Marla Hettinger Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 I am having issues with setting the level on this camera. pmw-F5-CineAlta- 4K camera The meters don't show decibels. You can change the audio in the menu but it seems when I go to -20 it's lower than zero but setting it at Zero seems to low. any help with this would be great. Of course I am on a shoot right now and any info someone can help me with would be great! Thanks! Marla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pampasound Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 May be too late now... You have to keep coming back to the "status" menu in order to line up with the db scale. The "audio level" menu has a scale from -50 to +90 (or something like like that...i don't exactly remember), don't pay attention to this numbers....just go up or down and then check on the status menu to see where you are at in db.... Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 One way is to send a max level (+20dB, or near digital zero) and adjust the camera for max, then your -20 will fall wherever it needs to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominiquegreffard Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 One way is to send a max level (+20dB, or near digital zero) and adjust the camera for max, then your -20 will fall wherever it needs to. Good call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Both the F5 and F55 display audio levels on one of the status screens. But since there are no dedicated hardware level controls for audio input level, there's a separate screen for adjusting input levels. That screen handily obscures the audio status screen when you have it up, so there's a lot of menu swapping to get levels set. This kludgey system is supposed to be remedied in a firmware update eventually. Best regards, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marla Hettinger Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Thanks for all the info. I ended up going into the menu setting and changing the level to +20. When running my hops to the camera, hat seemed to be a good place on the status screen for about mid level when I popped up tone. When I plugged my hardline beta snake into the camera and ran tone, it seemed to fall into that same place. I also tested a mic and tried to get the meter to peak at my loudest voice so I was comfortable that it wouldn't over modulate. Right or wrong, that's what I did. Thanks again for everyone's quick response! Marla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 ... I also tested a mic and tried to get the meter to peak at my loudest voice so I was comfortable that it wouldn't over modulate. ... Also a viable technique. I've used it frequently. If your loudest peaks hit right below max, then you should be golden. It's another variation of the method I mentioned earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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