Downloadable Scene Files for the AG-HPX300

Jan_Crittenden

Jan_Crittenden

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Hi Everybody,

At the link below you will find the newest set of Scene Files for Download. Mike Caporale from Cincinnati designed them for me and I think he really did a nice job. As with all of the other cameras, if you have an AG-HPX301 you will need to alter the header in the file, and perhaps shutters. Since each camera is unique, only the 300 files will work on It can be done, just do so carefully. Know that loading these will not overwrite the factory preset and if you get really confused you can always go back to the reset values. If you have files in your camera save them off to a card before you load one of these as one file contains 6 files and will remap the entire scene file dial.

Good luck, have fun!

Best,

Jan


http://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/scene_files.asp?model=HPX300
 
Superb! I particularly like the descriptions and frame grabs of each file as well as the detailed instructions for back-up and restoring scene files.

And even better for understanding what each setting does are the color chart and vectorscope images. My highest accolades to whomever thought this page through!

What would really be helpful is if somehow they could all be zipped as one file. But I'm just a cranky old guy who has to gripe about something.

Mike's work is deeply appreciated.

Ned Soltz
 
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Hi Ned,

I do have them that way but my issue is that the number of calls that I have had about accidently rotating the Scene File dial, I chose not to do this, think scary numbers. You could easily do it for yourself with a little cut and paste in word.

All the best,

Jan
 
If you have a HPX 301e you have to insert from your orginal Panasonic file this line

00005002: 021C0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN):

Othwise the camera thinks you want to sync with 60 Frames.
Everything else is really easy and great fun.

Marcus, Munich
 
Hi Marcus,

did you mean replace:

00005002: 01AB0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN): original for HPX300

00005002: 021C0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN): with this for HPX301E

Could you post your modified file?

Did anyone post a tutorial or manual for writing scene file?

Bachisio, Sardinia
 
hi jan - thanks for doing this - very very helpful, indeed.
do these affect the preset white balances or only the manual wb settings?

thank you!!!

EDIT: yes...they do. i had the time to load some in this afternoon - great work. thank you.
 
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Question about scene files

Question about scene files

Are you supposed to go into the menu and affect these settings one by one or do you copy and paste them onto an sdhc card?

If you go the copy and paste route does it automatically create a folder?

never tried this so I'm trying not to screw up my camera.
 
Hi,

Just follow the directions on the website. Once you have them on the card you need to load them into your camera, this is done through the menus. All six load at the same time. And if you don't do it right, the camera won't load them so the pottential for messing up the camera is pretty small.

Best,

jan
 
Hi.. so to create Pal versions of the scene files would we change the :
AG-HPX300P
SYSTEM FREQ:59.94Hz to

AG-HPX302EN SYSTEM FREQ:50Hz

and then adjust all the frame rates to PAL ???

CHEERS
 
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You can probably succed by just changing the AG-HPX300P to AG-HPX302EN. Try changing just that (in every scene file in the .TXT file) and see if it works.
 
Cool will give it a go...but the frame rates look all wrong also... we don't get 60fps...

Cheers

PS : this is what I'm thinking:

This is what I'm thinking..

Ver 1.00-01
AG-HPX302EN
SYSTEM FREQ:50Hz
TITLE:LUDOBS
<F1>
SCENE NAME :LUD25
00005000: 0 ; VFR : ON
00005001: 25 ; FRAME RATE: 25 FRAME
00005002: 01AB0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN):
00005003: 1 ; DETAIL LEVEL: -7
00005004: 1 ; V DETAIL LEVEL: -7
00005005: 13 ; DETAIL CORING : 5
00005006: 1 ; CHROMA LEVEL: -7
00005007: 9 ; CHROMA PHASE: 1
00005008: 4 ; COLOR TEMP Ach: -4
00005009: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Bch: 0
0000500A: 122 ; MASTER PED: -6
0000500B: 14 ; A.IRIS LEVEL: -2
0000500C: 2 ; DRS EFFECT: 3
0000500D: 0 ; GAMMA : HD NORM
0000500E: 2 ; KNEE: LOW
0000500F: 3 ; MATRIX: CINE-LIKE
00005010: 0 ; SKIN TONE DTL : ON
00005011: 0 ; V DETAIL FREQ : THIN
<F2>
(the rest remains the same until)
00005000: 0 ; VFR : ON
00005001: 50 ; FRAME RATE: 50 FRAME
00005002: 01AB0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN):
00005003: 1 ; DETAIL LEVEL: -7
00005004: 1 ; V DETAIL LEVEL: -7
00005005: 13 ; DETAIL CORING : 5
00005006: 1 ; CHROMA LEVEL: -7
00005007: 9 ; CHROMA PHASE: 1
00005008: 4 ; COLOR TEMP Ach: -4
00005009: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Bch: 0
0000500A: 122 ; MASTER PED: -6
0000500B: 14 ; A.IRIS LEVEL: -2
0000500C: 2 ; DRS EFFECT: 3
0000500D: 0 ; GAMMA : HD NORM
0000500E: 2 ; KNEE: LOW
0000500F: 3 ; MATRIX: CINE-LIKE
00005010: 0 ; SKIN TONE DTL : ON
00005011: 0 ; V DETAIL FREQ : THIN
 
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This is downloaded from the camera scene file

Ver 1.00-00
AG-HPX302EN
SYSTEM FREQ:50Hz
TITLE:TITLE1
<F1>
SCENE NAME :
00005000: 1 ; VFR : OFF
00005001: 24 ; FRAME RATE: 24 FRAME
00005002: 021C0708 ; (SYNCHRO SCAN):
00005003: 8 ; DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005004: 8 ; V DETAIL LEVEL: 0
00005005: 13 ; DETAIL CORING : 5
00005006: 8 ; CHROMA LEVEL: 0
00005007: 8 ; CHROMA PHASE: 0
00005008: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Ach: 0
00005009: 8 ; COLOR TEMP Bch: 0
0000500A: 128 ; MASTER PED: 0
0000500B: 16 ; A.IRIS LEVEL: 0
0000500C: 2 ; DRS EFFECT: 3
0000500D: 0 ; GAMMA : HD NORM
0000500E: 2 ; KNEE: LOW
0000500F: 0 ; MATRIX: NORM1
00005010: 0 ; SKIN TONE DTL : ON
00005011: 0 ; V DETAIL FREQ : THIN
<F2>


cheers
 
Complete Panny noob here

Complete Panny noob here

I just recently got a HPX300 and 170 and figured I'd look into the scene files available. Typically I do all of my "looks" in post but want to play with it a bit. I followed the link in the first post the the Panasonic website and when I tried to save the cameras current file scenes I do not have the options available that the instructions call for so I'm stuck. Any help would be appreciated.

FYI: When I select Card functions<Scene File: there is no "YES" just a "return" OR "change".
 
I downloaded and installed a scene file however all 6 scene files are now dayglo, is there anyway I can revert to my old scene files or are the settings online ? (I didn't save them onto a card first) are these scene files basically settings from the menu anyway ?
 
You can reset them through the menus... it's in the same location as where you overwrote the original files... cheers
 
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