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MAIN MENU
TOP MENU: (or Main Menu) is displayed by holding the Rotary Encoder Button IN while flicking the Viewfinder Switch from the "OFF" position to "MENU" OPERATION: Used to set individual operator preferences (for example, for the viewfinder display), and to save them to the Setup Card. PAINT: An extensive menu shown in detail below, used for setting a range of image-adjustment paramaters. MAINTENANCE: Used to change camera maintenance operations, for example, changing the basic system, or infrequently used Paint items. FILE: Used for performing file operations, such as, writing the reference file. INDEX: Alphabetical list of all functions contained within the system. Use this to quickly locate any item, rather than laboriously searching through the various menus and pages. DIAG DISP: Has detailed information about the status of the VTR (e.g. hours of drum usage etc.) and can help to locate a failed circuit board etc. PAINT MENUSW STATUS - Page 1
Suggest turning everything in this menu "ON" Values for all the above functions can be selected in subsequent menus in the Paint File. FLARE: Corrects for lens flare .... set values in Paint Menu 2. GAMMA: Changes the contrast curve .... set values in Paint Menu 2. BLACK GAMMA: Allows for the changing of the Blacks and Mid-Range independently of each other .... set values in Paint Menu 3. KNEE: Point where compression of the highlights begins .... set values in Paint Menu 4. DYNAMIC KNEE: Don't use if shooting across light and dark areas (overexpose / underexpose) .... set in Paint Menu 4. WHITE CLIP: Sets maximum White Level .... set values in Paint Menu 4. DETAIL: For Image Enhancement .... set values in Menu 5. LEVEL DEPENDS: Point where Detail is turned off automatically. Used to avoid adding Enhancement to Noise arising in the image .... set values in Paint Menu 5. MATRIX: A 6-way color Matrix system facilitating a high control over color correction. Corrections will track properly with changes in aperture (unlike White Balance) .... set values in Paint Menu 8. VIDEO LEVEL - Page 2
WHITE: Easier to make trimming adjustments in Gamma (see below). GAMMA - Page 3
GAMMA: Suggest using minus 15 as a starting point (as minus 15 = 50 IRE, and is therefore the mid point.) KNEE - Page 4
KNEE POINT: Suggest +24 for contrasty lighting, DETAIL 1 - Page 5
DETAIL: Can play it safe, and turn image enhancement OFF if printing to film, or for green/blue screen work. Otherwise leave ON and set values shown below. LEVEL: Normal range 0 to minus 25. Suggest minus 15 for broadcast applications, and minus 25 for general application. LIMITER: Suggest +18 for broadcast applications, and +28 for general application. CRISPENING: Best to leave this set to zero, as it can cancel out the other settings. H / V RATIO: Set to zero. FREQUENCY: Effects the width of artificial black edging. Usually best to make it as narrow and therefore as unobtrusive as possible by setting to the maximum frequency setting of +99. If using diffusion on the lens like ProMist etc., set to zero. LEVEL DEPEND: This automatically turns off image enhancement when it drops below a specified level. This is to prevent any video noise that is mixed with the image, from being enhanced along with the image information itself. For example, if you select a value of +10, this cuts off any enhancement below 10 IRE. A setting of +10 or +15 is normally recommended. DETAIL 2 - Page 6
Image Enhancement adds an artificial edge to make the overall image appear sharper. Overuse of Enhancement can lead to a "cookie cutter" effect, so special care needs to be taken if converting to film, or doing green/blue screen work. If in doubt, it is better to turn all enhancement off when converting to film or for general green/blue screen work. CONVERSION TO FILM: The above settings would be appropriate for convertion to film. WHITE LIMITER: Set to the same value as the level for the Limiter in the previous "Detail 1" menu i.e. +28. BLACK LIMITER: To lose the artificial black enhancement line completely, set to +99. Otherwise, have the value for the Black limiter about twice that for the White limiter. For maximum enhancement, use the following settings for the White and Black Limiters.
SKIN DETAIL - Page 7
This menu is essentially an AUTO HUE facility. Better not to use this option with conversion to film. SKIN DETAIL: PHASE: WIDTH: . SATURATION: LEVEL: GATE: MATRIX - Page 8
[R] [G] [B]: Plus numbers push the color away from the reference colour, while negative numbers pull it closer to the reference color. For example, to increase overall Red (i.e. to warm up the image), dial in minus10 under [-G], and minus10 under [-B] on the first line = R. And similarly, to increase Green and Blue, dial in negative values as shown below. Plus numbers will have the opposite effect:
MATRIX: Turns the whole system ON or OFF. USER MATRIX: Turns the "User Matrix" (i.e. [R] [G] [B] above) ON or OFF. With everything turned ON, the "User Matrix" is used to trim the "Preset" Matrix below (which in this case, is REC 709). PRESET: Turns ON the "Preset" Matrix below. PRE MTX SEL: Selects a standard matrix. "REC 709" is a fairly neutral configuration, and is a good starting point for further trimming, if desired. "REC 709" is also a good rendition for conversions to film. SHUTTER - Page 9
SHUTTER / ECS: Turns the shutter or the ECS (Extended Clear Scan), either ON or OFF. SHUTTER / ECS: Select the shutter speed from 100, 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, or ECS (Extended Clear Scan). 100 = one hundredth of a second, etc. ECS FREQ: When ECS (or Extended Clear Scan) is selected above, set the ECS Frequency here in the range 30Hz to 7000Hz. S-EVS: Turns the Super EVS (or Expanded Vertical Scan) function, either ON or OFF. S-EVS: Sets the Super EVS value between 0 and 100%. At the maximum setting of 100%, vertical resolution is increased by 200 lines. However, this increased vertical resolution is at the expense of one stop sensitivity i.e. the sensitivity of the imagers or CCD's is halved, so you need to open up the aperature on the lens, (or increase the gain) to compensate for this loss of light. SCENE FILE - Page 10
TO SAVE A SCENE FILE: To save all your Paint Menu settings (above) to a memory in the camcorder, select FILE STORE and push the rotary encoder button. Then select a file number between 1 and 5, and push the rotary encoder again to store your data. An asterisk appears next to the file number to confirm that your settings have been stored successfully. Note: it is not possible to save Scene Files to the Setup Card (as there is simply too much information). RESTORING DATA: Select the appropriate Scene File to be restored (between 1 and 5), and push the rotary encoder button. When the Scene File is restored, an asterisk appears next to the file number to confirm this operation. If you continue to push the rotary encoder, the data in the selected Scene File toggles between the operator's adjusted settings and the standard camcorder settings. STANDARD: Select and press the rotary encoder to returns all settings within the camcorder back to the factory presets. When initially setting up the camcorder from scratch, it is normally quickest to reset to the Standard settings, and then trim the various menus accordingly. Note: The [R] [G] [B] values in the Matrix are not reset to zero by pressing this Standard recall function. Copyright © Peter Gray
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