Sony PMW320K Product Manual (PMW320 Operating Instruction) - Page 78
Slow & Quick Motion settings and, shooting, Select [Frame Rate], turn the MENU
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Chapter 4 Shooting Example When the video format is HQ 1280/23.98P, you can obtain quick-motion effects by setting the frame rate to 1 to 23, and obtain slow-motion effects by setting the frame rate to 25 to 60. Slow & Quick Motion settings and shooting Notes • The Slow & Quick Motion function cannot be used at the same time as the picture cache, Interval Rec, or Frame Rec function. When you select Slow & Quick Motion mode, the picture cache, Interval Rec, and Frame Rec functions are disabled. When you select picture cache, Frame Rec, or Interval Rec mode, the Slow & Quick Motion function is disabled. • Slow & Quick Motion is disabled when the slow shutter function (viewfinder display "SLS") function is enabled. The slow shutter function is disabled when the Slow & Quick Motion function is enabled. • Slow & Quick Motion is disabled when OPERATION >Input/Output >i.LINK I/O in the setup menu is set to [Enable]. When Slow & Quick Motion is enabled, i.LINK I/O is fixed as [Disable]. • Slow & Quick Motion settings cannot be changed during recording. To make Slow & Quick Motion settings 1 Select OPERATION >Rec Function > Slow & Quick in the setup menu. For menu operations, see "Basic Setup Menu Operations" (page 93). 2 Turn the MENU knob to select [On], and then press the knob. The camcorder enters Slow & Quick Motion mode, and the "S&Q STBY" indication appears in the viewfinder. 3 Select [Frame Rate], turn the MENU knob to select the recording frame rate, and then press the knob. The setting range for the frame rate is as follows. System lines 1080 720 Frame rate 1 to 30 1 to 60 When you finish making these settings, the system frequency and the frame rate appear at the top of the viewfinder screen. You can change the frame rate while viewing the display in the 78 Advanced Operations viewfinder by turning the MENU knob, or by using the J or j button and then pressing the SET button. The Slow & Quick Motion mode setting and the frame rate are retained even after the camcorder is powered off. To shoot in Slow & Quick Motion mode Shoot as described in "Basic Operations" (page 70). When recording starts, the "S&Q STBY" indication in the viewfinder changes to the "z S&Q REC" indication. The TALLY indicators and the tally indicator on the front panel of the viewfinder light as they do during normal recording. To stop shooting Stop the recording. Note It takes longer than normal for recording to stop when Frame Rate is set to a low value (for a slow frame rate). To exit Slow & Quick Motion mode With the camcorder in recording standby mode, set OPERATION >Rec Function > Slow & Quick in the setup menu to "Off". Limitations during recording • The i.LINK (HDV/DV) connector cannot be used. • Regardless of the setting of the F-RUN/SET/ R-RUN switch, the advance mode of the internal timecode generator is always R-RUN. • Audio cannot be recorded when the recording and playback frame rates differ. • Recording review is not possible. • If you change the recording frame rate to a value faster than the current shutter speed, the shutter speed is changed to the slowest value for which shooting is possible. Example: If the frame rate is 32 and the shutter speed is 1/40, and you change the frame rate to 55, then the shutter speed is changed to 1/60. If is not possible to select a shutter speed that is slower than the recording frame rate. • Genlock is not possible.