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Contents
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Chapter 1 Overview 9
Before using the camera 1 0
Use of the camera on a system 1 2
Basic conguration devices 12
Expanded conguration devices 12
What you can do with this camera 1 3
Recording to the memory card 13
Linking to external devices 13
Connecting to the network 14
Chapter 2 Description of Parts 15
Left side 1 6
Right side 1 8
Front side, rear side 2 0
Top side 2 2
Chapter 3 Preparation 24
Power supply 2 5
Charging the battery 25
Attaching and removing the battery 26
Using the AC adaptor 26
Attaching and adjusting accessories 2 8
Adjusting the grip strap 28
Attaching the shoulder strap 28
Attaching the lens hood 28
Attaching the eye cup 29
Attaching the front microphone 30
Attaching a tripod 30
Turning on/off the power 3 1
How to turn on the power 31
How to turn off the power 31
Setting the date/time of the internal clock 3 2
P2 card 3 3
Inserting a P2 card 33
Removing a P2 card 34
Preventing accidental erasure 34
P2 card access LEDs and status of P2 cards 34
P2 card recording time 35
CPS (Content Protection System) 36
How to handle data recorded on P2 cards 36
Assigning functions to the USER buttons 3 7
Adjusting and setting the LCD monitor 3 9
Using the LCD monitor 39
Adjusting the LCD monitor 39
Mirror shooting 39
Highlighting the outlines of images 39
Adjusting and setting the viewnder 4 0
Using the viewnder 40
Adjusting the viewnder 40
Highlighting the outlines of images 40
Tally lamp 4 1
Chapter 4 Shooting 42
Basic procedures 4 3
Preparation 4 3
Shooting 43
Selecting the resolution, codec, and video format for recording 4 4
Adjustable settings when shooting 4 6
Iris 46
Gain 46
Super gain 46
Brightness adjustment 46
Macro 46
Focusing (manual focus) 46
Focus assist function 47
Area mode function 48
Level gauge function 49
Adjusting the white and black balance 5 0
Adjusting the white balance 50
Adjusting the black balance 51
Using the zoom function 5 3
Setting the <ZOOM> switch 53
Adjusting the zoom position 53
Zoom ring 53
Adjusting image quality 5 4
Detail function 54
Skin tone function 54
RB gain control function 55
Chroma setting function 55
Matrix function 55
Color correction function 56
Black control function 5 6
Gamma function 56
Knee function 56
High color function 57
White clip function 57
Setting the electronic shutter 5 8
Shutter mode 58
Adjusting with the <SEL/PUSH SET> dial button and <MODE/
MENU CANCEL> button 58
Flash band compensation (FBC) function 5 9
Setting the ash band compensation function 59
Variable frame rate (VFR) recording function 6 0
Native variable frame rate recording 6 0
Standard variable frame rate recording (pull-down recording) 60
Selecting audio input and adjusting recording levels 6 2
Selecting audio input signals 62
Using the built-in microphone 6 2
Using the external microphone and audio device 62
Adjusting the recording level 63
Displaying the audio level detailed 63
Getting position information using the GPS 6 4
Special recording functions 6 5
Pre-recording 65
Interval recording 65
One-shot recording 66
Loop recording 66
One-clip recording 67
Simultaneous recording 68
Hot swap recording 68
Recording check function 69
Shot mark recording function 69
Text memo recording function 69
Convenient shooting functions 7 0
Low angle shooting 70
Scan reverse shooting 70
Zebra patterns display 70
Displaying the center marker 70
Displaying the safety zone marker 70
Displaying frame marker 71
Checking and displaying the shooting status 71
Changing image size 71
Image stabilization function 71
Dynamic range stretcher function 71
Backlight compensation 71
Color bars 71
Time stamp function 71
Deleting last clip function 72
Waveform monitor function 72
Direct menu operation 72
Multi formats 7 3
Selecting recording signals 73
System modes and recording functions 73
List of recording settings and recording functions 75
Selecting video output 76
Recording/playback and output format list 77
Dual codec recording 7 8
Dual codec recording setting 78
Recording the proxy data 78
Recording to the SD memory card 78
Checking the proxy data 79
Error displays about proxy data recordings 80
Handling setting data 8 2
Setting data le conguration 82
Handling SD memory cards 82
Performing operations on SD memory cards 83
How to use user data 84
How to use scene le data 84
How to restore the scene le or menu setting status to the
factory settings 86
Saving to an SD memory card and loading saved data 86
Selection of external reference signal and generator lock
setting 8 7