Sony PXW-FS7 User manual

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Contents
Page 3 – Layout and Buttons (Left)
Page 4 – Layout back and lens
Page 5 – Layout and Buttons (Viewfinder, grip remote control and eye piece)
Page 6 – Attaching the Eye Piece
Page 7 – How to attach the grip remote control
Page 8 – Resetting the Camera
Formatting (initialising) the Cards
Initial Set Up
Record Format
Page 9 – Shooting Mode/Base Setting
Page 10 – Colour Space
Page 11 – Setting the Codec
Page 12 – Basic Audio
Page 14 – Custom Mode and hyper gammas
Page 15 – What hyper gammas look like
Page 16 – Which hyper gamma to use
Setting the white clip
Page 17 – Custom Mode Matrix Settings
Page 18 – What each matrix looks like
Page 19 – Multi Matrix
Page 20 – White Balance
Page 21 – Focus controls and aids
Page 22 – Exposure Tools
Page 24 - Histograms
Page 25 - Waveforms
Page 28 – Slow and Quick Motion
Page 29 – ND Filters
Page 30 - Gain
Page 31 – Gain to ISO conversion Chart
Shutter Speed
Page 32 – CineEI Mode
Monitoring and Viewing S-Log 2/3
Page 33 – Monitor Look up Table
Page 34 – High and Low Key Function
Page 35 – CineEI and Exposure Index

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Layout'and'Buttons'(Left)'
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Start!&!Stop!Record!
Audio!controls!
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ND!Filter!
Rotate!to!engage!
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Headphone!socket!
Button!to!open!QXD!
card!slots!
Slow!&!Quick!Motion!
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Menu!and!selection!
On/Off!Switch!
Focus!Controls!
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White!Balance!
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Gain!Switch!

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Layout'and'Buttons'(Back)!!!
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Lens
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Battery!Release!
XLR!Inputs!
Remote!grip!input!
SDI!and!HDMI!outputs!
Focus!Ring!
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Zoom!Ring!
Iris!Ring!
Manual!to!power!zoom.!
Optical!steady!shot!on!
and!off!
Powered!Zoom!

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Layout'and'Buttons'(Viewfinder,'grip'remote'control'and'eye'piece)!!
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Attaching'the'Eye'Piece'
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How'to'attach'and'adjust'the'grip'remote'control'
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Resetting the Camera
It is good practice to reset the camera when you get it so all the setting are correct.
Menu > System > All reset (Execute when prompt to)
Follow the on screen instructions.
Do look at setting the clock to the correct time
Formatting (initialising) the Cards
Make sure before you start filming that you format the cards so you do not have other people’s
footage.
Menu > Media > Format Media > A or B (Execute when prompt to)
Initial Set Up
Frame rate setting
Menu > System > Country > Pal
Record Format
This defaults to 1920 x 1080 50i , this is correct if you are shooting for TV broadcast. Anything else
change to 1920 x 1080 25p 50.
Menu > System > Rec Format > Video Format

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Shooting Mode
Custom Mode (Easiest)
• Conventional video camera operation, what you see is what is recorded (Page 13)
CineEI Mode (Advance)
• Film style shooting mode, flat, low contrast recording with a wide dynamic range. Contains
lots of information to then grade in post-production.
• CineEI is a more complex work flow and what you see in the viewfinder may not be what is
recorded. (Page 31 for more details)
To change the base settings
Menu > System > Base Settings > Custom or CineEI

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To set mode
Menu > Base Setting > Shooting Mode > Custom / CineEI (Execute when prompt to)
Colour Space
In custom mode this is greyed out. But in CineEI mode you have the following options.
S-Gamut/Slog2
S-Gamut3.Cine/Slog3
S-Gamut3/Slog3
S-Log 2 and 3 have the same dynamic and contrast range. The difference is with the colour space
where these capture the most colour.
S-Gamut3.Cine records a smaller colour range that S-Gamut/Slog2 and S-Gamut3/Slog but it is
still a larger range than rec709, that has a similar shape to rec709 that makes it a very natural
colour space that then makes it easier to grade in post production.