Sony a7SIII Help Manual page 296

How to select the recording method for the time code (Time Code Format
1.
MENU → (Shooting) → [TC/UB] → [Time Code Format].
DF:
Records the time code in Drop Frame
NDF:
Records the time code in Non-Drop Frame format.
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Only when [NTSC/PAL Selector] is set to NTSC.
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The time code is based on 30 frames per second. However, a gap between the actual time and the time code will occur during extended periods
of recording as the frame frequency of the NTSC image signal is approximately 29.97 frames per second. Drop frame corrects this gap to make
the time code and actual time equal. In drop frame, the first 2 frame numbers are removed every minute except for every tenth minute. The time
code without this correction is called non-drop frame.
The setting is fixed to [NDF] when recording in 4K/24p or 1080/24p.
How to select the count up format for the time code (Time Code Run)
1.
MENU → (Shooting) → [TC/UB] → [Time Code Run].
Rec Run:
Sets the stepping mode for the time code to advance only while recording. The time code is recorded sequentially from
the last time code of the previous recording.
Free Run:
Sets the stepping mode for the time code to advance anytime, regardless of the camera operation.
The time code may not be recorded sequentially in the following situations even when the time code advances in
[Rec Run] mode.
When the recording format is changed.
When the recording medium is removed.
How to select how the time code is recorded (Time Code Make)
1.
MENU → (Shooting) → [TC/UB] → [Time Code Make].
Preset:
Records the newly set time code on the recording medium.
Regenerate:
Reads the last time code for the previous recording from the recording medium and records the new time code
consecutively from the last time code. The time code advances in the [Rec Run] mode regardless of the [Time Code
Run] setting.
The time code read differs as follows, depending on the [Recording Mode] setting in [
When [Recording Mode] is set to [Simult. (
in the slot 1.
When [Recording Mode] is set to the following, the time code is read from the memory card to which movies will be
recorded.
[Standard]
[Simult. ( )]
[Sort(RAW/JPEG)]
[Sort (RAW/HEIF)]
[Sort (HEIF/RAW)]
[Sort( / )]
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format.
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Rec. Media Settings].
/ )], the time code is read from the memory card