Specifications

Advanced Operations for Shooting
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Chapter 4 Shooting
To shoot and record
1 After performing the basic procedures
for shooting and recording, following
the instructions in “Basic Procedure for
Shooting” (page 83), secure the
camcorder so that it will not move.
2 Press the REC START button or the
VTR button on the lens.
The camcorder starts recording in Manual
Interval Rec mode. When you use the PRE-
LIGHTING function, recording starts after
the light is switched on.
While recording in Manual Interval Rec
mode, the TALLY (green tally) indicator in
the viewfinder flashes (2 or 4 flashes/second)
and the message “MANU INTERVAL (*
SEC) * FRAME” flashes on the viewfinder
screen.
To exit Manual Interval Rec mode
Do one of the following.
• In the single shot mode, press the EJECT
button.
• In the consecutive mode, press the REC START
button or the lens VTR button to stop recording.
• Set the POWER switch to OFF.
After the camcorder has exited from Manual
Interval Rec mode, it records picture data stored
in memory to the disc.
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When the recording format is MPEG HD422, 50
Mbps, and the resolution/system frequency is
1080/23.98P, 1080/25P, or 1080/29.97P, you can
specify a recording frame rate that is different
from the playback frame rate.
By shooting with this function, you can obtain
smooth slow motion and fast motion effects.
Notes
• No audio is recorded during Slow & Quick Motion
shooting.
• Slow & Quick Motion cannot be enabled when the unit
is set up to record external input video. Switch to
shooting with the camera (see page 105).
• The following functions are disabled automatically
whenever you enable the Slow & Quick Motion
function.
- Picture Cache function
- Interval Rec function
- Disc Exchange Cache function
- Clip Continuous Rec function
- Live Logging function
• When you enable Slow & Quick Motion, limitations
apply to the values that can be selected for the
following items.
- Gain value: 0 to 12 dB only
- Color bar signal: 100% only
• Timecode is recorded as R-RUN during Slow & Quick
Motion shooting.
• Lower resolution in the vertical direction may be
evident in video recorded at frame rates of 25P or
higher (1080/23.98P), 26P or higher (1080/25P), and
31P or higher (1080/29.97P).
• Slow & Quick Motion can be used only with certain
settings, including the recording format (MPEG
HD422 50 Mbps) and the resolution and system
frequency settings (1080/23.98P, 1080/25P, or 1080/
29.97P). Slow & Quick Motion is disabled
automatically if you change any of these to other
settings.
To enable the function
1 Check that you are not recording and
that the recording format of this unit is
set to MPEG HD422, 50 Mbps, and the
resolution/system frequency is set to
1080/23.98P, 1080/25P, or 1080/29.97P.
2 Display the REC FUNCTION page of
the OPERATION menu.
See “Basic menu operations” (page 205) for
more information about menu operations.
3 Select SLOW & QUICK, and turn the
MENU knob until ON appears.
4 Select FRAME RATE, and turn the
MENU knob until the desired frame
rate appears.
Shooting with Slow & Quick
Motion
SLOW & QUICK : ON
FRAME RATE : 30P
CACHE/INTVAL REC : --
DISC EXCHG CACHE : --
CLIP CONT REC : --
LIVE LOGGING : --
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