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Variable Frame Rate (VFR) Recording
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• No signals are output from the 1394 terminal during
recording or recording standby in the native mode.
• Sound is not recorded. However, sound will be
recorded when the same frame rate is used for both
recording and playback.
• When a recorded clip lasting a long time is to be
played back and imported using a nonlinear editing
system that supports Varicams, the UB MODE option
on the RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to
FRM.RATE.
Standard recording
1
Select the 720P/60P, 720P/30P, or
720P/24P (720P/50P, or 720P/25P at
50 Hz) recording format in the REC
FORMAT item in the RECORDING
SETUP screen.
2
Select the appropriate scene file using
the SCENE FILE dial.
• If necessary, before doing this, perform the
camera settings from the setting menu, and
register the scene file.
3
Using the OPERATION TYPE function
on the SCENE FILE screen, select FILM
CAM, and set the desired recording
frame rate using the FRAME RATE
function.
• When the 720P/30P, 720P/24P, or 720P/25P
recording is selected, the following indications
appear depending on the settings made in
the FRAME RATE item in the SCENE FILE
screen.
➀
PULL DOWN information displayed in
PROPERTY-CLIP PROPERTY-VIDEO
With the default setting: 2:2
With any other settings: other
➁
Format information in the bottom left of the
screen when thumbnails are displayed
With the default setting: 720P/30P,
720P/24P,
72P/25P, or
720P/50P
With any other settings: 720P/60P
(The default setting is 30FRAME at a
recording frame rate of 30P and 24FRAME
(25FRAME at 25P) at a recording frame
rate of 24P.)
4
Press the REC START/STOP button.
• Pressing the REC START/STOP button starts
standard recording in the VFR mode, the
sound is also recorded.
<Note>
• In the case of a nonlinear editing system that
supports Varicams equipped with an effective
frame extraction function, you can upload
even undercrank or overcrank shooting
materials as is. (The UB MODE option on the
RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to
FRM.RATE.)
• After editing, materials are output from the
nonlinear editing system in 1080i/24P or
720P/60P (24P over 60P) format.
• The 24P format is used for 2:3 pull-down
recording and the 30P (25P at 50 Hz) is used
for 2:2 pull-down recording.
Using variable frame rates
(VFR)
Standard speed shooting for making
commercials and dramas
When producing commercials and dramas to be
shown on a TV screen, as in the case of HDTV/ SDTV
and other broadcasts, a frame rate of 24 fps (frames
per second) is the norm (1× speed).
If you use the settings below, the same kind of
playback as when the programs are broadcast can
be obtained. 720P progressive mode and cine-like
gamma produce video that looks like it was shot on a
film camera.
Recording format
(REC FORMAT)
Recording frame rate
(FRAME RATE)
720P/24P (2:3 pull-down)
24 fps*
720P/24PN (native recording)
* One of 11 recording frame rates (FRAME RATE) can
be selected.
