Basic Operations - Sony PMW-500 Operation Manual

Basic Operations

This section explains the basic shooting and
recording procedures.
Before starting to shoot, inspect the camera
system to verify that it is operating properly.
1
Attach a fully charged battery pack (see
page 31).
2
Select the recording mode (see page 49).
3
Load one or two S×S memory cards (see
page 64).
If you load two cards, the camcorder
switches automatically to the second card
when the first card becomes full.
4
Set the camcorder's POWER switch
(see page 12) to ON.
5
Make the following settings.
Marker display: On (see page 105)
Iris: Auto (see page 55)
Zoom: Auto
Camera output: Select the picture currently
being shot (camera picture), and turn the
DCC function on (see page 16).
Timecode advance mode: F-RUN (Free
Run) or R-RUN (Rec Run) (see page 58)
Audio input channel selection: Auto (see
page 23)
6
Push the AUTO W/B BAL switch to the
BLACK side to adjust the black balance
(see page 50).
7
Select a filter according to the lighting
conditions, and adjust the white balance
(see page 51).
8
Point the camcorder at the subject, and
adjust the focus and zoom.
9
If you are using the electronic shutter,
select an appropriate shutter mode and
speed (see page 53).
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10
Do one of the following to start
recording.
- Press the REC START button (see
page 14).
- Press the VTR button on the lens.
- Turn on the assignable switch to which the
Rec function has been assigned (see
page 136).
During recording, the TALLY indicators, the
tally indicator on the front panel of the
viewfinder, and the REC indication on the
viewfinder screen light. Adjust the zoom and
focus as required.
Notes
• Never remove the battery pack while the
camcorder is recording (while the ACCESS lamp
on the right-side panel is lit in blue and the
ACCESS lamp in the card slot section is lit in
orange). Doing so risks the loss of several
seconds of data before the recording was
interrupted, because internal processing will not
end normally.
• The playback control buttons (EJECT, F REV, F
FWD, NEXT, PREV, PLAY/PAUSE, STOP) do
not function during recording.
11
To stop recording, perform one of the
operations listed in step 10.
The TALLY indicators, the tally indicator on
the front panel of the viewfinder, and the
REC indication on the viewfinder screen go
out, and camcorder enters recording standby
(STBY) mode.
A clip is created from the video and audio
data and the metadata recorded between steps
10 and 11.
Note
When the recording mode is UDF, if you stop
recording within two seconds of starting, recording
continues and this results in a two-second clip.
To check the recording (recording review)
With the camcorder in recording standby
(STBY) mode, turn on the assignable switch
to which the Rec Review function or the
Freeze Mix function has been assigned (see
page 135).
The camcorder plays the entire last clip, or
the last few seconds of that clip (three
seconds or 10 seconds), and then returns to
standby mode.