8-2 Saving and Loading Scene Files

You can save various settings for shooting a particular scene as a scene file. Loading the scene file, you can quickly recreate setup conditions suitable for the scene. You can save up to five scene files in the camcorder memory and up to 100 scene files in a “Memory Stick”. You can also load data from the “Memory Stick” into the camcorder memory.

Data that can be saved in a scene file

You can save the following data in a scene file:

Values adjusted using the PAINT menu

For details of the PAINT menu, refer to the Maintenance Manual.

Shutter speed settings made in the standard mode and ECS mode

The white balance data included in a scene file depends on the SCENE WHITE DATA setting on the REFERENCE page of the FILE menu.

For details, see “White balance setting data to be saved in the scene file” on page 142.

8-2-1 Saving a Scene File

Proceed as follows to save a scene file in the camcorder memory or the “Memory Stick”.

To save a scene file in the “Memory Stick”, insert the “Memory Stick” before starting the operation.

1 In the TOP menu, select the FILE menu.

2 Turn the MENU knob until the SCENE FILE page appears, then press the MENU knob to select the page. Alternatively, select “SCENE FILE” on the CONTENTS page to display the SCENE FILE page.

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SCENE FILE

TOP

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s2

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s3

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s4

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s5

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SCENE

RECALL

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EXEC

SCENE

STORE

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EXEC

F.ID:

 

 

 

If you want to set a file ID for the data to be saved

Set the file ID before going to step 3.

For details on setting the file ID, see “Setting the file ID” on page 143.

3 Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to “SCENE STORE”, and press the MENU knob.

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SCENE FILE

TOP

s1

:STANDARD

 

s2

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s3

:STANDARD

 

s4

:STANDARD

 

s5

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sSTANDARD

 

 

SCENE

RECALL

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EXEC

SCENE

STORE

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EXEC

F.ID:

 

 

 

The SCENE STORE page appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DISPLAY MODE

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ALL

 

 

MEM-01:STANDARD

 

 

 

 

MEM-02:STANDARD

 

 

 

 

MEM-03:STANDARD

 

 

 

 

MEM-04:STANDARD

 

 

 

 

MEM-05:STANDARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Select the desired file number.

When no “Memory Stick” has been inserted

Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to the desired file number, and press the MENU knob. When the save is completed, the SCENE FILE page appears again.

When you select a file number where data has already been saved

The message “OVERWRITE OK? YES b NO” appears. In this case, the b mark is placed on the left of “NO”.

To stop overwriting, press the MENU knob.

To overwrite, move the b mark to “YES” and press the MENU knob.

When a “Memory Stick” has been inserted

You can use up to 20 pages, from P01 to P20, to save scene files in the “Memory Stick”. Each page can hold up to 5 files.

1Turn the MENU knob until the page which contains the desired file number appears, then press the MENU knob.

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