Operation - Ikegami HDK-55 Operation Manual

1.1 Features of This Product
Pursuit for Superb Operation and Ease of Use
■ Application of Conventional Standard 2/3-inch Lenses
As the lens mount, BTA S-1005B is used. You can use not only HD lenses but also SD
camera lenses for SDTV portable cameras as they are.
■ High Performance Viewfinders
Employs a magnifying eye-piece in the 2-inch B/W viewfinder to improve the visibility
of fine picture detail. It is also possible to choose a 2-inch color viewfinder, 5-inch high
precision B/W viewfinder or a 9-inch liquid crystal color viewfinder.
Low Center of Gravity, Light Weight, and Excellent Balance
■
Designed with a low center of gravity, light weight, and excellent balance, in consideration
of the balance when shooting on the shoulder and holding at various angles.
■ On-Line Diagnostics
An on-line diagnostic system enables monitoring the status of circuits including video,
control, fiber optic transmission, pulses and power supply. This enables you to always grasp
the status information of the camera.
■ Rotating Camera Cable Connection
Employs a rotating fiber camera cable connector. This enables studio shooting and field
shooting at various angles.
Return Switch
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A switch to choose RET-1 or RET-2 is also equipped on the handle grip of the camera to
easily switch when low angle shooting.
Peripheral Equipment to Support a Wide Range of Purposes
■ SE-H700 System Expander
By using an SE-H700 system expander, you can use a 9-inch viewfinder and full studio
lenses. The light weight portable camera is converted into a full facility studio camera.
Equipped with Various Interfaces
- The camera includes HD-SDI signal output.
- The camera has an interface for return video in HD-SDI signal form. (RET HD-SDI signal
transmission)
- When the camera is connected to the BSF-55, you can use the data trunk channel (RS-422)
for virtual studio applications.
- An 8-core composite fiber optic camera cable (two single-mold fibers, four power
leads, two control signal leads) connects between the camera and the BSF-55, and the
transmission complies with BTA S-004A (Japan standard) and SMPTE292M (International
standard). The distance of signal transmission and power supply allows up to 3,000 m
by multiple connections (up to 12 connections) of composite fiber optic cables (9.2 mm
diameter).
- DC12V can be supplied from the camera.
Support Function for Data Setup
The level adjustment and settings of each menu for the camera can be easily set up by
calling up the ENGINEER SET FILE that is set by user engineer or the FACTORY SET
FILE that is set at shipment according to environment or shooting conditions where the
camera system is used. This enables to initialize the camera status quickly even though the
settings are changed due to causes such as wrong operation of the menu.
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HDK-55 1206 VER1 (U)
Reference:
Refer to "6. TROUBLE
SHOOTING and
MAINTENANCE", "Initializing
the Settings of this Product"
(page 103) for the ENGINEER
SET FILE and FACTORY SET
FILE.