(Tc/Ub Set) Menu; Time Code Settings (Tc Preset/Ub Preset/Tc Format, Etc.) - Sony NXCAM NEX-EA50UH Operating Manual

(TC/UB SET) menu

Time code settings (TC PRESET/UB
PRESET/TC FORMAT, etc.)
The default settings are marked with B.
See page 80 for details on selecting
menu items.
Press the MENU button t select
(TC/UB SET) with the SEL/PUSH EXEC
dial.
TC PRESET
See page 60.
UB PRESET
See page 60.
TC FORMAT
You can select the time code recording
method when [60i/50i SEL] is set to [60i].
This setting is fixed to [NDF] when [50i] is
set.
B DF
Records the time code in drop frame.
NDF
Records the time code in non-drop frame.
b Notes
• This setting is fixed to [NDF] when recording in
1080/24p, even if [60i/50i SEL] is set to
[60i].
z Tips
Drop frame
Time code is based on 30 frames per second;
however, gaps in the actual time occur during
extended periods of recording as the actual frame
frequency of NTSC image signal is 29.97 frames
per second. Drop frame corrects this gap to make
time code and actual time equal. In drop frame,
the first 2 frame numbers are removed every
minute except in every tenth minute. Time code
without this correction is called non-drop frame.
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TC RUN
You can select how the time code advances.
B REC RUN
Advances the time code only during
recording.
Select this setting to record the time code
sequentially from the last time code of the
previous recording.
FREE RUN
Advances the time code regardless of
operation of your camcorder.
b Notes
• Even if the time code advances in the [REC
RUN] mode, the time code may not be recorded
sequentially in the following cases:
– When the recording format is changed.
– When the images are recorded on the memory
card and the flash memory unit
simultaneously.
– When the recording media is removed.
TC MAKE
B PRESET
Records the newly set time code on the
recording media.
REGENERATE
Reads the last time code of the previous
recording from the recording media and
records the new time code consecutively
from the last time code during the
backspace editing.
The time code runs in [REC RUN] mode
regardless of the setting of [TC RUN].