Shooting 3 Chapter
Setting Time Values
6 Use the TC mode switch 2 to set the desired running mode.
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If you select
In the NTSC standard, the time code value is based on 30 frames per second, but the exact video frame frequency is in fact 29.97 frames per second and the real time, or 18 frames per 10 minutes.
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These two are dropped.
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Inare omitted, and there is a gradual deviation of the time code from real time.
Making the time code continuous at back space editingSet the TC mode switch 2 to
For operation of back space editing, see “Back Space Editing” on page 55.
Perform the following steps to make the time code continuous when the recording has been interrupted or when the cassette tape has been removed from the camcorder between shootings.
1 Set the TC mode switch 1 to REGEN.
Time code advance is automatically set to
2 Perform steps 1 to 6 of “Starting Back Space Editing at Any Tape Position” on page 55.
When the camcorder is at the recording pause state, the recorded time code is read from the tape and synchronized to the internal time code generator.
3 Press the VTR button on the camcorder or lens to restart back space editing.
Setting the time code to the real time clock and calendarSet the TC mode switch 1 to DATE/TIME.
This synchronizes the time code generator to real time (recorded in the user bits) and date (recorded in the time code), using the real time clock and calendar set in menu 101.
Once you set this switch to DATE/TIME position, it is not possible to retrieve the previous value (user bits and time code) in the time code generator.
For how to set the real time clock and calendar, see “Setting the Real Time Clock and Calendar — Menu 101” on page 93.
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