Genlock, Operation, Setup – RED ONE OPERATION GUIDE User Manual
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Use an external Ambient Clockit! or comparable device to JAM SYNC the cameras as follow:
1. Power down both cameras.
2. Connect cameras as described in
3. Verify that the time base of the external timecode source matches the timebase of the project to be
recorded.
4. Power up both cameras.
5. Through the Master camera UI, enable Jam Sync (this will command the Slave camera as well). Refer
GENLOCK
Interconnecting the Master and Slave cameras via USB cable does NOT lock the sensor and video frame
reference timing between the cameras. The correct configuration for GENLOCK is to supply each camera
an external RS-170A Tri-Level Sync source and then enable GENLOCK for each camera.
Use an external Ambient Clockit! or comparable device to GENLOCK the cameras as follow:
1. Power down both cameras.
2. Connect cameras as described in
3. Verify that the time base of the external timecode source matches the timebase of the project to be
recorded.
4. Power up both cameras.
5. Through the Master camera UI, enable GENLOCK (this will command the Slave camera as well). Refer
OPERATION
SETUP
When connected together in master / slave configuration, none of the controls on the slave camera will
function. When adjusting the following settings on the master camera, the same adjustments will be made
to the slave camera:
• MAGNIFY (Image Zoom) command
• SENSITIVITY (ISO rating) command
• AUTO WHITE BALANCE calculation command
• MANUAL WB command following Tungsten or Daylight or Auto WB fictions – refer to SENSOR MENU
NOTE: Auto WB value and FLUT parameters are not locked between cameras in order to permit in-
camera correction of color shift and transmission loss through beam splitter mirror.
• TINT setting
• Addition of TRIM sub-menu to COLOR TEMP menu when cameras are in master / slave configuration