Saving And Loading Scene Files; Saving Scene Files; Loading Scene Files - Sony PMW-500 Operation Manual

Saving and Loading
Scene Files
Scene files allow you to save the following types
of data.
• Values set in the PAINT menu
• Shutter speeds set in standard mode or ECS
mode
• White balance data
The data that is saved and loaded depends on the
setting of FILE >Reference >Scene White Data
in the setup menu.

Saving Scene Files

To save a scene file to an S×S memory card,
insert the card into a memory card slot and then
proceed as follows.
See "Basic Setup Menu Operations" (page 97) for
information about menu operations.
1
Select FILE >Scene in the setup menu.
To assign a name to the data before saving
it
Assign a name before proceeding to step 2.
For details, see "To assign names to files"
(page 140).
2
Select Scene Store Mem or Scene Store
S×S.
Select Scene Store Mem if you want to save
the data in the camcorder's internal memory,
and select Scene Store S×S if you want to
save the data on an S×S memory card.
3
Press the MENU knob.
A list box of scene files appears.
File numbers where "No File" is displayed
are empty file numbers
4
Select the file number under which you
want to save the data, and then press the
MENU knob.
A confirmation message appears.
5
To execute the save, select [Execute],
and then press the MENU knob.
To cancel the save, select [Cancel], and
then press the MENU knob.
If you selected Scene Store S×S in step 2, the
ACCESS lamp lights (in blue on the right-
side panel and in orange in the card slot
section) when you execute the save.
When the data has been saved to the S×S
memory card, a completion message appears
and the ACCESS lamp goes out.

Loading Scene Files

To load a scene file from an S×S memory card,
insert the S×S memory card into a memory card
slot, and then proceed as follows.
See "Basic Setup Menu Operations" (page 97) for
information about menu operations.
1
Select FILE >Scene in the setup menu.
2
Select Scene Recall Mem or Scene
Recall S×S.
Select Scene Recall Mem if you want to load
the file from the camcorder's internal
memory, and select Scene Recall (S×S) if
you want to load the file from an S×S
memory card.
3
Press the MENU knob.
A list box of scene files appears. File
numbers where "No File" is displayed are
empty file numbers.
4
Select the desired file number, and then
press the MENU knob.
A confirmation message appears.
5
To execute the load, select [Execute],
and then press the MENU knob.
To cancel the load, select [Cancel], and
then press the MENU knob.
If you selected Scene Recall S×S in step 2,
the ACCESS lamp lights (in blue on the
right-side panel and in orange in the card slot
section) when you execute the load.
When the data has been loaded from the S×S
memory card, a completion message appears
and the ACCESS lamp goes out.

Saving and Loading Scene Files

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