Sony HDW 900 Installation and operating instructions

Colorimetric and Resolution requirements of cameras

Alan Roberts

ADDENDUM 1 : Sony HDCAM, HDW900

In boxes with numeric settings (e.g. –99~99), the values indicate the range, and zero means factory setting,

not zero effect, and no scales are given. For each item, the set value is given (if set), then the range offered

by the camera. Where two values are given, they are for film- or video-look, e.g. ON {f} OFF {v}.

OPERATION MENUS

OPERATION/1 VF DISPLAY viewfinder indicators for switch settings

Item Switch description BBC

EX 3S/ON/OFF

ZOOM 3S/ON/OFF

ND 3S/ON/OFF

CC 3S/ON/OFF

IRIS 3S/ON/OFF

WHITE 3S/ON/OFF

D5600K 3S/ON/OFF

GAIN 3S/ON/OFF

SHUTT 3S/ON/OFF

BATT 3S/ON/OFF

TAPE 3S/ON/OFF

TC 3S/ON/OFF

AUDIO 3S/ON/OFF

MESSAG ALL/WRN/AT/OFF

Each item can be set to be on or

off, or on for 3 seconds each

time its value changes

OPERATION/2 !IND warning indicators of abnormal settings

Item Switch Range description BBC

ND ON/OFF 1~4

CC ON/OFF A~D

WHITE ON/OFF P/A/B

D5600K ON/OFF ON/OFF

GAIN ON/OFF L/M/H

SHUTT ON/OFF ON/OFF

FAN ON/OFF AUTO1/AUTO2/MIN/MAX

EXT ON/OFF ON/OFF

Each item can be on

or off. Any item not at

the NORMAL setting

(in the Range column)

raises the ! indicator,

but there’s nothing to

say which one caused

it.

FORMAT ON/OFF 23.98/24/25/29.97/30 (PsF) /50/59.97/60 (I) Frame/field rate 24/25 for film

OPERATION/3 MARKER viewfinder markers

Item Switch Range description BBC

MARKER ON/OFF

CENTER ON/OFF 1~4 type of centre marker

SAFETY ZONE ON/OFF 80%/90%/92.5%/95% Dim outside zone

EFFECT ON/OFF

ASPECT MODE 16:9/15:9/14:9/13:9/4:3/ VAR H

/VAR V/ 1035/VISTA1/VISTA2/

MASK ON/OFF 0~100 Dim outside zone

VAR WIDTH 0:1920 (VAR H) /0:1080 (VAR V) User box in pixels./lines

OPERATION/4 GAIN SW video gain switch

Item Range description BBC

LOW -3/0/3/6/12/18 0dB

MIDDLE -3/0/3/6/12/18 6dB

HIGH -3/0/3/6/12/18 12dB

OPERATION/5 ZEBRA/View Finder DeTaiL zebra and v/f detail enhancement

Item Switch Range description BBC

ZEBRA ON/OFF 1/2/1&2 ON, 1&2

ZEBRA1 58%~82% Set for skin tone 65%

ZEBRA2 88%~112% Allows 1 stop over 100% 100%

VF DTL ON/OFF -99~99 this doesn't seem to work OFF

OPERATION/6 AUTO IRIS metering area

Item Range description BBC

WINDOW 1~6 Six window shapes

OVERRIDE -99~99 Manual control on lens

OPERATION/7 BATT ALARM battery alarm levels

Item Range description BBC

BATT Heading

TYPE LITHIUM/ANTON/OTHERS1/ OTHERS2/AC ADP LITHIUM

BEFORE END

END Reflects voltage settings in

maintenance menu

DC IN Heading

TYPE LITHIUM/ANTON/OTHERS1/OTHERS2/AC ADP AC ADP

BEFORE END

END Reflects voltage settings in

maintenance menu

OPERATION/8 OTHERS sets user switch and colour rebalancer

Item Switch Range description BBC

D5600K ON/OFF Shifts P3200 to D56 OFF

ASSIGNABLE 1 OFF

ASSIGNABLE 2 OFF/D12dB/D24dB/VTR/

LENS RET/RETURN D12/24=extra gain in digital

processing, VT=start/stop OFF

OPERATION/9 OPERATOR FILE read/write camera settings

Item Switch Range description BBC

READ (MS to CAM) Press rotary encoder to execute Memory stick read

WRITE (CAM to MS) Memory stick write

PRESET Factory reset

FILE ID Text field, enter what you like

CAM CODE User set

DATE

OPERATION/10 LENS FILE

Item Switch Range description BBC

FILE 1~16 Select lens file number

LENS Text entered in maint menu

APERTURE Only stores max aperture data

PAINT MENUS

PAINT/1 SW STATUS parallel with switches in other menus

Item Switch Range description BBC

FLARE ON/OFF ON

GAMMA ON/OFF ON

BLK GAM ON/OFF ON {f} OFF {v}

KNEE ON/OFF ON

WHT CLIP ON/OFF ON

DETAIL ON/OFF ON {f} OFF {v}

LVL DEP ON/OFF ON

SKIN DTL ON/OFF OFF

MATRIX ON/OFF ON

PAINT/2 VIDEO LEVEL some parallel with controls in other menus

Item Switch Range description BBC

WHITE [R] -99~99

WHITE [G] -99~99

WHITE [B] -99~99

White balance settings. Reports

values set by auto-white

balance, or enter values directly

WHITE [M] -99~99 Effectively master gain

BLACK [R] -99~99

BLACK [G] -99~99

BLACK [B] -99~99

Black balance settings. Reports

values set by auto-white

balance, or enter values directly

BLACK [M] -99~99 Effectively master black

FLARE [R] -99~99

FLARE [G] -99~99

FLARE [B] -99~99 Depends on lens used

FLARE [M] -99~99 Master flare correction

GAMMA [R] -99~99 0

GAMMA [G] -99~99 0

GAMMA [B] -99~99 0

GAMMA [M] -99~99 0

V MOD [R] -99~99 0

V MOD [G] -99~99 0

V MOD [B] -99~99 0

FLARE OFF/ON OFF

V MOD OFF/ON Vertical shading modulation ON

TEST OFF/1/2 Sawtooth, 1=digital,

2=analogue

PAINT/3 GAMMA

Item Switch Range description BBC

LEVEL [R] -99~99 0

LEVEL [G] -99~99 0

LEVEL [B[ -99~99 0

LEVEL [M] -99~99 0

COARSE 0.40/0.45/0.50 Degree of curvature 0.45

TABLE 1~6

1=ENG (3.5 slope), 2/3=EFP

(4.0), 4=SMPTE240 (4.0),

5=ITU709 (5.5), 6=BBC (5.0) 5

GAMMA ON/OFF ON

TEST OFF/1/2 Duplicate of PAINT/2 item

PAINT/4 BLK GAMMA black stretch

Item Switch Range description BBC

LEVEL [R] -99~99 0

LEVEL [G] -99~99 0

LEVEL [B] -99~99 0

LEVEL [M] -99~99 Set for max slope about 7.2 -60

RANGE [RGB] OFF/ON 15%/25%/35%/50% Upper limit of stretch ON,35% {f} OFF

{v}

LEVEL [Y] -99~99

RANGE [Y] OFF/ON 15%/25%/35%/50% Upper limit of stretch OFF

TEST OFF/1/2 Duplicate of PAINT/2 item

PAINT/5 LOW KET SAT saturation in black stretch area

Item Switch Range description BBC

LEVEL -99~99 Saturation in stretched part

BLK CLIP ON/OFF -99~99 Value in Y curve where it stops OFF

PAINT/6 KNEE

Item Switch Range description BBC

POINT [R] -99~99 0

POINT [G] -99~99 0

POINT [B] -99~99 0

POINT [M] -99~99 30

SLOPE [R] -99~99 0

SLOPE [G] -99~99 0

SLOPE [B] -99~99 0

SLOPE [M] -99~99

Set for 2.5 stops overload.

CCDs can just deliver 2.5 stops

before clipping, knee starts at

about 85%, so keep skin tones

low to avoid unnatural faces.

Crucial element of film look. -52

WHT CLP [R] -99~99 0

WHT CLP [G] -99~99 0

WHT CLP [B] -99~99 0

WHT CLP [M] -99~99 About 106% 30

KNEE SAT LEVEL ON/OFF -99~99 saturation in compressed zone OFF

KNEE ON/OFF Vital for film look ON

KNEE SAT ON/OFF OFF

WHT CLIP ON/OFF Both not needed, pictures look

better without OFF

TEST OFF/1/2 Duplicate of PAINT/2 item

PAINT/7 DETAIL 1

Item Switch Range description BBC

LEVEL -99~99 -14 {f} 0 {v}

LIMITER [M] -99~99 0

LIMITER [WHT] -99~99 0

LIMITER [BLK] -99~99 0

CRISP -99~99 0

HV RATIO -99~99 0

FREQ -99~99 0

LVL DEP -99~99 0

DETAIL ON/OFF default values are ok OFF {f} ON {v}

LVL DEP ON/OFF default values are ok ON

PAINT/8 DETAIL 2

Item Switch Range description BBC

FINE DTL ON/OFF -99~99 HF detail OFF

KNEE APERTURE ON/OFF -99~99 Detail in knee compressed parts ON, 0

PAINT/9 SKIN DETAIL

Item Switch Range description BBC

SKIN DTL ON/OFF if this is on, chan 1 can’t be off OFF

SKIN GATE ON/OFF

CHAN SW [1] ON/OFF

GATE [1] ON/OFF

PHASE [1] AUTO 0~359

WIDTH [1] -99~99

SAT [1] -99~99

LEVEL [1] -99~99

CHAN SW [2] ON/OFF

GATE [2] ON/OFF

PHASE [2] AUTO 0~359

WIDTH [2] -99~99

SAT [2] -99~99

LEVEL [2] -99~99

CHAN SW [3] ON/OFF

GATE [3] ON/OFF

PHASE [3] AUTO 0~359

WIDTH [3] -99~99

SAT [3] -99~99

LEVEL [3] -99~99

PAINT/10 USER MATRIX main matrix page

Item Switch Range description BBC

USER R-G -99~99

USER R-B -99~99

USER G-R -99~99

USER G-B -99~99

USER B-R -99~99

USER B-G -99~99

Hand-crafted matrix, no clues

given about the scale of

coefficients. This needs a lab to

set up sensibly

MATRIX ON/OFF Main matrix switch ON

PRESET ON/OFF SMPTE-240M/ITU-

709/SMPTE-

WIDE/NTSC/EBU/ITU-601

Standard matrices, only

ITU709 makes sense ON, ITU709

USER MATRIX ON/OFF Off unless DoP has strong

views OFF

MULTI MATRIX ON/OFF Avoid at all costs OFF

PAINT/11 MULTI MATRIX

Item Switch Range description BBC

PHASE 0~338 (22.5° steps)

HUE -99~99

SAT -99~99

Adjust hue and saturation of

22.5° segments independently

ALL CLEAR Resets all hue/sat settings to 0

MATRIX ON/OFF ON

PRESET ON/OFF SMPTE-240M/ITU-

709/SMPTE-

WIDE/NTSC/EBU/ITU-601 Same item as PAINT/10 ON, ITU-709

USER MATRIX ON/OFF Off unless DoP has strong

views OFF

MULTI MATRIX ON/OFF Avoid at all costs OFF

PAINT/12 SHUTTER

Item Switch Range description BBC

SHUTTER ON/OFF see below ON {f} OFF{v}

ECS FREQ see below Avoids light/monitor strobing

S-EVS ON/OFF 0~100%

Enhanced Vertical res for

interlace, 50%=film shutter OFF, 50%

Shutter speeds 50I 1/60,1/125,1/250,1/500,1/1000,1/2000

30PsF/29.97PsF 1/40,1/60,1/125,1/250,1/500,1/1000

25PsF 1/30,1/50,1/100,1/250,1/500,1/1000

24PsF/23.98PsF 1/32,1/48,1/96,1/125,1/250,1/500,1/1000

ECS frequencies 60i/59.94I 30.0~5600Hz

50I 25.0~5600Hz

30PsF/29.97PsF 30.4~2800Hz

25PsF 25.3~2300Hz

24PsF/23.98PsF 24.3~2300Hz

PAINT/13 SCENE FILE standard features

Item Switch Range description BBC

STORE 1~5

STANDARD

FILE ID

CAM CODE

DATE

MAINTENACE MENUS

MAINTENANCE/1 AUTO SETUP software action mimicing hardware switches

Item Switch Range description BBC

AUTO BLACK

AUTO WHITE

AUTO LEVEL

TEST OFF/1/2 Duplicate of PAINT/2 item

MAINTENANCE/2 WHITE SHADING

Item Switch Range description BBC

V SAW [R] -99~99

V SAW [G] -99~99

V SAW [B] -99~99

V PARA [R] -99~99

V PARA [G] -99~99

V PARA [B] -99~99

H SAW [R] -99~99

H SAW [G] -99~99

H SAW [B] -99~99

H PARA [R] -99~99

H PARA [G] -99~99

H PARA [B] -99~99

WHITE [R] -99~99

WHITE [G] -99~99

WHITE [B] -99~99

VMOD [R] -99~99

VMOD [G] -99~99

VMOD [B] -99~99

VMOD [M] ON/OFF -99~99

MAINTENANCE/3 BLACK SHADING

Item Switch Range description BBC

V SAW [R] -99~99

V SAW [G] -99~99

V SAW [B] -99~99

V PARA [R] -99~99

V PARA [G] -99~99

V PARA [B] -99~99

H SAW [R] -99~99

H SAW [G] -99~99

H SAW [B] -99~99

H PARA [R] -99~99

H PARA [G] -99~99

H PARA [B] -99~99

BLK SET [R] -99~99

BLK SET [G] -99~99

BLACK [R] -99~99

BLACK [G] -99~99

BLACK [B] -99~99

MASTER GAIN -3/0/3/6/12/18dB

MAINTENANCE/4 OHB MATRIX optical head block matrix

Item Switch Range description BBC

PHASE 0~338 (22.5° steps)

HUE -99~99

SAT -99~99

Adjust hue/sat in 22.5 degree

wedges, for matching cameras

together, AVOID this

ALL CLEAR Resets all hue/sat settings to 0

MATRIX ON/OFF This controls all matrix settings ON

OHB MATRIX ON/OFF OFF

MAINTENANCE/5 AUTO IRIS

Item Switch Range description BBC

WINDOW 1:6 Choice of window shape

OVERRIDE -99~99

IRIS LEVEL -99~99

APL RATIO -99~99

IRIS GAIN -99~99

MAINTENANCE/6 CAM ID/DATE

Item Switch Range description BBC

CAM ID Text

DATE/TIME Date and time

MAINTENANCE/7 MULT-FORMAT scanning standard, field/frame rate

Item Switch Range description BBC

CURRENT Current frame/field rate

NEXT 60/59.94/50 I /

30/29.97/25/24/23.98 PsF Select then cycle powert 24/25PsF {f}

50I {v}

MAINTENANCE/8 VTR SETUP normal items

Item Switch Range description BBC

FF/REW AUDIO CUE/EE

PB AUDIO CH 1&2/3&4

AU REC CH3/4 AUTO/1&2CH/MUTE

AU REC 1KHz MUTE/0dB/-20dB

AU EMPHASIS ON/OFF

TC OUT TCG/PB

CTL TIMER 24H/+-10H

REAL TIME AUTO/MANU Auto=DF/NDF for e.g.

59.94/60, Manu follows side

switch MANU

MAINTENANCE/9 BATT ALARM these settings appear in OPERATION/7

Item Switch Range description BBC

BATT TYPE LITHIUM/ANTON/OTHERS

1/OTHERS2/AC ADP LITHIUM

BEFORE END 11.0~17.0V

END 11.0~17.0V

DC-IN TYPE LITHIUM/ANTON/OTHERS

1/OTHERS2/AC ADP AC ADP

BEFORE END 11.0~17.0V

END 11.0~17.0V

MAINTENANCE/10 OTHERS 1

Item Switch Range description BBC

H PHASE -3072:1023 Horizontal timing

MONITOR OUT [Y] -30~30 0

MONITOR OUT [Pb/Pr] -30~30 Signal gain controls for BNC

monitoring outputs 0,0

MAINTENANCE/11 OTHERS 2

Item Switch Range description BBC

FAN MODE AUTO1/AUTO2/MIN/MAX fan speed

MENU RESUME OPE MENU/OFF/ALL How menus reopen. OPE=last

used, OFF=operator menus only

ALL

DATE TYPE 1:6 Usual choice of date formats

WHITE MEMORY 2/8 How white balances are stored

FILE MENUS

FILE/1 OPERATOR FILE as OPERATION/9

Item Switch Range description BBC

READ MS to CAM Memory stick read/write

WRITE CAM to MS

PRESET

STORE PRESET FILE

FILE ID

CAM CODE

DATE

FILE/2 SCENE FILE as PAINT/13

Item Switch Range description BBC

STORE 1~5

STANDARD

FILE ID

CAM CODE

DATE

FILE/3 REFERENCE reference file

Item Switch Range description BBC

STORE FILE

STANDARD

FILE ID

CAM CODE

DATE

FILE/4 LENS FILE not the same as OPERATION/10

Item Switch Range description BBC

STORE FILE Action to store lens data

FILE

NO 1~16 File number

NAME e.g. HJ18x7.8B Enter lens name

F NO F1.0~F3.4 Enter max aperture

CENT MRK H POS -20~20

CENT MRK V POS -20~20 Move lens centre markers

STORE CENTER Action to store new values

FILE/5 OHB FILE

Item Switch Range description BBC

STORE FILE Action to store OHB matrix

settings, crashes hardware

FILE/6 FILE CLEAR reset to factory settings, probably

Item Switch Range description BBC

PRESET OPERATOR Operator settings to factory

REFERENCE (ALL) 10 SEC CLEAR ON/OFF Reference settings to factory

LENS (CURRENT)

OHB WHITE SHAD

OHB BLACK SHAD

OHB ND OFFSET

OHB MATRIX

DIAGNOSIS/1 HOURS METER reports from the vtr

Item Switch Range description BBC

DRUM RUNNING

TAPE TRAVEL

OPERATION

THREADING

DIAGNOSIS/2 VTR STATUS reports and controls for vtr

Item Switch Range description BBC

CURRENT MOD UNTHREAD/STOP/PLAY/FF/REW/

THREAD/REC/R.PAUSE/R.PREVIEW

TAPE POS TOP/TAPE OUT/STOP/PLAY/REC/REC PAUSE/

SEARCH/REW/EJECT/FF/REC REVIEW/END

HUMID DET/---

REC INHIBIT ON/OFF

SLACK

DIAGNOSIS/3 ROM VERSION report of card software versions

Item Switch Range description BBC

DIAGNOSIS/4 BOARD STATUS pcb reports

Item Switch Range description BBC

CAM OHB OK/NG

CAM VA OK/NG

CAM DPR OK/NG

CAM AD OK/NG

CAM IF OK/NG

CAM SG OK/NG

CAM DA OK/NG

VTR SV OK/NG

VTR SY OK/NG

VTR DEC A OK/NG

VTR DEC B OK/NG

VTR VN OK/NG

VTR EN OK/NG

VTR ENC OK/NG

DIAGNOSIS/5 TELE FILE

Item Switch Range description BBC

ID 20 characters

SIZE **KBYTE Memory stick capacity

REMAIN **% Free space

STATUS STANDBY/NO LABEL/WRITE PROTECT/

LABEL/UNKNOWN FORMAT

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