Digital Production - P2 Tech Dem

This week we had a competition that Lee put together which involved the P2 cameras as Lee wanted to test our knowledge on the cameras. The winner would get a drink at the RTS awards. I was unfortunately not the winner and Andrew won the competition but I had fun none the less.

Digital Cinema - 24fps

YouTube live streams - 30fps

NTSC - American setting

PAL setting - British setting

During multi am setting most of the camera setting should be the same

Menu 9 - Other Functions - System Frequency - 50 = Pal Switch off then on again

Computers work on progressive setting

Component out wire - connect to vision mixer

Keep output on everything the same 

Switch off phantom power and sound

AC - Auto Current

DC - Direct Connect

SDI - On

Metadata - Off

Video Out SD

Idea Standard - Off

Scene Style - Video Cam - F1, Scene - F1

Can use P2 card to keep recordings on camera while vision mixing

Green Light - Safe to pull out, Orange light - Don't pull card out - P2 Camera


Orange - Preparing to record


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