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1: THE SONY HVR-Z5 MANUAL
by Christina Fox
The HVR-Z5 is Sony's professional 16:9 camcorder with 3 1/3-inch CMOS
sensors. It can record in HDV, DVCAM and DV.
Sony refer to it as a hybrid camera because it can record on to tape
and Compact Flash - if you have bough the Sony HVR-MRC1K
solid state CF (Compact Flash) memory recorder.
The camera is now widely available and we
are now running Z5 camera training. |
This is the shorter online version of my course manual.
I will add pages over the coming weeks.If you need more detailed help
in setting up and using your kit - then we also provide camera
training.
- PART 1: INTRO (This page)
- Intro to the Sony HVR-Z5 camera and links to our online manual.
- PART 2: FOCUS
- Getting to grips with manual focus
- PART 3: EXPOSURE (IRIS, ND FILTERS AND ZEBRA STRIPES)
- we look at how iris and ND filters work together. Plus what level
to set Zebra stripes and how to use them effectively.
- PART 4: GAIN AND HYPERGAIN
- What is gain and how much is just right? Why you need hypergain.
- PART 5: THE SHUTTER
- Why you might need the shutter.
- PART 6: WHITE BALANCE
- What may look like white light to you, can look very different to
the camera.
- PART 7: BATTERIES
- Taking care of your batteries
- PART 8: RECORDING FORMATS AND TAPES
- DV, DVCAM or HDV - what is the difference. Plus, which tapes and
media to buy.
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- PART 9: TIME CODE
- Record run, time of day, user bits
- PART 10: AUDIO AND SOUND LEVELS
- Getting the levels right, mic level and line level.
The Z5 is the direct replacement for the Sony Z1 camera. It started
shipping in December 2008 and was launched in Europe at the IBC (International
Broadcasting Convention) in Amsterdam - September 2008.
We did a review
of the Z5 just before its launch which is still available on this
site.
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