Sony MVS-8000 User Manual page 387

For a freeze, an image can be captured either as video frame (a "frame freeze")
or a video field ("field freeze").
Notes
When the system is powered off, any freeze images written to temporary
memory are lost.
Freezing an image and writing it to memory
To freeze the signal selected as input material, and write it to memory, use the
following procedure.
1
In the Frame Memory menu, select VF1 'Still' and HF2 'Freeze/Store.'
The Freeze/Store menu appears.
2
Select the target frame memory.
For the procedure, see "Selecting outputs (FM) and target frame
memory" (page 385).
3
To enable V/K mode, press [V/K Mode] turning it on.
4
Press a button in the frame memory folder selection area, to select the
folder to hold the freeze image.
For details of the selection method, see page 386.
Notes
The folder selected here is the destination folder for writing the freeze
image.
It is not possible to change the selection of this folder after the following
step 5.
An orange bar appears on the selection button for the destination folder.
5
Press [Freeze Enable], turning it on.
The signals of frame memory source buses 1 and 2 are assigned to the pair
of FMs selected in step 2, a freeze is now possible.
6
If necessary, make the video process settings (see page 389) or mask
settings (see page 390) for application to the selected signal.
7
In the state in which you want to freeze, press one of the following in the
<Freeze> group, to write the freeze image to temporary memory.
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Still Image Operations