Odyssey 7Q Setup Manual

Manual is about: PROFESSIONAL MONITOR/RECORDER

Summary of 7Q

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    Sony α 7s notes about using the odyssey with the a7s the odyssey7/7q do not support 1080p59.94 or 4k over hdmi due to a hardware constraint. If auto hdmi output is used, the camera will output 1080i. (with 7q+ it will accept 4k or 1080p59.94) record time frames per second 24 25 30 50 60 4k to hd pro...

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    Continued » camera settings 1. Switch camera to video mode rotate the mode dial to the position. 2. Set internal recording menu » » page 2 » record setting » (59.94/50/29.97/25/24) xavc-s for 30p / avchd fo 60i 3. Set clean hdmi output menu » » page 3 » hdmi settings » hdmi info display » off 4. Set...

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    Sony α 7s 4k (odyssey7q+) be sure that your odyssey7q+ is connected to your a7s via hdmi in order to enable hdmi 4k output from the camera. Menu » » page 3 » hdmi 4k output » (24p/25p/30p) a notification will appear: when outputting 4k movies, you cannot record movies to recording media. Click ok. 5...

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    Sony α 7s odyssey configuration 1. Set odyssey to hd->hd apple prores 422 mode hd recording ☼ » setup » camera » sony » hd->hd prores(.Mov) 4k recording (odyssey7q+) ☼ » setup » camera » sony » 4k/uhd prores(.Mov) 2. Make a7s the record trigger ☼ » setup » record trigger » camera 3. Set timecode sou...

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    Continued » sony α 7s 6. Set hdmi cadence connect hdmi input, and verify the camera internal record rate matches the input indicator on the odyssey. If it does not a cadence may be needed to correctly reflect the format in which you wish to record. ☼ » setup » video cadence » progressive progressive...

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    Off-loading data copying files to your computer 1. Connect ssd drive to adapter connect the convergent design 2.5” premium ssd media to any off-the-shelf 2.5” sata adaptor (example: seagate goflex thunderbolt adaptor or usb 3.0 adaptor) 2. Connect adapter to computer the ssd will mount within 10-20 ...

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    Apple prores 422 (hq) the odyssey 7 and 7q records in apple prores hq which is a 10 bit 4:2:2 220mb compressed codec. This will allow for high quality recording while avoiding high data rates of working with uncompressed video. (dpx) native apple prores 422 support adobe cc 2014 apple fcp x, apertur...