Shooting In Progressive Mode - Panasonic AG-HMC80P Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting in progressive mode

Selecting either 1080/30P or 1080/24P for the REC
FORMAT option in the setting menu RECORD
SETUP screen (Page 103) enables shooting in
progressive mode.
In 720 mode, the camera always shoots in
progressive mode.
30P mode (with 1080 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.
A B C D E F G H I J
30P
60i
24P mode (with 1080, 720 mode):
Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressive
mode.
(Only when the recording format is set to PH
1080/24P or PH 720/24P in AVCHD mode.)
Native recording is performed in 24P mode.
The external output signal is converted to a 2:3
format, 60 fps interlaced signal as follows.
A B C D E F G H
24P
60i
Note the following when shooting in progressive
mode.
• There may be a slight delay to the start
of recording when you use the 24P mode
because 4 frames are recorded at a time.
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