Panasonic VARICAM LT, Operating Manual

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Chapter 9 Other Useful Functions — Setting the time data
Retention of user bits in memory
User bit settings are automatically recorded and are retained even if the power is turned off.
Frame rate information
The relationship between frame rates, image pull-down, and time codes/user bits is as follows.
Verification information on the right-hand six digits
Fixed values
REC mark
Camera image mode
Frame rate
f
Camera image mode
The display differs depending on the setting of [FREQUENCY] and [VFR].
[FREQUENCY]
[VFR]
[ON] When [OFF] or [VFR] is [ON] and [FPS] is the same as[FREQUENCY]
[23.98p] D C
[24.00p] F E
[29.97p] 9 8
[59.94p] 9 8
[25.00p] B A
[50.00p] B A
[59.94i] — 0
[50.00i] — 2
Setting the time code
1
Press the <TC> button to display the TC screen.
2
From the time code display, select [DF] or [NDF] in [DF/NDF].
Set [DF] to advance the time code in the drop frame mode, and set [NDF] to advance it in the non-drop frame mode. Note, however, that the time
code always runs in [NDF] in the 24p (23.98p) mode.
3
Select [SET].
The [SET TC] screen is displayed.
4
Set the time code using the jog dial button.
5
Press the jog dial button to confirm the time code setting value.
Settable time code range
59.94i, 29.97p, 59.94i 00:00:00:00 to 23:59:59:29
23.98p, 24.00p 00:00:00:00 to 23:59:59:23
50.00p, 25.00p, 50.00i 00:00:00:00 to 23:59:59:24
@ @ NOTE
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If you exit the time code setting screen without pressing the jog dial button, the set values will be disabled.
Time code function during battery replacement
Even during battery replacement, the backup mechanism functions, allowing the time code generator to continue operating.
When each item of the system mode has been changed, the time code of free run may shift. Turn on the power again, confirm the time code, and set it
again if necessary.
Time codes in variable frame rate
f
The time code is fixed to [REC RUN], and advances in the speed of the ration of the system frequency [FREQUENCY] and the recording frame rate
[FPS] during the recording for the variable frame rate.
As an example, when [FREQUENCY] is [24.00p] and [FPS] is [60fps], it will advance 60/24 every second (2 seconds 12 frames).
f
The time code output from the <TC IN/OUT> terminal or the <SDI OUT 1>/<SDI OUT 2> terminal will advance in 1x speed from the time the recording
is started.
It is fixed to the value last recorded when the recording is paused.
Externally locking the time code
The internal time code generator of the camera can be locked to an external generator.