Shooting in 1080i/576i progressive mode

Selecting 1080i/25P or 576i/25P in the REC FORMAT option (Page 103) of the setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen enables shooting in progressive mode.

25P mode:

Shoot 25 frames a second in the progressive mode.

For output and recording, the 25-frame- persecond signal is converted to 50-field-per- second interlace.

This mode gives you high quality images.

25P A B C D E F G H I J

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Note the following when shooting in progressive mode.

•You cannot have a gain of 18 dB.

•Set the shutter speed to 1/50 (OFF) for best results.

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