Setting The Recording Format - Sony PDW-850 Operation Manual

3 Adjustments and Settings for Shooting
Chapter
Setting the Recording
Format
The recording formats supported by this
camcorder are as follows.
Video
Recording format Resolution System
MPEG HD422 50 1080
(Bit rate: 50 Mbps)
MPEG HD420 HQ/ 1080
SP
(Bit rate: 35/25
Mbps)
a) 59.94i: When the area of use is set to NTSC(J)AREA/
NTSC AREA.
50i: When the area of use is set to PAL AREA.
Audio
Recording format Number of channels
24bit/48kHz
8 channels
4 channels
16bit/48kHz
8 channels
4 channels
a) When the video recording format is set to MPEG
HD422 50.
b) When the video recording format is set to MPEG
HD420 HQ/SP.
Notes
• It is not possible to combine material recorded in
different frame frequency groups on a single disc (see
page 52).
• This unit can record up to four channels of audio. If
you select a format with eight channels of audio,
silence is recorded in channels 5 to 8.
Setting the system frequency
1
a)
frequency
59.94i/50i
59.94i/50i
2
a)
b)
Setting the video recording format
1
2
Display the FORMAT page of the
OPERATION menu.
027 FORMAT
SYSTEM LINE :
SYSTEM FREQUENCY:
REC FORMAT : HD422 50
COUNTRY : NTSC(J)AREA
For details on menu operations, see "Basic
menu operations" (page 184).
Select SYSTEM FREQUENCY, and
turn the MENU knob to select the
desired system frequency.
You can select the frequency shown below
depending on the combination of the
COUNTRY and SYSTEM LINE settings.
COUNTRY SYSTEM
LINE
NTSC(J)AREA 1080
NTSC AREA
PAL AREA 1080
Change the COUNTRY setting as required.
Display the FORMAT page of the
OPERATION menu.
For details on menu operations, see "Basic
menu operations" (page 184).
Select REC FORMAT, and turn the
MENU knob to select the desired
recording format.
As you turn the MENU knob, the recording
format changes as follows: HD422 50 y
HD420 HQ y HD420 SP.

Setting the Recording Format

TOP
1080
59.9i
SYSTEM
FREQUENCY
59.9i
50i
51