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George Gleason
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Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:53 am Post subject:
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Hi!
just starting out
I received a Panasonic wv-v3 camera and it seems to be in working order
so far
Question
"CENT" keeps flashing in the viewfinder regardless of what I do switch wise
Please what does this mean
also I ask if any one has a operators manual for this camera I'd gladly
pay a reasonable fee if you would photocopy it and send it
email
bmoas@yahoo.com
Thanks
George
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Richard Crowley
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Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:23 am Post subject:
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"George Gleason" wrote ...
| Quote: | just starting out I received a Panasonic wv-v3 camera and it seems to be
in working order so far
Question
"CENT" keeps flashing in the viewfinder regardless of what I do switch
wise
Please what does this mean
also I ask if any one has a operators manual for this camera I'd gladly
pay a reasonable fee if you would photocopy it and send it email
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Eeeek. It sounds like an old tube camera. "Cent" sounds like it
wants to be aimed at a test pattern chart and have the red and
blue channel sweeps centered relative to the green (reference)
channel. If there aren't any switches on the camera head for
this, it may require a CCU to be fully functional. Dunno whether
it has auto-centering, or requires manual tweaking. One of the
reasons to avoid tube cameras, IMHO.
Somebody here has one. Maybe they have the manual?
http://members.fortunecity.com/twars/wvv3.html
When I Googled "manual panasonic WV-V3" I got 9 hits
including 7 that mentioned WV-V3 specifically. |
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George Gleason
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Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:32 am Post subject:
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Richard Crowley wrote:
| Quote: | "George Gleason" wrote ...
just starting out I received a Panasonic wv-v3 camera and it seems to be
in working order so far
Question
"CENT" keeps flashing in the viewfinder regardless of what I do switch
wise
Please what does this mean
also I ask if any one has a operators manual for this camera I'd gladly
pay a reasonable fee if you would photocopy it and send it email
Eeeek. It sounds like an old tube camera. "Cent" sounds like it
wants to be aimed at a test pattern chart and have the red and
blue channel sweeps centered relative to the green (reference)
channel. If there aren't any switches on the camera head for
this, it may require a CCU to be fully functional. Dunno whether
it has auto-centering, or requires manual tweaking. One of the
reasons to avoid tube cameras, IMHO.
Somebody here has one. Maybe they have the manual?
http://members.fortunecity.com/twars/wvv3.html
When I Googled "manual panasonic WV-V3" I got 9 hits
including 7 that mentioned WV-V3 specifically.
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yes a old three tube, iwas under 100.00 and I just want to learn how to
shoot at this time
not for profit, more a education
tomorrow I will hook it up to a monitor and seev what it looks like
thanks
it may have the switches I just dont know enough about it yet
seems like a solid camera to learn the concepts behing vidoeograpy on
G
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MSu1049321
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Sat Nov 06, 2004 11:09 am Post subject:
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It may refer to center-weighting of the auto-iris function, meaning that a
change of brightness has to happen int he center third of the field ov view
befor the auto-isis will begin to compensate. Handy for spotlit people
against dark stages. |
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Stan
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Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:02 pm Post subject:
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g.p.gleason@att.net wrote:
}Hi!
}just starting out
}I received a Panasonic wv-v3 camera and it seems to be in working order
}so far
}Question
}"CENT" keeps flashing in the viewfinder regardless of what I do switch wise
}Please what does this mean
Is there an "Auto-Centering" button? If so focus the camera on a registration
chart (thin, black horizontal and vertical lines drawn on white paper, about
10 lines each) and press the "Auto-Centering" button & see what that does.
Otherwise, you'll have to register it manually.
Stan. |
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George Gleason
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Sat Nov 06, 2004 8:02 pm Post subject:
Re: Old camera Question/Thanks |
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George Gleason wrote:
| Quote: | Hi!
just starting out
I received a Panasonic wv-v3 camera and it seems to be in working order
so far
Question
"CENT" keeps flashing
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Turned out is was alignment
I found a "auto center" switch on the front of the camera
and used the yellow stripe on the road in front of my house to do the
alignment
I am familiar with aligning the crt's in old projection tv's
this was much easier
Camera seems great for 100$
George |
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WEBPA
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Sat Nov 06, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: | g.p.gleason@att.net wrote:
}Hi!
}just starting out
}I received a Panasonic wv-v3 camera and it seems to be in working order
}so far
}Question
}"CENT" keeps flashing in the viewfinder regardless of what I do switch wise
}Please what does this mean
Is there an "Auto-Centering" button? If so focus the camera on a
registration
chart (thin, black horizontal and vertical lines drawn on white paper, about
10 lines each) and press the "Auto-Centering" button & see what that does.
Otherwise, you'll have to register it manually.
Stan.
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Don't know anything specific about this camera, but once it is aligned, you may
be surprised at the picture quality (given sufficient light).
webpa |
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