Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Important Safeguards
- Contents
- Read this first!
- Accessories
- Operating precautions
- Checking the system operations
- Adjusting the hand strap
- Attaching the shoulder strap
- Attaching the lens hood
- Attaching the lens-cap strap
- Cassette tapes
- Description of parts
- The remote control
- The battery
- Viewfinder
- Time data
- Regular shooting
- Shooting techniques for different targets
- Check what you have shot (rec check)
- Finding specific scenes (image search)
- Zoom
- Low-angle shooting
- Self-portrait shooting
- Zebra pattern
- Marker
- ONE-SHOT recording
- Changing the image size
- Optical Image Stabilizer
- Using the USER buttons
- Backlight compensation
- Index recording
- Color bars
- Adding effects to images
- Backup recording
- Switching to manual mode
- Adjusting the volume while shooting
- Shooting in progressive mode
- Focus
- Adjusting the shutter speed
- Adjusting the white balance
- Adjusting Iris, Gain, and Light Intensity
- Switching Audio Input
- Using scene files
- Transferring scene files
- Playback
- Variable-speed playback
- Using the Counter
- Connecting external units
- Audio dubbing
- Dubbing
- Screen displays
- Using the setup menus
- Setup menu structure
- Setup menu list
- Before calling for service
- Condensation
- Tally lamp
- System resetting
- Video Heads
- Cleaning
- Storage Precautions
- Specifications
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Shooting in progressive mode
You can change the progressive mode in the setup
menu, SCENE FILE screen, PROGRESSIVE
(Page 70).
30P mode:
Shoot 30 frames a second in the progressive
mode.
For output and recording, the 30-frame-per-
second signal is converted to 60-field-per-
second interlace.
This mode gives you high quality images.
24P mode:
Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressive
mode.
For output and recording, the 24-frame-per-
second signal is converted to 60-field-per-
second interlace using the widely used “2:3”
ratio.
This gives you images similar to a movie shot
with film.
24P advanced mode:
Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressive
mode.
For output and recording, the 24-frame-per-
second signal is converted to 60-field-per-
second interlace using “advanced” conversion.
With the “2:3” method, frames [BoCe], [CoDe],
[FoGe], and [GoHe] shown in the illustration would
be extended over different frames which can cause
a drop in picture quality.
With the 24P advanced method, however, frames
[BoCe] and [FoGe] are cut out, leading to a
reduction in image quality loss.
If you also use a system compatible with the
advanced method, editing will also yield better
quality images than those shot in the normal 24P
mode.
• If you are not going to do your editing on such a
system, use the normal 24P method for shooting.
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Note the following when shooting in
progressive mode.
• You cannot have a gain of 18dB.
• The synchronization signal will be disrupted for a
moment when you switch to progressive mode.
• Set the shutter speed to 1/50 (OFF) or 1/60 for
best results.
• There may be a slight delay to the start of
recording when you use the 24P or 24P
advanced modes because 5 frames are recorded
at a time. The shortest possible recording time is
three seconds.
Shooting