Recording with Variable Frame Rate (VFR) (continued)

Overcranking effects

Overcranking produces slow-motion playback, which is frequently used in climax scenes, or for dramatic effects like car chases and action scenes. For example, selecting a recording frame rate of 60 fps when shooting a 24P recording format yields a slow-motion effect that is 2.5 times normal speed. Shooting 720P progressive video will produce smooth and highquality slow-motion.

Furthermore, with 1080i, a slow motion effect of 1.25 can be gained if you set the recording frame rate to 30 fps when recording was performed using 24P, a recording format for specifying the playback frame rate.

Standard setup for overcranking effects

 

SYSTEM MODE setup

 

Recording frame rate

SYSTEM MODE

Other settings

 

 

REC FORMAT

 

AVC-I 100/24PN

 

 

 

(AVC-I 50/24PN)

 

1080-59.94i

 

 

25 to 30 frames

VFR

 

ON

 

 

 

 

FRAME RATE

 

Set to 25 frames or more

 

 

 

 

AVC-I 100/24PN

 

 

REC FORMAT

 

(AVC-I 50/24PN)

 

720-59.94P

 

 

(DVCPROHD/24PN)

25 to 60 frames

 

VFR

 

ON

 

 

FRAME RATE

 

Set to 25 frames or more

 

 

 

 

AVC-I 100/25PN

 

 

REC FORMAT

 

(AVC-I 50/25PN)

 

720-50P

 

 

(DVCPROHD/25PN)

26 to 50 frames

 

VFR

 

ON

 

 

FRAME RATE

 

Set to 26 frames or more

 

•With the menu option REC FORMAT set to DVCPROHD/60P (50P), you can use a nonlinear editing system to generate slow motion effects from the resulting footage.

•A slow motion effect cannot be gained if SYSTEM MODE is set to 1080-50i and REC FORMAT is set to AVC-I***/25PN.

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