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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)/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