Camera heads can be setup without a CCU as a stand alone unit
The MCP can be directly connected to the camera head
This is the first setup file to be set. It is done with an external test chart<[>
On the MCP select the camera to be setup
Enable Color Bars
Check that bars look correct on waveform monitor and vectorscope
This insures that the cameras Encoder is working properly
Initial Function switch settings:
Shoot test chart - light with 2000 lux (186 foot candles)
Iris should be as close to F5.6 as possible
Color temperature should be around 3200 degrees K
This procedure generates the reference file used by the camera for all other setup procedures
1 Set Master Ped, RGB Gain, and RGB Black level to mid range on the RCP
2 Cap the camera and raise MASTER PED about 5%, select BLACK SHADE on the MCP
3 Use the four soft knobs on the MCP to flatten the picture Horizontally and vertically
4 Make sure the M PED/IRIS ENABLE is enabled
5 Select the PED function on the MCP
6 Set the R,G,B soft knobs on the MCP to 0
7 Set the three knobs so that the camera black level is 2% above the blanking level
10 Select the GAIN and MAN CLR functions on the MCP panel
11 Set the Green soft knob to 0
12 Adjust the iris so that green is at 100%
13 Adjust the R & B soft knobs so that they are at 100% also
14 Select the FLARE function on the MCP, and make sure black levels are at 5%
15 Open up the iris, and set the FLARE soft knobs to pull the black levels back down to 6%
16 Select Gamma and adjust the iris to 100% levels
Adjust the soft knobs so the the R G B channels have the 50% chips at 56%
17 Select CAL 200% and WHITE CLIP functions
18 Adjust soft knobs to clip the white levels at 105%
A setup file for the diascope is called up whenever the diascope is selected
1 Call up the lens diascope
2 Set the above functions to 0 with the rotary encoder
3 Adjust the above functions
3 The settings are stored when the diascope is turned off
The camera can store 8 separate lens files, which also include two extender files per lens file
Thus a complete lens file is composed of the data from the lens setup plus one of two extender files and the diascope file
1 Select the lens which is to be the reference lens
2 In the lens turn off the lens file, on a handheld this is done in the menu
3 With an external chart run full auto setup
This is the reference lens file
4 Now select a lens that you wish to create a separate lens file for
5 Set the lens number
On a box lens at the camera head end there is usually a set of 4 dip switches
On a handheld camera the lens number is set through the camera menu
6 Call up the lens diascope
7 From the camera head in menu 2/2 set to Auto and press menu button again
8 Auto setup will prompt you to go to the extenders
9 When setup is done viewfinder will display completed