception so keep radi
130. ndle START STOP Shooting Lock release Mode lamp CAM SLOT SELO O D amp PC MODE O Mode button Under the following circumstances even if you press the STOP 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 button too soon e Stopped after only a short recording time e Stopped immediately after the recording has moved to a second P2 card E 25 Basic shooting operations continued Checking photos taken REC CHECK PC mode 1394 HOST In the shooting pause mode press the REC P sien m CHECK button f ccess standby Blinks orange This plays back about 2 seconds of the video and f f Data is now being accessed audio of the most recently recorded clip before off returning to pause mode e dih t tidor ied e Note that this REC CHECK portion will also be E E E aac j Insertion of incompatible card recorded to any equipment you have set up to make backup recordings e The REC CHECK function does not work in PC and MCR mode The HD recording 1080i 50i 720P 60P settings are already made in the default mode To view the current settings see Page 42 Ax P2 card access lamps P2 card access lamp CAM mode MCR Lights green Data can be saved onto the cards or loaded Protecting against a possible erasure from them Switch the write protect switch of the P2
131. nication mode is established in this way the power will not be set off even when none of the above buttons has been operated The power will not be turned off when a P2 card has not been installed even if ON has been selected SYSTEM FREQ Camera Switches the system frequency MCR 59 94 Hz 50 Hz MENU INIT Camera Returns the menu settings to the factory settings MCR The time zone setting will not be changed OPERATION Camera Displays the power on time a 5 digit figure MCR _ indicates the factory setting E 113 Setup menu list continued OPTION MENU screen This menu is displayed when the DISP MODE CHK button is held down and after the details of the shooting status are displayed the MENU button is then pressed Use it to check the connection status during nonlinear editing Item pee Description of settings 1394 STATUS Camera 1394 status display screen appears MCR FORMAT Format of the signals which are input or output RATE Transfer rate of the signals which are input or output 60 50 System of the signals which are input or output CH Value of the channels in which the signals are input or output SPEED Transfer speed of the signals which are input or output STATUS Status of the signals which are input or output using the 1394 digital interface VIDEO Status of the video signals which are input or output AUDIO Status of the audio signals which are input or output 1394
132. nstead e Do not include bright spotlights in your shot 4 Set the WHITE BAL switch to A or B whichever one you want to save the adjustment in 5 Press the AWB button e Adjustment takes a few seconds The following messages appear on the screen Message during adjustment AWB Ach ACTIVE Message after adjustment AWB Ach OK An error message appears on the screen when white balance adjustment is not possible Message when adjustment cannot be done AWB Ach NG e White balance cannot be adjusted if the Auto Tracking White ATW function is working If you have set ON under ATW Auto Tracking White on the setting menu AUTO SW screen ATW will be selected when auto mode has been established regardless of the WHITE BAL switch position Page 105 Make the necessary adjustments if one of the following error messages appears then try adjusting the white balance again D 5 Q e Ze icp Error messages Adjustments LOW LIGHT Increase light or increase the gain LEVEL OVER Reduce light or decrease the gain e If the messages repeatedly appear even after trying a number of times consult your dealer E 39 Shooting in manual mode continued Using presets Use this feature when you have no time to make white balance adjustments 1 If the camera is in auto mode use the AUTO MANUAL switch to switch to manual mode A on the viewfinder and LCD goes
133. oading method Page 73 Creating the metadata upload file on the SD memory card You will need the latest updated version of P2 Viewer Download it from the URL address given below and install it in the computer https eww pave panasonic co jp pro av What the clip metadata consists of You can set the items underlined below by loading the metadata upload file on the SD memory card All other items are set automatically during shooting GLOBAL CLIP ID This indicates the global clip ID that shows the shooting status of the clip USER CLIP NAME This indicates the name of the clip that the user has set 1 VIDEO This indicates the recorded image s FRAME RATE PULL DOWN system and ASPECT RATIO AUDIO This indicates the recorded sound s SAMPLING RATE sampling frequency and BITS PER SAMPLE number of quantizing bits ACCESS This indicates the CREATOR name of the person recording CREATION DATE recording date LAST UPDATE DATE date on which the data was last updated and LAST UPDATE PERSON the person who last updated the data DEVICE This indicates the MANUFACTURER manufacturer of the equipment SERIAL NO serial number of the equipment and MODEL NAME equipment model name E 58 SHOOT This indicates the SHOOTER name of the videographer START DATE date and time at which shooting started END DATE date and time at which shooting ended and LOCATION ALTITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE SOURCE P
134. ognizing the P2 card We recommend inserting the P2 card while there is at least one minute remaining on the card that is recording The SLOT SEL button offers a one touch mechanism to select the slot whose card will be recorded e You cannot change slots while recording so do this during recording standby e Does not support hot swap playback Shot mark function The marks attached to the thumbnails of clips are called shot marks On the thumbnail screen monitor you can select only those clips with a shot mark and display them or play them back 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 released You can also set or release the shot marks by performing the thumbnail operations for clips Page 67 However note that you cannot set or release shot marks during playback e INVALID appears when you cannot set or release shot marks e When the video data of a single shoot using hot swap recording is made up of multiple clips you cannot set or release shot marks unless all the P2 cards that make up the video data are inserted into the slots e You cannot set or release shot marks during loop recording Text memo recording This function adds text memos at the video points on the clip now being
135. on oar wn 12 White balance sensor Page 40 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Description of parts i 18 20 22 24 1921 23 25 INPUT 1 2 audio input switch Page 52 Zoom ring pin hole Page 30 P2 card access lamp x 2 Page 26 Viewfinder Page 20 P2 card SD memory card slot cover Pages 25 and 29 SCENE FILE dial Page 54 SLOT SEL button Page 45 Mode button Page 25 Remote control sensor Rear Page 18 Tally lamp Rear Page 19 Mode lamp Page 25 Power terminal Page 16 Battery release button Page 16 Description of parts continued Left side gt N 7 D 7 Cj y PACE AUDIO MOI VAR Focus ring Page 36 2 Zoom ring Page 30 If you don t need the zoom ring pin fit it into the provided zoom ring pin hole 14 on page 11 so that you don t loose it 3 FOCUS ASSIST button Page 37 4 USER button Page 43 5 ZOOM switch Page 30 6 Built in speaker Page 76 7 OPEN button Page 21 8 Diopter adjustment dial Page 20 9 FOCUS switch Page 36 10 PUSH AUTO button Page 36 11 AWB button Page 39 12 IRIS dial Page 37 13 ND FILTER switch Page 38 14 IRIS button Page 37 15 GAIN switch Page 38 16 WHITE BAL switch Page 39 17 FUCUS RING FOCUS IRIS switch Page 36 18 DISP MODE CHK button Page 42
136. on the viewfinder and LCD screen CAM mode Example CAMERA MENU 2 CAMERA SETUP 3 SW MODE 4 AUTO SW 5 RECORDING SETUP 6 7 8 AV IN OUT SETUP DISPLAY SETUP CARD FUNCTIONS PUSH MENUTO EXIT MCR mode Example MCR MENU 2 PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 3 AV IN OUT SETUP 4 DISPLAY SETUP 5 OTHER FUNCTIONS PUSH MENUTO EXIT 2 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to move the highlight to the setting you want 3 Press the Operation lever or push it in the gt direction to display the items Example AUTO SW ALIRIS gt ON AGC 6dB ATW ON AF ON PUSH MENU TO RETURN 4 Push the Operation lever in the A or V direction to move to the setting you want Example AUTO SW A IRIS ON AGC gt 6dB ATW ON AF ON PUSH MENU TO RETURN 5 Press the Operation lever to confirm the setting To change a value push the Operation lever in the A or W direction to change as necessary Example AUTO SW A IRIS Kea 12dB ATW OFF AF ON PUSH MENU TO RETURN 6 To change other settings repeat steps 4 and 5 When you finish press the MENU button to return to the function screen 7 To change other functions repeat steps 2 to5 When you exit the menu mode press the MENU button again to return to the normal screen E 95 Using the setup menus continued Initializing the menu settings The menu settings con
137. ons are performed using SET 1 DATE PHOTO SANT OSD N TIME SHOT button 2 5D G m12 h 4 9 STILL ADV button f J gt Page 18 COUNTER RESE TLE j Zoom lt 4 177 10 STOP button Ml Page 64 i IS we i 13 11 FF 55 button PP Page 64 REN PLAY FF 7 z4 gt pw 1 8 l Buttons for shooting and volume control TENS STILL ADV i I J J OS 9 12 START STOP button Page 25 Same function as the START STOP button on the main unit 13 ZOOM VOL buttons Page 30 14 VAR SEARCH button Page 75 15 MENU button Page 95 Functions the same as the MENU button on the camera lt gt A V buttons Function the same as the Operation lever on the camera E 14 The battery Before using the battery fully charge it with the AC adapter Keep a spare battery with you 1 Align the battery with the marking on the AC adapter place it flat and slide it in the direction shown below e You cannot charge the battery if the DC cord is connected to the DC OUT connector so disconnect it first 2 Plug the AC cord into the power outlet e The POWER lamp and CHARGE lamp on the AC adapter light and charging begins e If the CHARGE lamp does not light when attached detach the battery and then attach it again e When the battery is charged the CHARGE lamp on the AC adapter goes out 3 Slide the battery a
138. ontinued DISPLAY SETUP screen continued E 110 Item Display Description of settings mode DATE TIME Camera Sets whether to display the date and time on the screen and whether to MCR output from the VIDEO IN OUT jack OFF The date and time are not displayed TIME The time is displayed DATE The date is displayed TIME amp DATE The time and date are displayed LEVEL METER Camera Select ON to display the audio level meter MCR ON OFF ZOOM FOCUS Camera Selects the unit of zoom and focus values OFF NUMBER mm feet mm m lt Note gt Use the mm feet or mm m display only as a general guideline since it is not entirely accurate CARD BATT Camera Select ON to display the remaining P2 card recording capacity and MCR remaining battery charge ON OFF P2CARD REMAIN Camera Determines how remaining P2 card capacity is displayed MCR ONE CARD Displays how much space is left on the P2 card that is currently being recorded TOTAL Displays the total amount of space that is left on P2 cards inserted in the camera OTHER DISPLAY Camera Select how much information to display on the screen Page 94 MCR OFF PARTIAL ALL CAMERA DATA MCR When set to ON camera recorder data image stabilizer aperture gain value made during shooting is displayed in playback of clips recorded in the DV format ON OFF lt Note gt Appears only when 576i 480i
139. or function Press the WFM button in CAM mode to display a waveform of the image on the LCD monitor Pressing the WFM button once again closes the waveform display e WFM Page 104 on the setting menu SW MODE screen allows you to switch between the waveform and vector display e The viewfinder does not show the waveform display e The waveform does not appear when the focus assist function is used e The waveform display cannot be recorded Adjusting the volume while shooting Adjusting the volume PAGE AUDIO MON VAR u o Panasonic Gloss wom If you are monitoring the sound through headphones while shooting you can adjust the volume with the PAGE AUDIO MON VAR button e To adjust the recording level Page 53 Backup recording If you have connected equipment to the 1394 terminal Pages 78 and 79 you can make automatic backup recordings of whatever you are shooting e In the setup menus OTHER FUNCTIONS screen 1394 CONTROL and 1394 CMD SEL select how to control the equipment you have connected Pages 112 E 44 Note the following when backup recording e Menu settings are retained even if you turn the power off So if you use the camera recorder with the settings for backup recording still in effect images on media in any unit that connected may be overwritten After backup recording check the menu item settings before you operate the camera rec
140. order If you use another AG HPX171E as the external unit for backup recording select OFF for 1394 CONTROL on the external unit and set it to MCR mode e Backup recording may not work properly if you connect two or more external units e Use a 1394 cable of 4 5 m or less for connection e Set the external unit up to receive 1394 signals before backup recording e You can have a media in the external unit start recording automatically when the media in this unit is almost finished Set 1394 CONTROL on the setting menu OTHER FUNCTIONS screen Page 112 to CHAIN e Note that images are recorded even when you perform a rec check e You cannot perform backup recording when the unit is set up for native recording e Backup recording does not work in three of the special recording modes Interval recording One shot recording and Loop recording Pages 47 49 e Backup recording does not work during direct shooting Page 67 in MCR mode 2 slot continuous recording If you insert two P2 cards into the two card slots this function allows you to record continuously on the two cards You can also record continuously on three or more cards by replacing one card while data is being recorded on the other Hot swap recording However depending on when the P2 card is inserted into an empty slot immediately after pre recording or before or after continuous recording spanning two slots there may be a delay in rec
141. ormal display reappears if you press the ZEBRA button again E 41 Shooting techniques for different targets continued Checking and displaying shooting status en T fi Gloss ona AREA o00 i eer 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 When you push the DISP MODE CHK button during recording standby or recording all the information will be unshown When you press the button again the normal display will be restored The information is retained even if you turn off the unit s power or switch to another operation mode To display property of the selected clip in MCR mode press the DISP MODE CH button in the thumbnail screen Press the button again to return to the thumbnail screen E 42 When recording in 576i 480i mode you can change the size aspect ratio of the images that you record Select the aspect ratio in the setup menus CAMERA SETUP screen ASPECT CONV Page 101 e For menu operation Page 95 SIDE CROP Recorded in the regular 4 3 aspect ratio The left and right edges of the image are cut ae L LETTER BOX Recorded in the 16 9 aspect ratio Black bands are r
142. orrectly you will help to save valuable resources and prevent any potential negative effects on human health and the environment which could otherwise arise from inappropriate waste handling For more information about collection and recycling of old products and batteries please contact your local municipality your waste disposal service or the point of sale where you purchased the items Penalties may be applicable for incorrect disposal of this waste in accordance with national legislation For business users in the European Union If you wish to discard electrical and electronic equipment please contact your dealer or supplier for further information Cd Information on Disposal in other Countries outside the European Union These symbols are only valid in the European Union If you wish to discard these items please contact your local authorities or dealer and ask for the correct method of disposal Note for the battery symbol bottom two symbol examples This symbol might be used in combination with a chemical symbol In this case it complies with the requirement set by the Directive for the chemical involved E 130 Professional amp Broadcast IT Systems Business Unit Europe Panasonic AVC Systems Europe a Division of Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH Hagenauer Str 43 65203 Wiesbaden Biebrich Deutschland Tel 49 611 235 481 Panasonic Systems Asia Pacific Broadcast Regional Operation Center 2 Jalan Kilang Barat Panasonic B
143. os at least 1 meter away from it The AC adapter may make some noise when you are using it but this is normal You cannot charge the battery when supplying power to the camera recorder from the AC adapter Operation of battery pack CGR D16 1600 mAh sold separately is not guaranteed E 15 Installing and removing the power supply Installing and removing the battery Installation Removal 1 Insert the battery until it clicks into place 1 Set the POWER switch to OFF and check that the mode lamp is off 2 While pressing the battery release button raise up the battery to remove it e Support the battery with your hand to ensure that it will not fall Battery release button Connecting and disconnecting the power cord Installation Removal 1 Connect the DC cord to the AC adapter 1 2 Plug the AC power supply cord into the Set the POWER switch to OFF and check that the mode lamp is off power outlet 2 Slide the DC cord s battery connector to 3 Slide the DC cord s battery connector to the direction of the arrow until it clicks into place DC cord s battery connector the direction of the arrow while pressing the battery release button Battery release button A 3 Disconnect the AC power supply cord from the power outlet CAUTION e You cannot charge the battery when supplying power to
144. ows ewn ee gt w m K When the battery has completely discharged x blinks When the AC adapter is being used a display other than SSS may appear this is not a sign of malfunctioning 33 Media remaining memory display Displays the remaining time e In P2 CARD REMAIN on the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen select TOTAL to display total remaining time for all inserted cards or ONE CARD highlighted to display the time remaining only on the card selected for recording During MODE CHECK it is possible to confirm the remaining time for the setting not selected in the menu No indication is made while the remaining time is being calculated An ongoing loop recording is indicated as LOOP and in MODE CHECK the standard recording time appears after loop recording ends The remaining time indication starts to flash when a total of less than 2 minutes remains The remaining time is indicated in 1 minute increments between 0 to 999 minutes 34 Operational state display REC Recording PAUSE Recording pause IJ Play pause Play gt gt lt ki Fast forward Fast forward play Rewind Fast backward play I gt lt 10 Slow play Reverse slow play CHK Rec check DPDI KK1 Cue reverse cue DI lt 00 Frame by frame Reverse Frame by frame x x D gt x lt x lt lt Variable speed search Reverse variable speed sear
145. people and moves made by martial artists If for instance you have shot scenes using the 25P 24P recording format for specifying the playback frames you can double the speed of the quick motion effects by setting the VFR recording frame rate to 12 fps Recording format REC FORMAT Recording frame rate FRAME RATE 720P 25P 720P 25PN Set to 24 fps or lower 720P 24P 720P 24PN Set to 22 fps or lower 720P 30P 720P 30PN Set to 28 fps or lower e In the case of the 720P 25P 720P 30P and 720P 24P formats the q obtained by using a non uick motion effect can be inear editing system to process what has been recorded Overcrank shooting This way of shooting provides slow motion effects used to show car chases as well as action scenes climax scenes and other dramatic presentations If for instance you have s hot scenes using the 25P 30P recording format for specifying the playback frames you can obtain slow motion effects with the speed halved by setting the recording frame rate to 50 60 fps Images in the 720P progressive format will create smoothly flowing slow motion sequences with a high picture quality Recording format REC FORMAT Recording frame rate FRAME RATE 720P 25P 720P 25PN Set to 26 fps or higher 720P 24P 720P 24PN Set to 25 fps or higher 720P 30P 720P 30PN Set to 32 fps or higher
146. r COMPONENT gull t Component video t r I 1 Connect cables to the _ terminal on the television I cable included l l one of these l Video cable optional E 81 Nonlinear editing with P2 card PC mode You can edit the video data on P2 cards nonlinearly by connecting the unit to a computer used for editing by means of a USB cable Windows or 1394 cable Apple Macintosh Connections Page 78 1 When the unit is connected to a computer with a 1394 cable you can only read data from P2 cards but you cannot write data to P2 cards The following conditions must be met if the USB cable is to be used to make the connection e Your computer must run Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows Vista e USB dedicated driver provided on the CD ROM supplied must be installed in your computer e Your computer must support USB2 0 High Speed Mass Storage Class USB 1 1 is not supported e Only one computer can be connected e When the unit is connected via USB cable the series name of the unit should appear on the computer screen e No operations can be performed if a hub or other unit is connected between the unit and your computer e Do not use a USB cable longer than 3 meters Otherwise malfunctions may occur e Operation is not guaranteed in Macintosh operating systems The following conditions must be met if the 1394 cable is to be used to make the connection e Your compute
147. r a clearer image Noise increases slightly Set to to reduce noise CHROMA LEVEL Camera Adjusts the chroma level 7 0 7 CHROMA PHASE Camera Makes fine adjustments to the chroma phase 7 0 7 COLOR TEMP Ach Camera Makes fine adjustments to the color temperature after white balance Ach adjustment 7 0 7 E 99 Setup menu list continued SCENE FILE screen continued Item Display mode Description of settings COLOR TEMP Bch Camera Makes fine adjustments to the color temperature after white balance Bch adjustment 7 0 7 MASTER PED Camera Adjusts the master pedestal black level of the image as the basis for images 100 0 100 A IRIS LEVEL Camera Sets the desired AUTO IRIS level 10 0 410 DRS Camera Selects the DRS Dynamic Range 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 OFF 1 2 3 Larger values indicate a higher compression level of highlight areas Only effective in 50i 60i and 50P 60P VIDEO CAM In slow shutter mode the options are shown in blue and you cannot make selection GAMMA Camera Selects gamma curve HD NORM This gamma setting is suitable for HD shooting LOW LOW
148. r must run Apple MacOSX 10 3 or later e Your computer must support 1394 a SBP2 protocol e Operation is not guaranteed in Windows operating systems e Insert the P2 card into the unit Page 25 E 82 1 2 Set the unit s POWER switch to ON Select PC MODE on the setting menu OTHER FUNCTIONS screen and press the Operation lever or push it in the gt direction e For menu operations Page 95 e You can also use the menu buttons on the remote control Page 14 OTHER FUNCTIONS USER FILE an REMOTE 1 1394 CONTROL OFF 1394 CMD SEL REC_P PC MODE 1394DEVICE ACCESS LED ON REC LAMP OFF BEEP SOUND OFF v PUSH MENU TO RETURN 3 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select a USB DEVICE or 1394 DEVICE and press it again OTHER FUNCTIONS USER FILE l REMOTE 1 1394 CONTROL OFF 1394 CMD SEL REC_P 1PCMODE _ USB DEVICE ACCESS LED REC LAMP 1394 HOST BEEP SOUND OFF v PUSH MENU TO RETURN Press the MENU button twice to release menu mode MENU Press the mode button to light up the MCR lamp and then hold the button down for 2 or more seconds The PC lamp now lights and PC mode is established When the P2 card is in an accessible status USB or 1394 DEVICE CONNECT is displayed on the camera If DISCONNECT is displayed you cannot operate the camera 6 Proceed with nonlinear editing using your computer An icon for the P2 card
149. rd 1 RUN DOWN CARD Page 92 2 DIR ENTRY NG CARD Page 92 e The contents of the warning can be viewed by checking the card information as described above Slot total The figure represents the total remaining memory of the cards in the two slots If a P2 card is write protected its remaining memory will not be included in the total remaining memory e When LOOP is set under REC FUNCTION the slot total represents the standard recording time for loop recording However note that when PROPERTY SETUP USED is selected in step 3 on the previous page the used amount displayed by the slot total will be larger than the actual amount and when PROPERTY SETUP REMAIN is selected the remaining amount displayed by the slot total will be smaller than the actual amount Page 48 SD memory card information screen SUPPORTED 23 4 MB BLANK 37 2 MB TOTAL 60 6 MB _ NUMBER OF CLIPS PROTECT 00 00 45 12 00 09 44 03 00 00 00 00 SD STANDARD This indicates whether the SD memory card was formatted in compliance with the SD or SDHC standard GSUPPORTED NOT SUPPORTED USED Space used E 72 BLANK Space available TOTAL Total space NUMBER OF CLIPS Number of clips PROTECT This indicates that the SD memory card is writeprotected Editing the recorded clip metadata 1 On the clip information screen display the detailed clip metadata screen 2 Use the Operation lever to move the cursor to the item
150. rd the metadata or OFF to cancel the recording and press the Operation lever The factory setting for this mode is OFF USER CLIP NAME The USER CLIP NAME recording method is selectable Please refer to Appendix Page 126 INITIALIZE Select this to initialize the metadata which has been recorded in the unit Select YES to initialize the metadata or NO to cancel the initialization and press the Operation lever All the settings including the ON or OFF setting for RECORD are now cleared Playback Continued on the next page E 73 Thumbnail operations continued PROPERTY Select this to display the metadata which has been recorded in the unit Push the Operation lever in the A or V direction select PROPERTY and push the Operation lever to view the desired data The Operation lever also allows you to change the data Changing method is the same as described in Editing the recorded clip metadata Page 72 EXIT Select this to return to the last screen 4 Press the MENU button to release the menu mode E 74 Useful playback functions VEEE I EAA This function enables you to change the playback speed and search for specific scenes 1 Press the Operation lever in the gt playback direction during playback On the remote control press the VAR SEARCH button Camera or Remote control 1x appears on the screen and the media is played back at the norma
151. recorded or played back When you press the USER button to which the TEXT MEMO function has been allocated the text memo will be recorded at that point Page 43 On the thumbnail screen you can select only those clips where text memos have been added and then either display those clips or play them back You can record up to a hundred text memos per clip You will need the latest updated version of P2 Viewer to edit the text memos Page 123 e You cannot record text memos during interval recording or one shot recording e INVALID appears when you cannot record text memos Time stamp function Use the time stamp function to record date and time of shooting on the video Select ON under TIME STAMP on the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen R prefixes the date and time display in the viewfinder and the LCD monitor when the time stamp function is on e R is not recorded on the video e The size and location of the date and time characters will vary with the recording format e The data recorded depends on the DATE TIME setting on the setting menu DISPLAY SETUP screen No data is recorded when OFF is selected e Superimposed characters are output only during 1394 output Shooting E 45 Shooting techniques for different targets continued LAST CLIP DELETE function Assign LAST CLIP to any of the USER 1 3 buttons to enable a convenient way to delete the last re
152. ries depending on how the battery is used If the battery operates only for a short period even when it is charged adequately it has reached the end of its service life The battery cannot be e The battery cannot be charged if the DC cord is connected charged Disconnect it Reference E 115 Before calling for service continued Shooting Cannot start shooting e Make sure the POWER switch is ON P19 Cannot focus e You can focus automatically when the auto focus mode is P36 automatically selected e You may be shooting a scene where it is difficult to bring the subject into focus in the auto focus mode If this is the case focus in the manual focus mode It may be hard to bring the subject into focus when both close and distant objects are to be shot shooting through a dirty window shooting in a dark place there are sparkling or shiny objects around the subject the subject is moving fast shooting a scene with minimal contrast Cannot shoot even though Make sure the P2 card s write protect switch is not in the P26 the P2 card is inserted PROTECT position correctly Recording is not possible if it is in this position e There may be little free memory left on the P2 card If so save the data onto another media and delete the data you no longer need alternatively replace the card with a new one e The P2 card may be formatted incorrectly Alternatively the card P26 you
153. roduct is equipped with 2 types of AC mains cable One is for continental Europe etc and the other one is only for U K Appropriate mains cable must be used in each local area since the other type of mains cable is not suitable FOR CONTINENTAL EUROPE ETC Not to be used in the U K FOR U K ONLY FOR U K ONLY This appliance is supplied with a moulded three pin mains plug for your safety and convenience A 5 amp fuse is fitted in this plug Should the fuse need to be replaced please ensure that the replacement fuse has a rating of 5 amps and that it is approved by ASTA or BSI to BS1362 Check for the ASTA mark or the BSI mark on the body of the fuse If the plug contains a removable fuse cover you must ensure that it is refitted when the fuse is replaced If you lose the fuse cover the plug must not be used until a replacement cover is obtained A replacement fuse cover can be purchased from your local Panasonic Dealer How to replace the fuse 1 Open the fuse compartment with a screwdriver E DO NOT REMOVE PANEL COVERS BY UNSCREWING THEM To reduce the risk of electric shock do not remove cover No user serviceable parts inside Refer servicing to qualified service personnel indicates safety information WARNING e TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE e TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD
154. rom GMT the time value of 12 00 to 13 00 in MCR 30 minute steps As an exception you can set 12 45 Refer to the table below 0 00 Time Area j Time Area difference difference 00 00 _ Greenwich 00 30 01 00 _ Azores Islands 01 30 02 00 _ Mid Atlantic 02 30 03 00 Buenos Aires 03 30 Newfoundland Island 04 00 Halifax 04 30 05 00 New York 05 30 06 00 Chicago 06 30 07 00 Denver 07 30 08 00 Los Angeles 08 30 09 00 Alaska 09 30 _ Marquesas Islands 10 00 Hawaii 10 30 11 00 _ Midway Island 11 30 12 00 _ Kwajalein 11 30 _ Norfolk Island 13 00 10 30 _ Lord Howe Island 12 00 New Zealand 09 30 _ Darwin 11 00 _ Solomon Islands 08 30 10 00 Guam 07 30 09 00 _ Tokyo 06 30 _ Rangoon 08 00 _ Beijing 05 30 _ Bombay 07 00 Bangkok 04 30 _ Kabul 06 00 Dacca 03 30 _ Tehran 05 00 _ Islamabad 02 30 04 00 Abu Dhabi 01 30 03 00 _ Moscow 00 30 02 00 Eastern Europe 12 45 Chatham Islands 01 00 Central Europe POWER SAVE Camera Selects the power saving mode when the Operation lever MENU button THUMBNAIL button PAGE AUDIO MON VAR button DISP MODE CHK button USER1 3 buttons and EVF DTL button have not been operated for 5 minutes or so ON The camera recorder s power is set to OFF OFF The unit remains stopped without turning off it s power When connection is made with an external device using the 1394 cable and the commu
155. s set to 50 Hz D S Q e Ze ep 18 dB 12 dB 0dB G1 ee ee l G2 4 l When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz 20 qB 12 dB 0 i 1 4 4 2 l e The CH1 and CH2 characters are highlighted they will appear in black text when INT MIC on the AV IN OUT SETUP screen is set to OFF fi 1 f2 Go INT MIC ON INT MIC OFF Check the recording level prior to shooting e The recording level is set higher than for Panasonic s broadcast use camera recorders AJ series E 53 Using scene files The settings according to the variety of shooting circumstances are stored in each position of scene file dial When shooting you can retrieve the necessary file instantly using scene file dial Scene file dial e During recording the OPERATION TYPE and FRAME RATE Page 99 settings remain unchanged even when the scene file is changed To change these settings set the camerarecorder to recording standby state When the camera recorder is shipped from the factory the following files are stored F1 SCENE File suitable for normal shooting F2 SCENE FLUO File suitable for shooting under fluorescent lights ie indoors F3 SCENE SPARK File suitable for shooting with fuller variations of resolution coloring and contrast F4 SCENE B STR File for broadening the contrast of dark parts such as when shooting sunsets F5 SCENE CINE V Fi
156. s that allow recording by the camera recorder Page 125 There may be slight discrepancies between the recording frame rate displayed and the frame rate at which the images are actually recorded Refer to the table below e When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz Indicated recording 50 48 45 42 37 34 32 30 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 18 15 12 frame rate Actual recording 50 00 48 08 45 00 41 67 36 76 34 09 32 14 29 76 28 13 27 17 26 04 25 00 24 04 23 15 22 06 20 83 19 74 17 86 15 00 12 50 frame rate e When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz Indicated recording 60 54 48 44 40 36 34 32 30 28 27 26 25 24 22 21 20 18 15 12 frame rate Actual recording 59 94 53 95 48 17 44 07 39 43 35 68 33 72 32 11 29 97 28 10 26 97 26 44 24 98 23 98 22 48 21 41 19 55 17 98 14 99 12 26 frame rate E 32 Native recording 1 Using the REC FORMAT function Page 105 on the RECORDING SETUP screen select 720P 25PN 720P 30PN or 720P 24PN as the recording format 2 Select the appropriate scene file using the SCENE FILE dial If necessary before doing this perform the camera settings from the setting menu and register the scene file Page 54 3 Using the OPERATION TYPE function Page 99 on the SCENE FILE screen select FILM CAM and set the desired recording frame
157. sing a multi camera you can synchronously set the initial values of TC The camera used for synchronization is the MASTER and the camera being synchronized is the SLAVE 1 Connect a second camera with a 1394 cable and turn both cameras on e For connection Page 79 2 Put the MASTER camera in CAMERA mode and output a video signal from the 1394 terminal e Set both cameras to the same recording format Do the remaining steps on the SLAVE camera 3 Switch the SLAVE camera to MCR mode set 1394TC REGEN on the RECORDING SETUP screen of the setup menu to OFF and then set the counter so that it shows the TCG display e You cannot do this if you have selected REGEN 4 In the setup menus RECORDING SETUP screen set 1394 IN PRESET to ON Page 107 e 1394TC appears on the screen 5 Stop the media Shooting 6 Press the COUNTER RESET TC SET button The TCG value is preset with the TC value from the input 1394 signal e TC SET OK is displayed for about 2 seconds in the center of the screen 7 Reset the SLAVE camera to CAMERA mode E 59 Charging the built in battery Setting the time data Recharging the built in battery The camera s internal battery saves the date and time appears on the screen of the viewfinder or LCD when the internal battery is running low on charge Do the following to recharge it Reset the date and time when fully recharged 1 Connect the AC adapter Page
158. splayed The initial images are displayed in the default setting Thumbnail display status Page 68 The types of clips displayed as thumbnails appear in this area Clip numbers The clips are displayed in the order in which they were shot up to 2000 Clips in the wrong recording format or clips which cannot be played back for other reasons are shown in red To play back clips indicated in red change the playback format while the thumbnail is displayed Page 69 or change the MCR FORMAT and 576i 480i MCR MODE on the setup menu RECORDING SETUP screen to the format described in 6 below Page 105 e Clips on the playlist which have been edited and copied using the AJ SPD850 memory card recorder or other such unit and which have more than one format DV DVCPRO or DVCPRO50 are shown in red and these clips cannot be played back even when the MCR FORMAT item has been set Menu display This is where the menu items are displayed Select EXIT and press the Operation lever to close the menu and return to the original screen Recording mode format display This is where the recording mode and format of the recorded images are displayed Indicators M Shot mark This indicates that a clip has a shot mark W Wide This indicates that a clip has been recorded in the 16 9 aspect ratio wide screen 576i 480i recording Incomplete clip This indicator appears when the recording of a clip extends over two
159. ss all the P2 cards that make up the video data are inserted into slots Clearing the thumbnail screen Before performing setting menu operations Page 95 you must clear the thumbnail screen Release this in the same way when the camera recorder is to be controlled from a nonlinear editor 1 Press the THUMBNAIL button THUMBNAIL The normal playback standby screen 1394 input mode appears Direct shooting functions If you press the START STOP button red in MCR mode CAM mode will be automatically activated and shooting will start Playback E 67 Thumbnail operations Selecting the thumbnail display method THUMBNAIL You can display the kind of clips you want to see as thumbnails You can also set more precisely how you want the thumbnails to appear on the screen 1 On the thumbnail screen press the MENU button A menu now appears Page 65 2 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select THUMBNAIL and press it or push it in the gt direction again a THUMBNAIL gt OPERATION gt PROPERTY gt META DATA gt EXIT 3 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to make a selection and press it again ALL CLIP SAME FORMAT CLIPS SELECTED CLIPS MARKED CLIPS TEXT MEMO CLIPS SLOT CLIPS SETUP EXIT ALL CLIP All the clips are displayed SAME FORMAT CLIPS The clips in the format same as the MCR format are displayed SELECTED CLIPS The clips you have s
160. ss of the button changes the ratio in the following order OFF x1 gt x2 gt x5 gt x10 gt OFF x1 Page 30 TEXT MEMO Records text memos with P2 cards Page 45 SHOT MARK Shot mark recording Page 45 LVL METER Switches the display channels of the audio level meter When Ch1 Ch2 and Ch3 Ch4 are displayed LAST CLIP Deletes the last recorded clip Page 46 PRE REC Turns the PRE REC function ON or OFF F RATE Changes the frame rate F RATE Changes the frame rate USER2 Camera Selects the function assigned to the USER2 button The settings are the same as USER1 above BACKLIGHT USER3 Camera Selects the function assigned to the USER3 button The settings are the same as USER1 above TEXT MEMO Item Description of settings _ indicates the factory setting E 103 Setup menu list continued SW MODE screen continued Item Display mode Description of settings FOCUS ASSIST Camera Allocates a function to the FOCUS ASSIST button EXPANDED Magnifies the center portion of the image GRAPH Displays a frequency distribution graph at the top right in the viewfinder and LCD monitor BOTH Magnifies the center portion of the image and displays a histogram MF ASSIST Camera Automatically sets the last focus during manual focusing ON Automatically sets the last focus The focus may not be set correctly
161. ssion CARD FUNCTIONS screen Item Display mode Description of settings SCENE FILE Camera Reads writes scene files from to the SD memory card FILE SELECT You can specify the file numbers of the files to be read written READ You can read the setting values of the scene files 1 to 4 from the SD memory card by specifying the file number WRITE Saves the current setting values of the scene files 1 to 4 to the SD memory card TITLE RELOAD Updates the title list USER FILE Camera Reads writes user files excluding scene files from to the SD memory card FILE SELECT You can specify the file numbers of the files to be read written READ You can read the setting values of the user files 1 to 4 from the SD memory card by specifying the file number WRITE Saves the current setting values of the user files 1 to 4 to the SD memory card TITLE RELOAD Updates the title list SD CARD FORMAT Camera Formats the SD memory cards OTHER FUNCTIONS screen Item za F a Description of settings USER FILE Camera LOAD MCR Loads the settings in a previously stored user file SAVE Saves the updated user file settings INITIAL Returns the user settings in the user file to the factory settings After a LOAD or INITIAL operation turn the POWER switch off and then back on again to make the new settings available An INITIAL operation does not c
162. sting the hand Strap cseseseeseeeeeneee 17 Attaching the shoulder strap 17 Detaching and attaching the lens hood 17 The remote Control ccccceseeeeeeeeeseeeeeneenees insert the DattOry cincina Remote control setup Turn on off the camera Tally lamp seeeeeeees Viewfinder 0 cccccsceneneesseneensensenseneeneeeeenennes Using the viewfinder cece seseeeeneeeeee USING the LO ii cticcre tec scaterisetnaccesesestetens Emphasizing Outlines sisirin Adjusting the screen display a Adjusting the backlight 0 eee Flipping images vertically and horizontally 23 Switching between overscan and UNGOISCAN ciciccssccsceeccttscivscevsseteciectn erates 23 Setting the calendar cesses nena 24 Basic shooting operations ccseseseeeneee 25 E 6 Preparing to shoot 25 Shooting in auto Mode ee 25 Checking photos taken REC CHECK 26 P2 Card access lamps irienna 26 Protecting against a possible erasure 26 Formatting P2 cards 26 Recording times 27 Remove the P2 card 28 Using SD SDHC memory CardS cceeeeeee 29 Installing and removing the SD memory card eee 29 Formatting SD memory Card eee 29 Cautions in using SD memory cards 29 Using the Zoom function seen 30 Digital ZOOM TUNCHON assioni 30 Variable frame rates VFR 31 Native recording
163. t for long periods of time make use of the tripod Operating precaution Operation near any appliance which generates strong magnetic fields may give rise to noise in the video and audio signals If this should be the case deal with the situation by for instance moving the source of the magnetic fields away from the unit before operation IMPORTANT Unauthorized recording of copyrighted television programs video tapes and other materials may infringe the right of copyright owners and be contrary to copyright laws Recommendation for Use of Genuine Panasonic Battery Pack Rechargeable Battery Thank you for using a Panasonic product It has been our policy to recommend that the genuine Panasonic battery pack be used for any Panasonic product that uses a battery pack including digital cameras It has however been found that imitation battery packs that look very similar to the genuine Panasonic battery pack are marketed in some markets Some of these imitation battery packs are not equipped with any protective devices that meet given quality standards for permitting use at high power outputs and for long hours If any of these battery packs of inferior quality is used it could lead to an accident or failure involving firing or explosion To ensure that our products are used in utmost safety we once again remind you that we recommend the use of a genuine Panasonic battery pack for any Panasonic prod
164. tain both the user file settings and the scene file settings You can initialize them separately To initialize the user file i e all the settings other than the scene file settings Select INITIAL in USER FILE of the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen The current menu settings of user file will return to the factory settings To initialize the scene file From the 6 scene files select the one you want to initialize with the scene dial Then in the SCENE FILE screen LOAD SAVE INIT select INITIAL The settings for only the selected scene file are returned to the factory settings e This does not effect the other scene files To simultaneously initialize the user file and the scene files Select YES under MENU INIT on the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen This returns the user file and the 6 scene files to their factory settings E 96 Setup menu structure CAM camera mode menu CAMERA MENU SCENE FILE Pages 99 101 CAMERA SETUP r ASPECT CONV m MID GAIN Page 101 SETUP HIGH GAIN ATW SW MODE HANDLE ZOOM Pages 102 104 IRIS DIAL USER1 AUTO SW A IRIS USER2 Pages 104 105 AGC USER3 ATW FOCUS ASSIST AF MF ASSIST WFM LCD RECORDING SETUP REC FORMAT Pages 105 108 AV IN OUT SETUP Pages 108 109 DISPLAY SETUP 576i 480i REC MODE REC FUNCTION LOAD SAVE INIT OPERATION TYPE
165. te information for frame conversion Item Description of settings kk Ok KK OR k p ap ch b c d a Checking information for user information b Frame sequence No When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz Fis displayed When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz 0 to 4 are displayed in the 24P 24P advanced mode F is displayed in the 60i 30P mode c Frame rates Frame rate 50 25 60 30 24 I P ID Conversion data Frame rate coefficient d Recording management data Frame update information REC START STOP information lt Note gt To play back a clip recorded with native recording To change 1394 output user information to frame rate information change this setting to FRM RATE and play back the clip The user information displayed on the screen at this time is changed to frame rate information UB PRESET Camera Sets the user information Select USER in UB MODE MCR 1394 IN PRESET MCR Synchronizes the internal TCG value with the TC of 1394 input when you press the TC SET button ON The synchronization mode is on OFF The synchronization mode is off indicates the factory setting E 107 Setup menu list continued RECORDING SETUP screen continued Display hier i Item mode Description of settings TIME STAMP Camera Determines whether or not date and time information will be superimposed on the image ON Superimposes date and time information on the ima
166. tem on the SCENE FILE screen other than the default during 720P 25PN 720P 24PN or 720P 30PN recording operations Clip metadata The video and audio formats videographer information and other detailed data are displayed here Select the desired item using the Operation lever and press the Operation lever For details on the clip metadata see Page 58 P2 card information screen x O 2 gt io pi Write protection mark P2 card status The amount of memory remaining on the P2 card is displayed using a percentage bar The following displays may appear depending on the card status FORMAT ERROR An unformatted P2 card has been inserted NOT SUPPORTED A card not supported by the unit has been inserted NO CARD A card has not been inserted e The information on the card in the slot indicated by the yellow frame with yellow number can be viewed by pressing the Operation lever BRAND Name of manufacturer MODEL NO Model number SERIAL NO Serial number USER ID User ID WARNING Warning information Continued on the next page E 71 Thumbnail operations continued 3 P2 card remaining memory total memory The P2 card s remaining memory and total memory are displayed here in 1 minute increments Fractions of a minute are rounded off meaning the display may not match the slot total Card warning mark This mark is displayed when one of the following warnings applies to a P2 ca
167. ter display v v v x x 25 Gain display v v v v 2 x 27 AWB information display v v v v 3 x 28 Digital zoom display v v 30 Optical Image Stabilizer display v v v v X 31 Scene file name v v v x x 32 Remaining battery display v v 33 Media remaining memory display v v 38 Safety zone display gt v Displayed x Not displayed Displayed depending on other settings The item in v in the MODE CHECK space appears when you press and hold the DISP MODE CHK button The item in v in the DISPLAY space disappears when you press the DISP MODE CHK button 1 Not displayed when FRAME RATE is set to 50i 60i 2 0 dB is not displayed 3 Only preset 3 2K and 5 6K are displayed 4 When both the 13 Time stamp display and 14 Calendar display are activated the displays cannot be turned off by pressing the DISP MODE CHK button E 94 Using the setup menus Use the setup menus to change the settings to suit the scenes you are shooting or what you are recording MENU THUMBNAIL MENU button Operation lever PUSH SET lt g PAGE AUDIO MON VAR Using the menus e If the thumbnail menu is displayed press the THUMBNAIL button to release the display Page 67 e The menu items indicated in the blue characters cannot be used 1 When the unit is in other than playback or recording mode press the MENU button The following is displayed
168. ter you have pressed the SHUTTER button press SPEED SELECT to select the shutter speed The shutter speed changes as follows each time you press SPEED SELECT The order is reversed for the SHUTTER SELECT button When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz e Remember that the faster the shutter speed the lower the sensitivity e If iris is set to auto then it will open wider with higher shutter speeds and thereby reduce focal depth e It will take longer to focus when the shutter speed has been reduced so it is recommended that the unit be secured to a tripod etc for use 1 60 0 The current shutter speed appears on the viewfinder and LCD screens unless you have selected OFF in OTHER DISPLAY in the DISPLAY SETUP screen of the setup menus It is not displayed if you have set the shutter speed to normal OFF With the 1080i 50i 720P 50P and 576i 50i formats Standard Off 1 50 SYNCRO SCAN gt 1 12 gt 1 25 gt 1 60 gt 1 120 t t 1 2000 1 1000 1 500 1 250 With the 1080i 25P 720P 25P 576i 25P and 720P 25PN formats Standard Off 1 50 SYNCRO SCAN gt 1 12 gt 1 25 gt 1 60 t t 1 1000 gt 1 500 gt 1 250 gt 1 120 When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59 94 Hz With the 1080i 60i 720P 60P and 480i 60i formats Standard Off 1 60 SYNCRO SCAN gt 1 15 1 30 1 100 tT t 1 2000 gt 1 1000 gt 1 500 gt 1 250 gt 1 120 With the 1080i
169. the 1 2 3 position Zoom is disabled when set to OFF IRIS DIAL Camera Sets the rotation direction and the aperture control of the IRIS dial In MANUAL IRIS mode DOWN OPEN The iris opens when the IRIS dial is turned downward UP OPEN The iris opens when the IRIS dial is turned upward E 102 ___ indicates the factory setting SW MODE screen continued Display mode USER1 Camera Selects the function assigned to the USER1 button REC CHECK Performs Rec Check SPOTLIGHT Auto iris control for the spotlight ON OFF BACKLIGHT Auto iris control for the backlight compensation Page 43 BLACKFADE Blackfade Page 43 WHITEFADE Whitefade Page 43 ATW ATW function ON OFF ATWLOCK Fixes the white balance value when the button is pressed during ATW Press again to perform ATW GAIN 18dB Press the button to set the gain value to 18 dB This setting takes effect with the 50i 60i and 50P 60P recording formats only It is not valid when the recording frame rate is less than 48 54 fps or when the slow shutter mode 1 12 1 15 is established When the gain value is set to 18 dB or set from 18 dB to another value the image can be disordered for a moment If the unit is being used in the MANUAL mode or AUTO mode set the AGC item on the AUTO SW screen of the setting menu to OFF to use this function D ZOOM Changes the ratio of the DIGITAL ZOOM function Each pre
170. the camera or the remote control BARS SHUTTER SPEES SELECT OSa d 2 3 g g on te ano MCPONE COUNTERMERESET TCSeT ZEBRA EC Gis Sa ee VFDIL WFM D Camera or Remote control 3 When all characters have been entered push the Operation lever in the lt direction at the left end or in gt direction at the right end of the characters Then press the Operation lever To reload a file from an SD memory card 1 Perform steps 1 and 2 2 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to move to TITLE RELOAD display YES and press it again The file reloads e If WRITE NG FORMAT ERROR appears format the SD memory card Page 29 e If WRITE NG WRITE PROTECT appears release the protected status of the SD memory card e If WRITE NG CANNOT ACCESS appears quit all other operations such as playback before proceeding e If WRITE NG ERROR appears the SD memory card may be defective Replace it D 5 Q e a N E 57 Clip metadata You can add the video and audio systems name of the videographer shooting location text memos and other information to the video data you have recorded on the P2 card This data is called the clip metadata Display method Page 70 There are two kinds of clip metadata the data that is recorded automatically during shooting and the data in the metadata upload file created on the SD memory card which is loaded in the unit L
171. the unit is used as the player push the Operation lever to the ll stop direction E 87 Screen displays For details on the safety zone refer to 38 36 353433 1 TC 12 34 56 00MM 2 106 mn m 32 2 REMOTE l PAUSE USER 1 31 3 4 1340 w 30 HD1080i 29 5 60 k bok kkq kq kkk D10X 28 6 7 1394 TC k3 k Dok T kk P 3 2K 267 8 SQU x 2ko kk kkk 18dB 25 9 ALC LOW LIGHT ND 1 64 24 1071 i 23 12 83 ND 1 64 TEXT MEMO 22 1354 l R JUN 19 2008 23 59 59 15 60 24P 1 123 4 SPOT MF23 5ft 21 aap ea aerated F5 6 Z10 4 1 20 16 17 18 19 VOLUME I 4 37 1 Time code displays FR25P 25P progressive mode Each time you press the COUNTER button the 25 frames sec display switches over to the following data or FR 60I 60i interlace mode 60 fields sec no indication FR 60P 60P progressive mode COUNTER CAM mode only 60 frames sec Counter value FR 30P 30P progressive mode CLIP COUNTER CAM mode only 30 frames sec Counter value in memory stop mode FR 24P 24P progressive mode The CLIP COUNTER appears when CLIP is 24 frames sec selected under REC COUNTER in the setup FR 24PA 24P advanced mode 24 frames menu DISPLAY SETUP screen sec TC When in FR24P and FR 24PA mode Time code value When the time code value the sequence information of the frame could not be read correctly from the P2 card conversion at the final place TC is displa
172. ting date DATE TIME or user clip name USER CLIP NAME for the area where the clip time is displayed DATE FORMAT Select year month day YMD month day year MDY or day month year DMY as the order for displaying the recording date time This format will be the same for the recording date displayed by the clip properties and the recording date displayed by DATA DISPLAY THUMBNAIL SIZE Select LARGE 3x2 or NORMAL 4x3 for full screen displays of thumbnails PLAYBACK RESUME Resumes playback from the point where a previous playback operations was halted THUMBNAIL INIT Select this to return all the above settings to the factory initialization settings EXIT Select this to return to the last screen 5 Press the MENU buiton to release the menu mode Changing playback format Use the following steps to change the playback format in order to play back a clip in a playback format a clip whose clip number is indicated in red that differs from that currently selected 1 Use the Operation lever in the thumbnail screen to move to the clip you want to play back 2 Push the Operation lever in the Y direction and hold it down for 2 or more seconds e Thumbnail status indicates UPDATING after which the previous screen reappears e When the recording format of a clip indicated by the yellow frame is a format playable by this unit the playback format changes to enable playback of the clip with the yellow frame
173. to be edited Metadata that can be edited such as USER CLIP NAME is displayed as shown in the following example PROPERTY 0003 GLOBAL CLIP ID VOICE MEMO 0 VIDEO 060A2B340101010501010D431300000062AA482F50 3905F100804582FFFFFFFF V_FORMAT DV100_1080 59 94i FRAME RATE 59 94 THUMBNAIL REC RATE 3 Press the Operation lever The metadata editing screen on screen keyboard is displayed Enter characters using the on screen keyboard to edit the metadata PROPERTY 0003 GLOBAL CLIP ID USER CLIP NAME 503905F100804582FFFFFFFFRL USER CLIP NAME 060A2B340101010501010D431300000062AA482F50 3905F 10080458 V_FORMAT FRAME RATE 59 99 REC RATE 4 Press the OK button on the on screen keyboard The edited metadata is written to the clip and the detailed clip metadata screen returns e When deleting items of LOCATION shooting location in SHOOT items cannot be deleted independently Make ALTITUDE blank and the other items LONGITUDE LATITUDE are also deleted e Metadata of a clip with the incomplete clip indicator cannot be edited To edit metadata of a clip recorded in multiple P2 cards insert all the P2 cards containing video data of the clip before starting editing e If MEMO contains 100 or more characters it cannot be edited Uploading the metadata META DATA You can perform any of the following operations If necessary make preparations prior to undertaking the oper
174. trademarks of the respective companies E 4 EU Remote Control Battery While pressing the stopper Q pull out the battery holder NL A Main Power Battery x ag Refer to page 16 for the detail Remove the button type battery from the battery 398 A To remove the battery Press the battery removal button o Battery removal button P2HD 5 Year Warranty Repair Program Thank you for purchasing this Panasonic P2HD device Register as a user for this device to receive a special service warranty up to five years of free warranty repairs 1 Please note that this extended warranty is not available in some countries regions see web N iy site below for details 2 Not all models eligible for extended warranty coverage 3 The basic Q gt IA WARG Customers who register as users on the website will receive a extended warranty repair valid for up to five years 1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year 5th year s P2HD device Basic warranty Extended warranty repair warranty period may vary depending on the country region see enclosed warranty for warranty coverage 4 Not all repair work is covered by this extended warranty see enclosed warranty card for warranty coverage 5 The maximum warranty period may be adjusted depending on the number of hours the device has been used S gt Free 5 years of Warranty Repairs Purchase Register online Registration Not
175. ts in the 25 fps native mode The video signals delivering images at a rate of 25 fps are recorded in 25 frames The signals are recorded only in the effective frames so recording is possible for 2 times as long effective frame ax Camera Recorder D S lo fo a icp P P HD 25P i asen 1 e Before VFR shooting you must set the recording frame rate and recording format ahead of time e You cannot change the frame rates while recording e VFR shooting is possible only in progressive shooting mode with 720 vertical lines You can select any of 20 recording frame rates ranging from 12 frames per second fps to 50 60 fps The list of formats that allow recording by the camera recorder Page 125 E 31 Variable frame rates VFR continued 24PN mode The camera recorder shoots in the 24 fps native mode The video signals delivering images at a rate of 24 fps are recorded in 24 frames The signals are recorded only in the effective frames so recording is possible for 2 5 times as long Camera Recorder ap x effective frame e Before VFR shooting you must set the recording frame rate and recording format ahead of time e You cannot change the frame rates while recording e VFR shooting is possible only in progressive shooting mode with 720 vertical lines You can select any of 20 recording frame rates ranging from 12 frames per second fps to 50 60 fps The list of format
176. tton Recording starts To stop operation press the START STOP button To release the function either turn off the unit s power or select NORMAL under REC FUNCTION e The following displays will appear on the left of the operation status display While recording is underway L REC lights up While recording is stopped L PAUSE lights up Insufficient memory space LACK L flashes e Use two P2 cards each with a recording capacity of more than one minute Recording stops when either card is ejected e This function does not work during 1394 input recording e The pre recording function does not work e Operation is not possible even if only one of the inserted cards is DIR ENTRY NG CARD Page 92 e Stopping may take some time e The following operations are not acknowledged until the P2 card access lamps change from blinking to fully lit up e The slots for recording in this mode are indicated by the orange P2 card access lamps e Text memos cannot be added D 5 Q e a N E 49 Adjusting the shutter speed SHUTTER button SPEED SELECT button BARS SHU TER SP ESSELNT CH1 SELECT CH2SELECT INPUTI INPUTZ N diana Se SA B g g INPUT2 k wajo Aupio S COUNTER RESETTCSET ZEBRA Os T Press the SHUTTER button Each time you press the SHUTTER button the shutter speed switches between normal OFF and the speed you selected with the SPEED SELECT button 2 Af
177. uct that is to use a battery pack The genuine Panasonic battery packs are sold under our stringent quality control Please be advised that we are not liable for any accident or failure occurring as a result of use of an imitation battery pack We appreciate your kind understanding and cooperation in this regard Software information for this product 1 Customer advisory This product includes software licensed under the GNU General Public License GPL and GNU Lesser General Public License LGPL customers have the right to download modify and redistribute source code for this software Descriptions of the GPL and LGPL are stored on the installation CD included with this camera recorder See the folder named LDOC The description is the original written in English To download the relevant source code visit https eww pavc panasonic co jp pro av Please note that we cannot answer any questions you may have about the content etc of any source code you may obtain from the above Web site 2 This product includes software licensed under the MIT License A description of the MIT is stored on the installation CD included with this camera recorder See the folder named LDOC The description is the original written in English e LEICA is a trademark of Leica Microsystems IRGmbH e DICOMAR is a trademark of Leica Camera AG e SD logo is a trademark All other explanations company names and product names are the registered
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179. wer from the web site given below installing it in your computer and copying the clips again https eww pavc panasonic co jp pro av E 70 Checking the clip or card information PROPERTY You can perform any of the following operations If necessary make preparations prior to undertaking the operations Checking and repairing clip information e Move the yellow frame to the clip to be checked Checking the P2 card information e Insert the P2 card into the unit Checking the SD memory card information e Insert the SD memory card into the unit Setting the P2 card memory capacity display Checking the version of this system 1 On the thumbnail screen press the MENU button A menu now appears Page 65 2 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to select PROPERTY and press it or push it in the gt direction again 3 Push the Operation lever in the A or Y direction to make a selection and press it again THUMBNAIL gt OPERATION gt META DATA gt EXIT THUMBNAI OPERATION CARD STATUS HOA DEVICES gt META DATA PROPERTY SETUP SYSTEM INFO EXIT alee CLIP PROPERTY The information of the clip indicated by the yellow frame is displayed Page 71 CARD STATUS The P2 card information is displayed Page 71 DEVICES The SD memory card information is displayed Page 72 PROPERTY SETUP Set the method of displaying t
180. xit the menus e The clock can vary in accuracy so check that the time is correct before shooting e When using the camera overseas do not set the CLOCK SET option to the local time but instead enter the time difference from Greenwich mean time according to TIME ZONE Basic shooting operations Preparing to shoot 1 Set the POWER switch to ON Page 19 2 Lift up the viewfinder press the side of the card slot cover and slide the cover to open it 25 Insert the P2 card securely in the card slot 4 Push the P2 card eject button to the direction of the arrow and close the card slot cover e There are two card slots e Be absolutely sure to close the card slot covers to keep the dust out e Do not remove the P2 card while the P2 card access lamps are blinking orange Page 26 release 163 Shooting in auto mode 1 Turn the POWER switch to ON Page 19 e Check that the mode lamp CAM is lighted red 2 Switch the AUTO MANUAL switch to AUTO to select auto mode e A appears on the viewfinder and LCD screens e The focus gain iris and white balance are adjusted automatically 3 Press the START STOP button Red on the POWER switch to start shooting e Press again to return to the camera to the shooting standby mode e Use the handle START STOP button to make it easier to shoot from low angles MAN UAL ge REC CHECK button Ha
181. yed 2 Warnings When it acts in drop frame mode the colon REMOTE between seconds and frames become Blinks when the wrong equipment setting is te Only in 59 94 Hz FILM CAM mode E 88 Time code value During FILM CAM mode the frame digits are displayed in 24 frames When the time code value could not be read correctly from the P2 card tc is displayed When user information could not be read correctly from the P2 card UB is displayed FR Frame rate information for recording FR 50I 50i interlace mode 50 fields sec FR 50P 50P progressive mode 50 frames sec selected on the remote control unit Blinks when a P2 card has not been inserted or when the camera is in a write protected state When it acts in drop frame mode the colon P3 FULL between seconds and frames become Blinks when there is no remaining capacity in UB the P2 card User information P2 LACK Blinks in the loop rec mode when the remaining capacity of the P2 card is insufficient Lights when the internal battery for the calendar has run out Page 60 10 AUTO MANUAL switch operation display This display appears if a function which has been set on the setting menu AUTO SW screen is operating when the AUTO MANUAL switch has been pressed Backup unit displays The status of the backup unit connected to the 1394 connector is displayed here Nothing is displayed if in the setup menus OTHER FUNCTION
182. zoom ratio in the following order OFF x1 gt x2 gt x5 gt x10 gt OFF x1 e The viewfinder and the LCD monitor indicate the zoom ratio when a setting other than OFF x1 is selected e Digital zoom is available only in the 1080i 50i 60i format e Digital zoom is not available when OFF is selected under DRS Page 100 on the setting menu SCENE FILE screen e While using the zoom function the slow shutter is disabled While using the slow shutter you cannot use the digital zoom function e Digital zoom cannot be changed during recording Variable frame rates VFR By taking full advantage of the special characteristics of P2 cards this unit provides frame skipping undercranking recording and highspeed overcranking recording which are actually movie techniques without the use of a frame rate converter Either the 25PN 30PN or 24PN mode must be set for this Since the camera recorder records only the effective frames native recording recording is possible for 2 times as long compared with recording in the 25P or 50P mode standard recording and for between 2 times and 2 5 times as long compared with recording in the 24P 30P or 60P mode standard recording As with Panasonic s Varicam model AJ HDC27 series this unit also provides a recording format that allows frame rate conversion using nonlinear editing Either the 25PN 30PN or 24PN mode must be set for this 25PN mode The camera recorder shoo

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