Panasonic A F100 Manual
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49 Displays N ■ NO CARD No card is inserted. NOW ACCESSING. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE CARD. Card is currently being accessed. Please do not remove the card. R ■ REC STOPPED. NOW WRITING. Video recording has been stopped. Data is now being written to the card. REPAIR CLIP? Do you wish to repair clips now? S ■ SD CARD FORMAT? YES NO Do you wish to format the SD Memory Card now? Yes/No SET DATE AND TIME Set the date and time. T ■ THE CLIP IS PROTECTED. PLEASE CANCEL PROTECTION. The clip is protected. Please cancel the protection. THE RECORDING IS STOPPED (OVER THE LIMITATION) Recording will stop. (Continuous recording for 12 hours) THE TC MODE IS CHANGED TO "NDF" NDF is selected as the TC MODE setting. THIS BATTERY CANNOT BE USED. This battery cannot be used. THIS CARD CANNOT RECORD IN VIDEO MODE. The card cannot be used for video recording. THUMBNAIL DATA ERROR IS DETECTED. An error has been detected in the thumbnail information. U ■ UNABLE TO FORMAT. The card cannot be formatted. W ■ WRITE PROTECT The card is write-protected. Error displays The following messages are displayed when an error has occurred in the camera or the SD Memory Card. If the problem is not solved by switching the power off and back on again, either change the card in accordance with the instructions displayed, or consult the place of purchase. C ■ CANNOT RECORD Displayed when an error has occurred during recording. R ■ REC WARNING Displayed when an error has occurred during recording. Start the recording again. If the message appears again, please consult the place of purchase. Please switch the power off if the message • continues to appear. Please try inserting a different card if the • message appears again after restarting recording. S ■ SYSTEM ERROR TURN POWER OFF Displayed when an error has occurred in the system. Switch the power off and back on again. If this error is displayed when accessing the • SD Memory Card, such as when deleting a clip, the SD Memory Card may be damaged. Please replace it with a new SD Memory Card. If this error is displayed when repairing the • SD Memory Card, please use the AVCCAM Restorer content repair software (Page 38 of Vol.1). W ■ WARNING Displayed when an error has occurred with the camera itself. Start the recording again. FOCUS NG (error with focus operation) PSD NG (error with jitter detection)
50 Screen displays (continued)Setting the DISPLAY items Display the following items on the viewfinder and LCD monitor by pressin\ g the DISP/MODE CHK button or by configuring OTHER DISPLAY of the DISPLAY SETUP screen of the setup menus. (Page 60) Displays MODE CHK (Hold down DISP/ MODE CHK button) DISPLAYOTHER DISPLAY settings ALL PARTIAL OFF 1 Time code display — — —— 2 Media information display — —— 3 Media capacity display — —— 4 Recording format display x x 5 Information display ——— —— 6 Microphone level automatic control display x x 7 Date and time display ∗4— —— 8 Frame rate display ∗1x x 9 Shutter speed display x 10 Audio level meter display — —— 11 Auto iris control display x 12 Iris display x 13 Zoom position display — —— 14 Focus control information display — —— 15 ND filter display x x 16 Gain display ∗2x 17 AWB information display ∗3x 18 Marker display ——— —— 19 Optical Image Stabilizer display x 20 Scene filename display x x 21 Remaining battery capacity display — —— 22 Monitor audio level display ——— —— : Displayed x: Not displayed —: Displayed depending on other settings The item in in the MODE CHECK space appears when you press and hold the DISP/MODE CHK button. The item in in the DISPLAY space disappears when you press the DISP/MODE CHK button. ∗1 Not displayed when frame rate is set to 60i/50i. ∗2 0 dB is not displayed. ∗3 Only preset 3.2K, 5.6K and VAR are displayed. ∗4 If the date and time display appear simultaneously, they may not be removed even by pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button.
51 Displays Menu Setup menu list SCENE FILE screen ItemDisplay mode Description of settings SCENE SELECT (Camera) Selects the settings (SCENE FILES) according to the variety of shootin\ g circumstances. You can read, save, and initialize these settings from MENU - SCENE FILE \ - LOAD / SAVE / INIT. F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6 OPERATION TYPE (Camera) Switches the shutter and frame rate operation to video type or film type\ . FILM CAM: VFR operation is enabled. SLOW shutter speeds are disabled. SYNCHROSCAN is displayed as an angle. Gain is displayed as ISO. VIDEO CAM: VFR operation is disabled. SLOW shutter speeds are enabled. SYNCROSCAN is displayed as 1/n. Gain is displayed as dB. REC FORMAT (Camera) Selects the recording format. When SYSTEM FREQ = 59.94 Hz PH 1080/24P and PH 720/24P represent native recording. PH 1080/60i, PH 1080/30P, PH 1080/24P, PH 720/60P, PH 720/30P, PH 720/24P, HA 1080/60i, HE 1080/60i When SYSTEM FREQ = 50 Hz PH 1080/50i, PH 1080/25P, PH 720/50P, PH 720/25P, HA 1080/50i, HE 1080/50i VFR MODE (Camera) ON: Enables the VFR (Variable Frame Rate) mode. OFF: Disables the VFR mode. Functions only when REC FORMAT is set to 1080/24P, 1080/30P, or 1080/25P. Functions only when OPERATION TYPE = FILM CAM Does not function when SDI 24PsF is set to ON. Audio cannot be recorded when VFR MODE = ON. FRAME RATE (Camera) Sets the FRAME RATE. Operates only when OPERATION TYPE = FILM CAM. You can make the settings from SHUTR/F.RATE on the rear side of the camera also. When SYSTEM FREQ = 59.94 Hz 12/15/18/20/21/22/ 24/25/26/27/28/30/32/34/36/40/44/48/54/60 When SYSTEM FREQ = 50 Hz 12/15/18/20/21/22/23/24/25/26/27/28/30/32/34/37/42/45/48/50 SYNCRO SCAN (Camera) Adjusts the synchro scan shutter speed used for shooting images on a TV screen, etc. Holding the OPERATION lever toward the or will cause the values to change at a faster rate. When OPERATION TYPE = VIDEO CAM and SYSTEM FREQ = 59.94 Hz 60P/60i: • 1/60.0…1/250.6 30P: • 1/30.0…1/48.0…1/250.6 24P: • 1/24.0…1/48.0…1/250.6 When OPERATION TYPE = VIDEO CAM and SYSTEM FREQ = 59.94 Hz50P/50i: • 1/50.0…1/250.0 25P: • 1/25.0…1/48.0…1/250.0 When OPERATION TYPE = FILM CAM, “deg (angle)” Display 10.0d…172.8d…180.0d…360.0d (0.5d/div) indicates the factory setting.
52 Setup menu list (continued) SCENE FILE screen (continued) ItemDisplay mode Description of settings DETAIL LEVEL (Camera) Adjusts the level of the image outline correction (in the horizontal and vertical directions). -7…0…+7 V DETAIL LEVEL (Camera) Adjusts the level of outline correction in the vertical direction. -7…0…+7 DETAIL CORING (Camera) Adjusts the level of noise reduction of the detail signal. Set to – for a clearer image. Noise increases slightly. Set to + to reduce noise. -7…0…+7 CHROMA LEVEL (Camera) Adjusts the chroma level. -7…0…+7 CHROMA PHASE (Camera) Adjusts the chroma level. -7…0…+7 COLOR TEMP Ach (Camera) Make fine adjustments to the color temperature (after white balance Ach adjustment).-7…0…+7 COLOR TEMP Bch (Camera) Make fine adjustments to the color temperature (after white balance Bch\ adjustment). -7…0…+7 MASTER PED (Camera) Adjusts the master pedestal (black level of the image) as the basis fo\ r images. -15…0…+15 A.IRIS LEVEL (Camera) Sets the desired AUTO IRIS level. -6…0…+6 DRS (Camera) Selects the DRS (Dynamic Range Stretcher) function. It enables the dy\ namic range to be expanded by compressing the level of the video signals in th\ e high- brightness areas where overexposure results during normal shooting. OFF , 1, 2, 3 The higher the number of the setting, the higher the compression level o\ f the • high-brightness areas. The higher the number of the setting, the greater the interference in darker areas. • GAMMA (Camera)Selects the gamma curves. HD NORM: This gamma setting is suitable for HD shooting. LOW: Makes a mellow image using the gamma curve that has a gentle incline in low-brightness curve. The contrast sharpens. SD NORM: This is the normal video setting carried over from the DVX100 series.HIGH: Expands the tone of dark parts and makes a brighter image using the gamma curve that has a sharp incline in low-brightness curve. The contrast softens. B.PRESS: Makes the contrast sharper than LOW. CINE-LIKE D: Uses a gamma curve designed to create cinema-like images. CINE-LIKE V: Uses a gamma curve designed to create cinema-like images with emphasized contrast. When you select CINE-LIKE gamma, we recommend setting the lens aperture \ • lower than normal image level (approximately 1/2) for optimal results.\ KNEE (Camera) To avoid overexposure, select the compression level (knee point) of the\ high intensity video signals received through the image pickup device. AUTO: Sets the level automatically according to the received signals. LOW: Low setting (Compression starts at approx. 80%) MID: Medium setting (Compression starts at approx. 90%) HIGH: High setting (Compression starts at approx. 100%) Not available when a DRS value is set, or when GAMMA is set to CINE-LIKE. • indicates the factory setting.
53 Menu ItemDisplay mode Description of settings MATRIX (Camera) Selects the MATRIX table suitable for the desired color expression during shooting.NORM1: Suitable for shooting in the open air or under a halogen lamp.NORM2: Suitable for brighter colors than the NORM1 mode. FLUO: Suitable for shooting under fluorescent lights indoors. CINE-LIKE: Suitable for cinema-like images. SKIN TONE DTL (Camera) Switches skin tone details ON or OFF. Select ON to reduce the skin tone details and soften the skin tone. ON, OFF B/W MODE (Camera) Selects the black and white shooting function. All recorded and output video signals are converted to black and white. Color temperature adjustment modes, such as AWB, operate even when the B/W MODE is ON and affect the black and white images. It is recommended that you set the B/W MODE to ON after adjusting and checking the white balance when the B/W MODE is OFF. ON, OFF CARD READ (Camera) Reads scene files from the SD Memory Card. Slot1: Reads scene files (all scenes from F1 to F6) saved on the SD Memory Card of Slot 1 after selecting the setting values. Slot2: Reads scene files (all scenes from F1 to F6) saved on the SD Memory Card of Slot 2 after selecting the setting values. NO: Returns to the previous screen. CARD WRITE (Camera) Saves scene files on the SD Memory Card. Slot1: Saves the setting values of scene files (all scenes from F1 to F6) on the SD Memory Card of Slot 1. Slot2: Saves the setting values of scene files (all scenes from F1 to F6) on the SD Memory Card of Slot 2. NO: Returns to the previous screen. LOAD/SAVE/ INIT (Camera) LOAD: Loads the scene file settings saved by this camera. SAVE: Saves the updated scene file settings. INITIALIZE: Returns the settings of the scene file selected from the SCENE FILE item to factory settings. NO: Returns to the previous screen. NAME EDIT (Camera) Edits the name of the scene file selected from the MENU/SCENE FILE/SCENE\ SELECT. YES, NO indicates the factory setting. SW MODE screen Item Display mode Description of settings FUNCTION KNOB (Camera) Sets the function assigned to the AREA operation of the FUNCTION KNOB. INH: No function is assigned. FOCUS: AUTO FOCUS / FOCUS BAR function IRIS: AUTO IRIS / IRIS METER function YGET: YGET (Luminance measurement) function FOCUS/IRIS: Simultaneous operation of FOCUS and IRIS described above FOCUS/YGET: Simultaneous operation of FOCUS and YGET described above indicates the factory setting. SCENE FILE screen (continued)
54 Setup menu list (continued) SW MODE screen (continued) ItemDisplay mode Description of settings LOW GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the L position of the GAIN switch. When OPERATION TYPE = FILM CAM ISO200, ISO250, ISO320, ISO400, ISO500, ISO640, ISO800, ISO1000, ISO1250, ISO1600, ISO2000, ISO2500, ISO3200 When OPERATION TYPE = VIDEO CAM -6dB, -3dB, 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB, 15dB, 18dB MID GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the M position of the GAIN switch. When OPERATION TYPE = FILM CAM ISO200, ISO250, ISO320, ISO400, ISO500, ISO640, ISO800, ISO1000, ISO1250, ISO1600, ISO2000, ISO2500, ISO3200 When OPERATION TYPE = VIDEO CAM -6dB, -3dB, 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB, 15dB, 18dB HIGH GAIN (Camera) Sets the gain value assigned to the H position of the GAIN switch. When OPERATION TYPE = FILM CAM ISO200, ISO250, ISO320, ISO400, ISO500, ISO640, ISO800, ISO1000, ISO1250, ISO1600, ISO2000, ISO2500, ISO3200 When OPERATION TYPE = VIDEO CAM -6dB, -3dB, 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB, 15dB, 18dB ATW (Camera) Sets the operation of the ATW (Auto Tracking White) function assigned to the WHITE BAL switch. When the ATW function is allocated to the USER button, the operation remains effective. Ach: Activates the ATW function when the WHITE BAL switch is set to A. Bch: Activates the ATW function when the WHITE BAL switch is set to B. PRST: Activates the ATW function when the WHITE BAL switch is set to PRST. OFF : Deactivates the ATW function. IRIS DIAL (Camera) (PB) Sets the rotation direction and aperture control of the IRIS dial. (In \ MANUAL IRIS mode) DOWN OPEN: The aperture opens when the IRIS dial is turned downward. UP OPEN: The aperture opens when the IRIS dial is turned upward. indicates the factory setting.
55 Menu ItemDisplay mode Description of settings USER1 SW (Camera) (PB) Sets the function assigned to the USER1 button. INH: No function is assignedREC CHECK: Performs recording check.FACE DETECT: This is the face detection function. Performs the AUTO IRIS / AUTO FOCUS operation centering around the detected face. Enabled when both focus control and iris control are set to auto. FA : Displays the edges in red. (Only for LCD/EVF) During operation, the LCD/EVF borders are displayed in red. CAPTURE: Records still images. Does not operate during movie recording and when the PRE REC function is in use. ATW: Switches the ATW function ON or OFF. ATW LOCK: Fixes the white balance value when the button is pressed during ATW. Press again to perform ATW. SHOT MARK: Shot mark recording. (Page 13) Takes effect during recording, thumbnail display, and clip display. INDEX: Index recording (Page 13) Takes effect during recording. LAST CLIP: Deletes the last recorded clip. (Page 13) After recording, clips cannot be deleted by switching to PB or PC mode, \ by • changing the recording format, or by turning off the camera. BACKLIGHT: Auto iris control for the backlight compensation.SPOTLIGHT: Switches auto iris control ON or OFF for the spotlight.BLACKFADE: Blackfade (Page 11)WHITEFADE: Whitefade (Page 11) USER2 SW (Camera) (PB) Assign a function to the USER2 button. The setting contents are the same as USER1. ATW LOCK USER3 SW (Camera) (PB) Assign a function to the USER3 button. The setting contents are the same as USER1. REC CHECK WFM (Camera) Switches the waveform display that appears when the WFM button is presse\ d. WAVE: Displays as a waveform. VECTER: Displays as a vector. WAVE/VECTOR: Each time the button is pressed, the setting changes in the following order: OFF → WAVE → VECTOR → OFF. S/S SW INH(Camera)1: Disables the START/STOP1 SW. 2: Disables the START/STOP2 SW. NO: Does not disable any switch. Use to prevent erroneous operation of the unnecessary START/STOP SW. FACE FRAMING (Camera) Frames the faces detected during operation of the FACE DETECT function with the USER SW. The maximum number of detected frames is 15, and faces bigger and closer\ to the center of the screen are given priority. OFF: Frames are not displayed. PRIMARY: Only the high-priority frames are displayed. ALL: Cannot be set when you are using INTERVAL REC. indicates the factory setting. SW MODE screen (continued)
56 Setup menu list (continued) RECORDING SETUP screen ItemDisplay mode Description of settings PREREC MODE (Camera) Sets PRE RECORDING to ON or OFF. ON: Enables PRE REC function. OFF : Disables PRE REC function. TCG is set to FREE RUN. • Cannot be set when you are using INTERVAL REC. • INTERVAL REC (Camera) Scenes moving slowly over a long period of time are recorded as short mo\ vies by providing a recording interval. One frame is recorded in each recordi\ ng time period that has been set, and 24 frames (PAL 25 frames) form a one-second video. When you set INTERVAL REC, the following items are set automatically: PH Mode 1080/24P (When SYSTEM FREQ = 59.94) 1080/25P (When SYSTEM FREQ = 50) TC RECRUN Fixed to NDF • Audio recording is not performed. • OFF , 1SECOND, 10SECONDS, 30SECONDS, 1MINUTE, 2MINUTES RELAY REC (Camera) ON: Relay recording performed. When the SD card used for recording has no remaining space, recording continues in another SD card if an SD card that can be used for recording is inserted in another SD card slot.\ OFF : Relay recording not performed. Recording stops when the target SD card has no remaining space. PH AUDIO MODE (Camera) Selects the format of audio recording when REC FORMAT = PH. LPCM: Recording is performed in uncompressed LPCM. AC3: Recording is performed in Dolby AC3 format. Fixed to AC3 for other than the PH mode. • If LPCM is set, playback is not possible in our previous models, such as\ AG- • HMR10. MIC ALC (Camera) ON: Enables mic level auto control. OFF: Disables mic level auto control. Audio distortion can be reduced at high input levels. To adjust the recording level of audio signals (regardless of this setting), use the AUDIO control knobs. MIC GAIN1 (Camera) Sets the input level of the external microphone connected to the INPUT 1 terminal. -50dB, -60dB MIC GAIN2 (Camera) Sets the input level of the external microphone connected to the INPUT 2 terminal. -50dB, -60dB indicates the factory setting.
57 Menu TC/UB SETUP screen ItemDisplay mode Description of settings TC MODE (Camera) Selects the correction mode of the internal time code when the time code\ of the internal time code generator is recorded. DF: Uses the drop frame mode. NDF: Uses the non-drop frame mode. TC MODE is automatically set to NDF when you set recording frame rate of\ • recording format to 24P. Takes effect only when SYSTEM FREQ = 59.94 Hz. PH 1080/24P and PH • 720/24P represent native recording. TCG (Camera) Sets the mode in which you advance the internal time code generator. FREE RUN: The time code is advanced regardless of the operation mode. A slight time error may occur when switching to PB mode if the frame rate is set to 24P. REC RUN : The time code is advanced only when recording. TC PRESET (Camera) Sets the initial time code. Set the frame value to 0 or a multiple of 4 when you set recording frame\ rate of recording format to 24P. If any other value is set, the recorded time code will mismatch. YES, NO UB PRESET (Camera) Sets the user information. YES, NO EXT TC LINK (Camera) Synchronizes the initial time code value during multi-camera shooting. (\ SLAVE camera time codes are synchronized to the master internal TCG value. MASTER: Sets the mode to master mode. SLAVE: Sets the mode to slave mode. When the COUNTER RESET/TC SET button is pressed, input time codes are synchronized to the internal TCG. NO: Returns to the previous screen. MASTER and SLAVE mode settings are in effect only when this menu is open. • When the menu is closed, EXT TC LINK is automatically canceled. indicates the factory setting.
58 Setup menu list (continued) AV IN/OUT SETUP screen ItemDisplay mode Description of settings SDI & HDMI OUT SEL (Camera) (PB) Sets the output video format of the SDI&HDMI OUT terminal. 1080i/720P: Output at the resolution set in REC FORMAT. DOWNCONV: SDI is output at 480i, while HDMI is output at 480p. (When SYSTEM FREQ = 59.94) SDI is output at 576i, while HDMI is output at 576p. (When SYSTEM FREQ = 50) SDI OUT (Camera) (PB) Sets the video output from the SDI terminal. ON: Video is output from SDI OUT. At this point, simultaneous LCD display and EVF display is not supported. Close the LCD monitor when using EVF. OFF : No video is output from SDI OUT. SDI 24PsF (Camera) (PB) Sets the video format output from SDI OUT to 24PsF. ON: Operates only when REC FORMAT = 1080 24p. Does not operate during VFR operation (when the recording format is other than 24p). The HDMI output stops during 24Psf output. OFF : SDI output is in the 1080 60i format. This item is not available when SYSTEM FREQ = 50Hz. • SDI EDH (Camera) (PB) Sets superimposition of EDH on to the SDI output during SD SDI output. ON: Superimposes EDH. OFF : Does not superimpose EDH. DOWNCON MODE (Camera) (PB) Switches down-conversion output mode.SIDE CROP: Side-crop mode (Crops the left and right edges.) Images may extend beyond the boundaries of the screen and be partially unable to be seen when outputting from the +H227A/V terminal or SDI OUT terminal (during DOWNCONV), or the HDMI terminal (during DOWNCONV). LETTER BOX: Letterbox mode (Adds black bands at the top and bottom of the image. SQUEEZE: Squeeze mode (Squeezes images horizontally. HP MODE (Camera) Selects the sound heard from the headphones. LIVE: The sound input from the microphone is output as is. This setting is selected when delays in the sound are annoying. RECORDING: The sound in the status to be recorded (the sound synchronized with the images) is output. TEST TONE (Camera) Sets test tone output to channels 1, 2, 3, and 4 when BARS setting is ON\ . ON: Outputs the test tone. OFF: Does not output the test tone. VIDEO SETUP (Camera) (PB) Sets the setup level of video signals. 0%: VIDEO OUT terminal output and recording setup levels will both be set to 0%. 7.5%A: VIDEO OUT terminal output setup level will be set to 7.5%, while recording setup level will be set to 0%. This item is not available when SYSTEM FREQ = 50Hz. • AUDIO OUT (Camera) (PB) Sets the audio signals to output from the AUDIO OUT terminal (A/V OUT). CH1/CH2 : CH1 terminal = CH1 signals, CH2 terminal = CH2 signals CH1: CH1 terminal = CH1 signals, CH2 terminal = CH1 signals CH2: CH1 terminal = CH2 signals, CH2 terminal = CH2 signals When an SD Memory Card containing 5.1 channel content recorded on anothe\ r • equipment is played back on the camera, it is down-mixed to 2 channels w\ hen output through the AUDIO OUT and headphone terminals. indicates the factory setting.