Sony PDW-850 Operation Manual page 3

Using the Shoulder Strap .......................................................................... 49
Adjusting the Shoulder Pad Position ....................................................... 50
Connecting the Remote Control Unit ...................................................... 50
Chapter 3 : Adjustments and Settings for Shooting
Setting the Recording Format .................................................................. 53
Adjusting the Black Balance and the White Balance ............................. 55
Setting the Electronic Shutter................................................................... 60
Changing the Reference Value for Automatic Iris Adjustment ............ 64
Adjusting the Audio Level ........................................................................ 66
Setting Time Data ...................................................................................... 69
Chapter 4 : Shooting
Handling Discs ........................................................................................... 73
Basic Procedure for Shooting ................................................................... 77
Setting the system frequency .......................................................... 53
Setting the video recording format.................................................. 54
Mixed recording of clips in different formats on the same disc ..... 54
Adjusting the black balance ............................................................ 55
Adjusting the white balance ............................................................ 57
Shutter modes.................................................................................. 60
Selecting the shutter mode and shutter speed ................................. 61
Manually adjusting the audio levels of the audio inputs from the
AUDIO IN CH1/CH2 connectors............................................. 66
Manually adjusting the audio level of the MIC IN connector ........ 67
Recording audio on channels 3 and 4 ............................................. 67
Setting the timecode........................................................................ 69
Setting the user bits ......................................................................... 69
Synchronizing the timecode............................................................ 70
Discs used for recording and playback ........................................... 73
Notes on handling ........................................................................... 73
Write-protecting discs ..................................................................... 73
Loading and unloading a disc ......................................................... 74
Formatting a disc............................................................................. 75
Handling of discs when recording does not end normally (salvage
function).................................................................................... 75
Playing back the recorded clip ........................................................ 79
Deleting the recorded clip ............................................................... 80
Using the Freeze Mix function........................................................ 80
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