Sony HDW-750P, HDW-730S manual 34 -4

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These are the optional boards that can be fitted internally to the HDW-750P or 730S:

•HKDW-702 Down-converter for SD SDI or VBS outputs.

•HKDW-703 Cache recording for time-lapse or loop recording.

•HKDW-704 GPS support (TBA)

•HKDW-705 Slow shutter option. Up to 64 frame exposure times.

You can check which options are installed on the final page of the diagnostic menu.

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Similar to Digital Betacam, but here are some points to bear in mind:

•The supplied front mic. is stereo, and uses a 5 pin XLR connection to the camera body.

•The optional internal radio mic. option is the WRR-855 model, as used previously on SX and IMX camcorders. It’s a single channel diversity unit.

•There’s an extra 3.5mm monitoring jack connection at the front of the camcorder.

•All those difficult to access menu items that you used to have to get to via the timecode panel on Digi Beta are now in the main camera menus, in the maintenance section.

•If you are using the HDVF-C30W colour viewfinder, there is no attachment point for the front mic. (You can use mic. mounting bracket CAC-12 )

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As this camera provides such a lot of natural resolution, and you’ve probably paid a lot of money for an HD lens, it seems kind of perverse to put softening filters in front of the lens unless there’s a particular dramatic effect you’re after. Otherwise internal filters are the same as Digital betacam. Alternative internal filters can be provided by Tiffen or Calmar. Contact your dealer to have them fitted.

The 750P has a dual filter wheel, the 730S having a single wheel with a mix of colour correction and ND filters.

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As mentioned above, there’s a lot of natural detail available, and even with the detail switched off entirely, you’ll still get very good pictures. The camcorder is often used in this mode, particularly if there will be a final print to film. Leaving a small amount of detail correction in will not cause any visible ringing or overshoots on edges.

Some things to be aware of:

•The HDW-F900 and the ‘HDW-750P / 730s are very different in the way the detail works. There’s much less range available on the F900, and if you wind the detail up to the end stop, it still won’t make the pictures very hard edged or unpleasant.

•The ‘750 / 730 is different. If you wind the detail right up you can get very hard edged pictures indeed.

•Beware of winding detail level down too far. Below about –50 it will start to apply negative detail, and artificially soften edges. (i.e. softer than just turning detail off.)

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