Sony HDW-F900R User Manual page 2

As usual with these guides, the general philosophy is to record as much information as cleanly as
possible to the tape. There are many ways you can change the look of your pictures in camera, but
unless you're sure you're going to get exactly the final effect you want, then you're probably better
spending time on lighting and composition. There are some important settings you need to get right,
but after that, the '900R probably needs less 'fine tuning' than equivalent standard def. cameras.
C o n t e n t s
C o n t e n t s
1. Quick Start
2. Differences between the F900R and F900 / 750P
3.
Files and Menus
3.1 Menus
3.2 Files
3.3 Layers
3.4 File Structure
3.5 Loading Files
4. Camera matching
5. Frame Rate
6. Shutter
7. Gain
8. Outputs and monitoring
9. Options
10. Audio
11. Filters
12. Detail
13. Matrix
14. Gamma
15. Lenses
15.1Back focus
16. Viewfinders
17. Menu list
1 . 0 Q u i c k S t a r t
1 . 0 Q u i c k S t a r t
If you're asked to use the camcorder at short notice, and don't have the luxury of preparation time,
here's a very short list of things to check to get you in the right ball park for getting sensible pictures:
If you have a memory stick you wish to use: load an all file.
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The all file overwrites all previous settings in the camera with your preferred settings.
If you don't have a memory stick, go to the file menus and set user file, reference file and
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all file to 'ALL PRESET'
This is effectively a factory reset.
If you're putting everything to all preset, after doing so, you may wish to turn on the preset
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matrix and set it to matrix 2 (ITU-709). You should turn the detail level down to about –20.
These two adjustments will get you from the factory preset condition which is a little de-
saturated and over detail corrected, to a useful general purpose shooting condition.
Choose a frame rate.
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Set the shutter speed to 2x the frame rate if in progressive scan mode.
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All these operations are covered in more detail in the following sections.
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