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Connection to slid on and attach the Eye Piece or Viewfinder
Slide on the Viewfinder and make sure latch is pulled forward and tight
Mounting bracket for the Menu "Control Panel" and Monitor
Slide on the "Monitor / Control Panel" and securely tighten the lever to hold it in place
This is how the monitor should look mounted
Plug in the monitor to this Multi Pin Input
This multi-pin cable is very easy to break and bend pins be extremely careful not to force the cable into the connector. It will connect without forcing it. | |
To disconnect pull the barrel back to release the cable. | |
Connect two cables Power and SDI Video to the Eyepiece/Viewfinder from the camera body
Connect the Battery and or Power Supply here |
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Battery Connected show here |
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PL mount lens and locking mechanism |
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Mount the lens as shown |
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This is the shoulder mount plate on the bottom of the camera |
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Connect the Pistol Grip or Lens grip |
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mounting bracket for the grip shown here |
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Here is an example of how the pistol grip looks all setup |
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Press the Door Hinge to open the Card Slot door | |
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Turn on the power button to the camera |
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Format the Cards before you record |
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Choose System Settings by Pressing the knob at the right of the screen |
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Scroll down to Cards/Media |
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Choose Format Media |
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Format the Card in the Main Slot = P2 and the Sub Slot = SDHC slot |
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Re-Set the camera to Factory Settings because that is the most used settings. It will set the camera to 4K 23.98 recording to the P2 and HD 1080 proxy files recording to the SD card |
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Choose System Settings by Pressing the knob at the right of the screen |
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Choose Initialize |
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Load Factory Data |
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Choose YES to Restart the System and restore Factory Defaults |
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This will set the frame rate to 23.98 4K Aspect Ratio 4096 x 2160
Proxy Recording set to 1920 x 1080 on SDHC cards
Native ISO 800 (not low light) if need low light change this to 5000 ISO
The rest of the settings can be adjusted by pressing the white buttons underneath the settings.
To Auto White Balance on a white board use the AWB Hold button | |
Press the VIEW button to put the monitor in Viewing mode |
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Press the REC button to start recording | |
To adjust the Overcrank and Undercrank press the VFR white button on the "Home" page of the camera "Control Panel" | |
Press the same white button again to turn "ON" VFR and then turn the knob to what frame rate | |
4K only will go to 30FPS overcranking |
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Once you have shot footage on the Panasonic Varicam LT you need to bring that into AVID. Launch AVID |
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The Initial Project Screen will open. Here is where you choose where you create and save new projects. Click on the "Folder" to select where to save your new projects also how to navigate to already existing projects. |
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Navigate to the hard drive and folder that you want AVID to access and save new projects |
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You can look at the path where AVID will be accessing projects once you select the folder |
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Now click on the "New Project" button |
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The New Project Dialog will come up. Select the project parameters
Click OK to create the project |
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Open the Source Browser if you haven't already |
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Choose to "Link" |
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The files will load into the open bin |
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Select the files in the bin and choose >clip>Consolidate/Transcode |
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Then select where you want to save the consolidated files and choose the "Target Video Resolution" |
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Edit with the master clip not the linked file |
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