Synchro Scan - Panasonic SD AG-HPX171E Operating Instructions Manual

With artificial lighting and especially fluorescent
lights and mercury-vapor lamps, the luminance
changes in synchronization with the power
line frequency. When this frequency is 50 Hz,
mutual interference will occur between the
camerarecorder's vertical sync frequency (approx.
60 Hz) and the lighting frequency (50 Hz). This
means that the white balance may change
periodically.
Before shooting in areas with artificial lighting or
adjusting the white balance, set the shutter speed
as follows.
When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 50 Hz
Progressive
mode
50 Hz
OFF (50i) 1/60
25P/25PN OFF (1/50)
• The gain is fixed at 0 dB with a shutter speed of
1/12.
When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59.9 Hz
Progressive
mode
50 Hz
OFF (60i) 1/100
30P OFF (1/50)
24P/24PA/ OFF (1/50)
24PN
• The gain is fixed at 0 dB with a shutter speed of
1/12 and 1/15.
Shutter speed
60 Hz
OFF (1/50)
1/60
Shutter speed
60 Hz
OFF (1/60)
1/60
1/60

Synchro scan

Set the shutter speed of the synchro scan (used
when shooting a television or computer monitor) in
the setup menus, SCENE FILE screen, SYNCRO
SCAN. (Page 99)
• Adjust the shutter speed to match the frequency
of the television or computer monitor to minimize
the horizontal noise that appears when shooting
such subjects.
• When SYSTEM FREQ is set to 59.94 Hz, by
switching to progressive mode you can also
shoot PAL system television screens.
• When the OPERATION TYPE option in the
SCENE FILE screen (Page 99) is set to FILM
CAM, the shutter opening angle can be adjusted
from 10° to 360° in 0.5° steps.
Example: When the recording frame rate is set to
25 (24) fps and the exposure time is halved, 1/25
(1/24)÷2 = 1/50 (1/48) = 180° (1/25 (1/24) = 360°)
In the default setting (180°), this becomes 1/2 of
the exposure time. If it were 90°, it would be 1/4,
and if it were 45°, it would be 1/8 of the exposure
time.
(Shutter opening angle: This is equivalent to the
shutter speed of a film camera, and a wider angle
results in a longer exposure to light.)
• If the shutter speed is displayed in blue
characters followed by (1/50 (1/60)), you cannot
change the shutter speed in the blue characters
while the current recording format is used. The
speed is fixed at (1/50 (1/60)).
• A change under SYSTEM FREQ resets the
camera to its factory settings.
You can change the progressive mode in
the setup menu with REC FORMAT in the
RECORDING SETUP screen. (Page 105)
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