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)
625
30
(Bit rate: 50/40/30
Mbps)
b) 525
DVCAM
625
(Bit rate: 25 Mbps)
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-
FC01 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.
Audio
Recording format Number of channels
24bit/48kHz
8 channels
4 channels
16bit/48kHz
8 channels
4 channels
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
HD420 HQ/SP or DVCAM.
Notes
• It is not possible to combine material recorded in
different frame frequency groups on single disc (see
page 60).
• This unit can record up to four channels of audio. If
you select a format with eight channels of audio,
silence is recorded in channels 5 to 8.
a)
frequency

Setting the system frequency

59.94i/29.97P/
50i/25P/
1
23.98P
59.94P/50P
59.94i/29.97P/
50i/25P/
23.98P
59.94P/50P
59.94i/29.97P
50i/25P
59.94i/29.97P
50i/25P
2
a)
b)
b)
c)
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 195.
Select SYSTEM FREQUENCY, and
turn the MENU knob to select the
desired system frequency.
You can select the frequency shown below
depending on the combination of the
COUNTRY and SYSTEM LINE settings.
COUNTRY SYSTEM
LINE
NTSC(J)AREA 1080
NTSC AREA
720
PAL AREA 1080
720
• Change the COUNTRY or SYSTEM LINE
setting as required.
• When SYSTEM LINE is set to 720 and
SYSTEM FREQUENCY is set to 59.9P,
you can set the camera shooting frequency

Setting the Recording Format

TOP
1080
59.9i
SYSTEM
FREQUENCY
59.9i/29.9P/
23.98P
59.9P
50i/25P
50P
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