Contents

Adjusting the White Balance/Black Balance ÁAdjusting the White Balance . . . . . . . . 70 ÁAdjusting the Black Balance . . . . . . . . 75 Setting the Electronic Shutter

ÁShutter Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ÁSetting the Shutter Mode/Speed . . . . . 78 ÁSetting the Synchro Scan Mode . . . . . 79 ÁChanging the Shutter Speed/Mode

Selection Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Changing the Iris Automatic Adjustment

Reference Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Adjusting the Audio Level . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Setting the Time Data

ÁSetting the Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 ÁSetting the User Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 ÁLocking the Time Code to an External

Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 ÁExternal Lock Operation

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Using the user data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 ÁUser data operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 ÁSaving the user data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 ÁLoading the user data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Setup Card Operations

ÁSetup Card Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

ÁSetup Card Data Operations . . . . . . . 88

Cassettes

ÁInserting and Ejecting Cassettes . . . . 93

ÁPreventing Accidental Erasure . . . . . . 94

Recording

ÁBasic Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 ÁSuccessive Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Playback—Checking Recorded Contents ÁRec Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 ÁColor Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Connection With an External VTR. . . . . 101 Recording Simultaneously with the

Internal VTR and an External

VTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Recording With an External VTR Instead

of the Internal VTR

ÁUsing the 26-pin/12-pin Output

Adaptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 RET Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Replacing the Backup Battery . . . . . . . . 107 Setting Menu Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 ÁMAIN menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 ÁMAIN menu screen 1 of 4

(SUB menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

ROP (112), MATRIX (113), LOW SETTING (114), MID SETTING (115), HIGH SETTING (116), ADDITIONAL DTL (117), SKIN TONE DTL (118), KNEE/LEVEL (119), FLARE/ GAMMA (120), CAMERA SETTING (120)

ÁMAIN menu screen 2 of 4

(SUB menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

VF DISPLAY (121), VF INDICATOR (123), CAMERA ID (124), SHUTTER SPEED (124), SYNCHRO SCAN (125), !LED (125), CAMERA SW MODE (126), SUPER GAIN (127), VTR FUNCTION (128), BATT/TAPE ALARM (130)

ÁMAIN menu screen 3 of 4

(SUB menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

CARD READ/WRITE (131), CARD R/W SELECT (132), REC (ASPECT)/PB/RET (133), MIC/AUDIO (134), GENLOCK/IRIS (136), VIDEO OUT (137), TIME/DATE (137), LENS SEL/ADJ (137)

ÁMAIN menu screen 4 of 4

(SUB menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

USER MENU SEL 1 of 3 (138), USER MENU SEL 2 of 3 (139), USER MENU SEL 3 of 3 (140), AUTO SHADING (141), EVALUATION (141), INITIALIZE (146), DIAGNOSTIC (146)

Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Emergency eject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Maintenance

ÁCondensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 ÁCleaning the Video Heads . . . . . . . . . 150 ÁCleaning the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . 150 ÁCharacteristic Phenomenon of CCD

Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Inspections Before Shooting

ÁInspection Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . 151

ÁInspecting the Camera Section . . . . . . 151

ÁInspecting the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . 152

ÁInspecting the Iris and Zoom

Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

ÁInspecting the VTR Section . . . . . . . . 153

Specifications

ÁGeneral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 ÁCamera Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 ÁViewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 ÁVTR Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 ÁAccessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 ÁRelated Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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