DVCAM: A Practical Guide to the Professional System, is a nuts and bolts guide for anyone who wants to learn more about Sony DVCAM, to determine what equipment to use, how various models compare, and how to use each of them.
A user-friendly overview of the DVCAM format and its equipment, the text covers camcorders, cameras, tape, VTRs, editors, and accessories. The focus is on quick guides (Jump Start chapters) that show how to use the various Sony DVCAM camcorders: DSR-PD100A, DSR-PD150, DSR-250, DSR-300A, and DSR-500WS. Professionals, film students, independent feature filmmakers, schools, government agencies and military services, and news crews will benefit from its hands-on approach.
This comprehensive, hands-on book is an overview of the DVCAM format and its equipment. DVCAM is the professional video standard developed by Sony, based on the consumer DV video format. In the five years since DVCAM was introduced, over 200,000 cameras and VTRs have been sold, making it the best-selling professional format of all time.

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- English
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Index
Numerics
1/4" digital format 211
100% IRE 134
12 bit audio 219
16 bit audio 219
16:9 28, 30, 47, 68, 73, 98, 100, 108, 110, 123, 157, 160
16mm to 35 Blowup 203
2K - 4K Resolution 205
32 KHz. 219
3200°K 133
4:3 28, 30, 68, 73, 98, 100, 108, 123, 157, 160
44.1 KHz 219
48 KHz 219
48K Audio 155
5600°K 133
6-bit/12-bit PCM Audio 51
70% IRE 134
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A&J 175, 176
Accidental Tourists 52
ADB connector 222
Adobe Photoshop 152
Adobe Premiere 6 194
Advanced Metal Evaporated 20
Advanced Viewfinder Menu 123
AE 44
AME 20
Anamorphic 160
Anniversary Party 209
Aperture 42
Aperture Priority 44
Apple 192, 222
Apple Computer 222
Apple Final Cut Pro 192
Apple iDVD 199
ARRI 166
ARRI Image Stabilizer 221
ARRI Laser 204
Arriflex 82
ATW Auto Tracing White Balance 95, 126
Audio 153, 219
AUDIO IN 118
AUDIO INPUT 90
Audio Input 154
AUDIO LEVEL 91
AUDIO SELECT 90, 118
Audio-Technica 153
Author 247
AUTO 130
Auto Everything 39
Auto Focus 39, 129
Auto Lock 39
AUTO LOCK Switch 42
AUTO LOCK-HOLD 66
AUTO MODE 94
AUTO SHUTTER 73
Auto-Everything Settings 66
Autofocus 129
Automati...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Frontmatter
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- What is DVCAM?
- Choosing a DVCAM Camcorder
- Sony DSR-PD100A
- DSR-PD150
- DSR-250
- DSR-300A
- DSR-500WS
- DSR-500WS Camera Views
- Common Features: All Models
- Still Photos
- Audio
- Lenses
- Matteboxes and Filters
- Tripods and Heads
- Camcorder Care
- VTRs
- Editing
- Serious Editing
- Where Does It All Go?
- Theory
- Sony Contacts
- Suppliers
- Technical Specs
- Credits
- Index
- About the Author
- Focus Charts
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