Framing Shots With The Freeze Mix Function - Sony PMW-400K Operating Instructions Manual

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 shoot in Slow & Quick Motion mode
Shoot as described in "Basic Operations"
(page 80).
When recording starts, the "S&Q STBY"
indication in the viewfinder changes to the
"zS&Q REC" indication. The TALLY
indicators and the tally indicator on the front
panel of the viewfinder light as they do during
normal recording.
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
1
speed is / , and you change the frame rate to
40
55, then the shutter speed is changed to
If is not possible to select a shutter speed that is
slower than the recording frame rate.
• Genlock is not possible.
Framing Shots with the Freeze
Mix Function
The freeze mix function allows you to
temporarily overlap a still image (freeze picture)
from a clip shot in HD mode onto the current
camera picture. This makes it easier to frame the
shot.
Note
The freeze mix function is not available in the following
cases.
• When the recording format is SP 1440/23.98P
• When the video formats of the recorded picture and the
camera picture differ
• When you are shooting in Slow & Quick Motion mode
or slow shutter mode
• When there is i.LINK input
To display a freeze mix picture
1
Play a clip or conduct a recording
review of a clip with the same format as
the camera picture.
2
Display the picture that you want to use
as the frame, and then turn on the
assignable switch to which the Freeze
Mix function has been assigned.
The recording review picture is frozen and
overlaps the camera picture.
Note
The following functions are disabled at the freeze mix
times.
• Menu operations
• During Focus Mag display
• Marker display
• Zebra display
• Peaking display
• Skin details display
To cancel the freeze mix display
Do one of the following.
• Press an assignable switch again to which the
Freeze Mix function has been assigned.
The freeze mix display is canceled and the
1
display returns to the normal camera picture.
/ .
60
• Start recording (see page 80).
Normal recording starts.
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