Quick setup checklist for recording

£Set up camera and equipment

£Light

£Power on camera

£Hook up and set audio levels (No audio meters? Press the DISP/MODE CHK button.)

£Adjust iris level *

£Set ND filter *

£White balance *

£Set gain *

£Select scene file *

£Insert SD card

£Format SD card (do not do if keeping what’s on your card!)

£Choose record format

£Set up safety zone

£Record

* THE FULL AUTO

Just want to power up and shoot? Here are the settings you’ll need in order for the camera to automatically make adjustments.

£ Set SCENE FILE dial to F1 (normal lighting conditions) £ Set FOCUS switch to A (Auto)

£ Set ND FILTER to OFF (for shooting indoors) auto£ Set GAIN switch to L (Low)

£ Set AUTO/MANUAL switch to AUTO (iris and white balance)

£ Set AUDIO CH1 SELECT to INT(L) and CH2 SELECT to INT(R) to use the camera’s internal mics

NOTE: You will still need to set audio levels—your audio levels are not automatically adjusted by the camera.

Scene file settings

On the previous page, scene file F1 is selected—there are a total of six scene file presets. Scene files can be “dialed” in based on your recording conditions. Below is a chart showing the factory presets for each scene file.

	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6

	Normal	FLUO.	SPARK	B-STR	CINE V	CINE D
		For recording	For brighter	(Black stretch)	For prioritizing	For prioritizing
		under cool fluo-	images with	For scenes	contrast in	dynamic range
		rescent lamps	richer colors	with dark and	movie-like	in movie-like
			(receptions,	bright areas	scenes	scenes
MENU			dinners, etc.)	together (sun-
MENU				sets, theatre)

SYNCRO SCAN	1/48.0	1/48.0	1/48.0	1/48.0	180.0d	180.0d

DETAIL LEVEL	0	0	+3	0	0	0

V DETAIL LEVEL	0	0	0	0	0	0

DETAIL CORING	0	0	+1	0	0	0

CHROMA LEVEL	0	0	+4	+3	-2	0

CHROMA PHASE	0	0	0	0	0	0

COLOR TEMP Ach	0	0	0	0	0	0

COLOR TEMP Bch	0	0	0	0	0	0

MASTER PED	0	0	-2	0	-2	-2

A.IRIS LEVEL	0	0	0	0	-7	-9

DRS	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF

GAMMA	HD NORM	HD NORM	B.PRESS	HIGH	CINELIKE V	CINELIKE D

KNEE	AUTO	AUTO	AUTO	AUTO	AUTO	AUTO

MATRIX	NORM1	FLUO	NORM1	NORM1	CINE-LIKE	CINE-LIKE

SKIN TONE DTL	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF

NOTE: Recording format (REC FORMAT menu item under RECORDING SETUP) is not changed even

when F5: CINE V or F6: CINE D scene files are selected.