Panasonic AG-HPX170P Variable frame rates VFR, Native recording, Standard recording

Variable frame rates (VFR) (continued)

Native recording

1 Using the REC FORMAT function (Page 104) on the RECORDING SETUP screen, select 720P/30PN or 720P/24PN as the recording format.

2 Select the appropriate scene file using the SCENE FILE dial.

If necessary, before doing this, perform the camera settings from the setting menu, and register the scene file. (Page 53)

3 Using the OPERATION TYPE function (Page 98) on the SCENE FILE screen, select FILM CAM, and set the desired recording frame rate using the FRAME RATE function (Page 98).

4 Press the START/STOP button to start or stop native recording in VFR mode.

•No signals are output from the 1394 terminal during recording or recording standby in the native mode.

•Sound is not recorded. However, sound will be recorded when the same frame rate is used for both recording and playback.

•When a recorded clip lasting a long time is to be played back and imported using a nonlinear editing system that supports Varicams, the UB MODE option on the RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to FRM.RATE.

•If the effective frame information is to be carried over when recording onto this camerarecorder from a nonlinear editing system that supports Varicams, the 1394 UB

REGEN option on the RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to ON.

•After editing, materials are output from the nonlinear editing system in 1080i/24P or 720P/60P (24P over 60P) format.

Standard recording

1 Using the REC FORMAT function (Page 104) on the RECORDING SETUP screen, select 720P/60P, 720P/30P or 720P/24P as the recording format.

2 Select the appropriate scene file using the SCENE FILE dial.

If necessary, before doing this, perform the camera settings from the setting menu, and register the scene file. (Page 53)

3 Using the OPERATION TYPE function (Page 98) on the SCENE FILE screen, select FILM CAM, and set the desired recording frame rate using the FRAME RATE function (Page 98).

When 720P/30P or 720P/24P has been selected as the recording format, the following displays appear depending on the setting which has been selected for the FRAME RATE item on the SCENE FILE screen.

1)PULL DOWN information displayed in

PROPERTY-CLIP PROPERTY-VIDEO

With the default setting: 2:2 or 2:3

With any other settings: other

2)Format information in the bottom left of the screen when thumbnails are displayed With the default setting: 720P/30P or

720P/24P With any other settings: 720P/60P (The “default” setting is 30FRAME if the frame rate of the recording format is 30P or 24FRAME if it is 24P.)

4 Press the START/STOP button to start or stop standard recording in VFR mode.

•Sound is recorded.

•In the case of a nonlinear editing system that supports Varicams equipped with an effective frame extraction function, you can upload even undercrank or overcrank shooting materials as is. (The UB MODE option on the RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to FRM.RATE.)

•After editing, materials are output from the nonlinear editing system in 1080i/24P or 720P/60P (24P over 60P) format.

•The 24P format is used for 2:3 pull-down recording; the 30P format is used for 2:2 pulldown recording.

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