Panasonic AJ-SDC915 Operating Instructions Manual page 4

Contents
Adjusting the White Balance/Black Balance
ÁAdjusting the White Balance . . . . . . . .
ÁAdjusting the Black Balance . . . . . . . .
Setting the Electronic Shutter
ÁShutter Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ÁSetting the Shutter Mode/Speed . . . . .
ÁSetting the Synchro Scan Mode . . . . .
ÁChanging the Shutter Speed/Mode
Selection Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing the Iris Automatic Adjustment
Reference Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adjusting the Audio Level . . . . . . . . . . .
Setting the Time Data
ÁSetting the Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . .
ÁSetting the User Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ÁLocking the Time Code to an External
Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ÁExternal Lock Operation
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using the user data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ÁUser data operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ÁSaving the user data . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ÁLoading the user data . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Setup Card Operations
ÁSetup Card Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ÁSetup Card Data Operations . . . . . . .
Cassettes
ÁInserting and Ejecting Cassettes . . . .
ÁPreventing Accidental Erasure . . . . . .
Recording
ÁBasic Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ÁSuccessive Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Playback-Checking Recorded Contents
ÁRec Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
ÁColor Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Connection With an External VTR. . . . . 101
Recording Simultaneously with the
Internal VTR and an External
VTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Recording With an External VTR Instead
of the Internal VTR
ÁUsing the 26-pin/12-pin Output
Adaptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
RET Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Replacing the Backup Battery . . . . . . . . 107
Setting Menu Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
ÁMAIN menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
ÁMAIN menu screen 1 of 4
70
75 (SUB menus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
ROP (112), MATRIX (113), LOW SETTING (114), MID
SETTING (115), HIGH SETTING (116), ADDITIONAL DTL
77
(117), SKIN TONE DTL (118), KNEE/LEVEL (119), FLARE/
78
GAMMA (120), CAMERA SETTING (120)
ÁMAIN menu screen 2 of 4
79
(SUB menus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
80
VF DISPLAY (121), VF INDICATOR (123), CAMERA ID
(124), SHUTTER SPEED (124), SYNCHRO SCAN (125),
!LED (125), CAMERA SW MODE (126), SUPER GAIN
80
(127), VTR FUNCTION (128), BATT/TAPE ALARM (130)
81
ÁMAIN menu screen 3 of 4
(SUB menus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
83
CARD READ/WRITE (131), CARD R/W SELECT (132),
84
REC (ASPECT)/PB/RET (133), MIC/AUDIO (134),
GENLOCK/IRIS (136), VIDEO OUT (137), TIME/DATE
(137), LENS SEL/ADJ (137)
85
ÁMAIN menu screen 4 of 4
(SUB menus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
85
USER MENU SEL 1 of 3 (138), USER MENU SEL 2 of 3
86
(139), USER MENU SEL 3 of 3 (140), AUTO SHADING
(141), EVALUATION (141), INITIALIZE (146),
86
DIAGNOSTIC (146)
86
ÁREMOTE menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
86
REMOTE FUNCTION (147), VF IND. (REMOTE) (147),
!LED (REMOTE) (148), TALLY/RET (REMOTE) (148)
87
Warning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
88
Emergency eject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
93
Maintenance
ÁCondensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
94
ÁCleaning the Video Heads . . . . . . . . . 152
ÁCleaning the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . 152
95
ÁCharacteristic Phenomenon of CCD
98
Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Inspections Before Shooting
ÁInspection Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . 153
ÁInspecting the Camera Section . . . . . . 153
ÁInspecting the Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . 154
ÁInspecting the Iris and Zoom
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
ÁInspecting the VTR Section . . . . . . . . 155
Specifications
ÁGeneral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
ÁCamera Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
ÁViewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
ÁVTR Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ÁAccessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ÁRelated Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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