New book - Complete Guide to the Sony PXW-Z750 and PXW-Z450

[Doug Jensen]

Just in case anyone else here is interested in getting back to the huge advantages that only 2/3" cameras can offer, I'm happy to announce that I have just released a 400-page book that covers the PXW-Z750 and Z450 from A to Z. The Z750 finally gives us proper video camcorder with 4K, 10-bit 4:2:2 color, global shutter, S-LOG, native B4 lens mount, slot-in wireless audio, and great ergomics, and all the other bells and whistles you expect to find a high-end television camera. I must say that it is really great to be back working with a 24x Fujinon lens! The book includes download links for five custom Scene Files and several excellent custom User Gamma Files that were created by Steve Shaw of Light Illusion. http://www.Z750.VortexMedia.com

Chapters:
1. HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
2. PARTS DIAGRAMS
3. INFO DISPLAY SCREENS
4. STATUS PAGES
5. PXW-Z750 and PXW-Z450 HIGHLIGHTS
6. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CAMERAS
7. MENU SYSTEM OVERVIEW
8. VIEWFINDER/LCD DISPLAY INFO
9. VIEWFINDER OPERATION
10. BATTERIES and POWER
11. MARKERS
12. RECORDING FORMATS
13. MEMORY CARDS
14. PROXY FILES
15. CLIP NAMING
16. ASSIGN SWITCHES
17. WHITE BALANCE
18. BLACK BALANCE
19. APR (Automatic Pixel Noise Reduction)
20. TIMECODE and GENLOCK
21. ALL FILES and other USER DATA FILES
22. USER MENUS and USER FILES
23. SLOW & QUICK MOTION
24. INTERVAL RECORDING
25. PICTURE CACHE
26. GAIN
27. ND FILTERS
28. SHUTTER SPEED
29. EXPOSURE
30. CHOOSING A SHOOTING MODE: SDR or HDR
31. SDR PAINT MENUS
32. USER GAMMA FILES
33. SDR SCENE FILES
34. HDR SHOOTING MODE (HYBRID LOG GAMMA and S-LOG3)
35. AUDIO
36. WIRELESS AUDIO
37. LENSES
38. LENS FILES
39. VIDEO OUTPUT and MONITORING
40. RECORDING EXTERNAL VIDEO
41. VIDEO PLAYBACK and ESSENCE MARKS
42. NETWORK FUNCTIONS
43. PLANNING METADATA
44. CATALYST BROWSE
45. RESOURCES