Camcorder User Manual

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20
1/2" 3-CCD DV Camcorder System
GY-DV500U and BR-DV600U VTR
■ Combining convenience and cost-effectiveness of MiniDV
with professional performance and features
■ 750 TV lines equivalent horizontal resolution from camera
head
■ 14-bit digital signal processing
■ Up to 60 minutes of high-quality component digital images
recorded on a single MiniDV tape. MiniDV tape is readily
available and inexpensive.
■ Very compact, lightweight design weighing only 5 kg (11 lbs.)
■ Three 1/2" 380,000-pixel CCDs
■ Advanced circuitry virtually eliminates vertical smear when
shooting bright lights, as well as lag and image burn
■ F1.4 prism optical system helps to yield F11 at 2000 lux
■ Lolux mode captures high-quality video footage with
excellent color balance at just 0.75 lux illumination, better
than what you can see with your eyes
■ IEEE 1394 (DV) input/output for lossless digital video and
audio transfers to or from any DV equipped device such as a
non-linear editing system or DV recorder
■ Basic controls are available via the DV connector or RS-232C
port, make the GY-DV500U ideal as a spooler, recorder, or
player in an editing system
■ Standard professional 1/2" bayonet lens mount, for the
widest selection of lenses
■ Outstanding digital PCM sound: Choose between two 16-bit
48-kHz channels or two 12-bit 32-kHz channels with a
dynamic range of more than 85 dB
■ Viewfinder displays various events, camera setting recorder
operation, and selected setup parameters
■ Super Scene Finder (SSF
TM
) lets you log scenes automatically
or manually in the field, and mark which scenes are good.
This speeds up the transfer process and saves disk space,
because now you can batch digitize only those scenes
needed for editing. Scene data is written directly onto the
MiniDV cassette, eliminating need for special higher priced
cassettes. Up to 134 scenes can be marked per cassette
■ Scene data from last 3 cassettes held in camcorder memory,
allowing data to be added to cassette at a later time automati-
cally, due to unique ID
■ Menu dial serves to quickly and easily navigate through
viewfinder menu, as well as set shutter speed
■ Full auto shooting for one-touch automatic operation
■ Continuous auto black (CAB)
■ Full auto white
■ Automatic level control (ALC) for continuous automatic
control of gain
■ Back tally lamp for letting talent behind the camcorder know
you are shooting
■ Precision “Accu-focus” mode for easy, precise lens focusing
■ Back-lit LCD display for VTR menu and status indications
■ Tape/battery remaining indicator
■ Variable scan view for shooting computer screens
■ Sync lock mode for multi-camera shooting (genlock)
■ Black stretch/compress for enhancing or suppressing
shadow areas
■ Adjustable gamma for adjusting the “feel” of the picture
according to taste for light or dark detail
■ Adjustable detail frequency for setting picture sharpness for
a bolder or finer look
■ SMPTE time code reader/generator
■ Professional XLR Audio with phantom microphone power
■ SMPTE type color bars
BR-DV600U professional DV VTR
■ Ideal for interfacing with virtually any editing system — linear
or non linear
■ IEEE 1394 in and out allows direct computer connectivity
■ Digitally spools directly to a non-linear editing platform and
downloads directly back to video tape with no loss of quality
■ Dubs tapes to and from other DV products, including
GY-DV500U
■ Both Y/C and component video out
■ Controllable with standard edit controllers via either RS-422
or optional RS-232C connectors, or proprietary 12-pin JVC
interface
■ Super Scene Finder lets users log scenes, and mark which
scenes are good
GY-DV500U
BR-DV600U