Specifications

Setting the Recording Format
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Chapter 3 Adjustments and Settings for Shooting
You can select the frequency shown below
depending on the combination of the
COUNTRY and SYSTEM LINE settings.
• Change the COUNTRY or SYSTEM LINE
setting as required.
• When SYSTEM LINE is set to 720 and
SYSTEM FREQUENCY is set to 59.9P,
you can set the camera shooting frequency
(SCAN MODE) to either 59.9 Hz or 23.9
Hz. Set SCAN MODE to either as required.
Note
When you set SCAN MODE to 23.9P, the video
output signals and video recording signals of this
unit are 59.9 Hz signals after 2-3 pulldown.
1 Display the FORMAT page of the
OPERATION menu.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic
menu operations” on page 205.
2 Select REC FORMAT, and turn the
MENU knob to select the desired
recording format.
As you turn the MENU knob, the recording
format changes as follows: HD422 50 y
HD420 HQ y HD420 SP y IMX 50
1)
y IMX 40
1)
y IMX 30
1)
y
DVCAM
1)
.
1) When the optional CBKZ-MD01 SD Record and
Playback Software is installed.
To set the aspect ratio (when IMX 50, IMX 40,
IMX 30, or DVCAM is selected)
Select ASPECT RATIO(SD) on the FORMAT
page, and turn the MENU knob to select the
desired aspect ratio.
As you turn the MENU knob, the aspect ratio
changes as follows: 16:9 y 4:3.
Note
The unit ignores this setting when it records video from
external devices (see page 105).
To set the audio recording format (when IMX 50,
IMX 40, or IMX 30 is selected)
Select AU DATA LEN(IMX) on the FORMAT
page or AUDIO-2 page of the MAINTENANCE
menu, and turn the MENU knob to select the
desired audio recording format.
As you turn the MENU knob, the audio recording
format changes as follows: 16bit y 24bit.
As long as the frame frequency group is the same,
clips in different recording formats can be
recorded or written to the same disc.
1)
In this manual, this is referred to as “mixed format
recording mode”.
1) The recording format is regarded as different
whenever the system frequency, video resolution,
video codec/bit rate, or number of audio channels or
number of bits does not match.
Notes
• Regardless of frame frequency group matching,
it is not possible to mix clips with different
video resolutions (number of system lines) in
the same clip list.
• When the unit is in a mode that calls for
playback across clips that were recorded in
different recording formats, video and audio
playback may stop at the point where the format
changes from one format into another, and then
start again.
Frame frequency groups
The system frequencies supported by this unit are
divided into frame frequency groups, as shown in
the following table.
COUNTRY SYSTEM
LINE
SYSTEM
FREQUENCY
NTSC(J)AREA
NTSC AREA
1080 59.9i/29.9P/
23.98P
720 59.9P
PAL AREA 1080 50i/25P
720 50P
Setting the video recording format
Mixed recording of clips in
different formats on the same disc
SYSTEM LINE : 1080
SYSTEM FREQUENCY: 59.9i
REC FORMAT : IMX 50
ASPECT RATIO(SD): 16:9
AU DATA LEN(IMX): 16bit
COUNTRY : NTSC(J)AREA
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