Thomson RP5430 - Manual

1-2 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Introduction Technology The LDK 200 Triax camera combines a multi-roledigital camera head using 2/3-inch CCD sensors witha triax adapter. The result is a flexible camera that isequally at home in the studio or out on location in anOB environment. Camera Head The F...

Introduction Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 1-3 Smart Card Three smart cards are delivered with each camera.These comprise of two user cards and one ownercard. The owner's smart card has three functions:• As an access control device to the security settingsof the camera. • As a storage device for f...

1-4 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Introduction Features • 3x 2/3-inch switcheable DPM sensors ensure novertical smear. • DPM Frame Transfer sensors with 1000 horizontalpixels in 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios, and the samenumber of vertical lines in both formats. No changein horizontal viewing angle -...

Introduction Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 1-5 WARNINGS If the unit is in a wet or damp environment, a rain cover must be used to protect it for personal safety reasons (EN60065). The rain cover supplied with the unit protects it according to safety specification EN60529 up to level IPX2 (spraying...

Assembling the Units Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax 2-1 Section 2 provides information on the physical assembly of the camera and on how accessories can be used to expand the possibilities of the camera. The mounting of accessories and packing for transport are also explained. Section 2 Assembling ...

2-2 Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax Assembling the Units Transport Case It is important to protect your camera against damagewhen transporting it. To do this, a transport case(LDK 5020/00) is optionally available for the camera,lens, viewfinder and some accessories. The camera is packed in the trans...

Assembling the Units Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax 2-3 Lens To attach a lens to the camera head proceed asfollows:a. Ensure that the lens locking ring 1 is in the unlocked position - turned counterclockwise. b. Remove the dust protection cap 2 . c . Slot the lens into the lens mount 3 . d. Turn th...

2-4 Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax Assembling the Units 1.5-inch Viewfinder To mount the 1.5-inch viewfinder proceed as follows:a. Loosen locking ring 1 of viewfinder support bracket 2 at the front of the camera handle. (As seen from the rear of the camera, turning the locking ringcounterclockwise ...

Assembling the Units Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax 2-5 1.5-inch Viewfinder Accessories If you regularly use the viewfinder at a distance, forexample, when you use the camera in the hand-heldposition, it is recommended that you fit the optionallyavailable wide angle eyepiece (LDK 5390/00). To fit t...

2-6 Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax Assembling the Units Clear Clear A 1 Star 4P ND1/4 B 2 Star 6P ND 1/16 C 3 Soft focus ND 1/6 4 D 4 Zoom Controls An optional zoom control unit 1 can be mounted on the carrying handle. The three available versions fordifferent types of lens are: - LDK 6113 / 16 for...

Assembling the Units Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax 2-7 Microphone To attach the optional microphone (AJ MC700) to thecamera proceed as follows: a. Open the microphone holder by unscrewing the knurled screw 1 of the microphone support bracket 2 on the viewfinder and open. b. Slide the microphone in...

2-8 Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax Assembling the Units Clear Clear A 1 Star 4P ND1/4 B 2 Star 6P ND 1/16 C 3 Soft focus ND 1/64 D 4 Tripod Adapter Plate To mount the camera on a tripod, the tripod plate (LDK530/00 is delivered as standard) must first be attachedto the tripod. Follow the tripod man...

Assembling the Units Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax 2-9 SuperXPander POWER 21 DIGI The optional SuperXpander (LDK 4482) for the LDK100 extends the camera's use in studio and EFPsituations. This adapter allows larger studio lensesand a 7-inch viewfinder to be used with the camera.Additional faciliti...

2-10 Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax Assembling the Units The rain and off-use cover must be used when thecamera system is in a wet or damp environment. Thisprotection is necessary for personal safety reasons.The cover can also be used indoors to protect thecamera when it is used in dusty environmen...

Assembling the Units Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax 2-11 Clear Clear A 1 Star 4P ND1/4 B 1 Star 6P ND 1/16 C 1 Soft focus ND 1/64 D 1 Script board To mount the optional Script board (LDK 6985/21)onto the camera proceed as follows:a. Secure the Script board to the top-rear of the camera with the qui...

Configurations Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax 3-1 The LDK 200 Triax is a multi-role camera and this section describes how it can be used on location or in a studio environment. Information is also provided on the main video and audio signal paths through the camera head. Section 3 Configurations Co...

3-2 Operator’s Manual LDK 200 Triax Configurations In this mode the camera is connected to a basestation via a Triax adapter and cable. Remote controlof the camera is achieved by a remote control panelof the Series 9000 Control System. This can be an operational control panel (OCP) connected to theb...

Location of Controls and Functions Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 4-1 This section shows the physical location of the controls and connectors on the camera. These are grouped according to their function so as to provide a quick reference guide to the operation of a particular aspect of the camera. ...

4-2 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Location of Controls and Functions Call Mic VF Front Rear 48V Ext ScripLight Breaker Power on DC in CVBS (option) Eng Prog r Prod EngOffProd ExtMix Front Rear Loc TP Mic 2 48V On 12V 1,5A DC Out Ext 2 Ext 1 Clear Clear A 1 Star 4P ND1/4 B 2 Star 6P ND 1/16 C 3 Sof...

Location of Controls and Functions Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 4-3 Security and Access LDK 100 Series Clear Clear A 1 Star 4P ND1/4 B 2 Star 6P ND 1/16 C 3 Soft focus ND 1/64 D 4 1 1 Smart card slot Insert your smart card into this slot with the chip on the card facing the front of the camera. P...

4-4 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Location of Controls and Functions Video Functions 1 1 Filter switches Rotate these two switches to move the optical filter wheels. The outer (bigger) filter switch has four positions: 1 : Clear 2 : ND 1/4 filter ( 2 stops) 3 : ND 1/16 filter ( 4 stops) 4 : ND 1/6...

Location of Controls and Functions Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 4-5 3 3 Std Scene File button The standard scene file button is a momentary button which, when pressed for two seconds, recallsthe standard scene file video values. Thesevalues do not take effect immediately if thecamera is on air; t...

4-6 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Location of Controls and Functions Sometimes when shooting TV screens or monitors with the same display frequency as the camera,a horizontal black bar is seen in the viewfinderbecause the camera is blanking while the TV isnot. The V-Shift switch shifts the camera ...

Location of Controls and Functions Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 4-7 Monitoring Functions 1 1 CVBS output connector This BNC connector provides a 1Vpp CVBS output signal when the optional encoder (LDK 5405/00for PAL or LDK 5405/50 for NTSC) is fitted. 2 2 Viewfinder / External video outputconnecto...

4-8 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Location of Controls and Functions Viewfinder 1 1 Zebra switch This switch disables (OFF position) or enables the zebra pattern in the viewfinder which indicateshigh video levels. Values for the zebra functionare selected in the VF menu. (The zebra patternis switc...

Location of Controls and Functions Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 4-9 ND/RE BATT TAPE REC ++ + - ! AW2 AW1 FL 7.5 5.6 3.2 Viewfinder Indicators 1 2 Gain indicators The gain indicators in the viewfinder light as follows: - Gain is - (-3 or -6dB) + Gain is + (+6, +9, +12 or +18dB) ++ Gain is ++ (+9, ...

4-10 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Location of Controls and Functions Audio 1 1 Audio microphone connector front Balanced input connector for a high quality microphone. A phantom power supply (48V) for themicrophone is provided from this socket. Thegain of this audio channel can also be controlled...

Location of Controls and Functions Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 4-11 Clear Clear A 1 Star 4P ND1/4 B 2 Star 6P ND 1/16 C 3 Soft focus ND 1/64 D 4 Intercom 4 4 Headset Programme volume control This control varies the volume of the programme intercom signal to the cameraman's headset. 5 5 Headset E...

4-12 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Location of Controls and Functions Clear Clear A 1 Star 4P ND1/4 B 2 Star 6P ND 1/16 C 3 Soft focus ND 1/64 D 4 Control Functions The system menus are displayed in the viewfinder.There are two controls at the front of the camera thatallow you to navigate through ...

Location of Controls and Functions Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 4-13 Aux Tracker REF IN Call Mic VF Front Rear 48V Ext ScripLight Breaker Power on DC in CVBS (option) EngOffProd ExtMix Front Rear Loc TP 48V On E Ext 1 1 1 Call button Pressing this momentary button sends a signal to the control pa...

Shooting Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 5-1 Colour temperature selection ............................. 5-5Auto-White Balance ........................................... 5-5Shooting Screens .............................................. 5-6Exposure Time .................................................

5-2 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Shooting Using the Camera The camera is operated via the viewfinder text displayand the control system switches on the front panel.You have great detail and selection at your disposalwhen changing all the functions that are available inthe camera. Refer to Section...

Shooting Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 5-3 Standard settings To ensure that some of the camera functions are notset to unusual values, a standard file has beendefined that contains the default values for mostvideo functions. The table in the Appendix lists thevalues that are set when the standard ...

5-4 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Shooting Optical filter selection A neutral density filter and a special effect filter canbe placed in the path of the optical signal to modify theincoming light. The filters are selected via the filterswitches at the top-front of the camera. These filterscan be u...

Shooting Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 5-5 ND/RE BATT TAPE REC ++ + - ! AW2 AW1 FL 7.5 5.6 3.2 ND/RE BATT TAPE REC ++ + - ! AW2 AW1 FL 7.5 5.6 3.2 ND/RE BATT TAPE REC ++ + - ! AW2 AW1 FL 7.5 5.6 3.2 Colour temperature selection For true colour reproduction the ambient lightingconditions must be co...

5-6 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Shooting Sometimes when shooting TVs or computer monitorsa horizontal bar can be seen across those screens inthe viewfinder. There are two ways of removing thenoise bar from the picture depending on the framefrequency of the display. For displays with the samefram...

Shooting Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 5-7 Exposure Time The exposure time values of 1/200, 1/500 and 1/1000of a second are used to capture fast moving objectsso that these can be played back sharply in slowmotion. The value selected depends on the speed ofthe moving object. Note: Increasing the e...

Operating the Menu System Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 6-1 Because the LDK 200 offers such a wide range of functions, this section describes the structure of the control system. It contains procedures for controlling the menu system and explains how to program the menu system for your personal pr...

Operating the Menu System Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 6-3 Systems Menu The system functions of the camera are grouped intomenus and sub-menus. The systems menu is viewedin the viewfinder and navigated by means of theRotary control and the Select button which are bothlocated at the front of the c...

6-4 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Operating the Menu System Menu Structure Access to the functions on these menus is determinedby the user level that has been set. The menus are asfollows: Main (top) menu The top menu gives access to the other menus. VF menu This menu contains the functions which ...

Operating the Menu System Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax 6-5 Security Menu for Owner's Access The Security menu provides restricted access tospecial set-up and security features of the camera. Access to this menu requires the owner's uniquesmart card for the camera or the PIN code that hasbeen set ...

6-6 Operator's Manual LDK 200 Triax Operating the Menu System Files Menu Features A user of the LDK 200 camera can have access to 15different files. This number can be extended by usingadditional scene file smart cards. The Files menu isused to recall and store these files. There are twotypes of fil...

Appendix Camerahead Software Status 37 A-1 Appendix Contents System Menu Structure .................................... A-3List of System Menu Functions ....................... A-17 List of Abbreviations ........................................ A-19

Appendix Camerahead Software Status 37 A-3 System Menu Structure MAIN Menu Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default VF >> 0 1 2 3 S Lens >> 0 1 2 3 S Video >> 2 3 S Install >> 0 1 2 3 S Files >> 1 2 3 S Security >> 0 1 2 3 S Diagnostics >> 2 3 S S...

A-4 Camerahead Software Status 37 Appendix VF Menu Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default VF mon 2 3 S Y,R,G,B - operator Y VF Contour >> VF Contour 2 3 S On, Off - operator On Level 2 3 S 0..99 VF cont. Off operator 95 Zebra >> Zebra 3 S On,Off 1.5" VF used operator Off...

Appendix Camerahead Software Status 37 A-5 LENS Menu Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Lens Type 0 1 2 3 S Std,WA - operator STD Auto Iris 0 1 2 3 S On, Off SuperXPander Off Peak/Average 3 S 0..99 Auto Iris off scene 65 AutoIris Setpoint 3 S 0..99 - scene 35 Mom. Iris Setpoint 3 S ...

A-6 Camerahead Software Status 37 Appendix VIDEO Menu Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Colour filter 2 3 S 00 .. 99 3k2, 5K6, 7K5 orAWC scene 50 Contour >> Contour S Off, On - scene On Level 3 S 00..99 Contour = Off scene 50 Source Select >> 3 S Y,R,G,RG - scene R+G &l...

Appendix Camerahead Software Status 37 A-7 VIDEO Menu (continued) Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Gain >> Red 2 3 S 0..99 - scene 50 Green 2 3 S 0..99 - scene 50 Blue 2 3 S 0..99 - scene 50 Knee >> Knee 2 3 S Off, Auto, Var - scene Off Knee Type 3 S Y, NAM - scene Y S...

A-8 Camerahead Software Status 37 Appendix VIDEO Menu (continued) Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Shading >> Shading S Off, On - scene On H saw red S 0..99 Shading = Off - 50 H saw green S 0..99 Shading = Off - 50 H saw blue S 0..99 Shading = Off - 50 H par red S 0..99 Shad...

Appendix Camerahead Software Status 37 A-9 INSTALL Menu LDK 5411 Betacam Adapter Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Disable Camera 0 1 2 3 S Off, On - - Off IR receiver 0 1 2 3 S Off, On - operator Off OnAir Lamp 0 1 2 3 S Off, On VF<> 7" operator On Timing * >> subc...

A-10 Camerahead Software Status 37 Appendix INSTALL Menu LDK 5400 Triax Adapter Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Disable Camera 0 1 2 3 S Off, On - - Off IR receiver 0 1 2 3 S Off, On - operator Off OnAir Lamp 0 1 2 3 S Off, On VF<> 7" operator On Intercom 0 1 2 3 S 0..9...

Appendix Camerahead Software Status 37 A-11 INSTALL Menu LDK 5430 Triax Adapter Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Disable Camera 0 1 2 3 S Off, On - - Off IR receiver 0 1 2 3 S Off, On - operator Off OnAir Lamp 0 1 2 3 S Off, On VF<> 7" operator On Intercom >> Side ...

A-12 Camerahead Software Status 37 Appendix INSTALL Menu LDK 5430 Triax Adapter (continued) Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Autowhite >> Coltemp<>AW Awb speed S 0..99 - operator 4 Awb gain S 0..99 - operator 10 Quick Smart Touch 1 2 3 S On, Off not installed - On TP/A...

Appendix Camerahead Software Status 37 A-13 FILES Menu Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Store scenefile >> File select 2 3 S SCAM1..4, SCARD 1..4 - - - Store 2 3 S Exec - - - Recall scenefile >> File select 2 3 S STANDARD, SCAM1..4, SCARD 1..4 - - - Recall 2 3 S Exec -...

A-14 Camerahead Software Status 37 Appendix SECURITY Menu Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Installed Level 2 3 S user0..user3 no owner card, no PIN - u3 Run Hours >> no owner card, no PIN Days ago 2 3 S 0 ... 30 - 0 Set Time >> Hour 2 3 S 0 … 23 - - Minute 2 3 S 0 … 59...

Appendix Camerahead Software Status 37 A-15 DIAGNOSTICS Menu Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Communication >> LDK 5411 Base Station 2 3 S Ok, NotOk - - - OCP 2 3 S Ok, NotOk - - - MCP 2 3 S Ok, NotOk - - - Adaptor Type 2 3 S Triax, DVCPRO, ..... - - - Sensor Type 2 3 S IT,I...

A-16 Camerahead Software Status 37 Appendix SERVICE Menu Menu text User level Values Blocked if File Default Sawtooth 3 S Off, On - - Off Sawt Select 3 S PrPr, Asic - - PrPr ViPr Test S Int/Ext - - Int LPC S Off, On - - On Chroma 0 1 2 3 S Off, On old encoder - On Calibrations >> Video ADC S O...

Appendix Camerahead Software Status 37 A-17 Function Path in Menu Function Path in Menu Adaptor 12nc Diagnostics Type Diagnostics Version Diagnostics Software Status Diagnostics Aspect Ratio select Install \ Asp Ratio Aspect Ratio source Install \ Asp Ratio Audio Gain Install \ Audio HP filter Insta...

Appendix Camerahead Software Status 37 A-19 Abbreviation Meaning Abbreviation Meaning List of Abbreviations adap adapter agc automatic gain control awb automatic white balance bal balance cam camera ch channel cont contour ctemp colour temperature ctl control track longitudinal cus customer df drop ...