Chapter 3 : Adjustments And Settings For Shooting; Setting The Recording Format; Setting The System Frequency - Sony PDW-F800 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)
720
MPEG HD420 HQ/ 1080
SP
(Bit rate: 35/25
Mbps)
720
MPEG IMX 50/40/ 525
b)
30
(Bit rate: 50/40/30
625
Mbps)
b) 525
DVCAM
(Bit rate: 25 Mbps)
625
a) 59.94i/29.97P/59.94P: When the area of use is set to
NTSC(J)AREA/NTSC AREA.
50i/25P/50P: When the area of use is set to PAL
AREA.
23.98P: For the PDW-700, when the optional CBKZ-
FC02 23.98P Record and Playback Software is
installed.
b) For the PDW-700, when the optional CBKZ-MD01
SD Record and Playback Software is installed.
c) When the combination of the SYSTEM LINE and
SYSTEM FREQUENCY settings is 1080/59.9i or
720/59.9P
d) When the combination of the SYSTEM LINE and
SYSTEM FREQUENCY settings is 1080/50i or 720/
50P
Audio
Recording format
24bit/48kHz
16bit/48kHz
a) When the video recording format is set to MPEG
HD422 50.
b) When the video recording format is set to MPEG IMX
50/40/30.
c) When the video recording format is set to MPEG
a)
frequency
HD420 HQ/SP or DVCAM.
59.94i/29.97P/
Notes
50i/25P/
23.98P
• It is not possible to combine material recorded in
59.94P/50P
different frame frequency groups on single disc (see
page 60).
59.94i/29.97P/
• This unit can record up to four channels of audio. If
50i/25P/
you select a format with eight channels of audio,
23.98P
silence is recorded in channels 5 to 8.
59.94P/50P
c)
59.94i

Setting the system frequency

29.97P
d)
50i
1
25P
c)
59.94i
29.97P
d)
50i
25P
2
Number of channels
8 channels
4 channels
8 channels
4 channels
Display the FORMAT page of the
OPERATION menu.
024 FORMAT
SYSTEM LINE :
SYSTEM FREQUENCY:
REC FORMAT : HD422 50
COUNTRY : NTSC(J)AREA
For details on menu operations, see "Basic
menu operations" on page 206.
Select SYSTEM FREQUENCY, and
turn the MENU knob to select the
desired system frequency.

Setting the Recording Format

a)
b)
b)
c)
TOP
1080
59.9i
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