Sony PXW-Z150 XDCAM, Operating Manual

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TC/UB SET menu
TC/UB SET
Menu item Sub-items/Settings Description
TC/UB DISPLAY TC , U-BIT Switches the display to time code or user bits.
TC PRESET
PRESET, RESET Sets the time code (p. 57).
UB PRESET PRESET, RESET Sets the user bits (p. 57).
TC FORMAT DF
, NDF Switches the time code recording method when
[60i] is selected. The time code is fixed to
[NDF] when [50i] is selected.
DF: Records the time code in drop frame.
NDF: Records the time code in non-drop frame.
• The time code is also fixed to [NDF] when
[60i] is selected and the frame rate is set to 24
in [REC FORMAT].
• Drop-frame
Time code is based on 30 frames per second;
however, gaps in the actual time occur during
extended periods of recording as the actual
frame frequency of NTSC image signals is
29.97 frames per second. Drop frame corrects
this gap to make time code and actual time
equal. In drop frame, the first 2 frame numbers
are removed every minute except in every
tenth minute. Time code without this
correction is called non-drop frame.
TC RUN REC RUN , FREE RUN Sets how the time code advances.
REC RUN: Advances the time code only during
recording. Select this setting to record the
time code sequentially from the last time code
of the previous recording.
• Even if the time code advances in the [REC
RUN] mode, the time code may not be
recorded sequentially in the following
cases:
– When the recording format is changed.
– When the memory card is removed.
FREE RUN: Advances the time code regardless
of operation of your camcorder.
Menu items (Continued)