Improved Microphone Sound Quality, Picture Profile, WB Shift

Picture Profile

Up to six different picture-quality settings, including gamma and colour settings, can be registered in the memory as picture profiles. This labour-saving function allows operators to easily recall customised picture- quality settings for various shooting conditions. It is also useful for matching footage shot at different times or for multi-camera setups.

The picture-profile functions of the HVR-Z7E and HVR-S270E include enhanced versions from the HVR-Z1E or HVR-V1E, plus a selection of new functions.

Colour Depth

Generally, the brightness of a video image increases as the colour level becomes more vivid. In these new camcorders, the brightness and colour level are processed independently so that more flexible tone – for instance, a dark image with a vivid colour – is realised by 3D-LUT colour processing.

Note: 3D-LUT = three-dimensional look-up table

Colour Correction

The Colour Correction function of the HVR-Z1E has been improved in the HVR-Z7E and HVR-S270E camcorders. Colour Correction provides two functions for creative shooting. The Colour Extraction function can retain up to two desired colours of monitored pictures in the screen, while making all other colours black and white. The advanced function allows users to select the colour simply by pressing a button to memorise the centre colour of the captured image.

HVR-Z7E and HVR-S270E Common Features

The Colour Revision function can change the hue of only the colour designated by the Colour Extraction function. This function is good not only for creating impressive images, but also for blue- or green-screen shooting in order to normalise uneven colour.

The colour data is stored in each Picture Profile so that users can select the most suitable colour setting for each shooting situation.

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Colour Extraction

Colour Revision

Colour Correction Images Simulated

WB Shift

The WB (White Balance) Shift function allows users to create an impressive colour or to adjust the colour temperature of the camcorder.

There are two WB Shift options to choose from:

•LB-CC type: adjusting the LB axis (colour temperature) and CC filter effect

•R-B level type: adjusting the red and blue levels

Skintone Detail

This function allows users to change the sharpness of an object with a specific colour and is particularly good for making skin tones look more natural. The target colour can be specified by controlling the Phase/Range/Saturation/Y Level/Y Range parameters or by pressing a button to specify the colour of an object with a colour picker.

If the sharpness of the background object is decreased, the blur looks more natural.