JVC DY-70U manual Operator Friendly Design, Other Professional Features

Full Auto Shooting

Operator Friendly Design

Compact and Weighs just 15 lbs.

The compact DY-70U weighs only 15 lbs., including lens, viewfinder, battery pack, and tape, and that weight is carefully balanced for effortless hand-held shooting.

Die-cast Magnesium Body

The DY-70U camcorder features a die-cast magnesium body and frame, which offers the benefits of exceptionally low weight, but with improved rigidity and durability for professional use. It is also

ergonomically engineered for maximum operator comfort and utility. It also incorporates engineering innovations which sharply reduce drum noise for quiet operation.

Full Auto Shooting

The Full Auto Shooting Mode provides point-and-shoot ease of operation, leaving the operator simply to zoom, focus, and press the record button. Activating the Full Auto Shooting sets the camera to the Auto Iris Mode, even if the lens is set to manual. Also activated is Automatic Video Level Control (ALC), along with Extended Electronic Iris

(EEI) and Full Auto White, which provide both variable gain

and variable

shutter. So the

DY-70U Lux Range

operator can shoot

continuously from

0.75 Lux

32 Lux

2,000 Lux

18,000 Lux

a dark area to a

F1.4

F2.0

F2.8

F4.0

F5.6

F8.0

F11

F16

bright area without

33

18 12 6

0 -3

1/60 1/120 1/250

changing gain, iris,

or ND filter.

High

Middle

Low

Off

LoLux

ALC

Automatic Iris

EEI

Other Professional Features

D-9 Video Tape

The DY-70U captures and stores up to 124 minutes of high- resolution on a high-

density 1/2-inch tape which employs an advanced metal- particle formulation. Tape running speed is 57.8 mm/s with a long recording time of 124 minutes. No other digital media offers the length of record/playback

time and durability of D-9 video cassettes.

Black Stretch/Black Compress

The Black Stretch/Black Compress function enhances or compresses reproduction of black areas on the screen.

Highlight Chroma Processing

The DY-70U has built-in Highlight Chroma Processing to maintain color saturation in highlights. The result is natural color reproduction even in bright highlight portions of the picture.

Detail Correction

A user control is provided to switch the mixture of in-band and out-band correction, to adjust the picture sharpness and produce a pleasing picture.

Tape/Battery Remaining Indicator

The Tape/Battery Remaining Indicator means you always know exactly how much tape and battery power remains, so that you can change tape and battery before it is too late!

Built-in Phantom Microphone Power

Phantom power can be supplied to optional microphones through XLR connectors and switched off to each channel when not in use.

Time Code Reader/Generator and Time Date Generator

Two SMPTE-standard time code generators digitally record independent time code streams in the sub-code area. The main time code generator can be preset by the operator or slave-locked to an existing time code on the tape, or to an external master time code generator for shooting with more than one camera. The secondary time code automatically records time code data corresponding to date and time of day. D-9 editing decks can accurately read both time codes at any speed.