Native recording
1 Using the REC FORMAT function (Page 103) on the RECORDING SETUP screen, select 720P/25PN 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 52)
3 Using the OPERATION TYPE function (Page 97) on the SCENE FILE screen, select FILM CAM, and set the desired recording frame rate using the FRAME RATE function (Page 97).
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/25P or 720P/50P (25P over 50P) format.
Standard recording
1 Using the REC FORMAT function (Page 103) on the RECORDING SETUP screen, select 720P/50P or 720P/25P 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 52)
3 Using the OPERATION TYPE function (Page 97) on the SCENE FILE screen, select FILM CAM, and set the desired recording frame rate using the FRAME RATE function (Page 97).
When 720P/25P 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
With any other settings: other
2)Format information in the bottom left of the screen when thumbnails are displayed With the default setting: 720P/25P
With any other settings: 720P/50P (The “default” setting is 25FRAME if the frame rate of the recording format is 25P).
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/25P 720P/50P (25P over 50P) format.
•The 25P format is used for 2:2
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