Shooting
35
P2
Native recording
1 Using the REC FORMAT (P2) function
(page 107) on the RECORDING SETUP
screen, select 720/30PN or 720/24PN as the
recording format.
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. (page 55)
3 Using the OPERATION TYPE function (page
101) on the SCENE FILE screen, select FILM
CAM, and set the desired recording frame
rate using the FRAME RATE function (page
101).
4 Press the START/STOP button to start or
stop native recording in VFR mode.
• 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.
• If the effective frame information is to be
carried over when recording onto this camera-
recorder from a nonlinear editing system that
supports Varicams, the 1394 UB REGEN
option on the RECORDING SETUP screen
must be set to ON.
• After editing, materials are output from the
nonlinear editing system in 1080i/24P or
720P/60P (24P over 60P) format.
Standard recording
1 Using the REC FORMAT (P2) function (page
107) on the RECORDING SETUP screen,
select 720P/60P, 720P/30P or 720P/24P as
the recording format.
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. (page 55)
3 Using the OPERATION TYPE function (page
101) on the SCENE FILE screen, select FILM
CAM, and set the desired recording frame
rate using the FRAME RATE function (page
101).
When 720P/30P or 720P/24P has been
selected as the recording format, the following
displays appear depending on the setting which
has been selected for the FRAME RATE item
on the SCENE FILE screen.
1) PULL DOWN information displayed in
PROPERTY-CLIP PROPERTY-VIDEO
With the default setting: 2:2 or 2:3
With any other settings: other
2) Format information in the bottom left of the
screen when thumbnails are displayed
With the default setting: 720P/30P or 720P/24P
With any other settings: 720P/60P
(The “default” setting is 30FRAME if the
frame rate of the recording format is 30P or
24FRAME if it is 24P.)
4 Press the START/STOP button to start or
stop standard recording in VFR mode.
• Sound is recorded.
• 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; the 30P format is used for 2:2 pull-
down recording.