Sony PXW-FS7 User manual

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Sony!PXW-FS7!Guide!

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Contents

Page 3 – Layout and Buttons (Left)

Page 4 – Layout back and lens

Page 5 – Layout and Buttons (Viewfinder, grip remote control and eye piece)

Page 6 – Attaching the Eye Piece

Page 7 – How to attach the grip remote control

Page 8 – Resetting the Camera

Formatting (initialising) the Cards

Initial Set Up

Record Format

Page 9 – Shooting Mode/Base Setting

Page 10 – Colour Space

Page 11 – Setting the Codec

Page 12 – Basic Audio

Page 14 – Custom Mode and hyper gammas

Page 15 – What hyper gammas look like

Page 16 – Which hyper gamma to use

Setting the white clip

Page 17 – Custom Mode Matrix Settings

Page 18 – What each matrix looks like

Page 19 – Multi Matrix

Page 20 – White Balance

Page 21 – Focus controls and aids

Page 22 – Exposure Tools

Page 24 - Histograms

Page 25 - Waveforms

Page 28 – Slow and Quick Motion

Page 29 – ND Filters

Page 30 - Gain

Page 31 – Gain to ISO conversion Chart

Shutter Speed

Page 32 – CineEI Mode

Monitoring and Viewing S-Log 2/3

Page 33 – Monitor Look up Table

Page 34 – High and Low Key Function

Page 35 – CineEI and Exposure Index

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Layout'and'Buttons'(Left)'

Start!&!Stop!Record!

Audio!controls!

(Page!12)!

ND!Filter!

Rotate!to!engage!

(Page!29)!

Headphone!socket!

Button!to!open!QXD!

card!slots!

Slow!&!Quick!Motion!

(Page!28)!

Menu!and!selection!

On/Off!Switch!

Focus!Controls!

(Page!21)!

White!Balance!

(Page!20)!

Gain!Switch!

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Layout'and'Buttons'(Back)!!!

Lens

Battery!Release!

XLR!Inputs!

Remote!grip!input!

SDI!and!HDMI!outputs!

Focus!Ring!

(Page!21)!

Zoom!Ring!

Iris!Ring!

Manual!to!power!zoom.!

Optical!steady!shot!on!

and!off!

Powered!Zoom!

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Layout'and'Buttons'(Viewfinder,'grip'remote'control'and'eye'piece)!!

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Attaching'the'Eye'Piece'

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How'to'attach'and'adjust'the'grip'remote'control'

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Resetting the Camera

It is good practice to reset the camera when you get it so all the setting are correct.

Menu > System > All reset (Execute when prompt to)

Follow the on screen instructions.

Do look at setting the clock to the correct time

Formatting (initialising) the Cards

Make sure before you start filming that you format the cards so you do not have other people’s

footage.

Menu > Media > Format Media > A or B (Execute when prompt to)

Initial Set Up

Frame rate setting

Menu > System > Country > Pal

Record Format

This defaults to 1920 x 1080 50i , this is correct if you are shooting for TV broadcast. Anything else

change to 1920 x 1080 25p 50.

Menu > System > Rec Format > Video Format

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Shooting Mode

Custom Mode (Easiest)

• Conventional video camera operation, what you see is what is recorded (Page 13)

CineEI Mode (Advance)

• Film style shooting mode, flat, low contrast recording with a wide dynamic range. Contains

lots of information to then grade in post-production.

• CineEI is a more complex work flow and what you see in the viewfinder may not be what is

recorded. (Page 31 for more details)

To change the base settings

Menu > System > Base Settings > Custom or CineEI

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To set mode

Menu > Base Setting > Shooting Mode > Custom / CineEI (Execute when prompt to)

Colour Space

In custom mode this is greyed out. But in CineEI mode you have the following options.

S-Gamut/Slog2

S-Gamut3.Cine/Slog3

S-Gamut3/Slog3

S-Log 2 and 3 have the same dynamic and contrast range. The difference is with the colour space

where these capture the most colour.

S-Gamut3.Cine records a smaller colour range that S-Gamut/Slog2 and S-Gamut3/Slog but it is

still a larger range than rec709, that has a similar shape to rec709 that makes it a very natural

colour space that then makes it easier to grade in post production.

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