Instruction manual
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Setting the Shooting Mode
 Chapter 3 Basic Adjustments and Settings
3-5 Setting the Shooting 
Mode
The shooting mode can be set to RAW mode or HD mode. 
You select the mode on the <System Format> page of the 
Camera menu (page 43). You can also set the frame rate 
and the encoding on the <System Format> page.
<System Format> page
RAW/HD
Selects the shooting mode.
F65RAW: Records 16-bit linear RAW data.
HD: Develops RAW data to HD internally, and records 
HD data. 
F65RAW-HFR: 16-bit linear RAW data recorded at 
120 fps (max.).
• If a frame rate setting with “ForPB” is set for Frame 
Rate, color bars are displayed when the camera is 
powered-on and the camera switches to video when 
you start playback.
• In F65RAW-HFR mode, switching quickly from 
playback to stop and back to playback may display 
color bars during playback or may not display color 
bars when stopped. In this case, stopping and 
starting playback restores normal operation.
• The viewfinder display cannot be magnified when 
playing back in F65RAW-HFR mode.
Frame Rate
Selects the frame rate. The frame rates that can be selected 
vary depending on the RAW/HD mode selection. For 
details about the frame rates that can be selected, see “3-3-
2 Setting the Video Format” (page 26). 
Signal Mode
Selects the signal format in HD mode. 4:4:4 RGB or 4:2:2 
YCbCr can be selected. 
Configurable in HD mode only.
Bit Depth
Displays the number of recording bits. “10bit” or “12bit” 
is automatically displayed according to the Encode setting.
When Encode is set to Lite or SQ, 10-bit recording is 
selected. When set to HQ, 12-bit recording is selected.
Encode
Selects the recording mode.
In F65RAW mode, “F65RAW-SQ” or “F65RAW-Lite” 
can be selected.
In HD mode, “SR-HQ” or “SR-SQ” can be selected when 
Signal Mode is set to 4:4:4 RGB, and “SR-SQ” or “SR-
Lite” can be selected when Signal Mode is set to 4:2:2 
YcbCr.
Not configurable in F65RAW-HFR mode.
To enable a setting
1
Select each parameter on the <System Format> page, 
select Set, and then press the MENU SEL/ENTER 
dial. 
2
After confirming the setting in the confirmation 
dialog, select Execute, then press the MENU SEL/
ENTER dial.
The settings are reflected on the camera.
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