Sony PDW-850 Operation Manual page 3

Adjusting the Shoulder Pad Position ....................................................... 48
Connecting the Remote Control Unit ...................................................... 48
Chapter 3 : Adjustments and Settings for Shooting
Setting the Recording Format .................................................................. 51
Adjusting the Black Balance and the White Balance ............................. 52
Setting the Electronic Shutter................................................................... 57
Changing the Reference Value for Automatic Iris Adjustment ............ 59
Adjusting the Audio Level ........................................................................ 61
Setting the Time Data ................................................................................ 64
Chapter 4 : Shooting
Handling Discs ........................................................................................... 68
Basic Procedure for Shooting ................................................................... 72
Setting the system frequency .......................................................... 51
Setting the video recording format.................................................. 51
Mixed recording of clips in different formats on the same disc ..... 52
Adjusting the black balance ............................................................ 52
Adjusting the white balance ............................................................ 54
Shutter modes.................................................................................. 57
Selecting the shutter mode and shutter speed ................................. 57
Manually adjusting the audio levels of the audio inputs from the
AUDIO IN CH1/CH2 connectors............................................. 61
Manually adjusting the audio level of the MIC IN connector ........ 62
Recording audio on channels 3 and 4 ............................................. 63
Setting the timecode........................................................................ 64
Setting the user bits ......................................................................... 65
Synchronizing the timecode............................................................ 66
Discs used for recording and playback ........................................... 68
Notes on handling ........................................................................... 68
Write-protecting discs ..................................................................... 68
Loading and unloading a disc ......................................................... 69
Formatting a disc............................................................................. 70
Handling of discs when recording does not end normally (salvage
function).................................................................................... 70
Playing back the recorded clip ........................................................ 74
Deleting the recorded clip ............................................................... 75
Using the Freeze Mix function........................................................ 75
Using the Focus Assist function...................................................... 76
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