JVC 650 Safety guide

JVC 650

Basic Starter

Guide

Battery insertion

The Battery can only be

Inserted one way.

If forces is used it will

cause damage to the

battery & camera

Insert the battery by sliding

It in the direction of the

Arrow until it clicks into

Place.

Battery Removal

Turn off the camera

Press the blue button

Lift up the battery and pull

Carefully out.

Using AC Power Adaptor

Plug in the power adaptor as shown

and turn on at the wall.

Turn on the camera.

Turning On/Off the Power

Adjusting the LCD Screen

Adjust the LCD Screen by folding it out from the camera and carefully turning it to suit your view.

Adjusting the Viewfinder

Adjust the viewfinder to your preferred viewing angle

Inserting an SD Card

Carefully spring out the cover, either from the

side or top, do not force it. Press on the SD card

to release it. Press back into place to reinstall

Formatting your SD Memory Card

We encourage you to format the camera’s SD memory card everytime you take out a camera kit.

It avoids running out of space when filming, as well as your footage becoming corrupt and unuseable.

1. On the LCD Screen: Press the round MENU/THUMB button

Using the Arrows & centre button navigate to: System, Media, Format Media, choose Format Slot A (or B if SD card

installed in this slot), press centre button & then select Format.

The Card is then formatted. Press MENU/THUMB button to clear the screen.

Lens

The Lens has a number of controls,

these are as follows:

Lenshood – move the lever (2) to

open & close the lens –

If your LCD screen & viewfinder

are both showing black, then this

may be why.

Focus ring (3) turn this ring to move

the focus point back & forth.

Zoom ring (4) turn this ring to make

the lens change from a wideangle

view to close-up telephoto view.

Iris ring (5) Turn this ring to manually adjust the Iris, the aperture of the lens.

Adjusting the Zoom Lens

There are three zoom controls, two on the camera body & one on the lens itself.

To use the lens Zoom lever it first has to be switched to MANUAL.

If you want to use the body controls switch to SERVO.

To change how it zooms change between FIX, VARiable & OFF settings.

Adjusting the Focus

Switch the FOCUS button to

AUTO & press the PUSH AUTO

to initially focus

Alternatively swith the FOCUS

button to MANU to take over

control & use the focus ring to

adjust the focus yourself.

Press the Focus assist button to

make focusing easier.

Best Practise: Zoom in on your

subject eyes, focus, zoom out

again & frame your shot.

Adjusting the Iris

Press the Iris Button to change to Manual

Iris mode – the A icon on the screen

disappears

Turn the iris ring on the lens to adjust the

iris manually

A lower number will mean more light getting

into the camera but shallower depth a field,

A higher number will mean less light getting

into the lens but a greater depth of field.

Setting the ND filter

Adjust the ND Filter to keep the

Exposure within the limits

of the lens.

Eg. In bright sunshine you may need

to set the ND filter to 1/64

Whereas indoors in dim light set

the ND filter to Off.

The set level of ND filter is shown

On the screen as highlighted.

Setting the Gain

Adjust the Gain to Low, Medium or High

Gain enables the camera

to still work in dim light

However it introduces

grain/noise into the signal

recorded and so lowers

overall quality.

Adjusting the White Balance – Fully Auto

By Toggling between the A & B Presets

You switch the White Balance to either

Indoor (B) or Outdoor (A)

To set the White Balance Manually:

Press WHT BAL button, choose

between presets: B, A, Presets

As default these are:

B = 3200K – to use indoors with

tungsten lighting

A = 5600K – to use outside &

sunny blue sky

To make new Presets:

1. Set to A or B Presets.

2. Press the button whist filling the frame with a white piece of paper or similar

that has the same lighting as your subject

Adjusting the Brightness – Fully Auto Mode

Press the Left or Right arrows to adjust

the brightness of the picture.

Press the AE LOCK/4 button to lock focus

on your subject

Fully Automatic Mode

The Camera will take over control over Focus, Exposure, Gain, Iris, White Balance and Sound Levels.

You still need to point the camera at your subject, zoom the lens to frame and press the start record button.

The results may be adequate in ‘normal’ conditions however the camera will give better results if adjusted manually

to the suit the prevailing conditions at the time.

Setting the Audio Record Levels

You can record using four different inputs:

•The Built in Microphone

•A Microphone attached to the AUX input

•A Microphone attached to the Channel 1 XLR input

•A Microphone attached to the Channel 2 XLR input

For the best results use an external XLR microphone

whenever possible & connect it to either

Channel 1 or 2 and adjust the

settings manually or set to Auto Levels

if you are shorthanded or pressed for time.

Press the Display Button to bring up the sound level

monitor on the LCD Screen. This will help you check

the sound levels in a visual way, its good practise to

plug in headphones & use these too check both the

sound levels as well as good microphone

positioning.

An example of a good starter setup

A good starter setup might be where you use the cameras

internal microphone to record ambient sound on

Channel 1 & then attach the kits XLR shotgun

microphone to Channel 2.

This would mean setting CH1 to INT & CH2 to INPUT2.

Then set INPUT 2 to MIC

Set the Channel Levels to MANUAL

See Photo for how this would look:

Adjust the wheels so that the sound level shown on the

LCD screen does not go above the last dot before

the 0db mark. So -2db off 0db

Creating a backup of your footage & preparing for editing

1. Remove the SD Memory card & insert into your computer SD card slot.

2. Create a folder with your name & date one.

3. This can be on the Local Temp Drive of that machine to safeguard it from deletion.

4. Save the complete contents of the SD Memory card into this folder.

5. It is also best practise to make another copy of this folders contents onto another memory stick or external

hardrive of your own.

6. Remove the SD card from the Computer.

7. This will make sure that you are working from your locally saved version & not the SD card. This will also

mean it will work faster when editing & avoid loss of data.

8. You are then ready to edit

9. Open Adobe Premiere Pro Application

10. Import your footage

11. Start editing. Please refer to Premiere Pro Lessons or teach yourself using YouTube videos.

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