Sony CineAlta HDCAM HDW-F900R User Manual - Page 7
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Check the camcorder is set to the correct frame rate.
Frame rate cannot be selected by loading files, as changing frame rate requires power down and
power up. You can however store the frame rate you wish to use in a file, and you will get a prompt
to change the frame rate during the file load process if it's not set to the one associated with the file.
If you're shooting at 25P, set the shutter to 50Hz
Scene Files
These are a bit different to other files and are usually handled in groups of 5. You can think of them
as a different 'look' for your pictures, or the equivalent of loading a different film stock in a film
camera.
The camera itself will remember 5 scene files. It has 5 'slots' any of which can be selected by clicking
on the box next to it.
On the memory stick you can store 20 pages each with 5 files.
Page '0' is what is actually in the camera, pages 1 to 20 are on the memory stick. (This is key to
understanding how the files are loaded stored and selected.)
If you want to install a batch of your favourite scene files into the camera, use the 5 file load feature.
Find the page on your memory stick with the batch of 5 files you want , and load them into the
camera. You can then remove your memory stick, and select whichever of the 5 files you prefer,
which are now saved in the camera memory.
At the end of the shoot you might wish to delete your files from the camera before you send it back (if
it's hired in / second camera). Old files have to be over-written if you want to get rid of them.
It's probably easiest to select 'preset' from the scene file memory, and save it into all 5 slots in the
camera. Then '5 file save' to say page 20 of the memory stick.
Then when you want to clear a cameras memory, do a '5 file load' from page 20 of your memory
stick, overwriting all the slots in the camera with the preset values.
4.0 Camera Matching
Use the same 'ALL' file for all cameras on a multi-camera shoot.
Easiest method of keeping things colour matched is to use preset white balance and the same filter
on all cameras. (Unless of course colour temperature changes during the shoot, and you want the
white balance to stay the same.)
Ideally, all cameras should be checked against a reference camera, on the bench before the shoot
begins (yes,yes...I know). If there is any small difference in preset colour temperature, it can then be
offset electronically or VA gains can be tweaked to match.
When genlocking cameras, the '900R will read SD sync pulses in order to lock to timecode. If doing
a live HD mix, then tri-level sync must be used.
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