Maintenance And Inspections; Preparing For Inspections; Inspecting The Camera Unit - Panasonic HPX3000 Manual

Maintenance and Inspections

Inspections Before Shooting
Make sure you check that the system is operating normally before embarking on a shoot. We recommend using a color
video monitor to check the image.

Preparing for Inspections

1
Mount a charged battery pack.
2
Turn the power switch ON and check that 5 or more
BATT indication marks appear.
If fewer than 5 BATT indication marks appear,
replace the battery with a fully-charged battery.

Inspecting the Camera Unit

1
Set the zoom to electric zoom mode and check the
zoom operation.
Check that the image changes to telephoto and wide
angle.
2
Set the zoom to manual zoom mode and check the
zoom operation.
Turn the manual zoom lever to check that the image
changes to telephoto and wide angle.
3
Set the iris to automatic adjustment mode and aim the
lens at objects with different degrees of brightness, to
check that the automatic iris adjustment operates
normally.
4
Set the iris to manual adjustment mode and turn the
iris ring, to check the manual iris adjustment.
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Maintenance and Inspections : Inspections Before Shooting
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Insert a P2 card into the card slot and close the slide
cover.
Confirm that the P2 card access LED for the inserted
card slot lights up in orange. If P2 cards are inserted
into multiple card slots, only the P2 card access LED
for the first-inserted P2 card lights up in orange. Then,
the other P2 card access LEDs light up in green when
P2 cards are inserted.
If the access LED for the P2 card slot in which a P2
card is inserted keeps blinking in green, or if there is
no display, recording is not possible on that particular
P2 card.
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While holding down the instant iris automatic
adjustment button, aim the lens at objects with
different degrees of brightness, to check that the
instant iris automatic adjustment operates properly.
6
Return the iris to automatic adjustment mode and
change the GAIN switch setting to L, M, and H, to
check the following items:
The iris is adjusted for objects with the same
brightness according to the switch setting.
The gain value displayed on the viewfinder screen
changes according to the switch setting.
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When a lens with an extender is mounted, set the
extender to the operating position to check that the
extender operates properly.