Sony PD 150 Shooting Manual page 4

PD 150 shooting guide
When you have removed a tape and have finished recording on it, make sure you slide the tab to 'save' so that there is no
danger of your material being recorded over, and don't forget to label it up. It's best not to eject tapes unless you're at the
beginning or end of your recording, as damage can sometimes occur during the eject process. Don't eject tapes in windy or
dusty conditions.
13. PLAYBACK IN CAMERA
It is not a good idea to routinely review tapes in camera mainly due to the danger of recording over your material, timecode
discontinuity, and a very minor potential for tape damage. However if you need to check something you have recorded you
can use the camera as a player. At the back of the camera, turn the lever to VTR. All the usual player functions will appear
on top of the camera, and you can rewind, play, fast forward, etc.
If you have reviewed your tape, you need to cue up at the end of your last recording. Switch back from VTR to camera
mode. On the top of the camera, under the handle, there is an end search button. Press it and the PD 150 will search for
the end of your recording, play back the last five seconds, and then sit at the end of your last recording, ready to record.
Note that if you have ejected your tape, the end search function will not work. If you don't use end search, you may get a
timecode discontinuity depending on the timecode menu settings.
For logging, it's best to get a VHS transfer done and log from that to avoid wear on the camera.
14. PLAYBACK THROUGH A TELEVISION
Playback through a television is difficult to generalise about, because of the specifics of TV and video set ups and plugging.
However we'll try.
Peel down the rubber cover towards the front of the camera to reveal the video and audio out phono sockets, coloured
yellow, white and red. Plug in the leads, and look for the input sockets on your viewing facility, often marked 'line in' or 'AV'.
They are most likely to either be phono sockets like those on the camera, or a SCART socket which is long and thin with two
rows of tiny input sockets. If the input is a SCART socket you need to put an adapter on your phono leads.
It doesn't matter whether you plug directly into the TV or via the video recorder, but one may be easier to locate than the
other, or one may be phono sockets while the other is a SCART. On domestic TV's and video recorders the 'line in' sockets
are hopefully under a flap at the front, or less usefully they'll be on the back.
Once you have plugged in, you need to select the correct channel to view. If you've plugged the camera into the video
recorder, turn the video recorder on and select the line in, AV or external channel. Then select the video channel on the
television, often the AV channel. If you've plugged directly into the television you need to select the input channel which is
often a button on the remote with a symbol of a TV screen with an arrow going into it. You should now get picture and
sound
15. USING THE CAMERA AS A VIDEO RECORDER
The PD 150 can record from an external video input. This can be useful if you need quality off–air recordings, recordings
from external cameras, or from video games. Find the audio and video phono sockets, under the rubber cover on the right
hand side of the camera. Plug in lead supplied with the camera, and connect the external source to the phono plugs at the
other end of the lead. Note that the mic socket is disabled, so sound has to be input through this lead also. You may need
adapters to suit the sockets on the external source. There is also an S-video socket which will result in better quality
recordings, but you'll need an S-video lead that isn't standard in the kit.
To record in this way you don't use the red record button. Instead put the camera into VTR mode and use the record button
on the player panel on top of the camera.