Sony PDW-F70 Searching With the Expand Function, To change a thumbnail image (index picture)

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2 Press the M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button to select CLIP INFORMATION.

3 Press the SET button.

A list of CLIP INFORMATION items appears. DATE: Date and time of recording

TIME CODE: Timecode of the first frame in the clip

DURATION: Recording time

SEQUENCE NUMBER: Thumbnail sequence number

See “To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (page 49) for more information about sequence thumbnail numbers.

“TIME CODE” is selected when the unit is shipped from the factory.

4 Press the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select an item that you want to display as part of the clip information, and then press the SET button.

The selected item is displayed as clip information under the thumbnail image.

To change a thumbnail image (index picture)

With the thumbnail list displayed, proceed as follows.

1 Press the CLIP MENU (SHIFT + SUB CLIP) button or the MENU button to display the clip menu.

2 Press the M/MARK1 button, m/MARK2 button , </ IN button, or ,/OUT button to select SET INDEX PICTURE.

3 Press the SET button.

“SET INDEX” appears in the upper left of the screen.

4 Select the clip whose thumbnail you want to change (you can do this with the same operations as step 1 of “To select a thumbnail image and start playback” (see page 49)).

5 Press the SET button.

An enlargement of the current thumbnail image appears.

6 Press the PLAY button or use the jog or shuttle dial to play back the clip and display the frame that you want to use as the thumbnail image.

To cancel the thumbnail image change

Press the RESET button.

7 Press the SET button.

This returns you to the thumbnail list. The specified image appears as the thumbnail of the selected clip. A mark is shown to indicate that the thumbnail is not the first frame of the clip.

Mark indicating that the thumbnail is not the first frame

Note

When you press the SET button or the PLAY button after selecting a clip with this mark displayed, the clip is not cued up to the position of the thumbnail. It is always cued up to the first frame.

Searching With the Expand Function

The expand function allows you to divide a selected clip into 12 blocks, and to display thumbnails of the first frame in each block in the thumbnail list. This function is available whenever the thumbnail list is displayed. This function allows you to quickly review the content of the selected clip, and to search efficiently for a target scene. You can repeat the expand operation up to three times (t 12 blocks t 144 blocks t 1,728 blocks).

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