PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATION
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White Shading Adjustment
It is necessary to perform this adjustment to the camera
when attaching a lens that is different from the previously
attached lens.
Even if white balance is achieved in the middle of the screen,
it may not be achieved at the top and bottom of the screen.
Greens and magentas may be colored. This is due to char-
acteristics of the lens. Correcting this phenomenon is called
White Shading Adjustment.
Perform this after adjusting white balance.
White shading adjustment is performed on the WHITE BAL-
ANCE menu screen.

Adjustment procedure

1.White balance the camera.
2.Set the camera’s lens controls as follows:
a.Set the IRIS opening to F4 or higher number.
b.In the case of a zoom lens set the ZOOM at the center
of its range.
3.Shoot a uniformly lit white sheet of paper and fill the mon-
itor screen with it.
4.Set the monitor CHROMA level to maximum.
5.Check the color of the monitor screen. If the top and the
bottom of the monitor screen are white then no adjust-
ment is necessary. If the top of the monitor screen is
greenish and the bottom is reddish or if the top is reddish
and the bottom is greenish then continue with this adjust-
ment.
6.Adjust the LEVEL G in the SHADING menu item to mini-
mize the color difference between the top and bottom of
the screen.
7.It is recommended that only LEVEL G be adjusted.
1Display the WHITE BALANCE menu screen.
Follow the steps in “Setting Menu Screens” on page 72
and proceed as follows.
MENUrCAMERA PROCESS[1/2]rCAMERA PRO-
CESS[2/2]rADVANCE PROCESSrWHITE BALANCE
Setting in the WHITE BALANCE screen is performed as fol-
lows.
Selecting an item
Turn the SHUTTER dial to align the cursor (j) with the
desired item, and press the SHUTTER dial.
•The item is selected and the setting value blinks.
Changing the setting value
Turn the SHUTTER dial to change the blinking value. When
the SHUTTER dial is pressed, the value stops blinking and
the setting is changed.
2Perform the above steps to set SHADING to MANUAL.
3Select LEVEL R, LEVEL G, LEVEL B and press the
SHUTTER dial.
•The setting value for the selected LEVEL blinks and
becomes available for changing.
4Change the setting values for LEVEL R, LEVEL G, and
LEVEL B with the SHUTTER dial while referring to the
monitor.
When setting values are increased, colors at the bottom
of the screen are suppressed and the top is enhanced.
LEVEL R: Adjusts reds.
LEVEL G: Adjusts greens.
LEVEL B: Adjusts blues.
<Range: -128 to +127>
5Press the SHUTTER dial after changing the setting val-
ues to save in the memory.
6Press the STATUS button to return to the normal screen.
8.When white shading adjustment is completed, adjust
white balance again.
XSee“White Balance Adjustment” onpage 51.
CAUTION
•If the lens setup is incorrect, the white shading adjust-
ment might result in over compensation. When perform-
ing this adjustment, set the lens to the recommended
settings. Do not open the lens IRIS beyond F4; do not
set a telephoto lens to its extreme wide position or tele-
photo position.
•White shading occurs due to the optical characteristics of
the mounted lens, it is not a camera malfunction.
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SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE SHOOTING
Setting the Video Format
Set the video format using the FRAME RATE item and the
REC item on the VIDEO FORMAT menu screen.

Setting the FRAME RATE Item

1.Press the STATUS button for at least 1 second.
•The TOP MENU screen is displayed.
2.Turn the SHU TTER dial and bring the cursor (K) to the
VIDEO FORMAT.. item and press the SHUTTER dial.
•The VIDEO FORMAT[1/2] menu screen is displayed.
3.Turn the SHU TTER dial and bring the cursor (K) to the
FRAME RATE item and press the SHUTTER dial.
•The setting for the selected item flashes and can be
changed.
“CHANGE THE SYSTEM” is displayed on the screen.
4.Turn the SHUTTER dial, change the setting and push the
SHUTTER dial.
•The setting stops flashing and is temporarily set.
•Move the cursor (K) to the EXECUTE item and EXE-
CUTE flashes.
5.Push the SHUTTER dial.
•“REBOOT! SYSTEM CHANGE” is displayed on the
screen and after a few seconds the system is reboo-
ted.

Setting the REC Item

Set the REC item using the same steps as for the FRAME
RATE item.
MEMO
•If you change the FRAME RATE item setting, the system
is rebooted.
•The synchronous video signal is momentarily disturbed
when the REC item setting is switched.
•We recommend the following settings for REC item (in
HDV format).
When recording images with a lot of motion:
Set to HDV60p or HDV50p
When recording images with little motion:
Set to HDV30p or HDV25p
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STATUS
MENU
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SHUTTER
SHUTTER dial
STATUS button