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APRIL 2, 2010 © 2007 -20 10 RED.COM INC.
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TABLE OF CO NTENTS
DISCLAIMER ............................................................ 3
© 2007- 2010 R ed.c om, Inc . ................................. 3
Declarat ion of Conformity ..................................... 3
RoHS C omplia nce ............................................ 3
EC Declar ation of Con formity (CE
Marking ) ........................................................... 3
FCC Compli ance Statem ent ............................ 4
FCC Notice....................................................... 4
BEFORE YOU START .............................................. 5
General U se .......................................................... 5
CAMER A CONTROLS, CONNEC TORS
AND DISPL AYS ........................................................ 7
Camera Cont rols ................................................... 7
Left Fro nt of Camera ........................................ 7
Rear of Camer a ................................................ 8
Joys tick Operation ......................................... 10
Power On / Off switch .................................... 11
Camera Conn ectors............................................ 12
Right Sid e of C amer a ..................................... 12
Rear of Camer a .............................................. 13
Camera Dis plays ................................................. 14
Camera LCD S tatus Dis play........................... 14
RED LCD Disp lay ........................................... 15
RED EVF Display ............................................ 15
Extern al HD-SDI or HDMI Monitors ............... 16
RED LCD / RED EVF / HD-SDI / HDMI
Display E leme nts ............................................ 17
THE ORY OF OPERATION ...................................... 19
Myst erium Sensor ............................................... 19
Myst erium-X Se nsor ........................................... 19
Image Proces sing ............................................... 20
Audio R ecor ding ................................................. 20
Line Level Inputs ................................................. 20
Microphon e Level Inpu ts .................................... 20
Video Monitor ing Outp uts ................................... 21
RED LCD and RED EVF ...................................... 22
Record Indicato r ................................................. 23
Recording Errors ............................................ 23
Digi tal Magazines ............................................... 24
Metadata ........................................................ 24
Clip Na ming Co nventio ns .............................. 24
SMPTE T imecode .......................................... 25
Power Consumption ........................................... 25
BASIC OPERATION ............................................... 26
Power Up / Down ............................................... 26
Operatin g Camera usi ng RED Charger ............... 27
Rechargin g Batteries using RED
Charger ............................................................... 27
First T ime Use - Setting Up Y our RE D
ONE .................................................................... 28
Connect ing Media .............................................. 28
Project Setup ...................................................... 29
Resolutio n ...................................................... 30
Time Base ...................................................... 30
Qualit y ............................................................ 31
Recording ........................................................... 31
Play back ............................................................. 32
Back Focus Adjust ment...................................... 32
SENSOR ME NU CONTRO LS ................................. 34
Sensitiv ity ........................................................... 34
ISO Ra ting ...................................................... 34
Color Temp ......................................................... 35
Auto WB ......................................................... 35
Tungsten ........................................................ 35
Dayligh t .......................................................... 35
Manual WB ..................................................... 35
Tint ................................................................. 35
Shutt er Menu ...................................................... 36
Genlock .......................................................... 36
Mode .............................................................. 36
Speed ............................................................. 37
Syn cro ............................................................ 38
Phas e ............................................................. 38
Varis peed ............................................................ 39
Varis peed ....................................................... 39
Ramp.............................................................. 39
Frame Rate..................................................... 40
Time ............................................................... 41
End Rate ........................................................ 41
Time-Laps e ......................................................... 41
Enabl e ............................................................ 41
Speed ............................................................. 42
Step Prin t ....................................................... 42
Interv al ........................................................... 43
Burst T ype ...................................................... 43
AUDIO / VIDEO MENU CON TROL S ...................... 44
View .................................................................... 44
RAW ............................................................... 44
REDcolor ........................................................ 44
Video ................................................................... 44
Look ............................................................... 45
Color .............................................................. 46
Gain ................................................................ 47
Tone ............................................................... 48
Flut ................................................................. 49
Viewfi nder Menu ................................................. 49
False Color (Previously Col or) ........................ 49
Meter .............................................................. 52
Assists ............................................................ 56
Zebras ............................................................ 57
Dark Det ail...................................................... 58
Open Gate ...................................................... 59
Audio .................................................................. 59
Line Level Inputs ............................................ 60
Microphon e Level Inpu ts ................................ 60
Headphon e ......................................................... 60
Volum e (Master) ............................................. 61
Volum e Left .................................................... 61
Volu me Right .................................................. 61
Mix ................................................................. 61