Basic Shooting Procedures
[REC] Button
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Front Tally Lamp
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Preparations
1 Attach the accessories. (A Page 21)
2 Supply battery or AC adapter power to the camera recorder. (A Page 22)
Back Tally Lamp
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[POWER] Switch
[REC] Button
2 Press the [REC] button to start recording to the SDHC card.
●There are two [REC] buttons on the camera recorder and one on the lens. Any of the [REC] buttons can be used to start/stop recording by default.
●During recording, the front and back tally lamps light up in red.
Memo :
4 Turn on the power of the camera recorder.
Set the [POWER] switch to AONB. The camera recorder starts up in Camera mode and is ready for shooting.
5 Adjust the angle of the LCD monitor and viewfinder. (A Page 28)
Shooting
1 Configure the video and audio input settings.
You have to configure video settings such as brightness adjustment (iris, gain, shutter) and white balance adjustment in order to start shooting. You also have to adjust the audio input settings and audio recording level for audio recording.
●Tally lamps can be turned off with [Front Tally]/ [Back Tally] in the [Others] menu. (A Page 94)
●To separately control this camera recorder and other
equipment connected to the [IEEE1394] terminal, you can configure the setting at [1394 Rec Trigger] in the [Others] menu. (A Page 94)
3 Check the most recently captured images (Clip Review).
Press the [RET] button on the lens to activate the Clip Review function (A Page 56). The most recently captured images are played back on the LCD monitor and viewfinder screens. After playback, the camera recorder returns to standby mode (STBY).
*When [Main Menu] B [Camera Function] B [Switch Set] B [LENS RET] is set to AClip ReviewB (A Page 79)
●Adjusting the Iris (A Page 39)
●Setting the Electronic Shutter (A Page 40)
●Adjusting the White Balance (A Page 42)
●Adjusting the White Shading (A Page 44)
●Setting the ND Filter (A Page 45)
●Adjusting Audio Input Settings and Recording Level (A Page 46)
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