Typical Ccd Phenomena; About A Memory Stick - Sony IPELA SNC-RZ30N Install Manual

Typical CCD
Phenomena
The following phenomena may appear on
the monitor screen while you are using a
CCD color video camera. These phenomena
stem from the high sensitivity of the CCD
image sensors, and do not indicate a fault
within the camera.
Vertical smear
A "smear" may appear to extend vertically
from very bright subjects, as shown below.
Video monitor
screen
This phenomenon is common to CCD
imaging elements using an interline transfer
system, and is caused when electric charge
induced by infrared radiation deep within
the photo sensor is transferred to the
resistors.
Aliasing
When shooting fine stripes, straight lines or
similar patterns, the lines may become
slightly jagged.
Blemishes
A CCD image sensor consists of an array of
individual picture elements (pixels). A
malfunctioning sensor element will show up
as a single pixel blemish in the image. This
is generally not a problem.
White speckles
When you shoot a poorly illuminated object
at a high temperature, small white dots may
appear all over the entire screen image.
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Typical CCD Phenomena/About a Memory Stick
Pale vertical smear
Very bright subject
(such as an electric
lamp, fluorescent
lamp, sunlight, or
strong reflected light)
About a Memory
Stick
On Memory Sticks
"Memory Stick" is a new compact, portable
and versatile IC recording medium with a
data capacity that exceeds a floppy disk.
"Memory Stick" is a specially designed for
exchanging and sharing digital data among
"Memory Stick" compatible products.
Because it is removable, "Memory Stick"
can also be used for external data storage.
Types of Memory Sticks
There are two types of "Memory Sticks": the
"MagicGate Memory Stick" that is equipped
with the MagicGate copyright protection
technology, and the general "Memory
Stick." You can use both types of "Memory
Stick" with this unit. However, because this
unit does not support the MagicGate
standards, data recorded with this unit is not
subject to MagicGate copyright protection.
On MagicGate
MagicGate is copyright protection
technology that uses encryption technology.
To protect Memory Stick data
A "Memory Stick" is equipped with a write-
protect tab. You can record or erase data, or
format the "Memory Stick" when you set the
write-protect tab to the left position. If you
set the write-protect tab to LOCK (right
position), you can read data but cannot
record data. When you use a "Memory
Stick" with this unit to read the recorded
images, we recommend that you set the
write-protect tab to LOCK.