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Miro® LAB / LC / R

High-Speed Cameras

MANUAL

When it’s too fast to see, and too important not to.

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Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R Series Camera Manual

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when it’s too fast to see, and too important not to.

Phantom Miro

LAB / LC / R Series

MANUAL

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Contents

Introduction

Quick Start Guides

Phantom Software

Miro LC Touch Screen Interface

Download & Image Processing

Measurements

CineFlash & CineFlash Dock

Accessories

Support

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Performance

Levels and Key

Speciﬁcations

Max. Resolution

Sensor Mpx

Max. FPS at

Max. Resolution

Throughput

Sensor Size

Pixel Pitch

CAR

Min. Exposure

features

Straddle Time

Native ISO

(12232 SAT

Method)

Memory

Trigger Options

Ethernet

Video Out

Special

Features

LAB110

LC110

R111

1600 fps 3200 fps 1850 fps 730 fps 1380 fps 410 fps 800 fps

Gpx/s

25.6mm x 16.0mm

Dedicated BNC, via capture port, Image-Based Auto-Trigger, Phantom PCC software,

LAB310

LC310

LAB3a10

R311

1280 x 800 1280 x 1280 1920 x 1200 2560 x 1600

1Mpx 1.6Mpx 2.3Mpx 4Mpx

1.6

20 μm 10μm

2 μs 1 μs

500 ns 1.4 μs 500 ns 1.4 μs

16,000 T Mono

2,000 T Color 6,400 D Mono 2,000 D Color

Not all camera models support video output. And, the RCU is not supported on models

Partition memory into segments and make shorter recordings back-to-back without

missing any action (63 maximum), Burst mode, Shutter off mode for PIV exposure,

3.2 Gpx/s 1.6 Gpx/s 3.2 Gpx/s 1.6 Gpx/s 3.2 Gpx/s

12.8mm x

12.8mm

64 x 8 increments (Continuous Adjustable Resolution)

6GB, 12GB high-speed internal RAM

CineFlash non-volatile memory storage (120GB or 240GB w/Dock)

or On-Camera Controls

Standard Gb Ethernet for control and data

without video output (see Video System table on a page 5)

Continuous recording, Extreme Dynamic Range (EDR)

Power

LAB120

LC120

R121

19.2mm x 10.8mm 25.6mm x 16mm

12 - 28 VDC, 65 W

LAB320 LC320S

R321S

12,500 T Mono

1,600 T Color 5,000 D Mono 1,250 D Color

LAB140

R141

LAB340

R341

Key

Speciﬁcation

Based on

LAB-Series LC-Series

Body Style

Battery Power

Internal

Mechanical

Shutter

Measured using the ISO 12232 SAT method 2 Option to remove for higher-shock applications

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Standard Standard Standard

None

Sony BP-U30 or

BP-U60 rechargeable,

external charger

required

R-Series

Rxx1 -Series Rxx0 -Series

Sony BP-U30 or

BP-U60 rechargeable,

external charger

required

Sony BP-U30 only,

rechargeable, external

charger required

Optional, if equipped

shock rating limited to

40G maximum

Introduction

Body Style LAB-Series LC-Series R-Series

Miro 11x

Miro 31x

Miro 3a1x

Miro 12x

Miro 32x

Miro 32xS

Miro 14x

Miro 34x

Phantom Miro cameras come in a variety of models and a range of performance levels. There are three-body styles.

The LAB-Series is designed for laboratory / ofﬁceenvironment applications where computer control is preferred – for example, a ﬁxed installation where highspeed Cines are immediately saved on a computer for viewing and analysis.

The LC-Series has an integrated ﬂip out LCD touch screen for on-camera control and viewing of recorded cines. It is best employed where the camera will be used in a variety of applications, often requiring portability.

The R-Series is also designed for applications where computer control is used, and is packaged in a robust, shock-tolerant, all-metal body for applications in outdoor and harsh environments.

Not all performance levels are available in all body styles. Below is a table showing what is available.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Camera Capabilities

The LAB310, LAB110, LC310, LC110, R311, and R111 cameras are capable of capturing 1 Giga-pixels per second (Gpx/s) of data from our proprietary CMOS sensor. At full resolution (1280 x 800), the LAB310, LC310, and R311 can capture at 3,200 frames-per-second (fps); the LAB110, LC110 and R111 can capture at 1,600 fps.

The LAB3a10, LAB320, LAB340, LC320S, R341, and R321S, feature 3.2 Gpx/s throughput. The maximum frame rate of 1,850 fps at full resolution (1280 x 1280) can be achieved by the LAB3a10. The LAB320, LC320S, and R321S support a maximum frame rate of 1,380 fps at full resolution (1920x1200). And the LAB340, and R341 can record at a maximum frame rate of 800 fps full resolution (2560x1600)

The LAB120, LC120, and R121S, achieve 1.6 Gpx/s throughput, as do the LAB140, and R141. The LAB120, LC120, and R121 maximum frame rates are 730 fps at full resolution (1920 x 1200) while the maximum frame rate of the LAB140, and R141 is 410 fps at full resolution (2560x1600)

Image Storage

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High throughput is important. At any given resolution, a camera with the highest throughput will provide the fastest possible frame rates.

The Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R Series cameras can be equipped with 6GB, or 12GB of high-speed memory. Cameras with 12GB of memory, recording at 1,000 fps can record a single high-speed shot (called a Cine) for almost 2.7 seconds.

The Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R Series cameras are also compatible with Phantom CineFlash long recording devices available in 120GB and 240GB capacities.

The Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R Series cameras can securely save to an attached Phantom CineFlash specially designed for high throughput, which translates into save and retrieval times far better than what you get with commercial solutions designed for slow-speed cameras. The ability to save data at rates up to 70MB per second translates into less downtime due to long ﬁle save times and higher camera productivity.

Sensor Characteristics

The Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R Series use a proprietary CMOS sensor designed by Vision Research and are available in monochrome or color versions.

The sensor resolution / shape of the allows the user to keep moving objects within the frame longer and is compatible in the aspect ratio with modern display technology. The physical sizes of the sensors are listed in the table below.

Phantom Camera Model

Miro LAB340 / R340

Miro LAB140 / R140

Miro LAB320 / LC320S / R320S

Miro LAB120 / LC120 / R121

Miro LAB 3a10

Miro LAB310 / LC310 / R311

Miro LAB110 / LC110 / R111

Resolution.

(Width x Height

in pixels)

2560 x 1600 10 μm 25.60 x 16.00 30.19

1900 x 1200 10 μm 19.20 x 12.00 22.64

1280 x 1280 10 μm 12.80 x 12.80 18.10

1280 x 800 20 μm 25.60 x 16.00 30.19

Pixel Size

(µm)

Size

(Width x Height

in mm)

Size

(Diagonal

in mm)

The 10 micron (μm) pixels of the LAB340, R340, LAB140, R140, LAB320, LC320S, R320S, LAB120, LC120, R121, and LAB3a10 result in a light sensitivity of ISO 5,000D1 and 12,500T for monochrome cameras, and color cameras 1,250 D1 and 1,600T1.

The 20 micron (μm) pixels result in high light sensitivity. The LAB310, LC310, R311, LAB110, LC110 and R111 cameras have a sensitivity of ISO 6,400D1 and 16,000T for monochrome cameras, and color cameras 2,000 D1 and 2,000T1.

All Phantom Miro Series cameras have global electronic shutters, with minimum exposure times of 1μs for the LAB340, R340, LAB140, R140, LAB320, LC320S, R320S, LAB120, LC120, R121, and LAB3a10 cameras; 2μs for the LAB310, LC310, R311, LAB110, LC110 and R111 models.

Measured using the ISO 12232 SAT method

Chapter 1: Introduction

Command and Control

Phantom Miro cameras are easy to set up and control. Use our Phantom Camera Control (PCC) software over a Gb Ethernet connection, a hand-held Phantom RCU, or the on-board LCD touch screen (on the LC-Series only) to access and control the camera’s features. (An SDK enabling custom software interfaces and LabView drivers are also popular ways to set up and control Phantom cameras.)

Detailed information about Phantom cameras, features, and software can be found at:

www.visionresearch.com

Video Out

Not all camera models support video output. And, the RCU is not supported on models without video output.

The Video System table below shows what video system is available on each model.

Body Style LAB-Series LC-Series R-Series

Miro 11x

Miro 31x

Miro 3a1x

Miro 12x

Miro 32x

Miro 32xS

Miro 14x

Miro 34x

Advanced Features

None NTSC / PAL NTSC / PAL

None – –

None NTSC / PAL NTSC / PAL

None – –

– HD-SDI HD-SDI

None – None

Image-Based Auto-Trigger (IBAT): Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R Series cameras can detect changes an image which can be used to trigger the camera (or even a number of cameras), making it easy to record unpredictable events.

Multi-Cine: The internal memory of a Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R Series camera can be partitioned into as many as 63 segments for shorter recordings, back-to-back, without missing any action.

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Burst Mode: Precisely generate a programmable number of frames for every (internal or external) frame synchronization pulse.

Internal Mechanical Shutter: Easily perform black references remotely using the built-in mechanical capping shutter for optimum image quality.

Continuous Recording: Automatically save cines from internal camera memory to an external storage, without user intervention.

Extreme Dynamic Range (EDR): Vision Research’s unique Extreme Dynamic Range (EDR) feature is standard on all Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R models. With EDR enabled, each pixel in a frame will receive one of two exposure times – a short exposure for potentially over-exposed pixels and a longer exposure for pixels receiving normal light levels. This provides detail in areas of the image that would otherwise be overexposed. EDR is usually recommended for monochrome cameras only.

Lensing

Shutter Off: The Shutter Off mode was designed for PIV applications, and maintains a maximum exposure regardless of frame rate. This allows for a straddle time of 500 ns for the LAB, 310LAB120, LAB110, LC310, LC120, LC110, R311, R121, R111 cameras, and 1.4 μs on the LAB340, LAB320, LAB3a10, LAB140, LC320S, LC120, R341, R321S, R141, R121 cameras.

Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R Series cameras are available with 4 different interchangeable lens mounts, which must be chosen at the time of purchase.

Choose between a Canon EOS, Nikon F-mount, 1" C-mount, or 35mm PL-mount.

The EOS mount enables the use of compatible EF and EF-S lenses, and focus and aperture can be adjusted via our Phantom Remote Control Unit (RCU), Phantom Camera Control software (PCC), or using an adjustment ring on the lens mount. Remote control of focus and aperture is a huge beneﬁt when cameras are remotely located and/or difﬁcult to reach.

The Nikon F-mount support F & G style lenses.

A Nikon F mount adapter allows the use of F-mount lenses on EOS mount.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Autoset

on-camera controls

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Tap to scroll through video tool functions:

Zoom (1:1), Threshold and Live mode

Long press (3 seconds) will perform an internal CSR (current session reference)

Press once to trigger the camera

Long press (5 seconds) will delete the last RAM Cine ﬁle and re-arm the camera.

Image shown is of the LCD screen ﬂipped around and folded back

lcd panel controls

OSD Display

Turns on / off ‘Menu’ icons. Exiting the menu is an

electronic reset of the touch screen. Reset takes about 5 seconds. Double-clicking the square button also resets the screen.

Mount camera onto suitable support. Attach and adjust appropriate lens.

Turns on/off all on-screen displays.

Displays the main ‘capture and setting’ control

interface.

See ‘Chapter 3: Miro LC Touch Screens’ for a brief description of the various ‘Menu’ screens.

into the side of the camera

Chapter 1: Introduction

Camera models supported with this body style are the Phantom Miro 11x, Miro 31x, Miro 3a1x, Miro 12x, Miro 32x, Miro 32xS, Miro 14x, and Miro 34x.

LAB Series Body Style

rear connector panel

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CineFlash Compartment Door

Phantom CineFlash access door.

1Gb Ethernet

I/O-1

I/O 2

IRIG-In

RJ45 CAT5 (for control and data transfer)

F-Sync / Event / Strobe / Memgate (Aux1) selectable:

- F-Sync / +5V maximum threshold, input is

also compatible with TTL levels and must be properly terminated, (50-ohms).

- Event / active-low isolated input marks events

during recording; signal must be active when the strobe is high.

- Strobe / isolated collector output with 1k

pull-up, active during frame exposure.

- MemGate / active-low isolated input,

temporarily stops image acquisition during recording.

Ready / Strobe / selectable:

- Ready / isolated collector output with 1k

pull-up, indicates camera is ready for trigger.

- Strobe / see description (C) above.

Unmodulated IRIG-B timecode format input. Input

withstands signals of up to +/- 15v. The input threshold is 1.5V, compatible with TTL levels.

Trigger

+12-28 VDC

Battery Reset Switch

Isolated input; active low. Can be activated by a switch

to ground. Pulse must be 3μs long minimum.

+12-28 Volts DC standard Miro power.

Forces battery power off. When activated any Cine

stored in camera RAM will be purged.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Camera models supported with this body style are the Phantom Miro 11x, Miro 31x, Miro 12x, and Miro 32xS, Miro 14x, and Miro 34x.

LAB Series Body Style

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CineFlash Compartment Door

Phantom CineFlash access door.

Battery Status Button

1Gb Ethernet

Capture

Power

Off / Auto / On Switch

F-Sync

Provides status of battery charge.

RJ45 CAT5 (for control and data transfer)

Provides I/O signaling via attached capture cable

(signals) or Miro Break-Out Box (signals).

+12-28 Volts DC standard Miro power.

Determines camera powering options:

- Off / camera off (no power applied to a

camera).

- Auto / requires DC input to power up camera

(battery, if connected and charged, maintains power if Cine is stored in RAM and DC power loss only).

- On / camera immediately runs with DC or

battery input power is applied.

F-Sync / +5V maximum threshold, input is also

compatible with TTL levels and must be properly terminated, (50-ohms).

Trigger

Trigger / Isolated input; active low. Can be activate by a

switch to ground. Pulse must be 3μs long minimum.

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Quick Start Guides

Prepare Your Computer

Install PCC Software

Connect the Camera to

the Computer

via pcc software

Camera controlling computers:

1. Must have either the Microsoft Windows XP Pro, VISTA Business Edition, Windows 7 or Windows

8.1 operating system installed.

2. Firewalls must be turned off. (Contact your IT Group if necessary)

3. Using the ‘Windows Control Panel’ set the IP address of your computer’s network card to

100.100.100.1 with a 255.255.0.0 subnet mask.

Install the latest version of Phantom Camera Control (PCC) software from the accompanying CD or USB key.

Connect the 12-28 VDC power supply to the camera’s Power Input connector.

Attach the supplied Ethernet cable between the Phantom camera and the computer.

Connect the supplied Capture cable to the Phantom camera.

If an external trigger is being used to trigger the camera, connect it to Trigger connector on the rear panel of the camera.

Attach Phantom CineFlash

Select Camera for Use

Mount a Phantom CineFlash, if available.

Detailed information about attaching a Phantom CineFlash can be found in Chapter 7: Phantom CineFlash & CineFlash Dock of this manual.

In the ‘Manager’ tab double-click on the Phantom camera to be used from the ‘Cameras’ group folder.

Chapter 2: Quick Start Guides

Deﬁne Recording Parameters

Click the ‘Live’ tab.

Click ‘Cine Settings’ and deﬁne following parameters by either the selecting the required value from the pull-down selection list, or type a value into the respective data entry ﬁeld.

1. Set ‘Resolution’ to the required Width x Height.

2. Choose the required ‘Sample Rate’ and ‘Exposure Time’.

3. Ensure the EDR, (Extreme Dynamic Range) exposure time is set to zero (0).

4. Post Trigger to zero (0) by:

a. Moving the ‘T’ (Trigger Position) slider to the

right, or

b. Enter zero (0) into the ‘Last’ data entry ﬁeld.

Click on the CSR button to perform a Current Session Reference.

‘Arm’ Camera

Trigger

Edit Cine

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Click the ‘Capture’ button to start recording to the camera’s internal memory (circular buffer).

At the end of the action, click the action ‘Trigger’ button on the bottom of the ‘Live’ panel, or

Provide a switch closure or an external trigger signal (TTL pulse) via the Trigger connector.

Click the ‘Play’ tab.

Using the following Video Control Buttons to locate the ﬁrst image of the cine to be saved.

Rewind

Pause

Play

Locate the ﬁrst image of the cine to be saved.

Click the ‘Mark-In button.

Fast Rewind

Rewind 1 Frame

Advance 1 Frame

Fast Forward

Locate the last image of the cine to be saved.

Click the ‘Mark-Out’ button.

Select ‘Play, Speed, & Options” and enable (check) ‘Limit to Range’.

Under the Video Control Buttons, click the ‘Jump to Start’ button.

Review Edited Cine

Save to Computer

Save to Attached

Phantom CineFlash

Review the edited cine using the Video Control Buttons.

Click the ‘Save Cine...’ button on the bottom of the ‘Play’ panel.

In the ‘Save Cine’ window:

1. Navigate to the folder where you want to save the cine ﬁle.

2. Enter a ﬁle name for the cine ﬁle in the ‘File name:’ data entry ﬁeld.

3. From the Save as type pull-down selection list, select the ‘Cine Raw, *.cine’ ﬁle format.

4. Click the Save button to begin downloading the cine ﬁle from the camera to the computer’s hard drive.

Click the down-arrow of the ‘Save Cine... button.

Select ‘Save RAM Cine to Flash’ (in popup window).

Click the Save button to save the cine ﬁle onto the Phantom CineFlash.

Conﬁrm cine save before deleting from internal memory

Conﬁrm Computer Save

Click the ‘Open File’ button.

In the ‘Open Cine’ window:

Navigate to the folder containing the saved cine ﬁle.

Highlight the cine ﬁle to be opened.

Click the Open button.

Chapter 2: Quick Start Guides

Conﬁrm CineFlash Save

Using the Video Control Buttons, review the saved cine ﬁle.

Click the ‘Manager’ tab.

Double-click on the ‘Cine F#’ ﬁle under the camera used to record the cine.

Using the Video Control Buttons, review the saved cine ﬁle.

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Mount camera onto suitable support. Attach and adjust appropriate lens.

Power Up Camera

Setup Video Monitor

Attach Phantom CineFlash

Set Recording Parameters

Connect a suitable power supply (12-28VDC) to the Power Input connector, then set the power switch to the ‘ON’ position, or insert battery.

Connect a suitable HD-SDI video monitor (not supplied) to the ‘HD-SDI’ connector on the connector panel of the camera.

Mount a Phantom CineFlash, if available. For detailed instruction see Chapter 7: Phantom CineFlash & CineFlash Dock IV.

Click the ‘Menu’ button (square) to display touch screen menu.

Tap the ‘Menu’ icon as to bring up the main capture and setting control interface.

• Set ‘Resolution’ to the required width x height

• Choose the required ‘Speed’ (frame rate) and

‘Exposure Time’ (shutter)

• Set the ‘Post Trigger’ (trigger position) at the

beginning, or the end, or some position within the internal memory.

Scroll up and down for desired setting. Tap once to select parameter to change.

Perform Black Reference

Perform White Balance

(Color Cameras Only)

Press (3 seconds) the ‘Autoset’ button (front of the camera) to perform an internal CSR (Current Session Reference).

Black Reference should be performed after all recording parameters have been set.

Tap on ‘AWB’ (Automatic White Balance) icon (upper right).

Place a white or neutral non-saturated object in the center square and tap once.

via miro lc touchscreen

Chapter 2: Quick Start Guides

‘Arm’ Camera

Trigger

Edit Cine

Press the ‘Trigger’ button (front of camera) for 5 seconds to switch from ‘Pre-trigger’ or ‘Cine Stored’ to ‘Waiting for Trigger’ (‘Loop’ mode).

Tap the ‘T’ (Trigger) icon (right-side) or Press the ‘Trigger’ button (front of camera).

Tap the play icon in the ‘Cine Stored’ screen.

Tap ‘Forward’ or ‘Reverse’ icons to play RAM cine (multiple times to speed up playback).

Tap ‘Pause’ icon to stop playback.

Locate the ﬁrst image to be saved and select ‘Mark-In’ icon.

Locate the last image to be saved and tap the ‘the Mark-Out’ icon.

Review the edited Cine.

Apply a long press over the Mark-In and/ or Mark-Out icons to reset Cine ﬁle start/end points respectively.

Save to CineFlash

Verify Save to CineFlash

(optional)

‘Re-Arm’ Camera

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‘Save’ marked frames to Phantom CineFlash.

Tap the ‘ﬁle management’ icon on the LCD menu, and then tap on the ‘CF’ (CineFlash) icon to bring up the CF menu. This will show the entire list of ﬁles on the CineFlash drive. Ensure the last shot is there by checking the time and ﬁle size.

Files stored within the CineFlash cannot be played back on the LCD menu or over video. They can, however, be viewed in Phantom PCC software.

From the LCD menu, tap on the File Management icon. The RAM Cine and status will be visible. Tap on the RAM Cine and then tap the X to delete. Tap the Record icon to start the camera in capture.

If there is an asterisk* next to the RAM ﬁle that means it has not been saved to the CineFlash.

Alternatively, a long press (5 seconds) on the front camera trigger button will also delete the last RAM Cine and put the camera back in Capture mode.

‘Connect Camera to

Remote Control Unit

Connect an HD (BNC) cable between the ‘Video-In’ connector on the rear of the Remote Control Unit (RCU), and the HD-SDI connector on the rear panel of the camera.

Connect the Remote cable (9-pin female) to the ‘Remote’ connector on the rear of the RCU.

Connect the Remote cable (9-pin male) to the ‘Remote’ connector on the camera’s rear panel.

Power Up Camera

Power Up RCU

Install Phantom CineMag IV

Set Recording Parameters

Connect a suitable power supply (20-28VDC) to the Power Input connector, then set the power switch to the ‘ON’ position.

Hold in the RCU ‘Menu’ button (2 seconds).

Insert a Phantom CineFlash, if available. For detailed instruction see Chapter 7: Phantom CineFlash & CineFlash Dock.

Gently depress the ‘Setup’ button, then the Acq, (Acquisition), button.

Set the‘Aspect Ratio’: Press the down-arrow (right of ‘Aspect Ratio’ ﬁeld) and select an ‘Aspect Ratio’ from the pull-down selection list.

Deﬁne the Resolution, Frame Rate, Exposure, and Post Trigger settings using the Numerical Keypad to specify the desired setting.

1. To overwrite the present value:

2. Tap the entry ﬁeld once, (turns entry ﬁeld yellow), then

3. Tap the key pad to enter the desired value.

4. Tap the Enter key to set the value.

To append the value:

1. Tap the entry ﬁeld twice, (turns entry ﬁeld white), then

2. Tap the key pad to append the value.

via remote control unit

3. Tap the Enter key to set the value.

Chapter 2: Quick Start Guides

Press the Return, , icon (upper-left) to return to the Setup Screen.

Perform CSR

Perform White Balance

(Color Cameras Only)

‘Arm’ Camera

Trigger

Edit Cine

Press the ‘Capture’ button.

Tap the CSR, (Current Session Reference), button

When prompted tap the Begin button.

Tap the ‘White Balance’ button.

Place a white or neutral non-saturated object in front of the camera.

When prompted tap the Begin button.

Press the Rec, (Record), button.

Apply a trigger to the camera by depressing the hardware Trigger’ button (on RCU), or apply ‘Trigger-In’ (TTL pulse) signal to the Trigger connector on the back of the camera.

Click the Play button.

Locate the ﬁrst / last image to be saved by:

Performing a Quick Search:

Rotate the Jog/Scroll dial until desired point in cine is achieved, or

Press and hold down on ‘Image Location Identiﬁer’ arrow, , located just below the Cine Editor Bar and slide ﬁnger right to quickly advance cine, slide left to quickly rewind (present image number is displayed above).

Save to CineMag

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Using Video Control buttons:

Play

Reverse

Pause

Click the Mark-In and Mark-Out buttons to set the ﬁrst / last images, respectively, of the cine to be saved.

Tap the ‘Save’ button to save the edited RAM cine ﬁle to the Phantom CineMag.

Phantom Software

The latest version of Phantom PCC software can be found and downloaded from the support section of the Vision Research website:

www.visionresearch.com

Pre-Installation

PCC (Phantom Camera Control)

Application Overview

Toolbar

Phantom control software is certiﬁed to operate with the following Microsoft Windows operating systems: Windows XP Pro, Windows VISTA Business Edition, Windows 7 and 8.

The computer and camera must be associated with the same sub-network to communicate with one another.

Vision Research has preset IP address (100.100.x.x) with a subnet mask (255.255.0.0) to the camera. Typically, the IP address 100.100.100.1 / 255.255.0.0 is deﬁned to the control computer. When multiple computers are used to control the same camera, each computer requires a unique IP address, for example, 100.100.100.1 (255.255.0.0),

100.100.100.2 (255.255.0.0), and so on.

The software is built around a multi-layered work area that includes the following work areas:

Provides quick access to the most frequently used functions. Position the mouse over a button and wait for a second to display a text box describing what it is.

Note the ‘Help’ buttons which provide valuable reference information about the software, including extensive documentation.

Chapter 3: Phantom Software

Control Tabs

The main window of PCC is divided into three tabs: Live, Play and Manager.

When ﬁrst started, the ‘Manager’ tab is selected. It is in this tab connected cameras are displayed, selected for use, and renamed. It is also used to manage saved Cine ﬁles.

To rename, highlight then click the name of a camera. This can be useful when working with multiple cameras.

All camera control and setting of shooting parameters (frame rate, shutter, etc.) are performed in the ‘Live’ tab.

The ‘Play’ tab is used to review, edit, and save Cine ﬁles, (either from the camera or from ﬁles on the local hard drive).

PVP (Phantom Video Player)

Application Overview

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PVP can be launched directly from the desktop, or by clicking the ‘Video Out’ toolbar button in PCC. PVP controls only the camera’s HD-SDI outputs as connected to a compatible SDI monitor.

PVP, provides the ability to view, capture, review, edit, and/ or save a Cine recorded into the camera’s RAM to a hard drive, or installed Phantom CineMag IV. PVP is extremely effective when used with the high-resolution cameras since most computers are not powerful enough to view the live or captured raw ﬁles smoothly.

The camera’s video mode and display settings are also

pcc software

set through PVP. Video systems will vary based on the country you are in, what kind of video monitor used, and the required display resolution. All available video setting for the connected camera can be found in the ‘Settings’ menu of PVP.

Camera Control via PCC

PCC provides the ability to select various units for speciﬁc camera parameters by clicking the ‘Preference’ button at the bottom Manager tab.

Units can be set to commonly used values (‘Presets’) or they can be customized using the pull-down selection lists. First-time users should use one of the three ‘Presets’.

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The ‘Exp’ unit is probably the most important unit to be set. It speciﬁes what unit to use when setting the exposure time. You probably will want this set to micro-seconds. The other unit to set is PTF (Post Trigger Frames) covered later in this section. Every Phantom Ultrahigh-speed cameras support EDR (Extreme Dynamic Range) exposure.

Selecting a Camera

Double-click the camera(s) to be controlled listed in the ‘Manager’ tab, or select the camera(s) from the ‘Camera’ pull-down list in the ‘Live’ tab.

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Once a camera is selected a ‘Preview’ panel will display to the left of the control tabs showing the current image being captured by the camera. This image may differ slightly to that of the image being output over the camera’s two HD-SDI ports due to display differences in the video monitor and computer screens.

You can adjust the display options by clicking on the ‘Image Tools’ toolbar button.

The ‘Image Tools’ window is used to view a ‘Histogram’ and change settings that affect the computer display and the video output from the camera.

Some of the variables include; brightness, gain, gamma, saturation, hue, white balance adjustments (Temp (K) and Tint), individual red, green and blue pedestal, gain and gamma values, tone control, and more.

When Log mode is selected, most of these variables are locked and cannot be adjusted.

At the bottom of the window is a ‘Default’ button that restores all parameters except white balance, tone, and color matrix to their default values.

The ‘Default White Balance’ button restores white balance to the default (which under the most typical lighting will produce a green image).

The Tone ‘Reset’ button restores the image tone to the default values, and the Color Matrix ‘Restore’ button return the color matrix values to their default values.

Changes made only affect the meta data of the Cine ﬁle, not the raw data. If you are recording the camera’s video output it is important that these be set to values that produce the image you wish to record.

The ‘Zoom Actual Size’ toolbar button resizes the images being displayed in the Preview/Playback panel to their actual size.

The ‘Zoom Fit’ toolbar button resizes the images to ﬁt panel.

Images can also be zoomed to a speciﬁc magniﬁcation ratio by selecting a number from the pull-down list to right of the Zoom Fit button.

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Automatic White Balance

Capture Settings

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Just below the ‘Camera’ selector, in the ‘Live’ tab, are a series of expandable headers, which contain groups of related camera settings.

This manual will cover the most commonly used settings, see the ‘Pcc Help’ ﬁle for details of other settings.

Camera Settings

& Cine Settings

Set Time: Synchronizes the time stamps embedded in the recorded image data to the computer’s clock or supplied IRIG-B clock.

Camera Settings are used to set and recall the overall camera system parameters. Cine Settings are used to set the capture parameters.

Bit Depth: All Miro LAB / LC / R, cameras operate in 12bit mode only.

Partitions: Select the number of desired partitions (evenly divided memory segments) from the ‘Partitions’ pull-down menu. For basic camera setups, this should be set to one.

Lens Control: Will be available for Canon EF lenses only, for control of aperture and focus.

Backup & Restore: Allows for user settings to be saved and recalled from the camera’s memory.

Resolution: Set the number of pixels used to capture an image. For example, if 1280 x 800 (width x height) is set, the full sensor space is available. Smaller resolutions allow higher recording speeds. Cropped resolutions are set using the ‘Crop and Resample’ menu in Image Tools.

Sample Rate: Set the acquisition frame rate in framesper-second (FPS).

Exposure Time (shutter): Set the exposure time in microseconds, percentage, or degrees (this depends on how the PCC preferences are set).

EDR (Extreme Dynamic Range): Set a unique exposure time (deﬁned in microseconds or a percentage of the deﬁned ‘Exposure Time’) to pixels that may become saturated, (over exposed).

Exposure index: This is a reference display of the EI value in relation to the Image settings.

CSR (Current Session Reference): Closes the camera’s internal shutter and resets the black point of every pixel for optimal image quality.

Image Range and Trigger Position: The slider represents the memory buffer, with the ‘Duration’ indicated in seconds and the total number of frames available.

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The trigger position is indicated in the ‘Last’ pull-down menu or as the ‘T’ slider along the timeline. The trigger position is the point at which the camera stops continually recording when a trigger signal is detected.

Key Advanced Settings

The ﬁrst of these key features is the option to enable the ‘Start/End of recording actions’ to be performed automatically at the beginning or end of a shot. The most common ones are:

• ‘Auto save to CineMag/Built-in Flash’ this feature

saves a user-speciﬁed portion of a clip to the Phantom CineMag immediately after recording.

• ‘Auto play Video Out’ begins playback after

recording. The range marked under ‘Auto play Video Out’ affects both playback and saving to the Phantom CineMag.

• ‘Restart Recording,’ when enabled, automatically

restarts the recording process after the ‘Auto’ actions has been performed.

When ‘Restart Recording’ is enabled PCC does not provide any user conﬁrmation before the clip is erased from RAM and starts recording again. This feature should be used with care!

‘External Sync’ instructs the camera to utilize one of the following three frame sync clock sources:

• Internal - instructs the camera to utilize its’ internal

crystal oscillator to drive the camera’s frame rate.

• External - should be selected when an externally

supplied frame sync clock pulse is supplied to drive the frame rate. This can be used to synchronize two cameras together via F-Sync.

• IRIG - should be selected when an IRIG-B signal is

supplied to drive the camera’s frame rate.

• LockToVideo - Frame rate is driven by the camera’s

current video rate. FPS will jump to the closest multiple of the current video rate (23.98, 24, 25,

29.97 or 30).

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Flash Memory

Speciﬁes the camera’s operation mode in relation to CineMag recording: Loop (record to RAM ﬁrst) or R/S (bypass RAM and record directly to CineMag).

It also displays the amount of ‘Free’ space and size (in Gigabytes) of the Phantom CineMag.

Recording a Cine

Triggering the Camera

In ‘Loop’ mode to begin recording to the camera’s RAM click the red ‘Capture’ button.

The red ‘Capture’ button changes to ‘Abort Recording’ and the green ‘Trigger’ button is enabled when the camera is recording. The Abort Recording button instructs the camera to stop recording, leaving the camera’s RAM empty.

Selecting the ‘Trigger’ button instructs the camera to immediately stop recording when the ‘Trigger Position’ is set to zero. If a value greater than zero is set, the camera will continue to record ‘post-trigger’ frames until the user speciﬁed value is met.

Using the camera’s ‘Trigger’ button, or an external trigger signal provides a more accurate trigger to the camera.

If a clip exists in the camera’s memory, you will be asked if you are sure you wish to delete it before continuing. If yes, click ‘Delete cine(s) and start new recording’.

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Reviewing a Cine

Once the camera has completed recording a Cine in the camera’s RAM or CineMag it can be reviewed by selecting it from the ‘Cine’ pull-down selection list in the PCC ‘Play’ tab.

A previously saved Cine stored on the computer’s hard drive can be opened using the ‘Open File’ toolbar button (also places the ﬁle under the ‘Cines’ group folder in the Manager tab).

The viewing option can be changed via the ‘Play Speed & Options’ and the Cines’ metadata can be viewed in the ‘Frame Info’ and ‘Cine Info’ sections.

Use the ‘Video Control’ buttons to review the cine.

Rewind

DBE

F G

Performing a Quick Search

Through a Cine

Pause

Play

Fast Rewind

Rewind 1-Frame

Advance 1-Frame

Fast Forward

Quickly search through cine ﬁles to ﬁnd the points of interest:

‘Scroll’ (scrub) through the clip using the ‘Image Location’ slider or click anywhere on the timeline to jump to points in the cine quickly.

‘Jump’ to the trigger frame by clicking on the ‘T’ button, or jump to speciﬁc frames by entering the frame number into the jump ‘#’ data entry ﬁeld, then hit the enter key.

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‘Image Search’. The goal is to search or ﬁnd an image change in the recording, based on the difference between image content. Right-Click on the ‘Play’ button to begin the image search. Besides image content changes, Image Search can also look for images that are tagged as ‘Event’ images.

Editing a Cine

Saving a Cine

Using the following ‘Video Control’ buttons locate the ﬁrst image of the cine to be saved and click the ‘MarkIn’ button.

Locate the last image of the cine to be saved and click the ‘Mark-Out’ button.

Click ‘Play, Speed, & Option’ and enable (check) ‘Limit to Range’.

Under the ‘Video Control’ buttons click the ‘Jump to Start’ button, then review the edited cine.

Click the ‘Save Cine...’ button to save the edited cine to the computer’s hard drive.

If you wish to save the clip to an attached Phantom CineMag, click the down-arrow to the right of the ‘Save Cine...’ button and select ‘Save RAM Cine to Flash’.

For further instructions on working with CineFlash, please see Chapter 7: Phantom CineFlash & CineFlash Dock.

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Using PVP

(Phantom Video Player)

PVP (Phantom Video Player) is a streamlined application used to control the video playback of the camera, and can be used to quickly capture, review, edit and save to or from the CineMag.

PVP can be opened directly from the desktop or by clicking the ‘Video Out’ toolbar button in the PCC software.

PVP Settings

Video output parameters are set by opening the ‘Pvp Settings’ windows. This includes control for the video system, 4K video and on-screen display parameters including production area rectangles.

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Image Tools

Click on the palette from the main PVP window to activate the ‘Image Tools’ menu. It is basically the same as the equivalent menu in PCC. It can be used to adjust image processing parameters including; brightness, gain, gamma, toe, saturation, white balance and more.

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Any image tools adjustments will also apply to the PCC live image and the metadata in saved Cine Raw ﬁles.

The Main PVP Window

Basic capture and playback are performed from the main ‘PVP’ window. The ‘Capture’ button starts recording to RAM when the camera is in ‘Loop’ mode. Press ‘Trigger’ to stop recording.

Switch to the desired clip to view by selecting it in the ‘Cine:’ pull-down menu. Clips from the Phantom CineMag are preceded by the letter ‘F’. To return to the live output, select ‘Live.’

Scroll through a Cine by dragging the play head back and forth on the timeline. Use the playback controls to play forward and in reverse. Use the speed slider to change the playback speed.

Use the ‘[‘ and ‘]’ buttons to mark in and out points. After trimming a clip, press the ‘Save to Flash’ button to save it to the Phantom CineMag, or ‘Save to File…’ to download it to the computer.

It is also possible to erase the entire contents of a CineMag by clicking the ‘Erase All…’ button.

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Camera State

Cine # (for multi-Cine setups)

Time Stamp

Internal Memory

capture & setting

Number of Frames Available

Record Time

Trigger

Menu Button

OSD Button

J Resolution

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L G K J I

K Voltage / Battery Life

L Exposure Time

M Speed

N Serial Number / Name

O Cine Management

P Menu

Q CineFlash Status

R IBAT Enabled

Miro LC Touch

Introduction

Camera State

Screens

The LCD Touchscreen can be used both as a viewﬁnder and for touch screen controls.

The display will ﬂip vertically when positioned upside down (such as mounted against the side of a camera, facing outward).

The symbol and color will change based upon the state

of the camera.

Live: camera is not recording to internal memory. Displays a ‘Live’ image on the LCD and attached video monitor.

Capture: camera is recording to internal memory (RAM), and awaiting a trigger signal. Displays a ‘Live’ image on the LCD and attached video monitor.

Triggered: camera has been triggered, and is ﬁlling internal memory (‘Post-Trigger’ frames). Displays a ‘Live’ image on the LCD and attached video monitor.

Cine Stored: recording has ended, and a Cine is stored in internal memory. Displays a ‘Live’ image on the LCD and attached video monitor.

Playback: camera is in PLAYBACK mode. RAM Cines can be selected for playback.

Cine

Time Stamp

Internal Memory

Indicates the internal memory (RAM) partition the Cine

is being recorded into.

Indicates the day of the

year/hour:minute:second:microsecond.

This ‘time line’ represents all frames available in the

camera’s internal memory (RAM buffer / circular buffer)

The ‘T’ symbol above the time line represents the user-deﬁned trigger point.

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Number of Frames Available

Indicates the exact number of recordable frames

available in the camera’s internal memory.

Record Time

Trigger

Menu Button

OSD Button

Resolution

Volatge / Battery Life

Exposure Time

Indicates the total length of recording time

(in minutes and/or seconds).

Triggers the camera. Trigger is also available from

the red button on the front of the camera body, or via capture port.

Turns on/off ‘Menu’ icons. Exiting the menu is an

electronic reset of the touch screen. Reset takes about 5 seconds. Double-clicking the square button also resets the screen.

Tapping the center of the screen will also bring up menu icons.

Turns on/off all on-screen displays.

Indicates the user-deﬁned resolution (width x height),

in pixels.

Indicates the power status (counts down).

Indicates the user-deﬁned Exposure Time

(in milliseconds or microseconds).

Speed

Serial Number / Name

Cine Management

CineFlash Status

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Indicates the user-deﬁned frame rate.

Indicates the camera serial number or user-deﬁned camera name.

Tap to view and select Cine ﬁles stored in RAM, save

and/or delete to re-arm the camera.

Tap to view the main ‘Capture and Setting’ control

interface.

Displays the status, number of gigabytes used,

and size (in gigabytes) of the Phantom CineFlash.

Displays when IBAT (Image-Based Auto-Tigger)

is enabled.

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main menu

Factory & User Settings

Capture & Settings

Menu Categories

Tap to display ‘Factory & User Settings’ menu used to

load the factory settings, access three factory-saved presets, or store up to 6 of your own presets.

Scroll up and down for desired setting. Tap once to

select parameter to change.

Used to jump to menu categories in the camera’s main

menu list.

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AWB

AWB (Automatic White Balance) automatically adjusts

the camera’s white balance.

Camera Info

Scroll Up

Scroll Down

Return

Place a non-saturated white or neutral object in the

center square and tap once.

Camera Info displays model, serial #, memory size, ﬁrmware level, and current temperature readings.

Scroll up the ‘Capture & Setting’ menu.

Scroll down the ‘Capture & Setting’ menu.

Move up one level within the menu structure.

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menu description

Menu above is always available

Expanded menu (above) is displayed when ‘Advanced Settings’ is set to ‘On’

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Setting Access

From the ‘Main’ screen tap the ‘Menu’ icon as indicated to bring up the main ‘capture and setting control interface’.

Scroll up and down for desired setting, then tap once to select parameter to change.

Speed

Exp. Time

Resolution

Post Trigger

Deﬁnes the ‘Speed’ (Frame Rate / Sample Rate) that the camera will capture at. The available speeds will change according to the ‘Resolution’ selected. Smaller resolutions allow higher speeds.

The Resolution parameter should be deﬁned before setting the Speed.

Deﬁnes the amount of time the sensor is exposed to light (in μs of exposure time and degrees of shutter angle). A smaller exposure time (shutter angle) reduces the chance of motion blur.

Resolution is the number of pixels used to capture an image. For example, Miro M120, if 1920 x 1200 (width x height) is set, the full sensor space is available.

Smaller resolutions allow higher recording speeds.

The image aspect ratio will be displayed with the deﬁned ‘Resolution’ setting.

Deﬁnes the number of frames past the trigger point to be stored in the camera’s internal memory (RAM / circular buffer).

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Adjusts the overall exposure of the image based on the light level measured within a user deﬁned area of interest. The default is a 50% average exposure. As the lighting changes, the camera automatically adjusts the shutter speed to maintain a constant light level in the deﬁned area.

This feature should not be enabled while performing a CSR, (Current Session Reference). Once enabled EDR (Extreme Dynamic Range) will be disabled.

Exposure Index

EI (Exposure Index) is a reference value for the ISO level of the current shooting settings. A camera’s default EI value is measured at the default gamma of 2.222. Increasing the EI adds gain to the video image, the more gain that is added the more digital noise will be visible in the resulting Cine. Vision Research recommends maintaining the EI as close to default as possible for best image quality.

Video Format

Color Bars

Production Area

White Balance

Deﬁnes the video signal format the camera will transmit to a monitor. Formats include; NTSC, PAL, HD-SDI (1080psf, 1080i, 720p).

These are SMPTE Color bars, generated by the camera and output over the video signal. They are used for setting up a video monitor.

The camera will show the PA (Production Area) speciﬁed placing a red rectangle over the image. The production area is an overlay and is not recorded in the RAW data.

The camera’s white balance can be set with the AWB on the upper right or manually by adjusting the color temperature and color compensation.

Color Comp.

Color temperature adjusts the red and blue components of white balance.

Color Compensation (CC+0) adjusts the magenta and green components of the white balance.

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Master Gamma

Gamma is the nonlinear relationship between signal level and brightness output of pixels, (a small signal level change at low voltage produces a larger variation in brightness than the same change in level at high voltage). A linear gamma would have the value of 1.0. The camera’s default gamma setting is 2.2, which is a standard Rec709 compensation for most video monitors.

IBAT Enable

IBAT Area

IBAT Position

IBAT Speed

IBAT Sensitivity

RAM Partitions

At End of Recording

Language

Advanced Settings

With IBAT (Image-Based Auto-Trigger) Enable set to ‘On’ the camera triggers itself when the image changes occur in a selectable region of the frame.

Deﬁnes the size of the area (width x height) in pixels to check for an auto-trigger event.

Deﬁnes the position of the ‘IBAT Area’ from the top left of the image at 0,0.

Deﬁnes the number of frames (interval) between updates the auto-trigger region is checked.

Deﬁnes the amount a pixel value must change for auto-trigger purposes.

Deﬁnes the number of partitions, (15 segments maximum), the camera’s internal memory buffer (RAM) will be evenly divided into.

End of recording (automatic actions) can be set to: Play and Save, Play and Restart, Save and Restart, Play, Save and Restart.

Changes the menu display to the desired language.

With ‘Advanced Settings’ set to ‘Off’, the menu ends here, and all advanced parameters are set to the camera’s defaults.

Auto Exp. Comp.

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With ‘Advanced Settings’ set to ‘On’, the menu expands and the camera’s full functionality can be accessed.

Allows for plus / minus two f-stops from the default value of 50% of average exposure.

Shutter

This activates shutter-off mode for PIV applications.

EDR

Frame Burst

Burst Period

Auto Black Ref.

Save Region Start

EDR (Extreme Dynamic Range™) sets a unique exposure time (deﬁned in microseconds or a percentage of the deﬁned ‘Exposure Time’) to pixels that may become saturated, (over exposed).

This feature should not be enabled while performing a CSR, (Current Session Reference). Once enabled ‘Auto Exposure’ will be disabled.

Sets the number of frames in a burst, (‘off’ disables Burst Mode).

Sets the interval between frames in a burst (deﬁned in microseconds).

When set to ‘On’ a black reference operation will be performed when the camera is placed into the capture or ‘waiting for trigger’ mode with the results being saved with the Cine.

Sets the ﬁrst frame for automatic functions like auto-save to CineFlash and Auto-Play to video. If not selected the ﬁrst frame will always be the beginning of the full recording.

Save Region End

Frame Sync

Sets the last frame for automatic functions like auto-save to CineFlash and Auto-Play to video. If not selected the last frame will always be the end of the full recording.

This ﬁeld instructs the camera to utilize one of the following three frame sync clock sources:

• Internal - instructs the camera to utilize its’

internal crystal oscillator to drive the camera’s ‘Speed’ (sample / frame rate).

• External - should be selected when an externally

supplied frame sync clock pulse is supplied to drive the camera’s sample rate.

• IRIG - should be selected when an IRIG-B signal is

supplied to drive the camera’s sample rate.

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Trigger Polarity

Deﬁnes whether the ‘Rising Edge’ (leading edge) or ‘Falling Edge” (trailing edge) of a TTL supplied input trigger signal is used to trigger the camera.

Trigger Filter

Frame Delay

Aux Signal

Ready Deasserts

Saturation

Master Black

Speciﬁes the length of time (in microseconds) the trigger signal state (high / low) must be held to be a valid trigger signal.

If ‘Trigger Polarity’ is set to ‘Rising Edge’ the signal must be held low for a minimum of 10-times the ‘Trigger Filter’ time prior to going high to be a valid trigger signal.

Sets a delay time (deﬁned in microseconds) between the ‘Frame Sync’ clock pulse and the frame capture to provide a phase shift in the timing.

Sets the signal type to be activated on the ‘Auxiliary’ pin of the capture connector.

Deﬁnes when the ‘Ready’ signal is turned off.

Adjust the color ‘Saturation’ of the images being displayed. Increasing the value results in the images being displayed with more brilliant color, while decreasing the value results in the images being displayed with less dazzling color.

The ‘Master Black’ (Pedestal) parameter is used to change the voltage level corresponding to black or to the maximum limit of black peaks.

Pedestal

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Gain

‘Gain’ will raise or lower the gain in each independent color channel when adjusted.

‘Pedestal will raise or lower the black level of each independent color channel when selected.

‘Gamma’ will apply an independent gamma curve to each color channel.

Gain, Pedestal, and Gamma settings are applied on top of the overall gamma and color corrections.

Matrix

Color Matrix is an advanced color matching tool, which previously was reserved for video engineers to match the HD-SDI output of cameras in a broadcast environment. In Phantom Miro M- and LC-series cameras, a user ‘Matrix’ can be speciﬁed to ﬁne-tune the color of both the Cine image and HD-SDI output.

By adjusting the user ‘Matrix’ the image can be ﬁnely tuned, so that individual colors can be adjusted in terms of tint and saturation. A common use for this is to match the color with another camera on the same shoot accurately.

Tone

PA Offset

Tone allows manual control over the tone curve of the image. Tone curves change the shadow / highlight relationship between the original values (on X axis) and resulting values (on Y axis).

Tone curves can be useful to boost mid tones within the image without affecting highlights or shadows, for example. They can also be used to push the darks lower, which may result in richer images when details in the shadows are not required. There is a relationship with overall image gamma, which has a predeﬁned curve, which is the equivalent of Rec709.

The Production Area Offset is used to move a userdeﬁned ‘Production Area’ displayed on the LCD or attached monitor. By default, the ‘Production Area’ is displayed in the center of the image display area.

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Menu Access

Select Setting

Click the ‘Square’ button once to bring up touch screen menu. Tapping the center of the screen will also bring up ‘main menu’ icons.

Tap the menu icon to bring up the main ‘capture and setting’ control interface.

Scroll up and down for desired setting, then tap once to select parameter to change.

Set Parameter

On the right, + and - symbols will appear when applicable, and a keyboard symbol can also be selected for data entry.

The keyboard/data entry menu allows you to enter any available value, then tap the ‘return’ key to accept.

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Factory & User Settings

Click the ‘Factory & User Settings’ icon.

Load the factory settings, access three factory-saved presets, or store up to 6 of your own presets.

When saving a user-setup, enter a name and tap the ‘return’ button to save it. Any of the three factory saved presets can be modiﬁed or overwritten.

When loading any of the user settings or factory defaults, you must tap to conﬁrm or cancel.

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Camera State

Time Stamp

Internal Memory

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Number of Frames Available

Record Time

CineFlash Status

Menu Button

J I H

OSD Button

H I Play Cine J Cine List K CineFlash Management L Erase Cine M Return

GEDCBA H

CineFlash Status

Play Cine

Cine List

CineFlash Mangement

Erase Cine

See ‘Capture & Setting’ earlier in this chapter for descriptions.

See ‘Main Menu’ earlier in this chapter for description.

Displays the status of the Phantom CineFlash, space

used and the number of frames being saved.

Opens the ‘Play’ Cine screen.

Used to select a Cine from the list to play or erase

(asterisk indicates Cine was not yet saved).

Opens the CineFlash Management screen (displays list

of Cine ﬁles stored on CineFlash drive).

Erases selected Cine from the camera RAM (displays

when a Cine is selected).

Delete individual takes, or tap ‘XCF’ to format (secure erase) the drive.

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play

MNOPQRS L

Camera State

Cine

Mark In Point

Image Location

Time Stamp

Internal Memory

Mark Out Point

Number of Available Frames

H I Record Time

J CineFlash Status

K Menu Button

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OSD Button

M Save to CineFlash

N Mark Out

O Forward

P Forward 1-Frame

Q Stop / Pause

R Reverse

S Mark In

T Return

Cine

KIHFEA L

See ‘Capture & Setting’ earlier in this chapter for descriptions.

See ‘Main Menu’ earlier in this chapter for description.

Indicates the internal memory (RAM) partition Cine

being reviewed.

Mark In Point

Image Location

Mark Out Point

CineFlash Status

Save to CineFlash

Mark Out

Forward

Forward 1-Frame

Stop / Pause

Reverese

Mark In

Indicates the ﬁrst image of the entire Cine to be saved.

Indicates the displayed frame’s location within the

stored Cine ﬁle.

Indicates the last image of the entire Cine to be saved.

Displays the status of the CineFlash and the frame

number being saved (counts up).

Saves Cine ﬁle to CineFlash.

Sets the end point of the Cine ﬁle to save.

Plays the Cine ﬁle. Tap multiple times to speed up

playback.

Advances the Cine ﬁle one image.

Pauses playback. When paused button changes

to ‘Reverse 1-Frame’ button.

Plays the Cine ﬁle in reverse. Tap multiple times to

speed up playback.

Sets the starting point of the Cine ﬁle to save.

Apply a long press over the ‘Mark In’ and ‘Mark Out’ buttons to reset .

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Download & Image

Introduction

PCC Software Solutions

Converting Cine Files

Processing

The images recorded on the camera’s RAM or Phantom CineMag are stored in a Vision Research proprietary RAW (uncompressed) ﬁle structure called a ‘Cine’ ﬁle.

These Cine ﬁles can be converted to industry-standard formats (ProRes, H264, DPX, DNG, TIFF, JPEG, and more) with PCC software provided by Vision Research. Phantom PCC and PVP software are only compatible with Windows operating systems; however, there are third party solutions available for working with Phantom cameras in Mac OSX.

Windows-based PCC software provides the ability to convert cine ﬁles into a number of other formats.

Single cine ﬁles can be converted by selecting the desired format from the ‘Save as Type’ selection list in the ‘Save Cine’ dialogue window.

The ﬁle formats above the separator line in the ‘Save as Type’ selection list are ‘movie-like’ formats (meaning the entire clip will be saved as a single ﬁle) while the formats below the line are image formats (meaning each frame of cine will be saved as a sequence of images).

Apply a long press over the ‘Mark In’ and ‘Mark Out’ buttons to reset .

To convert a cine to a ‘movie-like’ format select the desired format from the list, navigate to the destination folder, assign a ﬁle name to the clip and save.

Some valuable parameters can be found in the ‘advanced settings’ window, such as the particular codec (coder / decoder). In the case of ProRes, the default is 4:2:2 HQ; however, other options are available.

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Other formats, like .avi and .mp4 allow the compression ratio to be entered. The lowest compression is the default.

To convert a cine clip into a sequence of images (frames) you must add one of the following annotations to the end of the ﬁle name: ‘!n’ or ‘+n (where n is the number between 1 to 8). This will assign the sequential frame numbers to the ﬁle name for each frame being created.

Example: image_!5.tif

The ‘!’ annotator instructs the software to append the cine’s image number (relative to the trigger point) to the ﬁle name. If the ﬁrst frame in the clip is - 100, then the ﬁrst converted frame will have the name: image_-00100. tif.

The ‘+’ annotator will add frame numbers starting from 1.

Example: image_+5.tif

This will cause the ﬁrst converted frame to have the name: image_00001.tif

Ensure all image adjustments have been applied prior to initiating the conversion process. All metadata (gain, gamma, saturation, etc.) will be embedded into the converted images.

Batch Convert

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The ‘Batch Convert Files’ toolbar button can be used to convert a single, or multiple saved cine ﬁles into any one of the supported ﬁle formats.

Use the shift and/or control keys, to select the cine ﬁles you wish to convert in the ‘Open Cine’ dialogue window, then click the ‘Open’ button.

Navigate to the destination folder, in the ‘Multiﬁle Convert Destination’ dialogue window, and select the ﬁle format.

The ‘File Name’ will depend upon the type of ﬁle format you are converting to.

If you are converting the Cine ﬁle into a ‘movie-like’ formats leave the ﬁle name as ‘All selected ﬁles’. The software automatically assigns the original ﬁle name to the converted ﬁle and appends the appropriate ﬁle extension.

However, if you are converting the ﬁle into a sequence of images, you need to enter the Annotation only detailed in the ‘Convert a Cine’ topic earlier in this chapter.

Example: +4

The software automatically creates a separate folder for each of the ﬁles being converted, assigns the original ﬁle name, and appends the appropriate image number and ﬁle extension to each image.

Once the ‘Convert’ button is clicked a progress window appears. Each converted cine will be placed in its own folder named after the original cine ﬁle.

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For details on how to use the various PCC measurement tools can be found in the Phantom (PCC) Camera Control

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Application Help File > Step-by-Step Procedures > Play Panel Procedures > Measurements.

Measurements

Introduction

High-speed photography is as much of an engineering tool as an oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, or logic analyzer. The photographic technique enables us to visualize and analyze motion, especially motion that is too fast for the human eye or conventional cameras to perceive.

For decades, Phantom Cine (high-speed digital video) ﬁles have been used to measure moving objects by the defense, scientiﬁc and research, and industrial communities to extract and quantify motion from a ﬁle.

As high speed digital cameras continue to make advancement in recording speeds, sensitivity and resolutions so must the motion analysis software used to extract the data they record. Data that allows the defense community to examine the speed, angle and angular speed a shock wave from an explosive device.

Information automotive engineers require to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an airbag design by determining the time, speed, and angle it takes the airbag to deploy fully. Studies by the scientiﬁc and research community analyzing human locomotion by measuring the angle, a knee joint bend and the compression the knee joint endures while running, or the speed of a lightning bolt. Not to mention manufacturers needing to measure the angular speed (Revolutions Per Minute) a new hard drive motor can spin without causing damage to the disk, or being able to measure the effect the angle of impact a golf club will have on the rotational speed of a golf ball.

The ability to analyze all of this data quickly and accurately inherently decreases product development time, and more importantly reduces research and development expenditures. Of course extracting this information from a digital high speed video is only as good as the tools used to accomplish it.

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PCC Multi-Layer Graphical User Interface automatically tracks golf club head to calculate swing speed, path, and acceleration.

Using 2-D motion analysis tools, such as Vision Research, PCC (Phantom Camera Control) software calculates this valuable data. With today’s software, the end-user can perform timing, position, distance, velocity, angle and angular speed measurements, and track multiple points or objects to compute and graph their XY-coordinates, speed, or acceleration. PCC, for example, provides several edge detection algorithms and image processing tools to improve the measurement process. The measurement technology provides a motion analysis system that harmonizes measured data with images. In this chapter, we will review the various PCC measurement capabilities.

Units of Measurement

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Units of Measurement specify the computing and reporting unit for distance, speed, acceleration, angle, and angular speed measurements.

Establishing a measurement scale is required to set a speciﬁed number of pixels in the image equal to a scale unit size, such as millimeters, meter, inches, feet, or pixels.

To deﬁne a measurement scale, the analyst needs to select two points in the image with a known scale, then specify that scale size. Once created, all measurements are computed and displayed using the scale unit. If no measurement scale exists, the default scale will be 1 pixel = 1 pixel.

Timing

Coordinate

Distance, Angle, Speed

To perform timing measurements accurately, a time stamp (date and time) is embedded into every frame captured. The PCC software function, for example, calculates the time difference between two event frames (start / end of an event) or from the captured image being displayed to the trigger (t0) frame automatically.

Coordinate measurements are calculated from an Origin point pixel, by default the top-left corner of the image; however, the Origin can be changed when performing measurements. Each coordinate consists of two numbers (x1, y1) indicating the position of a pixel in the image on the two-dimensional plane from the Origin point.

Using ‘Distance and Angle and Speed’ instant measurement tools makes analyzing launch speed, angle, and angular speed or the revolutions of a rotating object extremely simplistic.

They allow engineers’ developing large caliber weaponry to analyze the effect the design of the shell has on the projectile trajectory based on launch speed and angle to determine the optimal performance, or manufacturers of scientiﬁc equipment like anemometers to determine the best size and type motor to enhance their product by performing angular speed (rotational measurements) on the motors used to generate an electric current as they rotate.

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PCC measures the distance from the Origin point to a chosen point, and the angle made by the Origin and Ox axis of the selected point using the Distance and Angle and Speed: Origin + 1 Point instant measurement tool.

Given the coordinates of two points on the image plane, the distance (d) between the points is calculated using the following formula: d=√((x2-x1)2) + (y2-y1)2).

If the Origin and the chosen point are on the same image, PCC will calculate distance and angle only; however, if the Origin and the selected point are on different frames, the software also calculates speed and angular speed.

Speed (s) is calculated using the formula: s=d/dt, where d = measured distance, and dt = [time of the point frame] – [time of the origin frame] if point and origin are on different frames.

Angular speed is calculated using the formula: as=a/dt, where a = measured angle, and dt = [time of the point frame] – [time of the origin frame] if point and origin are on different frames.

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The ‘Angle and Angular Speed: 3 Points’ instant measurement tool from PCC calculates the angle made by three points (two lines with a common reference point) while the Angle and Angular Speed: 4 Points calculates the angle formed by four points [Pt.1 Ref.1 and Ref.2 Pt.2]; two lines without a common reference point.

If all the points are in the same image when performing three or four-point measurements, the software only calculates the angle. In order to compute angular speed the ﬁrst point and the reference point must be on the same image while the second point (three-points measurements) or reference point 2 and point 2 (four-point measurements) must be on different images.

Angular speed is calculated using the formula: as=a/dt, where a = measured angle, dt = [time of the last point frame] – [time of the ﬁrst point frame] if ﬁrst and last points are on different frames.

PCC calculates speed (mph) and angular speed (rpm) of the fan motor using Distance,

and Angle, and Speed: Origin + 1 Point measurement tool.

These measurement tools are exceptional when analyzing a rotating object.

The ability to measure an object, like a projectile rotating in mid-air, to determine its angular speed can be applied in other sciences, for example, the way 2 x 4 board could tumble in hurricane-force winds can be applied by

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Collect Point (Tracking)

manufacturers who develop unbreakable glass windows, or engineers developing stabilizers for aircraft.

PCC also provides a Collect Point (tracking) tool to compute the position, speed, acceleration, and / or generate motion graphs of a point (or object) or multiple points (up to 99), with respect to the image plane, over time. The analyst can use one of two methods to track 2D motion (Automatic or Manual).

Example of three points being tracked. The graph plots and displays, by default, the x-axis coordinate

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of all points / targets from the Origin point.

With Automatic Tracking, the analyst needs to deﬁne a rectangle (width and height in pixels) around a template image region (the point being tracked). The analyst deﬁnes a second rectangle that the tracking algorithm should search in (how large of an area to search) for the previously tracked point. A value equal to the track point indicates that the tracking algorithm should search in a region as large as the initial region size.

Data Acquisition

Larger values will result in greater search areas, which will take a longer time to search. Typically, this parameter is set two to three times the size of the initial image template (deﬁned in pixels). When initiated, the software will automatically ﬁnd and track the template region as it progresses through each frame.

Manual Tracking requires the analyst to select every point being tracked for each frame. With either method all tracked points are logged to a measurement ﬁle that can be used to generate a coordinate, speed, or acceleration spreadsheet easing report generation.

To investigate the effect environmental conditions may have on the recorded data, a National Instrument™ USB- or M- Series Data Acquisition (DAQ) module can also be used to acquire data from a wide range of sensors, and synchronize it with slow-motion video images recorded on a Phantom camera, using Phantom Camera Control (PCC) software.

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SDK (System Developer Kit)

Phantom camera control, and Cine playback, analysis and measurements can be customized to meet the speciﬁc test protocols using the Phantom System Developer Kit (SDK) for LabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench) or MATLAB (matrix laboratory) drivers.

The LabVIEW SDK contains visual instrument (VI) ﬁles needed to call Phantom SDK functions from LabVIEW, various utilities, and demo applications. This SDK uses the LabVIEW interface to shared libraries to call functions from Phantom libraries.

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The MATLAB SDK contains header ﬁles needed to call Phantom SDK functions from MATLAB, function wrappers, a simple object-oriented layer and demo scripts. This SDK uses the MATLAB interface to shared libraries to call functions from Phantom libraries.

SDKs allow, for example, automotive manufacturers to create command line scripts to control a Phantom camera directly from a computer or run in a Graphical User Interface speciﬁcally designed to perform or analyze airbag tests with having to use PCC. Anyone who wishes to have more control over their Phantom camera or the Cine ﬁles record would beneﬁt using one of these Phantom System Developer Kits.

Conclusion

Digital high speed video has been and continues to be a useful test and measurement tool.

Along with PCC software, the need to use calculators or slide rules to perform complicated mathematical calculations to compute distance, speed, angle, angular speed, or acceleration measurements of single or multiple points from 2D images has been eliminated.

The ability to perform these calculations with just a few clicks of a mouse button allow engineers, science and researchers, and developers will signiﬁcantly reduce research and development time thereby increasing productivity.

These tools provide them with the ability to conduct even more precise and accurate analyses of ballistics, explosions, weapon’s development, trajectory, biomechanics, sport performance, ﬂow analysis, crash, combustion, and stress studies, just to mention a few.

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CineFlash &

Introduction

CineFlash Dock

The Phantom CineFlash is a powerful component of the Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R product lines, enabling Cine raw footage to be quickly transferred from the camera’s RAM to safe, non-volatile storage. These lightweight, solid-state storage devices are hot-swappable and designed to keep you shooting on the go.

There are several beneﬁts to Phantom CineFlash drives:

• Security. Immediately save your high-speed images

from the camera’s dynamic RAM to CineFlash non-volatile memory so you have a secure copy of your shot.

• Productivity. Eliminates the need to download the ﬁle

after each shot, meaning less down-time in between takes.

• Quality. Files saved to the CineFlash are always

saved in the Cine raw format, which maximizes image quality and workﬂow options.

• Portability. Whether using a Phantom RCU, the LCD

interface or an auto-save setup, when saving to the CineFlash, there’s no need to connect the camera to a PC during capture.

Once the CineFlash drive is full, download Cine raw ﬁles over the camera’s Ethernet connection or via the Phantom CineFlash Dock’s E-Sata or USB 3.0 connection. Using the CineFlash Dock and appropriate drivers, you can mount the CineFlash on a PC or Mac computer and easily manage your Cines ﬁles.

Every Miro LAB / LC / R Series camera purchase comes standard with a Phantom CineFlash drive and CineFlash Dock. Phantom CineFlash drives are available in 120GB, (Gigabytes) or 240GB sizes.

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Phantom CineFlash Installation

Open the Phantom CineFlash compartment door. Carefully align the insertion key guards, and slide the CineFlash into the camera until it is properly seated, then close the CineFlash compartment door.

Phantom CineFlash Removal

Re-open the CineFlash compartment door.

Prior to removing the Phantom CineFlash verify that it is safe to remove it by ensuring the ‘CineFlash Recording Indicator’ (located inside the CineFlash compartment on the lower right-hand side) is inactive.

If the indicator is active (red), do not remove the CineFlash because a Cine is being recorded to the CineFlash.

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Phantom CineFlashDock

Installation

Footage from Phantom Miro LAB / LC / R camera models is stored on CineFlash drives as 10-bit log raw cine ﬁles. The CineFlash drive is formatted using the Linux Ext2 ﬁle system, and can be accessed from the camera body over Ethernet, or remotely using a Phantom CineFlash Dock via USB3 or eSATA.

The CineFlash Dock is compatible with both PC and Mac computers once the appropriate EXT2 driver is installed. This allows 3rd party solutions that can read Cine raw ﬁles to see the ﬁle directly from the CineFlash. This also means that you can “drag and drop” the ﬁle from the CineFlash to local storage on a computer.

Phantom CineFlash Docks shipped after October 1, 2015 include the recommended Paragon ExtFS driver on a USB ﬂash drive, which can be installed on a single Windows OS or Macintosh OSX computer, and installation instructions. During the installation process, you will be asked to provide a ‘Product Key’ and ‘Serial Number’ (located on the bottom of the Phantom CineFlash Dock – also beginning October 2015) to validate the single-user license.

Please note that the Product Key and Serial Number are bound to the computer on which the ExtFS driver is installed, not the Phantom CineFlash Docking Station.

CineFlash Dock users without the USB drive or product key can download and purchase the latest Paragon ExtFS drivers at https://www.paragon-software.com/

Once installed, the CineFlash will automatically be mounted when inserted into the dock. The CineFlash is less tolerant of being removed from the dock (disconnected from the computer) than a typical USB drive. Therefore, you should ALWAYS unmount the CineFlash before removing it from the dock or disconnecting the dock from the computer if it has a CineFlash in it. This ensures that all data is written and ﬂushed to the disk before removing the drive.

Users can access, play, edit and save the cine ﬁles using Phantom PCC or the Phantom CineViewer software (Windows only). To view and play the cines on a Mac, the GlueTools Phantom Cine plugin is recommended and is available from GlueTools.com

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Sony BP-U60 Lithium-ion

Rechargeable Battery

Sony BP-U30 Lithium-ion

Rechargeable Battery

Accessories

Batteries & Battery Charger

The Sony BP-U30 and BP-U60 are lithium-ion batteries designed for professional video shooting in both the ﬁeld and the studio. These BP-U Series compact lithium-ion batteries boast high power in a compact body.

The batteries are equipped with the professional ‘INFO’ function that intelligently communicates battery status data to the camera.

The remaining capacity of the battery is displayed on the LCD monitor and viewﬁnder when the camera is powered on. This intelligent battery-management function allows operators to monitor the battery status easily and accurately.

The BP-U30 and BP-U60 also have LED displays to indicate the remaining capacity of the battery at the push of a button on the battery itself.

The BC-U1 Battery Charger can be used to charge one BP-U60 or BP-U30 battery at a time. And provides a 12 VDC, 2.0A power output.

BC-U1 Battery Charger must be used to recharge the batteries.

Batteries do not recharge through the camera.

BC-U1 Battery Charger

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Speciﬁcations BP-U30 Lithium-ion Battery

BP-U60 Lithium-ion Battery

Dimensions (W x H x D)

Mass

Maximum / Nominal Voltage

Miro Run Time

Approximate Charge Time

(Using the BC-U1)

Operating Temperature

Remaining Capacity Display

Power Requirements

Power Consumption

Operating Temperature

Dimenisons (W x H x D)

Weight

DC Output

Number of Mountable Batteries

Chargable Battery

1 11/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in

(41.5 x 82.5 x 69.7 mm)

8 oz (220 g) 15 oz (350 g)

16.4 VDC / 14.4 VDC 16.4 VDC / 14.4 VDC

45 minutes 90 minutes

130 minutes 170 minutes

-4 to +113 °F (-20 to +45 °C) -4 to +113 °F (-20 to +45 °C)

Four LED (20, 40, 60, and 80%) Four LED (20, 40, 60, and 80%)

1 11/16 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in

(41.5 x 82.5 x 69.7 mm)

BP-U30 Lithium-ion Battery

100 VAC to 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz

38 Watts

+32 to +113 °F (0 to +45 °C)

5 1/8 x 1 13/16 x 3 7/8 in (128 x 45 x 98 mm)

12 oz (330 g)

12V, 2.0A

BP-U90 / BP-U60 / BP-U30

Supplied Accesories

Approximate Charge Time

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(1) Operating Instructions

(1) DC Output Cable

(1) Warrenty Booklet

170 min (BP-U60, 57 Wh) / 130 min (Bp-U30, 28 Wh)

Vision Research recommends the following procedure for safe battery installation and removal. Only Sony BP-U30 and BP-U60 batteries are guaranteed. Larger, heavier batteries should not be used. Failure to follow this procedure could result in physical damage to the camera, which must be repaired at a Vision Research service center.

Battery Installation

Carefully insert the battery just above the terminals. Notice the key guides on the sides of the battery and camera. Insert battery either bottom-ﬁrst or perfectly straight, then press down gently to lock in place.

Never insert the battery at a top-ﬁrst angle.

Battery should lower smoothly, then snap in place. Guides will ensure the battery lowers over the terminals perfectly straight.

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Battery Removal

Slide the battery lock, on the top of the camera, forward, and lift the battery up and back to remove.

RCU-2 (Remote Control Unit)

The Phantom Remote Control Unit (RCU) is a small, lightweight, hand-held controller, which allows you to adjust most settings on your camera as well as view and save recorded cines to the CineMag. The RCU is available in both wired and wireless versions. Both versions will connect with an included 5 meter cable direct to the back of the camera. It includes a Bluetooth dongle that allows for operation from up to 100 meters. Alternatively, the wireless model includes a Bluetooth dongle that allows for operation from up to 100 meters.

The 5" active TFT display is easy to use – even outdoors.

The display can act as an HD-SDI video monitor, a full-featured touch-screen controller, or both. An SDI cable connection is required to view the HD-SDI output from the camera on the RCU screen. Video is not transmitted via Bluetooth.

Remote Control Unit

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Miro Mini Break Out Box /

Capture Cable

A B C D E F

The Miro ‘Capture’ port is compatible with a multi-bnc capture cable and Phantom Miro Mini Break out Box (commonly known as the Miro MiniBOB). Both accessories provide the same functions. However, the Miro MiniBOB is designed for better cable management enhancing the Miro camera’s capability.

Miro Mini Break Out Box

Deﬁnitions of the available MiniBoB auxiliary signals:

F-Sync (input / output): Connect an external source, including the F-Sync from a second Phantom camera, to drive the camera’s frame rate. Use in combination with Sync: External.

Event (input): When the Event signal is active, frames are tagged with an Event marker (as metadata). These events can be searched or referenced during playback.

Strobe (output): Signal goes low for the duration of each frame’s exposure.

MemGate (input): When MemGate signal is active, the camera stops recording into its internal memory (frames are discarded).

Ready (output): When Ready signal is high, it indicates that the camera is in capture mode. Using PCC, signal can be set to go low at trigger or at the end of recording.

Video Out / Analog video (NTSC / PAL)

TC In / TimeCode In (IRIG-B)

TC Out / TimeCode Out (IRIG-B)

Aux 1 / F-Sync, Event, Strobe, MemGate

Aux 2 / Ready, Strobe

Trigger

IRIG-In (White)

Trigger (Red)

Video Out (Green)

F-Sync / Auxilary (Black)

IRIG-Out (Blue)

Capture Cable

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mechanical drawings

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Miro R Front View

(Body Type I)

Miro R Rear View

(Body Type I)

Support

Miro LC Front View

(Body Type I)

Miro LC Rear View

(Body Type I)

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Miro R Left View without Battery

(Body Type I)

Miro R Left View with Battery

(Body Type I)

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Miro R Left View with CineFlash

(Body Type I)

Miro LC Left View

(Body Type I)

Miro R Right View

(Body Type I)

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Miro R Top View

(Body Type I)

Miro R Bottom View

(Body Type I)

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Miro LC Bottom View

(Body Type II)

Miro LAB Front View

(Body Type III)

Miro LAB Rear View

(Body Type III)

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Miro LAB Right View

(Body Type III)

Miro LAB Left View

(Body Type III)

Miro LAB Top View

(Body Type I)

Miro LAB Bottom View

(Body Type I)

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Miro LC / R Series

The functionalities of the LED indicators are the same for both camera body types.

Ethernet Link

Ethernet Activity

Power

Capture

CineFlash Record

Ethernet Link - active (Green) when the camera

connected to Ethernet network.

Ethernet Activity - active (Yellow) when data

transmission occurs between camera and control computer.

Power - active (Red) when power is supplied to the

camera (DC or battery).

Capture - active (Red) when the camera is recording

to RAM); ﬂashing when the camera is recording post-trigger frames to RAM); inactive when the camera in ‘Live’ mode.

CineFlash Record - active (Red) when saving image

data to CineFlash. Do not remove the CineFlash if active.

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Use these schematics to build custom cables at your own risk. Mis-wired cables can cause serious damage to the camera, which is not covered under warranty. Vision Research recommends only using cables supplied by Vision Research.

These pin-out diagrams refer to the connector on the camera body. Part numbers indicated are for the cable’s connector.

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Capture Connectors

Capturet port 12-pin Fischer (male) part # S-1031-Z012-130

PIN NOMENCLATURE / FUNCTION

1 GND / Power Ground

2 GND / Power Ground

3 GND / Power Ground

4 TRIGGER-IN / Isolated Input. Active low. Can be activated

by a switch to ground. The trigger pulse needs to be at least 3 microseconds long. Capture cable = Red

5 AUX / Strobe, Event, MemGate selectable.

Capture cable = Black

Strobe / isolated collector output with 1k pull-up, active during frame exposure. Event / active-low isolated input marks events during recording; signal must be active when the strobe is high. MemGate / active-low isolated input, temporarily stops image acquisition during recording.

6 READY / isolated collector output with 1k pull-up, indicates

camera is ready for trigger. Capture cable = Black

7 IRIG-IN / Unmodulated IRIG-B timecode format input. Input

withstands signals of up to +/- 15v. The input threshold is

1.5V, compatible with TTL levels. Capture cable = White

connector pinouts

8 VIDEO GND / Reference Pin 9

9 VIDEO-1 OUT / Standard level, 75-ohm output; not isolated.

Output should only drive a properly terminated (75-ohm) input. For anything but the shortest runs, quality 75-ohm coax (e.g. RG59/U) must be used. Capture cable = Green

10 POWER / Nominal power supply voltage is +24VDC

(acceptable range is +12-28VDC.

11 POWER/ Reference Pin 10

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+12 - 28 VDC Connector

Power port 6-pin Fischer (male) part # SS 103 Z 056 130

PIN NOMENCLATURE / FUNCTION

1 PGND / Power Ground

2 +VINBF / The +VDC In (Battery Freed) connector

provides +24VDC (Direct Current) positive power to the Phantom camera.

3 RxD1 / RS-232 Receive Data 1

4 TxD1 / RS-232 Transmit Data 1

5 UNUSED

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RJ45 Ethernet

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RJ45 Ethernet

GigE Ethernet port RJ-45 CAT-5

PIN NOMENCLATURE / FUNCTION

1 ETHRXP / 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Receive

(positive)

2 ETHRXN / 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Receive

(negative)

3 ETHTXP / 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Transmit

(positive)

4 ETHTXN / 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Transmit

(negative)

5 MDI2P / 10/100/1000BASE-T Media Dependent Inter-

face 2 (positive)

GigE Ethernet port 8-pin Fischer (female) part # SS 103 A058-130

PIN NOMENCLATURE / FUNCTION

1 ETHRXP / 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Receive

(positive)

2 ETHRXN / 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Receive

(negative)

3 ETHTXP / 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Transmit

(positive)

4 ETHTXN / 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Transmit

(negative)

5 MDI2P / 10/100/1000BASE-T Media Dependent

Interface 2 (positive)

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BNC

I/O Signal ports BNC

Signal NOMENCLATURE / FUNCTION

I/O-1 F-Sync, Event, Strobe, Memgate selectable:

F-SYNC/ +5V maximum threshold, input is also compatible with TTL levels and must be properly terminated, (50-ohms). EVENT / active-low isolated input marks events during recording; signal must be active when the strobe is high. STROBE / isolated collector output with 1k pull-up, active during frame exposure. MEMGATE / active-low isolated input, temporarily stops image acquisition during recording.

I/O-2 Ready, Strobe / selectable:

READY / isolated collector output with 1k pull-up, indicates camera is ready for trigger. STROBE / see description (C) above.

IRIG-In IRIG-B (unmodulated) timecode format input. Input

withstands signals of up to +/- 15v. The input threshold is 1.5V, compatible with TTL levels.

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BNC

I/O Signal ports BNC

Signal NOMENCLATURE / FUNCTION

F-Sync F-SYNC / +5V maximum threshold, input is also com-

patible with TTL levels and must be properly terminated, (50-ohms).

What is the difference

between ‘Native’ and

‘Cropped’ resolutions?

To simplify things, speciﬁc resolutions are available from the camera menu. The choices are a variety of common resolutions and aspect ratios.

The resolution controls in PCC software are somewhat ﬂexible in choosing how the images are captured and output. First, the native resolution must be selected from the ‘Cine Settings / Resolution’ pull-down. However, an output resolution can be set using the ‘Geometry & Overlays’ section of the ‘Image Tools’ menu.

There are a variety of pre-set output resolutions available, or any value can be typed in and offset with the X & Y

sensor solutions

The PCC ‘Image Tools / Crop & Resample’ menu is also a powerful way to manipulate saved Cine ﬁle prior to exporting the ﬁles to a different format.

coordinates listed. Cropped or scaled resolutions set on the camera body will automatically set the ‘Crop & Resample’ parameters appropriately.

Cine Raw ﬁles saved from PCC software will maintain the full native resolution, with the crop / resample settings ﬂagged in metadata.

Exporting those ﬁles in a format other than Cine Raw (like .mov or .dpx) will apply the settings, and the resulting ﬁles will be at the intended cropped and/or resampled output resolution.

Cine Raw ﬁles that have been ﬂagged with crop / resample metadata can still be exported at the full captured resolution by turning off the Crop & Resample options in PCC’s Image Tools menu.

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Resolutions / Speed Charts

1Mpx Miro Camera

LAB110 / LC110 /R111 LAB310 / LC310 /R311 LAB3a10

Resolution FPS Sec* FPS Sec* FPS Sec*

1280 x 1280

1280 x 1024

1024 x 1024

1280 x 800

1280 x 720

896 x 720

640 x 480

512 x 512

384 x 288

256 x 256

128 x 128

128 x 64

- - - - 1850 2.7

- - - - 2310 2.7

- - - - 2780 2.7

1630 4.7 3260 2.3 2950 2.7

1810 4.7 3630 2.3 3280 2.6

2520 4.7 5040 2.4 4390 2.9

5090 5.1 10100 2.5 8450 3.2

5790 5.2 11500 2.6 9290 3.4

12900 5.6 25900 2.7 19400 3.9

19800 6.1 39700 3.0 27200 4.7

60400 8.0 120700 4.0 66600 7.7

113200 8.6 226300 4.3 114700 8.9

2Mpx Miro Camera

LAB120 / LC120 /

R121

Resolution FPS Sec* FPS Sec* FPS Sec*

1920 x 1200

1920 x 1080

1152 x 1152

1024 x 1024

1280 x 800

1280 x 720

896 x 720

640 x 480

512 x 512

384 x 288

256 x 256

128 x 128

128 x 64

128 x 8

730 4.7 1380 2.5 1380 2.5 1380 2.5

800 4.8 1540 2.5 1530 2.6 1540 2.5

1220 4.9 2250 2.6 2240 2.6 2250 2.6

1530 4.9 2780 2.7 2770 2.9 2780 2.7

1600 4.8 2960 2.6 2940 2.7 2960 2.6

1780 4.8 3280 2.6 3200 2.7 3280 2.6

2450 5.0 4400 2.8 4300 2.9 4400 2.8

4910 5.3 8490 3.0 8300 3.3 8490 3.0

5540 5.5 9330 3.2 9200 3.4 9330 3.2

12200 5.9 19600 3.6 19000 3.9 19600 3.6

18300 6.6 27600 4.4 26400 4.8 27600 4.4

52400 9.3 69000 7.0 62000 8.1 69000 7.0

95300 10.2 121900 8.0 102000 9.7 121900 8.0

250000 31.0 325000 25.0 240000 45.0 325000 25.0

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R320S / LC320S

(Monochrome)

R320S / LC320S

(Color)

LAB320

4Mpx Miro Camera

LAB140 / R140 LAB340 / R340

Resolution FPS Sec* FPS Sec*

2560 x 1600

1600 x 1600

1920 x 1200

1920 x 1080

1280 x 1280

1024 x 1024

1280 x 800

1280 x 720

640 x 480

512 x 512

256 x 256

128 x 128

128 x 64

128 x 8

* Record time into maximum memory of 12GB

410 4.7 800 2.5

650 4.7 1200 2.5

730 4.7 1380 2.5

800 4.8 1530 2.6

1000 6.3 1850 2.7

1530 5.2 2780 2.7

1530 4.9 2960 2.6

1600 4.8 3280 2.6

1780 4.8 8490 3.0

5540 5.5 9330 3.2

18300 6.6 27600 4.4

52400 9.3 69000 7.0

95300 10.2 121900 8.0

250000 31.0 325000 25.0

Chapter 9: Support

Miro LAB differ from

other Miro models?

faqs

How does the

The Miro LAB is designed for ofﬁce-like environments such as you’d see in many laboratories, classrooms, etc. So, the LAB uses industry-standard connectors for Ethernet and I/O instead of the more ruggedized custom connectors found on the M-, R-, and LC-Series. Also, in an ofﬁce-like environment, there is good assurance of reliable AC power, so we have eliminated the battery backup feature on the LAB-Series. Finally, since the camera is always used in a computer-tethered workﬂow, there is no need for a video monitor or remote control access. Otherwise, it inherits all the features and proven design of the Miro Family of cameras.

There is no capture cable /

Break-out-Box for the

LAB-Series. How do I access

the signals for controlling

or monitoring the camera?

Does the LAB-Series support the

CineFlash storage system?

What is the difference between

the LAB310 and the LAB3a10?

There are four BNC connectors on the camera that provide programmable signaling:

• I/O-1: This is the same as Aux1 on some of our other

cameras, and you can choose for it to be FSYNC, Event, Strobe or Memgate in PCC

• I/O-2: This is the same as Aux2 on some of our other

cameras, and you can choose for it to be Ready or Strobe

• There is a dedicated IRIG-IN BNC.

• And a dedicated Trigger In BNC.

There is no IRIG-OUT signal on the LAB-Series so it cannot be used as an IRIG source. Also, there is no analog or digital video output.

Yes! However, unlike the other Miro Family members, a CineFlash, and CineFlash Dock do not come bundled with the camera. A kit containing these items is available as are individual items as needed.

We have feedback from customers about the need for a 1 mega pixel camera with smaller pixels than the 20 micron pixels on the LAB310. Smaller pixels have advantages in some applications. So, we invented an “alternate” (thus the “a”) 1 Mpx camera. The advantage in many imaging applications. Now, you can choose whichever 1 Mpx camera best meets your needs. Your sales representative can give you more details about the advantages and disadvantages of large versus small pixels.

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