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Chapter 4  Adjustments and Settings for Recording

Selecting recording signals

This camera records HD (1080i, 720P) signals using AVC-Intra or DVCPRO HD codecs and use a combination of DVCPRO50, DVCPRO or DV codecs for recording SD (480i (576i)) signals.

It provides a variety of capture frame rates and recording frame rates (native recording) to suit specific applications. Select recording and recording signal in the setting menus listed below.

Screen

Setting menu

Setting

 

 

Selects the 1080i, 720P or 480i (576i) signal format.

 

SYSTEM MODE

To change this setting, wait until TURN POWER OFF appears before

 

 

turning the power off and then turn it back on again.

 

REC SIGNAL

Selects to record using this camera or from the DVCPRO/DV connector.

SYSTEM SETUP screen

 

Selects AVC-Intra or DVCPRO HD codec and 60i (50i), 60P (50P), 30PN or

REC FORMAT

24PN (25PN) native recording in HD mode.

 

 

Selects DVCPRO50, DVCPRO or DV codec in SD mode.

 

CAMERA MODE

Selects 60i (50i), 30P, 24P or 24PA (25P) pulldown recording in 1080i or

 

480i (576i) mode.

 

 

 

ASPECT CONV

Selects the video aspect ratio for recording and output in SD mode (480i

 

(576i)).

 

 

 

 

Setting this function to ON in 720P mode starts variable frame rate capture

 

VFR

which records at the frame rate set in the FRAME RATE option.

SCENE FILE screen

 

For details, refer to [Variable Frame Rate (VFR) Recording] (page 39).

 

FRAME RATE

When the VFR option is set to ON, select the frame rate for variable frame

 

rate recording.

 

 

NOTE

•Changing the menu options SYSTEM MODE, REC SIGNAL, REC FORMAT and CAMERA MODE may distort video and audio, but this is not a malfunction.

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