Panasonic P2HDXAG-HPX500

P2HD

AG-HPX500

PRACTICAL GUIDEBOOK

Contents

Main P2HD X PRACTICAL GUIDEBOOK AG-HPX500 Page Shooting Procedure 1 VIDEOCAM mode and FILMCAM mode Basic Setting for Aquisition 59.94Hz (NTSC) and 50Hz (PAL) settings (2) Setting the recording format 2 Recording codec and format AG-HPX500 AG-HPX500 recording codec Image formats and codecs supported by the AG-HPX500 720/24 p(over 60p) Checking the format (1) (2) (3) (4) Standard recording General HD recording methods Shutter speed guide (4) Gamma Setting (Eight-Mode Gamma) 3 Variable Frame Rate-capable recording modes Data capacity according to collection format About the difference between Native (pN) and "over60p" Mode Data capacity for each recording type 4 Pre-shooting setup Lens setup Pre-shooting setup (2) 4 Setup for shooting: Gain / Iris / WB Pre-shooting setup Battery setup Audio setup Gain Flange Back = Back Focus = Rear Focus Selecting a tripod Setting the WB (White Balance) Hot Swap feature of the P2 system / When using 2 or more P2 cards 5 Method of back up various data Saving Scene Files and User Files Backup recording of data output from the IEEE 1394 interface Control settings for connected backup devices Setting the connected backup device to quit operation when the camera's START/STOP button is pushed Connecting to an external tape deck (AJ-HD1400) 6 Page Special Recording 7 Pre-REC Special recording requirements: Recording is possible in the conditions below. Pre-REC/One-Shot/Loop REC/Interval REC One-shot recording Settings for special recording modes Interval Recording 8 Using P2 Cards Basic thumbnail operations Playing back selected file Select Slot TOPIC! 9 From P2 to non-linear editing workstation Mounting P2 card onto the computer's operating system via AG-HPX500 Ingesting procedures using Apple's Final Cut Pro Using Final Cut Pro to capture P2 data Configuring Removing Advanced Pulldown / Duplicate frames 10 Frame rate converter (Software) Importing P2 data backed up on a hard drive Removing Advanced Pulldown Removing duplicate frames in standard-recorded data Installation of frame rate converter If variable frame rate (over 60p/50p mode) is used Examples of exporting data from FCP 11 Creating archives using P2Viewer P2Viewer screen Where to obtain P2Viewer Page 12 P2 data back-up and creating archives Backing up data onto a HDD (1394 HOST mode) <Procedures> Backing up from AG-HPX500 to a HDD Backing up data onto a HDD using an OS (A) (B) TOPIC! Creating archives using FCP 13 Appendix: Information regarding composition and post-processing of images Canopus EDIUS Pro Version 4 and REXCEED series http://www.canopus.com other than Apple Final Cut Pro https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/sales_o/p2comp/index.html P2HD EQUIPMENTS The latest P2 equipment P2HD X AG-HPX500 PRACTICAL GUIDEBOOK List of Terms BNC CAC (Chromatic Aberration Compensation) ING MXF File Native Mode Shot Marker Span Files