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HD will not fit into a PAL monitor. Too many lines, too high line frequency. This can make things a little awkward for location monitoring and viewing.
The
Firstly there’s an HDSDI output. HDSDI is a similar idea to the SDI signal that is the
Use the HDSDI output to connect to an HD monitor with an HDSDI input card. This is the signal you should use for critical picture monitoring, or to send to a separate HD VTR or disk recorder for a parallel recording or copying.
HDSDI is a very high frequency signal, so it doesn’t go very far down an ordinary BNC cable…about 40m maximum.
The test out BNC supplies an analog luminance (Y) HD signal that can be fed to an HD monitor with a component input. It will only show a monochrome picture, as it’s only luminance, with no colour components, but you can use it to check framing or view menus.
However…most camcorders are fitted with a
How do you tell if the down-converter option is fitted?
•There will be an extra BNC connector fitted in a ‘bulge’ in the bottom right hand corner of the side of the camcorder, pointing out of the back next to the 12V DC XLR connector.
From this connector you will be able to get either of the following, as chosen from the user menu:
•Composite PAL signal, that can be fed to any SD monitor with a composite input,
•SD SDI signal for good quality SD monitoring, or perhaps a Digi Beta
At the same time the test output can also now supply a composite video signal, so you could have for example:
•Composite video from the test output feeding floor monitors.
•SDI from the
•HDSDI feeding an HD directors monitor.
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