DXC-D30WS/P(E)/V1

Setup Files

Changing File Settings

When using advanced menu page 10 or 11, you can change the settings about picture quality in setup files. (In basic menu page 2, a part of items are changeable.) The changes are accepted only until another file is called up, after which the original settings are restored. If you save the changes, store the modified file as one of the user files or record it in a cassette. (See the following section “Saving File Settings”.)

1 Perform the steps described in “To call up files recorded onto a tape (when using the DSR-1/1P)” above to call up the selected file.

2 Access advanced menu page 10 or 11.

Page 11

Item

Settings

SAT

–99 to ±0 (normal value) to

Adjusts the saturation of the

+99

image.

Negative adjustment values

 

decrease the saturation and

 

positive adjustment values

 

increase the saturation.

HUE

–99 to ±0 (normal value) to

Adjusts the hue of the

+99

image.

 

SKIN SAT

–99 to ±0 (normal value) to

Adjusts the saturation in the

+99

specified area of the image.

Negative adjustment values

 

decrease the saturation and

 

positive adjustment values

 

increase the saturation.

SKIN HUE

–99 to ±0 (normal value) to

Adjusts the hue in the

+99

specified area of the image.

 

3 Access advanced menu page 12.

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FILE STORE

Currently

FILE:*FILMLIKE

mDESTINATION FILE

selected file a)

USER1

 

STORE FILE?

 

(YESm4)

 

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

a)An asterisk (*) appears in front of any factory preset file whose contents have been revised at least once.

4 Move the cursor to DESTINATION FILE and repeatedly press the UP/ON button or the DOWN/ OFF button to select USER1, USER2, or USER3.

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FILE STORE FILE:*FILMLIKE DESTINATION FILE USER2

mSTORE FILE?

DONE

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

To save setup files to a tape (when using the DSR-1/1P)

Connect the DSR-1/1P to the camera head and load the tape onto which the file will be recorded.

1 Perform steps 1 to 4 of “Saving File Settings” and

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FILE ADJ 1 FILE:*FILMLIKE

mM.BLACK:± 0

STRETCH:± 0

M.GAMMA:± 0

DTL LEV:± 0

VDTL LEV:± 0

DTL FREQ:M

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

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FILE ADJ 2 FILE:*FILMLIKE

mSAT:33 HUE:22 SKIN SAT:12 SKIN HUE:15

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

Currently selected file a)

Currently selected file a)

Saving File Settings

Files whose settings have been changed for certain shooting conditions can be saved as a user file or onto a tape (when using the DSR-1/1P).

For details, see “To save setup files to a tape (when using the DSR-1/1P)” (page 65).

1 Set the SET UP switch to FILE.

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FILE STORE

 

 

FILE:*FILMLIKE

mDESTINATION

FILE

USER2

File in

which

STORE FILE?

current settings

(YESm4)

are to be stored

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

5 Press the UP/ON button to move the cursor to

STORE FILE?.

The display changes as shown below.

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FILE STORE

FILE:*FILMLIKE

DESTINATION FILE

select TAPE as the file saving destination.

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FILE

STORE

 

 

FILE:*FILMLIKE

 

 

 

mDESTINATION FILE

 

 

TAPE

 

 

 

 

STORE

FILE?

 

 

 

(YESm4)

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EXIT MENU (YESm4)

2 Press the UP/ON button to move the cursor to

Viewfinder

STORE FILE?.

 

 

 

The display changes as shown below.

Screen

 

 

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Indications

 

 

and Menus

a)An asterisk (*) appears in front of any factory preset file whose contents have been revised at least once.

3 Make the desired changes.

Page 10

Item

Settings

M.BLACK, STRETCH and

See “Basic menu page 2”

DTL LEV

(page 52).

M.GAMMA

–99 to ±0 (normal value) to

Adjusts the gamma curve.

+99

V DTL LEV

–99 to ±0 (normal value) to

Adjusts the vertical detail.

+99

DTL FREQ

LL, L, M (normal value), H,

Adjusts the central

HH

frequency of the detail.

 

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SET UP switch

2 Call up a setup file whose settings approximate the desired shooting conditions and then change some of the settings.

For details of this operation, see “Calling up a Setup File” (page 62), “Changing File Settings” (page 64), “Basic Menu Operations” (page 51), and “Advanced Menu Operations” (page 57).

USER2 mSTORE FILE?

(NOm$ YESm4)

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

6 Press the UP/ON button to store the file. To abort the save operation, press the DOWN/OFF button (the display returns to the one shown at step 4).

When the save operation is finished, the display changes as shown below.

FILE STORE

 

FILE:*FILMLIKE

and

DESTINATION FILE

TAPE

Menus

mREADY TAPE?

(NOm$ YESm4)

EXIT MENU (YESm4)

(continued)

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