Panasonic AK-HC1800G, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...EUTSCH ENGLISH ITALIANO ESPA OL Operating Instructions Multi Purpose Camera Model No AK HC1800G Before operating this product please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for future use...

Page 2: ...its for a class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commer...

Page 3: ...free of charge basis Alternatively in some countries you may be able to return your products to your local retailer upon the purchase of an equivalent new product Disposing of this product correctly...

Page 4: ...s convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table spe...

Page 5: ...ed from the AW CB400 17 When the camera is to be controlled from the AW RP655 controller 18 When the camera is to be controlled from the AW RP555 controller 19 Cable wiring specifications when connect...

Page 6: ...ional board it may be necessary to update the AK HHD1500G version so please contact your dealer Note Characteristics New 2 3 2 2 million pixel CCD is employed 1920 H 1080 V 2 2 million pixel CCD is 2...

Page 7: ...operation Internal heat buildup can cause a fire Refer any servicing to qualified service personnel Handle the camera with care Protect the precision made lens by placing the lens cap over when the ca...

Page 8: ...perating controls and their functions Front view Top view Bottom view Rear view Lens mount 2 3 standard bayonet type B4 mount lens is installed Lens fixing ring knob Lens is fixed by turning the knob...

Page 9: ...can be selected by pressing this switch while the Main menu is displayed While the Sub menu is displayed any setting can be brought up to a higher value with this switch When the menu is not displaye...

Page 10: ...g operation It may otherwise cause internal heating or fire The life of this fan is approximately 30 000 hours at room temp 77 F 25 C Replace the fan as needed When the room temperature is higher than...

Page 11: ...able specifications Use a cable with a performance equivalent or superior to the specifications given below AK HC1800G High density D sub 15 pin connector G L GND GND DC power supply input 12 V Not us...

Page 12: ...position information 5 Iris control 11 Focus position information 6 UNREG 12 V 12 NC Zoom Focus connector ZOOM FOCUS Used to connect the zoom focus control cables of lens Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1...

Page 13: ...he connector in this case use an extension cable such as the AW CA12T12AP Attach the provided filter to the iris control cable and zoom focus control cable Zoom focus control cable to ZOOM FOCUS conne...

Page 14: ...roller AK HRP150G AC adapter AW PS510A or AW PS505A Monitor HD SDI OUT IRIS AK HC1800G Select 1 as the PROTOCOL setting Before connecting the cables be sure to set the power switch of AC adapter to OF...

Page 15: ...ter AW PS510A or AW PS505A ZOOM FOCUS Indoor pan tilt head AW PH400 Pan tilt control panel AW RP400 Camera controller AK HRP150G HD SDI AC adapter AW PS510A or AW PS505A Cable kit AW CAK4H1G Camera co...

Page 16: ...ct 3 as the PROTOCOL setting HD SDI 10BASE T straight cable Pan tilt camera control Motor drive lens Monitor IRIS AC adapter AW PS510A or AW PS505A ZOOM FOCUS Indoor pan tilt head AW PH400 Pan tilt co...

Page 17: ...be locally purchased Controller AW RP655 or AW RP555 Monitor POWER SDI OUT RJ 45 relay adapter 10BASE T UTP category 5 straight cable MULTI AC adapter AW PS510A or AW PS505A G L input Outdoor pan til...

Page 18: ...P D DOWN ZOOM TELE WIDE control FOCUS NEAR FAR control ND FILTER control DIGITAL EXTENDER control For capturing the camera statuses and synchronizing the data Statuses of panel switches only For setti...

Page 19: ...is in the gain adjustment mode Adjust the R GAIN setting 150 to 150 When the LCD panel is in the pedestal adjustment mode Adjust the R PEDESTAL setting 100 to 100 When the AK HC1800G to which the mot...

Page 20: ...ESET3 SYNCHRO PRESET8 1 500 PRESET4 PRESET9 1 1000 PRESET5 OFF PRESET10 Each time the MODE button is pressed the setting is switched between CAM and BAR The MODE button lights up at the BAR setting Us...

Page 21: ...e wiring specifications when connecting the camera directly to the AW CB400 AW RP655 or AW RP555 Modular connector 8 pin plug High density D Sub 15 pin connector male AW CB400 AW RP655 AW RP555 How to...

Page 22: ...g time The adjustment is necessary when the lighting condition or brightness is changed After adjusting the white balance once re adjustment is not needed under the same condition 5 Adjust the black b...

Page 23: ...e focus ring and flange back adjust ring until the focus is adjusted within the zooming range After finishing the adjustment tighten the flange back fixing knob Flange back adjust ring Focus ring Flan...

Page 24: ...ference of shooting an indoor object from shooting one outdoors Studios are usually lighted with incandescent lamps and the color temperature of a white object in a studio is around 3 000K The color t...

Page 25: ...output by a two phenomenon oscilloscope and make the horizontal phase according to the camera menu Adjustment with GEN LOCK of SETTING menu When HD synchronizing signals are input Roughly adjust the...

Page 26: ...gain adjustments and manual CC filter settings were supported as color temperature adjustments However the problem with the user having to make these adjustments manually each time was that there was...

Page 27: ...the VIDEO MENU only MANUAL functions OFF is the fixed setting with the FILM MENU The INTELLIGENT menus are not displayed either The conditions established by the intelligent functions may differ depen...

Page 28: ...menu at a lower hierarchical level Using AK HRP150G camera controller Press the MENU ON OFF switch on the AK HRP150G so that its lamp lights The TOP menu now appears Move the cursor to the target ite...

Page 29: ...to about 2 minutes for the detection operation to be completed CORRECT DIG OFF ON For ON OFF control of the detection correction Perform BLACK SHADING when the format has been changed The black balanc...

Page 30: ...10 to 10 DRS ON For adjusting the gamma characteristics R GAMMA 15 to 15 DRS OFF 10 to 10 DRS ON For adjusting the gamma characteristics of the red in relation to the master gamma characteristics B G...

Page 31: ...black gamma correction ON or OFF When ON has been selected as the DRS setting the BLACK GAMMA setting does not take effect EFFECT DEPTH 1 to 5 For selecting the effects of the contrast adjustment whe...

Page 32: ...31 E MAINTENANCE menu 3 FLARE R FLARE 000 to 100 G FLARE 000 to 100 B FLARE 000 to 100 For adjusting the flare correction FLARE OFF ON For turning the flare correction ON or OFF Setting of menu items...

Page 33: ...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 K...

Page 34: ...lected 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...

Page 35: ...s 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...

Page 36: ...63 For setting the H DTL level CRISP 00 to 31 For setting the noise elimination level of the detail signals LEVEL DEPENDENT 00 to 15 For removing the detail in the dark areas PEAK FREQUENCY 00 to 31 F...

Page 37: ...e detail gain in the direction DETAIL 31 to 31 For adjusting the detail gain in the direction DETAIL CLIP 00 to 63 For minimizing the glare caused by adding too much detail as a result of a detail cli...

Page 38: ...IN TONE DTL coring amount Y MAX 000 to 255 For setting the upper limit of the brightness in the skin tone specification area Y MIN 000 to 255 For setting the lower limit of the brightness in the skin...

Page 39: ...100 For adjusting the target level brightness of the auto iris A IRIS PEAK AVE 000 to 100 For setting the ratio between the auto iris light metering peak value and average value A IRIS WINDOW NORM1 NO...

Page 40: ...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 len...

Page 41: ...d FRAME MIX GAIN 00dB to 36dB For setting the gain increase The increase is set in increments of 3 dB PIX MIX OFF 6dB For setting the addition of horizontal pixels ON or OFF V MIX OFF 6dB For setting...

Page 42: ...n which the detail is removed PEAK FREQUENCY 00 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...

Page 43: ...ft right reversed REVERSE2 Top bottom reversed REVERSE3 Top bottom and left right reversed MATRIX TABLE A B For selecting the table in which the matrix data is to be stored MATRIX R G 31 to 31 MATRIX...

Page 44: ...HASE 63 to 63 Cy SAT PHASE 63 to 63 G SAT PHASE 63 to 63 Yl SAT PHASE 63 to 63 R Mg SAT PHASE 63 to 63 Mg B SAT PHASE 63 to 63 B Cy SAT PHASE 63 to 63 Cy G SAT PHASE 63 to 63 G Yl SAT PHASE 63 to 63 Y...

Page 45: ...K degree environments OFF TUNGSTEN The color temperature is corrected electrically to attain white balance in 3200K degree environments GAIN SELECT LOW MID HIGH S GAIN1 to 3 For selecting LOW MID HIGH...

Page 46: ...TRIX TABLE OFF A B For selecting OFF A or B as the matrix setting COLOR CORRECTION OFF ON For turning the color correction function ON or OFF DIGITAL EXTENDER OFF X2 For digitally doubling the images...

Page 47: ...B ACTIVE While automatic white balance is being executed AWB OK When the automatic white balance has been adjusted satisfactorily OUT RANGE RB When the automatic white balance has not been adjusted sa...

Page 48: ...displayed with the color bars Switching from ON to OFF or vice versa is not possible when color bars have been set MENU SEL VIDEO MENU FILM MENU For selecting the menu display FAN OFF AUTO ON For sel...

Page 49: ...h was set by SYNCHRO SCAN SHUTTER SPEED 1 100 1 120 1 250 1 500 1 1000 1 2000 VIDEO MENU 180 0 deg 172 8 deg 144 0 deg 120 0 deg 90 0 deg 45 0 deg FILM MENU For setting the shutter speed at the SHUTTE...

Page 50: ...ignals when SD sync signals have been input SD HD PHASE FINE 99 to 99 For finely adjusting the phase of the HD video signals when SD sync signals have been input AUTO DETECTION READY ACTIVE When ACTIV...

Page 51: ...nnot be used at a baud rate of 9600 bps 2 Information camera communication protocol EIA232 For connecting a PC This setting cannot be used at a baud rate of 9600 bps 3 Convertible PC control protocol...

Page 52: ...g is switched when the ENTER operation has been performed MANUAL Intelligent control is operated using the settings selected from the regular menus and camera controller AUTO AGC and ATW are adjusted...

Page 53: ...N and HIGH GAIN settings for GAIN AUTO IRIS on the MAINTENANCE menu are not reflected The S GAIN settings gain detail gamma and pedestal settings on the MAINTENANCE menu are not reflected The ND FILTE...

Page 54: ...ified as being white the white balance is adjusted automatically AGC ATW The above AGC and ATW adjustments are performed at the same time ND FILTER SELECT CLEAR 1 4 1 16 1 64 AUTO The ND filter settin...

Page 55: ...erexposure it is decremented from AGC MAX GAIN to 0 dB in very small steps MAX In the case of underexposure the gain is incremented straight from 0 dB to AGC MAX GAIN Conversely in the case of overexp...

Page 56: ...g PIX MIX V MIX and FRAME MIX ND filter and minus gain settings to adjust the range so that the appropriate level of exposure is achieved ATW AREA 25 50 90 The ATW white detection range is selected he...

Page 57: ...The AGC control mode is set here When LOCK is established as the INTELLIGENT status no changes can be made NORMAL The gain is incremented up to 18 dB by AGC control SPORTS This setting is for exercis...

Page 58: ...ght and the color temperature may change AGC MAX GAIN 00dB to 36dB The maximum gain increment for AGC is displayed here Inside the parentheses on the right is the maximum gain increment which is obtai...

Page 59: ...ddition incrementing of gain by CCD storage is displayed here 00dB No frames are added 06dB to 24dB 2 frames are added with 06 dB 4 frames are added with 12 dB 8 frames are added with 18 dB and 16 fra...

Page 60: ...r SN has been selected as the control mode setting or when the LOCK is selected as INTELLIGENT only a display appears Move the cursor to TYPE for each number set the gain type and then move the cursor...

Page 61: ...TTING menu 4 4 D 2 4 4 5 4 4 47 4 2 3 4 54 30 34 0 2 4 4 4 2 3 2 47 2 47 30 7 INTELLIGENT2 4 4 D 2 2 8 D D 0 8 8 D 6 8 D 2 8 D 35 5 This menu is configured in the same way as the INTELLIGENT1 menu Set...

Page 62: ...selected as the operation mode When the setting of this item is changed the settings for the INTELLIGENT items on the INTELLIGENT1 and INTELLIGENT2 menus are also changed in tandem OFF MANUAL is set...

Page 63: ...0K to 4100K Approx 3400K to 6900K 3 Approx 2400K to 5400K Approx 2500K to 7800K 4 Approx 2100K to 6200K Approx 2400K to 9000K 5 Approx 2000K to 8200K Approx 2100K to 9000K IRIS ON LOCK LOCK MANUAL PAN...

Page 64: ...the CAM ID mode but displayed only when color bar signals are output in the BAR mode The status for setting the ID is established by moving the cursor above the colon and selecting it Move the cursor...

Page 65: ...n PRESET USER1 USER2 or OFF can be selected as the LOAD destination when LOAD has been selected USER1 or USER2 can be selected as the STORE destination when STORE has been selected EXECUTE When EXECUT...

Page 66: ...DEPTH VIDEO MENU 1 DRS OFF CINE GAMMA SELECT FILM MENU FILM REC BLACK STR LEVEL 00 DYNAMIC LEVEL 500 3 FLARE R FLARE 000 G FLARE 000 B FLARE 000 FLARE ON 4 KNEE WHITE CLIP M KNEE POINT VIDEO MENU 095...

Page 67: ...OFF SKIN GET OFF SKIN DTL CORING 5 Y MAX 190 Y MIN 010 I CENTER 014 I WIDTH 090 Q WIDTH 020 Q PHASE 082 8 GAIN AUTO IRIS LOW GAIN 00dB MID GAIN 09dB HIGH GAIN 18dB A IRIS LEVEL 075 A IRIS PEAK AVE 050...

Page 68: ...FF 0 55 DRS ON 00 M PED OFFSET 000 R PED OFFSET 000 B PED OFFSET 000 9 S GAIN3 MODE S GAIN3 TOTAL GAIN 66dB GAIN 30dB PIX MIX 6dB V MIX 6dB FRAME MIX 24dB H DETAIL LEVEL 10 CRISP 10 LEVEL DEPENDENT 05...

Page 69: ...HTING FILM MENU TUNGSTEN GAIN SELECT LOW CAM ID OFF CAM ID POSI 1 MATRIX TABLE OFF COLOR CORRECTION OFF DIGITAL EXTENDER OFF BAR SEL FULL 16 9 FORMAT 1080 59 94i STATUS OFF MENU ON BAR ON MENU SEL VID...

Page 70: ...NORMAL AGC MAX GAIN 18dB PIX MIX 00dB V MIX 00dB FRAME MIX 00dB SUB MENU 8 INTELLIGENT SET INTELLIGENT OFF ATW WIDTH 5 IRIS ON LOCK LOCK CAMERA ID ID When a scene file is loaded there may be inconsis...

Page 71: ...70 E ENGLISH Appearance 3 9 16 90 6 5 16 160 15 32 12 17 32 13 2 4 5 8 117 Unit inch mm 1 3 4 44 5...

Page 72: ...0 50i S N 60 dB typ Ambient operating temperature 32 F to 104 F 0 C to 40 C Storage temperature 4 F to 140 F 20 C to 60 C Weight Approx 3 3 lbs 1 5 kg Dimensions W H D 3 9 16 4 5 8 6 5 16 90 117 160 m...

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