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JVC 650
Basic Starter
Guide
Battery insertion
The Battery can only be
Inserted one way.
If forces is used it will
cause damage to the
battery & camera
Insert the battery by sliding
It in the direction of the
Arrow until it clicks into
Place.
Battery Removal
Turn off the camera
Press the blue button
Lift up the battery and pull
Carefully out.
Using AC Power Adaptor
Plug in the power adaptor as shown
and turn on at the wall.
Turn on the camera.
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Turning On/Off the Power
Adjusting the LCD Screen
Adjust the LCD Screen by folding it out from the camera and carefully turning it to suit your view.
Adjusting the Viewfinder
Adjust the viewfinder to your preferred viewing angle
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Inserting an SD Card
Carefully spring out the cover, either from the
side or top, do not force it. Press on the SD card
to release it. Press back into place to reinstall
Formatting your SD Memory Card
We encourage you to format the camera’s SD memory card everytime you take out a camera kit.
It avoids running out of space when filming, as well as your footage becoming corrupt and unuseable.
1. On the LCD Screen: Press the round MENU/THUMB button
Using the Arrows & centre button navigate to: System, Media, Format Media, choose Format Slot A (or B if SD card
installed in this slot), press centre button & then select Format.
The Card is then formatted. Press MENU/THUMB button to clear the screen.
Lens
The Lens has a number of controls,
these are as follows:
Lenshood – move the lever (2) to
open & close the lens –
If your LCD screen & viewfinder
are both showing black, then this
may be why.
Focus ring (3) turn this ring to move
the focus point back & forth.
Zoom ring (4) turn this ring to make
the lens change from a wideangle
view to close-up telephoto view.
Iris ring (5) Turn this ring to manually adjust the Iris, the aperture of the lens.
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Adjusting the Zoom Lens
There are three zoom controls, two on the camera body & one on the lens itself.
To use the lens Zoom lever it first has to be switched to MANUAL.
If you want to use the body controls switch to SERVO.
To change how it zooms change between FIX, VARiable & OFF settings.
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Adjusting the Focus
Switch the FOCUS button to
AUTO & press the PUSH AUTO
to initially focus
Alternatively swith the FOCUS
button to MANU to take over
control & use the focus ring to
adjust the focus yourself.
Press the Focus assist button to
make focusing easier.
Best Practise: Zoom in on your
subject eyes, focus, zoom out
again & frame your shot.
Adjusting the Iris
Press the Iris Button to change to Manual
Iris mode – the A icon on the screen
disappears
Turn the iris ring on the lens to adjust the
iris manually
A lower number will mean more light getting
into the camera but shallower depth a field,
A higher number will mean less light getting
into the lens but a greater depth of field.
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Setting the ND filter
Adjust the ND Filter to keep the
Exposure within the limits
of the lens.
Eg. In bright sunshine you may need
to set the ND filter to 1/64
Whereas indoors in dim light set
the ND filter to Off.
The set level of ND filter is shown
On the screen as highlighted.
Setting the Gain
Adjust the Gain to Low, Medium or High
Gain enables the camera
to still work in dim light
However it introduces
grain/noise into the signal
recorded and so lowers
overall quality.
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Adjusting the White Balance – Fully Auto
By Toggling between the A & B Presets
You switch the White Balance to either
Indoor (B) or Outdoor (A)
To set the White Balance Manually:
Press WHT BAL button, choose
between presets: B, A, Presets
As default these are:
B = 3200K – to use indoors with
tungsten lighting
A = 5600K – to use outside &
sunny blue sky
To make new Presets:
1. Set to A or B Presets.
2. Press the button whist filling the frame with a white piece of paper or similar
that has the same lighting as your subject
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Adjusting the Brightness – Fully Auto Mode
Press the Left or Right arrows to adjust
the brightness of the picture.
Press the AE LOCK/4 button to lock focus
on your subject
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Fully Automatic Mode
The Camera will take over control over Focus, Exposure, Gain, Iris, White Balance and Sound Levels.
You still need to point the camera at your subject, zoom the lens to frame and press the start record button.
The results may be adequate in ‘normal’ conditions however the camera will give better results if adjusted manually
to the suit the prevailing conditions at the time.
Setting the Audio Record Levels
You can record using four different inputs:
• The Built in Microphone
• A Microphone attached to the AUX input
• A Microphone attached to the Channel 1 XLR input
• A Microphone attached to the Channel 2 XLR input
For the best results use an external XLR microphone
whenever possible & connect it to either
Channel 1 or 2 and adjust the
settings manually or set to Auto Levels
if you are shorthanded or pressed for time.
Press the Display Button to bring up the sound level
monitor on the LCD Screen. This will help you check
the sound levels in a visual way, its good practise to
plug in headphones & use these too check both the
sound levels as well as good microphone
positioning.
An example of a good starter setup
A good starter setup might be where you use the cameras
internal microphone to record ambient sound on
Channel 1 & then attach the kits XLR shotgun
microphone to Channel 2.
This would mean setting CH1 to INT & CH2 to INPUT2.
Then set INPUT 2 to MIC
Set the Channel Levels to MANUAL
See Photo for how this would look:
Adjust the wheels so that the sound level shown on the
LCD screen does not go above the last dot before
the 0db mark. So -2db off 0db
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Creating a backup of your footage & preparing for editing
1. Remove the SD Memory card & insert into your computer SD card slot.
2. Create a folder with your name & date one.
3. This can be on the Local Temp Drive of that machine to safeguard it from deletion.
4. Save the complete contents of the SD Memory card into this folder.
5. It is also best practise to make another copy of this folders contents onto another memory stick or external
hardrive of your own.
6. Remove the SD card from the Computer.
7. This will make sure that you are working from your locally saved version & not the SD card. This will also
mean it will work faster when editing & avoid loss of data.
8. You are then ready to edit
9. Open Adobe Premiere Pro Application
10. Import your footage
11. Start editing. Please refer to Premiere Pro Lessons or teach yourself using YouTube videos.
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