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Sony HDC-P43 Operation Manual

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MULTI PURPOSE CAMERA
HDC-P43
OPERATION MANUAL
[English]
1st Edition (Revised 1)

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  • Page 1 MULTI PURPOSE CAMERA HDC-P43 OPERATION MANUAL [English] 1st Edition (Revised 1)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Menu Tree..............22 OPERATION Menu ............27 PAINT Menu..............32 MAINTENANCE Menu ...........38 FILE Menu..............41 DIAGNOSIS Menu ............44 Appendix ..............45 Precautions ..............45 Error Messages..............45 Using a USB Drive ........... 46 Specifications ............47 HDC-P43................47 Optional Accessories/Related Equipment ......47 Dimensions ..............48 Pin Assignment ..............48...

  • Page 3: Overview

    Multimatrix color correction The HDC-P43 is a camera unit equipped with a 2/3-inch, 9.8 megapixel, 3-chip CMOS image sensor for Super Motion In addition to the standard 6-axis matrix function, the unit has video camera systems.
  • Page 4 HD prompter function Focus assist indicator The HDC-P43 supports an HD prompter function where HD- Displays a focusing level indicator on a monitor as a guide to SDI equivalent digital data is sent from the HDCU4300 or the focus position.

  • Page 5: System Configuration

    System Configuration Note Production of some of the peripherals and related devices shown in the figures may have been discontinued. For advice on choosing devices, please contact your Sony dealer or a Sony sales representative. HDCU4300 connection example Sync signal input...
  • Page 6 BPU4000/4500 connection example AC-DN10 AC Adapter AC power supply 4K video 2K video monitor monitor Single-mode fiber HDC-P43 Lens cable (ST Optical fiber (for ENG/EFP) connector, 1 pair) cable HKCU-SM100 BPU4000 CCU Extension Baseband Processor Unit Adapter V shoe drive...
  • Page 7 BPU4000/4500 connection example (extension mode) AC-DN10 AC Adapter AC power supply 4K video 2K video monitor monitor RCP-1000 series Remote Control Panel HDC-P43 Single-mode fiber Lens Optical fiber cable (ST (for ENG/EFP) cable connector, 1 pair) CCA-5 HKCU-SM100 BPU4000 CCU Extension...

  • Page 8: Locations And Functions Of Parts

    Rear Locations and Functions of Parts Front a Rear tally lamp The tally lamp lights when a call signal is generated in response to the pressing of a CALL button or a tally signal input to the EXT I/O connector. The rear tally lamp also serves as a battery alarm function.

  • Page 9: Preparations

    e PROMPTER OUT connector (BNC type) Outputs a prompter 1 signal when connected to a camera Preparations control unit. When a camera control unit having two prompter inputs is connected, the signal of input 1 is output from this connector. Attaching a Lens f USB connector (for connecting a USB drive) Connect a USB drive to save or load the settings data file.

  • Page 10: Mounting The Camera To A Tripod

    When using V shoe and VCT-14 tripod Tighten the Ff ring lock screw. attachment Use an optional V shoe (Sony Part No.: A-8279-993-D) and VCT-14 tripod attachment to mount the camera to the tripod. Notes • Select an appropriate hole from among those at the bottom...
  • Page 11 It is not possible to mount a Do not use screws that are 5 mm or longer for the camera. camera with the pin not seated. For details about purchasing parts, contact a Sony service representative or Sony sales representative. Original position...

  • Page 12: Adjustments And Settings For Shooting

    Note Adjustments and With the settings for outputting the same image as a viewfinder, the output is 1080i, even if the format setting is Settings for Shooting 720P. Menu page Page No. Item Setting <SDI OUT> SDI-1 OUT Setting Camera Input/Outputs Outputting an HD prompter image You can change the input/output settings of the video signals When a camera control unit is connected to the SDI 1 and SDI...
  • Page 13 The TOP MENU screen appears. signal on an LCD screen, including a color viewfinder screen. The display color can be selected in the column next to ON. <TOP MENU> You can adjust the coloring with the menu items below. USER USER MENU CUSTOMIZE PEAK COLOR: Turn ON/OFF the function to change the OPERATION...
  • Page 14 Setting INDICATOR to ON displays the level indicator on Current focus position (index) a viewfinder. You can set the display format with the menu items below. MODE: Set the type and position of the indicator. NEAR LEVEL: Set the density and the response speed of the indicator.

  • Page 15: Monitor Screen Status Display

    To set the adjustment sensitivity and display content You can set the adjustment sensitivity and configure the Monitor Screen Status display in the adjusted state using ADJUSTED SIGN on the <FOCUS POSITION METER2> page. Display SENSE: Sets the adjustment sensitivity. Increasing the value increases the sensitivity (making determination of adjusted state more precise).

  • Page 16: Menu Operations

    Note Menu Operations Displayed only when a serial communication lens is connected. h Battery voltage The menu displayed on a monitor connected to the SDI 1 Displays the input voltage. connector enable various settings of the camera to be configured. i Focus position meter marker name The following controls are used to operate the menus.

  • Page 17: Selecting Pages

    Available menus Selecting Pages USER menu When selecting a page from a CONTENTS This menu can include menu pages selected from among the OPERATION, PAINT, MAINTENANCE, FILE, and page DIAGNOSIS menus, for convenience. Changing, adding, and Example: CONTENTS page of the OPERATION menu deleting pages can be performed with the USER MENU CUSTOMIZE menu.

  • Page 18: Setting Menu Items

    To return to the TOP MENU screen By selecting INS on the line below the character list, you can enter a space at the cursor position. Align the arrow marker (,) with TOP at the top right of the menu page then press the MENU SEL knob/ENTER button. Selecting DEL deletes the character at the cursor position.

  • Page 19: Editing The User Menu

    Editing the USER Menu CONTENTS 01.EDIT PAGE 02.USER 1 EDIT You can select desired pages and items from the 03.USER 2 EDIT 04.USER 3 EDIT OPERATION, PAINT, MAINTENANCE, FILE, and 05.USER 4 EDIT 06.USER 5 EDIT DIAGNOSIS menus and register them to the USER menu. 07.USER 6 EDIT If you specify pages or items frequently used for the USER 08.USER 7 EDIT...
  • Page 20 2 Turn the MENU SEL knob/ENTER button to move the To insert a blank line arrow marker (,) to the desired item, then press the Proceed as follows. MENU SEL knob/ENTER button. Turn the MENU SEL knob/ENTER button to move the The USER 2 EDIT page appears again, displaying the arrow marker (,) to the item above which you wish newly added item.
  • Page 21 Select INSERT then press the MENU SEL knob/ To move a page ENTER button. Proceed as follows. The selection screen appears. Display the EDIT PAGE screen of the USER MENU CONTENTS CUSTOMIZE menu. Turn the MENU SEL knob/ENTER 01.USER 1 button to move the arrow marker (,) to the page that 02.USER 2 you wish to move.

  • Page 22: Menu List

    Menu List This section shows the menus displayed on a monitor Legend connected to the SDI 1 connector. CCU: HDCU2000/2500 or HDCU4300 Camera Control Unit • For the pages that have been registered in the USER menu BPU: BPU4000/4500 Baseband Processor Unit at the factory, the USER menu page numbers are indicated Underlined values (e.g.
  • Page 23 PAINT menu SPIRIT LEVEL INDICATOR SW STATUS FLARE MODE GAMMA REVERSE BLK GAM SCALE KNEE H POSITION WHT CLIP V POSITION DETAIL ANGLE LVL DEP OFFSET SKIN DTL SET ZERO ANGLE MATRIX CLEAR VIDEO LEVEL WHITE VF OUT VF OUT BLACK 11 (U01) CHARACTER LEVEL...
  • Page 24 DETAIL 2 H/V R ATIO NOISE SUPPRESSION SUPPRESSION FREQ MIX RATIO FLICKER REDUCTION REDUCTION KNEE APT OWER LINE FREQUENCY DTL H/V MODE MODE LIGHT TYPE HD DETAIL DETAIL GAIN LEVEL OFFSET LIMITER M LIMITER LIMITER WHT ACM TYPE LIMITER BLK HDR OPERATION HDR MODE CRISP...
  • Page 25 MAINTENANCE menu GENLOCK REFERENCE AUTO SETUP AUTO BLACK DATE DATE/TIME AUTO WHITE DATE FORMAT AUTO LEVEL BATTERY ALARM BEFORE END AUTO WHITE SHADING TEST BATTERY ALARM WHITE SHADING V SAW OTHERS FAN MODE V PARA CAM BARS H SAW WHITE SETUP MODE H PARA READ (USB t CAM) OPTION KEY...
  • Page 26 FILE menu BOX CURSOR FILE READ (USB t CAM) OPERATOR FILE WRITE (CAM t USB) PRESET STORE PRESET FILE STORE FILE ID READ (USB t CAM) CAM CODE WRITE (CAM t USB) DATE FILE CLEAR PRESET OPERATOR SCENE FILE REFERENCE (ALL) 10 SEC CLEAR OHB WHITE SHADE (ALL) OHB BLACK SHADE...

  • Page 27: Operation Menu

    OPERATION Menu OPERATION Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <VF DISPLAY> ON, OFF, 3S 01 (U04) ZOOM ON, OFF, 3S DISP LEFT, RIGT FOCUS ON, OFF, 3S Valid only when a serial lens is used. ON, OFF, 3S ON, OFF, 3S 5600K ON, OFF, 3S IRIS...
  • Page 28 OPERATION Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <VF DETAIL> VF DETAIL ON, OFF 03 (U02) 0 to 100%, 25% CRISP –99 to +99, 0 FREQUENCY 9M, 14M, 18M FLICKER ON, OFF AREA 100%, 70%, 60%, 50%, 40%, 30%, 20%, 10% ZOOM LINK ON, OFF 0 to 100%, 50%...
  • Page 29 OPERATION Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <FOCUS POSITION ADJUSTED SIGN METER2> SENSE 1 to 5, 2 Sets the adjustment sensitivity. Increasing the value increases the sensitivity. NAME DISP OFF, 1S, 3S, 5S, ON Sets whether to show/hide the marker name and sets the display time.
  • Page 30 OPERATION Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <CURSOR> CURSOR ON, OFF 08 (U06) LEVEL 0 to 100%, 40% WHITE, BLACK, DOT BOX/CROSS BOX, CROSS H POSITION 0 to 99, 50 V POSITION 0 to 99, 50 WIDTH 0 to 99, 50 HEIGHT 0 to 99, 50 BOX MEMORY...
  • Page 31 OPERATION Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <VF OUT> VF OUT COLOR, Y, R, G, B, 11 (U01) CHARACTER LEVEL 1 to 5, 4 PinP OFF, RETURN, HD PROMPTER POSITION 1, 2, 3, 4 SIZE 1/2.5, 1/3, 1/4 MODE PinP OFF: --- : Main picture, : Return picture,...

  • Page 32: Paint Menu

    OPERATION Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <SWITCH ASSIGN> LENS 12 (U08) VTR S/S OFF, RETURN1 SW, RETURN2 SW, RETURN3 SW, VF DETAIL, SPIRIT LEVEL INDICATOR, FOCUS ASSIST INDICATOR, PinP, VTR S/S, TALLY R, TALLY G, CALL OFF, RETURN1 SW, RETURN2 SW, RETURN3 SW, VF DETAIL, SPIRIT LEVEL INDICATOR, FOCUS ASSIST INDICATOR,...
  • Page 33 PAINT Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <VIDEO LEVEL> WHITE R/G/B: –99 to +99, 0 R, G, B, and M (master) values can be independently set. BLACK R/G/B/M: –99 to +99, 0 (M cannot be set for WHITE.) FLARE R/G/B/M: –99 to +99, 0 GAMMA R/G/B/M: –99 to +99, 0...
  • Page 34 PAINT Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <KNEE> K POINT R/G/B/M: –99 to +99, 0 R, G, B, and M (master) values can be independently set. K SLOPE R/G/B/M: –99 to +99, 0 Absolute values are displayed in ABS mode except for M (master).
  • Page 35 PAINT Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <4K DETAIL> DETAIL ON, OFF LEVEL –99 to +99, 0 Absolute value is displayed in ABS mode. LIMITER [M] –99 to +99, 0 LIMITER [WHT] –99 to +99, 0 Absolute value is displayed in ABS mode. LIMITER [BLK] –99 to +99, 0 Absolute value is displayed in ABS mode.
  • Page 36 PAINT Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <MULTI MATRIX> PHASE 0, 23, 45, 68, 90, 113, 135, 158, Selects an axis (angle) at PHASE for which the 180, 203, 225, 248, 270, 293, multimatrix adjustment is to be made, and set HUE 315, 338 and SAT (HUE and SAT can be set individually for each of 16 axes).
  • Page 37 PAINT Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <FLICKER REDUCTION ON, OFF Note REDUCTION> When you turn REDUCTION ON or OFF, noise may be generated. This is not a malfunction. POWER LINE 50, 60 Specifies the frequency of the lighting power source. FREQUENCY MODE STANDARD, ACM...

  • Page 38: Maintenance Menu

    PAINT Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <SCENE FILE> Saving and loading a scene file (paint data): When storing a file in camera memory, specify the number after executing STORE. When reading, only specify the number. STORE Execute using ENTER. STANDARD Execute using ENTER.
  • Page 39 MAINTENANCE Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <AUTO IRIS> AUTO IRIS ON, OFF, (ON), (OFF) Settings in ( ): When a remote control unit/panel or a CCU is not connected (cannot be changed) WINDOW 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Selects the auto iris windows: The shaded parts indicate the area where light detection occurs.
  • Page 40 MAINTENANCE Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <LENS2> REMOTE CONTROL ON, OFF, (OFF) Lens remote control from MSU/RCP on/off setting. Same function as the Active button on the Zoom/ Focus Control screen of the MSU/RCP. (OFF): When lens is not supported CONTROL MODE ZOOM &...

  • Page 41: File Menu

    MAINTENANCE Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <TRUNK> TRUNK ON, OFF INTERFACE 232c, 422A NETWORK TRUNK Display only LINK <GENLOCK> REFERENCE Synchronization status Display only <DATE> DATE/TIME 2000 to 2099/01 to 12/00 to 31 00 to 23 : 00 to 59 DATE FORMAT 1 Y/Mn/D, 2 Mn/D, 3 D/M/Y, Y: Year...
  • Page 42 FILE Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <SCENE FILE> Saving and loading a scene file (paint data): When storing a file in camera memory, specify the number after executing STORE. When reading, only specify the number. STORE Execute using ENTER. STANDARD Execute using ENTER.
  • Page 43 FILE Page name Item Settings Description Page No. <LENS FILE> STORE FILE Execute using ENTER. The center marker is not included. 1 to 17, 1 1 to 16: When using a non-serial lens (When using a large lens, this setting depends on the internal setting of the lens.) 17: When using a serial lens NAME...

  • Page 44: Diagnosis Menu

    OK, NG OK, NG OK, NG OK, NG HOURS METER xxxx H Displays the total working time. <ROM VERSION> CAMERA APP Vx.xx D03 (U11) Vx.xx Vx.xx Vx.xx <SERIAL No.> MODEL HDC-P43 xxxxxxx EFFECTIVE FUNCTION Displayed if any option is installed.

  • Page 45: Appendix

    Camera CMOS image sensor phenomena Appendix Note The following phenomena that may occur in images are specific to image sensors. They do not indicate a malfunction. Precautions White flecks Although the image sensors are produced with high-precision Note on laser beams technologies, fine white flecks may be generated on the screen in rare cases, caused by cosmic rays, etc.

  • Page 46: Using A Usb Drive

    MSU RPN BUSY RPN compensation was attempted using the camera menu while being operated from an external device. The following Sony USB drives are recommended. Consult Sony service personnel. • USM512J VF RPN BUSY RPN compensation was attempted •...

  • Page 47: Specifications

    C: 4300K ANY OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER. D: 6300K –: – • SONY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CLAIMS OF ANY KIND MADE BY USERS OF THIS UNIT OR MADE BY THIRD PARTIES. ND filters • SONY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE TERMINATION...

  • Page 48: Dimensions

    Dimensions Unit: mm (inches) 119 (4 212 (8 189 (7 Pin Assignment EXT I/O connector No. Signal Specifications UNREG 10.5 V to 17 V, 1.5 A (max.) UNREG GND – – G-TALLY Open Collector (max. 10 mA) RX0(–) for RS-422A TRUNK Data IN RX0 for RS-232C RX0(+) for RS-422A...
  • Page 49 Sony Corporation HDC-P43 (JN/SY/CE/CN) © 2016 4-691-430-12 (1)

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