Sunday, 23 January 2011

Introduction to Camera - Safety Notes (SKILLS)

This documents the safety tips and "must-do's" when operating the CANDI camera's, and are the basic rules that need to be followed when filming:


-MAKE SURE SD CARD ON "OPEN" - THIS IS THE PROTECTION SWITCH, YOU CANNOT RECORD ON "CLOSED".

-SD CARD INSERTED IN SLOT BENEATH VIEFINDER

-BATTERY OACK CLICKS INTO PLACE BY PLACING INTO COMPARTMENT AND SLIDING TO THE LEFT,  TO RELEASE SLIDE TO THE RIGHT.

-CAMERA HAS BUILT IN MIC, EXTRA BOOM MIC CAN BE APPLIED

-ON/OFF BUTTON ON SIDE OF CAMERA, PRESS IN BLUE BUTTON THEN MANOUVER

-"POWER ON" TONE SOUNDS AFTER CAMERA IS TURNED ON

-POWER SAVE FUNCTION IS APPLIED AFTER CAMERA IS DORMANT FOR FIVE MINUTES

-PRESSING "FULL AUTO" BUTTON SWITCHES BETWEEN AUTO AND MANUAL FOCUS SHOOTING MODES

-PRESS "GAIN" TO "HIGH" SETTING FOR LENSE TO TAKE IN MORE LIGHT WHEN RECORDING

-W/T TOGGLE FOR ZOOMING, LOCATED ABOVE CAMERA BRACE

-ND FILTER CHANGES LIGHT SETTINGS, FOR EG. SUNNY DAY, ND FILTER STOPS TOO MUCH LIGHT FROM GETTING IN

-INDEX BUTTON CAN TELL YOU RECORDING TIME AND BATTERY LIFE LEFT

-CAM/MEDIA BUTTON SENDS YOU TO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK MENU, EACH CLIP IS SHOWN IN GROUPS OF NINE.

-"5 SECOND RULE" MUST BE APPLIED WHEN FILMING TO COMPENSATE FOR LEFT OVER MATERIAL NEEDED FOR APPLYING DISSOLVE AND FADE TRANSITIONS WHEN EDITING AND TO MAKE SURE VITAL VIDEO ISN'T LOST.

-THE TRIPOD HAS A SPIRIT LEVEL WHICH MEASURES HOW LEVEL THE TRIPOD IS AND HOW STRAIGHT IT IS, WHEN THE SPIRIT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LEVEL, THE TRIPOD IS STRAIGHT.

-SLIDE CAMERA ON FROM BACK AND SLIDE FOREWARDS TO PLACE ON TRIPOD HOLDER, THEN SECURE THE CAMERA ON THE TRIPOD BY ADJUSTING THE TOGGLE ON THE SIDE.

-THE RED BUTTON ON THE SIDE OF THE CAMERA HOLDER ON THE TRIPOD RELEASES THE CAMERA FROM THE TRIPOD.

-DO NOT CHANGE MENU SETTINGS ON CAMERA UNLESS IT WILL NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH FINAL CUT PRO SETTINGS WITHIN COLLEGE

-DO NOT GET CAMERA EQUIPMENT WET

-ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP RESPONSIBLE IF CAMERA IS LOST OR DAMAGED

-CHECK CAMERA IS OPERATING PROPERLY BEFORE LEAVING BUILDING

- CAMERA MUST BE RETURNED ON TIME


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