Nonlinear Editing, Recording External Input Signals

Connecting External Devices

2 Set the external device to recording standby status.

For operations of the external device, refer to the operation manual of that device.

3 Set the camcorder to Camera mode by setting the power switch to CAMERA.

4 Press the REC START/STOP button.

The external device starts recording in synchronization.

The status of the external device is displayed in the i.LINK status indication area (page 25) in the viewfinder.

Indication			Status of the external device
STBY			In HDV recording standby
STBY	HDV		In HDV recording standby

			In HDV recording
z		HDV	In HDV recording
REC		HDV

Notes

•Operation may be different depending on the type of external device.

•Although there is some time lag from which you press the REC START/STOP button until the i.LINK status indication changes, the same pictures are recorded on the memory card in this camcorder and the external device if “Trigger Mode” is set to “Both.”

•While you can record shot marks on the memory card during recording, they are not added to the pictures recorded on the external device.

Nonlinear Editing

You can transfer an HDV stream to a nonlinear editing system connected via the i.LINK(HDV) connector.

Notes

•The i.LINK(HDV) connector of this camcorder is a 4-pin connector. Check the number of pins of the i.LINK connector on your computer and use an appropriate i.LINK cable.

•In searching pictures of this camcorder on the computer, it may take some time until the display is reflected on the computer.

•If the playback clip is short or the playback starting point is near the end of the clip, the i.LINK signal may be interrupted between the clip and the next clip. When you try to capture

such a signal using the nonlinear editing system, a malfunction may occur, depending on the nonlinear editing software in use.

•If you specify a search speed other than 4 or 15 times normal with the nonlinear editing system, no i.LINK signal is fed out. In such a case, the picture may stay frozen.

•High-speed playback picture may not be displayed on the computer screen, depending on the nonlinear editing software in use.

Setting on this camcorder

Set “i.LINK I/O” of the OTHERS menu to “Enable.”

For operations of the nonlinear editing software, refer to the operation manual of the software.

Recording External Input Signals

The HDV stream input from a device connected via the i.LINK connector can be recorded on an SxS memory card in this camcorder.

The timecodes superimposed on the i.LINK input are recorded regardless of the settings of the camcorder.

1 Set the external signal to a format that

can be recorded on the camcorder.

Signals of 1440 ⋅ 1080/59.94i can be recorded when “Video Format” (page 130) is set to SP 1080/60i or SP 1080/24P. Signals of 1440 ⋅ 1080/50i can be recorded when set to SP 1080/50i.

Recording is not allowed with other combinations of “Video Format” and input signals.

2 Set “i.LINK I/O” (page 129) of the OTHERS menu to “Enable.”

3 Set the camcorder to Media mode.

4 Press the STOP button to set the camcorder to STOP mode.

The input image is displayed in the viewfinder and the monitor connected via the COMPONENT OUT connector or MONITOR OUT connector.

The audio signal is output from the built-in speaker (or headphones connected to the headphone jack) and the monitor speakers connected to the AUDIO OUT connectors.

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Connecting an External Device (i.LINK Connection)

PMW-EX3 specifications

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Sony PMW-EX3 Nonlinear Editing, Recording External Input Signals, 136, Setting on this camcorder

Models: PMW-EX3