Variable frame rates (VFR) (continued)

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Using variable frame rates (VFR)

Standard speed shooting for movie

production

When making movies to show on a screen, a frame rate of 24 fps (frames per second), which is the same as for films, is the norm (1x speed). If you use the settings below, the same kind of playback as with screenings can be obtained. By using the 720P progressive mode and cine-like gamma, high-quality film-like images can be achieved.

Recording

720P/24P

 

720P/24PN

format

 

(native

(2:3 pull-down)

(REC FORMAT)

recording)

 

 

Recording

 

 

 

frame rate

 

24 fps

(FRAME RATE)

 

 

 

Standard speed shooting for making

commercials and dramas

When producing commercials and dramas to be shown on a TV screen, as in the case of HDTV/ SDTV and other broadcasts, a frame rate of 30 fps (frames per second) is the norm (1x speed). If you use the settings below, the same kind of playback as when the programs are broadcast can be obtained. Commercials and music clips will be recorded with a high film-like picture quality while the number of frames is also ideally suited to TV broadcasts.

Recording

720P/30P

 

720P/30PN

format

 

(native

(2:2 pull-down)

(REC FORMAT)

recording)

 

 

Recording

 

 

 

frame rate

 

30 fps

(FRAME RATE)

 

 

 

Undercrank shooting

This way of shooting provides quick motion effects used to present such scenes as the movement of clouds, someone standing among crowd of people, and moves made by martial artists. If, for instance, you have shot scenes using the 24P recording format for specifying the playback frames, you can double the speed of the quick motion effects by setting the VFR recording frame rate to 12 fps.

Recording

720P/24P,

720P/30P,

format

720P/24PN

720P/30PN

(REC FORMAT)

 

 

Recording

Set to 22 fps

Set to 26 fps

frame rate

or lower.

or lower.

(FRAME RATE)

 

 

•In the case of the 720P/24P and 720P/30P formats, the quick motion effect can be obtained by using a nonlinear editing system to process what has been recorded.

Overcrank shooting

This way of shooting provides slow motion effects used to show car chases as well as action scenes, climax scenes and other dramatic presentations. If, for instance, you have shot scenes using the

30P recording format for specifying the playback frames, you can obtain slow motion effects with the speed halved by setting the recording frame rate to 60 fps. Images in the 720P progressive format will create smoothly flowing slow motion sequences with a high picture quality.

Recording

720P/24P,

720P/30P,

format

720P/24PN

720P/30PN

(REC FORMAT)

 

 

 

 

 

Recording

Set to 26 fps or

Set to 32 fps

frame rate

higher.

or higher.

(FRAME RATE)

 

 

•In the case of the 720P/24P and 720P/30P formats, the slow motion effect can be obtained by using a nonlinear editing system to process

what has been recorded.



You can select any of 11 recording frame rates ranging from 12 frames per second (fps) to 60 fps. (Page 100)

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