Panasonic Multi Porpose Camera Ak Hc1500g Operating Instructions

							
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Setting of menu items
 MAINTENANCE menu
M KNEE POINT
[80.00% to 107.00% (VIDEO MENU)]
[30% to 90% (FILM MENU/VIDEO REC)]
For adjusting the knee point.
R KNEE POINT [–25.00% to +25.00%]
For correcting the knee point of the red in 
relation to the master knee point.
B KNEE POINT [–25.00% to +25.00%]
For correcting the knee point of the blue in 
relation to the master knee point.
M KNEE SLOPE
[00 to 99 (VIDEO MENU)]
[150% to 600% (FILM MENU)]
For adjusting the knee slope.
R KNEE SLOPE [–99 to +99]
For adjusting the knee slope of the red in 
relation to the master knee slope.
B KNEE SLOPE [–99 to +99]
For adjusting the knee slope of the blue in 
relation to the master knee slope.
The M KNEE POINT and M KNEE SLOPE 
settings do not take effect when a setting other 
than MANUAL is selected for KNEE or ON is 
selected as the DRS setting when the VIDEO 
MENU has been selected or when FILM REC 
is selected as the CINE GAMMA SEL setting 
when the FILM MENU has been selected.
Similarly, the R/B KNEE POINT and R/B 
KNEE SLOPE settings do not take effect when 
a setting other than MANUAL is selected for 
KNEE or ON is selected as the DRS setting 
when the VIDEO MENU has been selected or 
when the FILM MENU has been selected.
[4] KNEE, WHITE CLIP 
						

							
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Setting of menu items
A. KNEE POINT [80.00% to 107.00%]
For setting the auto knee break point position.
This setting does not take effect when a setting 
other than AUTO is selected for KNEE or 
ON is selected as the DRS setting when the 
VIDEO MENU has been selected or when the 
FILM MENU has been selected.
A. KNEE LEVEL [100% to 109%]
For setting the maximum level of auto knee.
This setting does not take effect when a setting 
other than AUTO is selected for KNEE or 
ON is selected as the DRS setting when the 
VIDEO MENU has been selected or when the 
FILM MENU has been selected.
M WHITE CLIP LVL [90% to 109%]
For setting the white clip level.
R WHITE CLIP LVL [–15% to +15%]
For correcting the amount of red for the  
M WHITE CLIP LVL.
B WHITE CLIP LVL [–15% to +15%]
For correcting the amount of blue for the  
M WHITE CLIP LVL.
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[4] KNEE, WHITE CLIP 
						

							
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Setting of menu items
 MAINTENANCE menu
[4] KNEE, WHITE CLIP
KNEE [OFF, MANUAL, AUTO]
For selecting the knee operation mode.
This setting does not take effect when FILM 
REC is selected.
WHITE CLIP [OFF, ON]
For tuning white clip ON or OFF.
HIGH COLOR  [OFF, ON]
For improving the color reproducibility of the 
high-brightness areas when it is set to ON.
This setting does not take effect when a setting 
other than MANUAL is selected for KNEE or 
ON is selected as the DRS setting when the 
VIDEO MENU has been selected or when the 
FILM MENU has been selected.
[5] R/B GAIN
R GAIN [–200 to +200]
For adjusting the gain of the red.
B GAIN [–200 to +200]
For adjusting the gain of the blue.
ND FILTER [CLEAR, 1/4, 1/16, 1/64]
For selecting the ND filter setting.
When the AK-HRP150 has been connected, 
the items on this page cannot be operated 
using the menu. 
						

							
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Setting of menu items
 MAINTENANCE menu
DETAIL [OFF, ON]
For turning all the detail functions ON or OFF.
TOTAL DTL LEVEL [–31 to +31]
For setting the H DTL and V DTL levels.
H DTL LEVEL [0 to 63]
For setting the H DTL level.
CRISP [0 to 31]
For setting the noise elimination level of the 
detail signals.
LEVEL DEPENDENT [0 to 15]
For removing the detail in the dark areas.
PEAK FREQUENCY [00 to 31]
For setting the H DTL peak frequency.
KNEE APERTURE [OFF, ON]
For turning the emphasizing of the outlines for 
the high-brightness areas ON or OFF.
KNEE APE LEVEL [0 to 5]
For adjusting the knee aperture level.
[6] DETAIL 
						

							
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Setting of menu items
SLIM DETAIL [OFF, ON]
For setting the detail more finely at ON.
DETAIL(+) [–31 to +31]
For adjusting the detail gain in the + direction.
DETAIL(–) [–31 to +31]
For adjusting the detail gain in the – direction.
DETAIL CLIP [0 to +63]
For minimizing the glare caused by adding 
too much detail as a result of a detail clip 
adjustment.
DETAIL SOURCE
[(G+R)/2, (G+B)/2, (2G+B+R)/4, (3G+B)/4,  
R, G]
For setting the ratio of the RGB signal 
components which create the detail.
 MAINTENANCE menu
[6] DETAIL 
						

							
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Setting of menu items
 MAINTENANCE menu
SKIN TONE DTL [OFF, ON]
For turning the SKIN TONE DTL ON or OFF.
SKIN GET [OFF, ON]
When ON is selected, the box cursor is output 
to the screen center. When the image of the 
subject’s skin is placed inside the box cursor 
and the ENTER operation is performed,  
I CENTER and Q PHASE are set automatically.
SKIN DTL CORING [0 to 7]
For setting the SKIN TONE DTL coring 
amount.
Y MAX [0 to 255]
For setting the upper limit of the brightness in 
the skin tone specification area.
Y MIN [0 to 255]
For setting the lower limit of the brightness in 
the skin tone specification area.
I CENTER [0 to 255]
For setting the phase of the I axis in the skin 
tone specification area.
I WIDTH [0 to 255]
For setting the phase width of the I axis in the 
skin tone specification area.
Q WIDTH [0 to 255]
For setting the phase range of the Q axis in 
the skin tone specification area.
Q PHASE [–128 to +127]
For setting the phase of the Q axis in the skin 
tone specification area.
[7] SKIN TONE DETAIL 
						

							
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Setting of menu items
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[8] GAIN, AUTO IRIS
LOW GAIN [–6 dB to 30 dB]
MID GAIN [–6 dB to 30 dB]
HIGH GAIN [–6 dB to 30 dB]
For setting the amount by which the gain is to 
be increased when LOW, MID or HIGH has 
been selected by GAIN SELECT.
A.IRIS LEVEL [0 to 100]
For adjusting the target level (brightness) of 
the auto iris.
A.IRIS PEAK/AVE [0 to 100]
For setting the ratio between the auto iris  
light-metering peak value and average value.
A.IRIS WINDOW [NORM1, NORM2, CENTR]
For setting the auto iris light-metering area.NORM1:   The light is metered on the entire 
screen (except around the edges).
NORM:   The light is metered on the entire 
screen (except at the top).
CENTR:    The light is metered only in the 
area at the screen center.
IRIS MODE [LENS, CAM]
For switching between the iris gain control on 
the lens (LENS) and the menu (CAM) to adjust 
the focusing speed of the auto iris.
Normally, LENS is selected, and the speed is 
adjusted using the iris gain control on the lens.
IRIS GAIN [01 to 10]
For adjusting the iris gain when CAM has been 
selected as the IRIS MODE setting. 
						

							
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Setting of menu items
 MAINTENANCE menu
These settings are performed when S.GAIN1, 
S.GAIN or S.GAIN has been selected by 
GAIN SELECT.
MODE [S.GAIN1, S.GAIN2, S.GAIN3]
For selecting the S.GAIN storage table.
TOTAL GAIN [0 dB to 72 dB]
For displaying the total gain for GAIN, PIX MIX, 
V MIX and FRAME MIX.
GAIN [0 dB to 36 dB]
For setting the gain increase.
PIX MIX [OFF, +6 dB]
For setting the addition of horizontal pixels ON 
or OFF.
V MIX [OFF, +6 dB]
For setting the addition of vertical pixels ON or 
OFF.
FRAME MIX [OFF, +6 dB to +24 dB]
For setting the gain increase based on 
accumulation in the CCD image sensor.
This setting does not take effect when MENU 
SEL is set to FILM MENU and the 70/60p 
or 70/59.94p is selected as the FORMAT 
setting.
H DETAIL LEVEL [00 to 63]
For setting the H DETAIL level.
CRISP [00 to 31]
For setting the noise elimination level of the 
detail signals.
[9] SUPER GAIN 
						

							
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Setting of menu items
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[9] SUPER GAIN
LEVEL DEPENDENT [0 to 15]
For removing the detail in the dark areas.  
The higher the number set, the wider the 
range in which the detail is removed.
PEAK FREQUENCY [0 to 31]
For setting the H DTL peak frequency.
M GAMMA
[0.35 to 0.75 (DRS OFF)]
[–10 to +10 (DRS ON)]
For adjusting the gamma characteristics.
M PED OFFSET [–200 to +200]
For adjusting the amount of offset in the  
black level.
R PED OFFSET [–200 to +200]
For adjusting the amount of offset in the  
R pedestal.
B PED OFFSET [–200 to +200]
For adjusting the amount of offset in the  
B pedestal. 
						

							
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Setting of menu items
 MAINTENANCE menu
SCAN REVERSE [OFF, REVERSE1 to 3]
For selecting the video output scanning 
method.OFF:   Normal scanning
REVERSE1:  Left/right reversed
REVERSE:  Top/bottom reversed
REVERSE:    Top/bottom and left/right 
reversed
FRAME RATE RANGE [60-6, 60-4]
For selecting the range over which the frame 
rate can be varied with variable frames.
60-6:  60 to 6 frames per second
60-4:  60 to 4 frames per second
FRAME RATE [60 to 4]
For setting the frame rate.
The FRAME RATE RANGE and FRAME RATE 
settings take effect when MENU SEL is set to 
FILM MENU and the 70/60p or 70/59.94p is 
selected as the FORMAT setting.
[10] FRAME MODE