Grass Valley LDK 500 - Manual (Page 65)

Operating instructions | Smart-Touch™ 4-26
4.11 Smart-Touch™
Smart-Touch is an optional software module that gives immediate access to 14 pre-
defined scene files. This library allows you to quickly set up the camera for different
shooting conditions. To choose a particular file proceed as follows:
1. Press the green STD button for 2 seconds; the viewfinder shows the library of
available shooting conditions.
2. Select a file by turning the Rotary control at the front of the camera.
3. Activate the file of your choice by pressing the Select button at the front of
the camera.
The new values only take effect when the camera is not on-air. The Smart-Touch files
can also be selected by navigating to the
FILES menu using the System Menu. The
files of the Smart-Touch library are divided into three categories, Lighting, Creative, and
Matching, which complement the standard setting scene file.
The Lighting category provides three different files for various lighting conditions:
• Night optimises the transfer characteristic to enhance the visibility of detail in very
dark scenes without the undesirable consequence of excessive noise associated
with simply increasing gain.
• Fluorescent establishes matrix and colourmetric parameters to reduce the green
tinge and give a more acceptable picture when the scene is lit with uncorrected
fluorescent lighting.
• Extreme contrast uses the full dynamic range of the FT CCD sensor to obtain
better handling of highlights and more detail in the shadows.
The Creative category provides seven files for different effects:
• Sports warm colour delivers warm and rich contrasts bringing out team colours.
• Sports interview incorporates the dual skin tone control into the sports setting for
interviews.
• HI film gives a high contrast film-like look which is ideal for outdoor location
production.
• HI film + skin is the HI film setting with dual skin tone control incorporated for
natural, flattering close-ups.
• LO film gives a low contrast film-like look for studio production.
• LO film + skin is the LO film setting with dual skin tone control incorporated for
natural, flattering close-ups.
• Sepia creates a sepia tone look for atmosphere-rich production.
The Matching category provides three files for camera matching:
• LDK 9x + LDK 10 for matching to Philips LDK 9, LDK 10, LDK 90 and LDK 91
cameras.
• DVW xxx for matching to Sony cameras.
• HL xxx for matching to Ikegami cameras.
Each of these settings can be personalised and stored on a smart card.