Settings Detailed and Displays Menu 6 Chapter

The b mark on the left of the selected item changes to a z mark and the z mark on the left of the setting changes to a ? mark.

3 Turn the MENU knob to display the desired aspect ratio, and press the MENU knob.

The z mark changes to a b mark and the ? mark on the left of the aspect ratio changes to a z mark.

4 To end the menu operation, set the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF or close the cover of the menu operating section.

To display the aspect ratio of 16:9/4:3 on the viewfinder screen

By setting the “DISP 16:9/4:3 ID” item on the VF DISP 2 page of the USER menu to “ON”, “16:9” or “4:3” appears on the viewfinder screen when the aspect ratio of 16:9 is selected.

For details, see 6-2-2 “Selecting the Display Items” on page 85.

To display “16:9” in color bars

By setting the “SHOT 16:9 ID” on the SHOT DISP page of the USER menu to ON, you can record a “16:9” mode indicator superimposed on the color bars.

For details, see 6-2-6 “Recording Shot Data Superimposed on the Color Bars” on page 89.

Color bars (SMPTE type)

Color bars (EBU type)

16:9 mode indicator on the color bar display

6-3-9 Setting the CCD Scan Mode

Since the camcorder has CCDs that use an “all pixels readout method,” a progressive scan mode is also available in addition to the conventional interlace scan mode.

You can select either of the following modes using the FORMAT page of the OPERATION menu.

•I (interlace scan) mode

•PsF (progressive scan) mode

Installing the CBK-FC01 allows you to select the 24P mode.

Each mode is described below using timing charts.

I (interlace scan) mode

CCD output

Video output signal

O:Odd

E:Even

Interlace scan mode timing chart

The video signal of an odd scanning line and that of an even scanning line are output from the CCD alternately. Thus, the timing of the odd-field video signal and even- field video signal are different.

PsF (progressive scan) mode

CCD output

Video output signal

O:Odd

E:Even

Progressive scan mode timing chart

The video signal of an odd scanning line and that of an even scanning line are output from the CCD at the same time. Then they are sent to the memory and separated into odd-field and even-field scanning lines. Thus the timing of an odd-field video signal and an even-field video signal are the same.

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