Maintenance and Inspections

Inspections Before Shooting

Make sure you check that the system is operating normally before embarking on a shoot. We recommend using a color video monitor to check the image.

Preparing for Inspections

1 Mount a charged battery pack.

2 Turn the power switch ON and check that 5 or more BATT indication marks appear.

zIf fewer than 5 BATT indication marks appear, replace the battery with a fully-charged battery.

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3 Insert a P2 card into the card slot and close the slide cover.

Confirm that the P2 card access LED for the inserted card slot lights up in orange. If P2 cards are inserted into multiple card slots, only the P2 card access LED for the first-inserted P2 card lights up in orange. Then, the other P2 card access LEDs light up in green when P2 cards are inserted.

If the access LED for the P2 card slot in which a P2 card is inserted keeps blinking in green, or if there is no display, recording is not possible on that particular P2 card.

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Inspecting the Camera Unit

1 Set the zoom to electric zoom mode and check the zoom operation.

Check that the image changes to telephoto and wide angle.

2 Set the zoom to manual zoom mode and check the zoom operation.

Turn the manual zoom lever to check that the image changes to telephoto and wide angle.

3 Set the iris to automatic adjustment mode and aim the lens at objects with different degrees of brightness, to check that the automatic iris adjustment operates normally.

4 Set the iris to manual adjustment mode and turn the iris ring, to check the manual iris adjustment.

5 While holding down the instant iris automatic adjustment button, aim the lens at objects with different degrees of brightness, to check that the instant iris automatic adjustment operates properly.

6 Return the iris to automatic adjustment mode and change the GAIN switch setting to L, M, and H, to check the following items:

zThe iris is adjusted for objects with the same brightness according to the switch setting.

zThe gain value displayed on the viewfinder screen changes according to the switch setting.

7 When a lens with an extender is mounted, set the extender to the operating position to check that the extender operates properly.

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