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Selecting the Video Format
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Recording
With “PAL Area” selected
For HD/SD switching use “HD/SD” under
“System” of the OTHERS menu.
When you change the menu setting, the
camcorder automatically restarts, executing the
switching.
Note
HD/SD switching is disabled during recording
and playback.
1 Press the MENU button to set the
camcorder to Menu mode, display the
OTHERS menu with , and select
“HD/SD” from “System.”
2 Select the desired mode.
A confirmation message is displayed.
3 Select “Execute.”
The camcorder is automatically turned off,
then is restarted, activating the menu setting.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic Menu
Operations” on page 107.
For the menu items “Format” of “System” of the
OTHERS menu and “SDI/HDMI/i.LINK I/O
Select” of the VIDEO SET menu the settings for
HD mode and those for SD mode are
independently stored in memory. When you
switch between HD and SD, these items are
automatically changed to the conditions
corresponding to the selected mode.
Press the MENU button to set the camcorder to
Menu mode, display the OTHERS menu with
, and select “Format” from “System.”
For details on menu operations, see “Basic Menu
Operations” on page 107.
Signals from the SDI OUT, VIDEO OUT, and
HDMI OUT connectors are also output according
to the format selected with this menu.
For details on the output formats, refer to the
Supplement in the supplied CD-ROM labeled
“Manuals for Solid-State Memory Camcorder.”
When recording in SP 1440 × 1080 mode at
23.98P in Progressive mode (indicated as SP
1440/23.98P on this camcorder), pictures are
recorded at 59.94 in Interlace mode (indicated as
SP 1440/59.94i) by pull-down processing.
Format Indication on this
camcorder
720 × 576
50 interlace, squeeze
DVCAM50i SQ
720 × 576
50 interlace, edge crop
DVCAM50i EC
720 × 576
25 Progressive, squeeze
DVCAM25P SQ
720 × 576
25 Progressive, edge crop
DVCAM25P EC
Switching between HD and SD
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Changing the Format
Note on recording format in SP 1440/23.98P
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