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  PMW-350 side Video Out Port?

  Posted by Michael Moser on August 3, 2010 at 9:32 pm

  If I don’t have the SD option on a PMW-350 what is the output of the side video out port. I’m told it is one channel of component; switchable to SD/SDI is this correct? It’s obviously not the HD/SDI out.
  Thanks,
  Michael Moser

  Michael Moser replied 15 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Ian Cook

  August 4, 2010 at 1:44 pm

  Hi Michael,

  The Video Out port gives you either an analog composite signal or the luminance (Y) channel of the HD signal (selectable in the Operational menu under Input and Output–>Output and i.LINK). It is intended for monitoring purposes and will output a down converted SD signal regardless of whether the SD option is installed.

  Ian
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  Michael Moser

  August 4, 2010 at 2:23 pm

  Thanks. That’s what I thought.
  What we discovered was that the color phase of the SD composite signal has no relationship with the color phase of the HD/SDI signal and not knowing that required a re-do of a base-line camera set up… It was a gotcha we should have anticipated, but unfortunate. I have always used the HD/SDI out for monitoring, but now I understand how it can be used as a second monitor, but not a “test out.” as in the older cameras in that form-factor.
  Mike

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