Document Outline

• Contents
• Shooting
  • Viewfinder
    • Using the viewfinder
    • Using the LCD monitor
    • Emphasizing Image Outlines
    • Adjusting the screen display
    • Changing backlight brightness
  • Tally lamp
  • Basic shooting operations
    • Preparing to shoot
    • Shooting in auto mode
    • Checking photos taken (REC CHECK)
    • P2 card access lamps
    • Protecting against a possible erasure
    • Formatting P2 cards
    • P2 card recording times
    • Remove the P2 card
  • Using SD/SDHC memory cards
    • Installing and removing the SD memory card
    • Formatting SD memory card
    • Cautions in using SD memory cards
  • Using the zoom function
    • Digital zoom function
  • Shooting in progressive mode
    • Standard recording (pull-down recording)
    • Native recording
  • Recording with Variable Frame Rate (VFR)
    • Native VFR recording
    • Standard VFR recording (pulldown recording)
    • Using progressive mode and VFR recording function
    • Flow effect shooting
  • Shooting in manual mode
    • Switching to manual mode
    • Manual focusing
    • Using focus assist function
    • Iris adjustments
    • Adjusting the gain
    • Using super gain
    • Light intensity adjustments
  • Adjusting the white balance and black balance
    • Adjusting the white balance
    • Adjusting the black balance
  • Shooting techniques for different targets
    • Low-angle shooting
    • Self-portrait shooting
    • Scan reverse shooting
    • Zebra pattern
    • Center marker display
    • Safety zone markers
    • Checking and displaying shooting status
    • Changing the image size
    • Optical Image Stabilizer
    • DRS (Dynamic Range Stretcher) function
    • FBC (Flash Band Compensation)
    • Using the USER buttons
    • Backlight compensation
    • Color bars
    • Waveform monitor function
    • Adjusting the volume while shooting
    • Backup recording
    • 2-slot continuous recording
    • Shot mark function
    • Text memo recording
    • Time stamp function
    • LAST CLIP DELETE function
  • Using special recording modes
    • Pre-recording (PRE REC)
    • Interval recording (INTERVAL REC)
    • One-shot recording (ONE SHOT REC)
    • Loop recording (LOOP REC)
    • One-clip recording (ONE CLIP REC)
  • Adjusting the shutter speed
    • Using SHTR/F.RATE dial
    • Setting SHUTTER mode
    • Setting SYNCHRO SCAN mode
    • Setting FRAME RATE mode
  • Switching audio input
    • Using the built-in microphone
    • Using another microphone and audio equipment
    • Adjusting the audio recording level automatically
    • Adjusting the recording level
    • CH3 and CH4 recording levels
    • Audio level meter magnification
  • Using scene files (Scene File Data)
    • Changing scene file settings
    • Saving scene files and other settings on SD memory cards
    • Configuration of setup data files
  • Using time data
    • Counter setting and display
    • Time data overview
    • Setting user bits
    • Entering the user bits
    • Setting the time code
    • Externally locking the time code
    • Outputting the time code externally
    • Recording time codes and user bits
• Playback
  • Basic playback operations
  • Thumbnail operations
    • Thumbnail manipulations overview
    • Thumbnail screen
    • Selecting thumbnails
    • Playing back clips
    • Switching the thumbnail display
    • Changing thumbnails
    • Shot mark
    • Text memo
    • Deleting clips
    • Restoring clips
    • Reconnection of incomplete clips
    • Copying clips
    • Setting of clip meta data
    • Formatting a P2 card
    • Formatting SD memory cards
    • Setting the thumbnail display mode
    • Properties
  • Useful playback functions
    • Variable speed search
    • Slow playback
    • Fast forward/rewind playback
    • Frame-by-frame playback
    • Clip skip
    • Adjusting the volume
    • Viewing images on a TV/monitor
    • Checking the date and time
• Editing
  • Connecting external units
    • Headphones
    • External microphone
    • Personal computer (non-linear editing/file transfer)
    • Hard disk drive (data copying)
    • Digital video equipment (Dubbing)
    • TV/Monitor (playback/dubbing)
  • Connections to the DVCPRO/DV connector
    • Recording signals input to the DVCPRO/DV connector
    • Control of external devices through 1394 connection
    • Precautions in 1394 connections
  • Nonlinear editing with P2 card (PC mode: USB device)
    • Procedures for making connections to a personal computer
  • Using a hard disk drive (PC mode: USB host)
    • Switching to the USB HOST mode
    • Using the USB HOST mode
    • Viewing hard disk drive information
    • Formatting a hard disk drive
    • Writing data on a hard disk drive
    • Writing data back to P2 cards
    • Direction for using a hard disk drive
    • Warning and error display for thumbnail operation and USB HOST MODE
• Displays
  • Screen displays
    • Viewfinder screen status displays
    • Screen displays
    • Center information display
    • MODE CHECK indication
• Menu
  • Setup menu list
    • SCENE FILE screen
    • SYSTEM SETUP screen
    • SW MODE screen
    • AUTO SW screen
    • RECORDING SETUP screen
    • AUDIO SETUP screen
    • OUTPUT SEL screen
    • DISPLAY SETUP screen
    • CARD FUNCTIONS screen
    • OTHER FUNCTIONS screen
    • DIAGNOSTIC screen
    • OPTION MENU screen
• Reference
  • Before calling for service
  • Updating the firmware incorporated into the unit
  • Cleaning
  • Storage precautions
  • How to handle data recorded on P2 cards
  • Checkpoints for using memory cards
  • Information on software for this product
  • Recording format list
  • Index