SCENE data (news gathering data recording)

If SCENE data is used for future non-linear editing or other such applications, it will be possible to do the job extremely efficiently.

SCENE data is an information exchange system for enhancing efficiency during editing. It operates by gathering information for editing during shooting and recording it onto the tape.

The SCENE data information consists of the following data for each cut.

Cut 1

Recording start

Recording stop

MARK

time code

time code

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cut 2

Recording start

Recording stop

MARK

time code

time code

 

 

Cut 200

Recording start

Recording stop

MARK

time code

time code

 

 

OThe recording start time code and recording stop time code are automatically written. OMARK is written by operating buttons.

OA return is made to cut 1 when the cassette tape is replaced.

OIn order to ensure frame-to-frame continuity in operation, this unit returns the tape by several frames from the position of the previous cut’s recording stop, and then it starts to record the next cut (this is known as overlap recording). For this reason, the position of the SCENE data information’s recording stop time code is shifted slightly from the end point of the cut recorded on the tape.

1 MARK operation

The “No MARK” status is established when recording starts.

MARK is an extremely simple memo (3 types: “No MARK,” “MARK 1” or “MARK 2”) which is inserted during shooting to facilitate editing afterwards.

Make up your own rules governing the use of these marks by, for instance, assigning “MARK 1” to one shooting session and “MARK 2” to another. When a situation arises which meets the conditions of the rules you have made up, press the MARK/CANCEL button. “MARK 1” now appears in the right corner of the viewfinder. When the MARK/CANCEL button is pressed again, “MARK 2” appears, and when the MARK/CANCEL button is pressed yet again, the CANCEL mode is established, and the “MARK” display in the right corner of the viewfinder is cleared.

When the recording of the next cut is started, this “MARK” is recorded into the internal memory, and the MARK/CANCEL button may be pressed any number of times until the next recording is started.

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