Recording In Slow & Quick Motion Mode; Freeze Mix: Image Alignment - Sony PMW-EX3 Operating Instructions Manual

Setting the recording frame rate with the
Direct menu
When the special recording mode indication on
the screen is active, you can change the recording
frame rate with the Direct menu by operating the
joystick or the jog dial.
For details on the Direct menu, see "Direct Menu
Operation" on page 24.
Recording in Slow & Quick Motion
Mode
When the preparatory settings are completed, you
can start recording.
Press the REC START/STOP button.
Slow & Quick Motion recording begins.
Notes
• You cannot change the frame rate setting while
Slow & Quick Motion recording is in progress.
To change it, pause the recording.
• The timecode is recorded in Rec Run mode
during Slow & Quick Motion recording (page
65).
Stopping recording
Press the REC START/STOP button.
Slow & Quick Motion recording stops.
Note
When recording at a low-speed frame rate, it may
take time until recording stops after you press the
REC START/STOP button.
Canceling Slow & Quick Motion mode
Push the S&Q Motion dial.
Note
It automatically returns to "Off" when you set the
power switch to OFF, while the frame rate setting
is maintained.
Freeze Mix: Image
Alignment
Using the Freeze Mix function, an image (still
picture) of a recorded clip can be temporarily
superimposed on the current camera picture,
permitting you to easily align images for next
recording.
To use the Freeze Mix function
Assign the Freeze Mix function to one of the
assignable buttons.
For details, see "Changing Functions of the
Assignable Buttons" on page 72.
Superimposing a Freeze Mix image
1
Stop recording to set the camcorder to
STBY (recording standby) status.
2
Press the REC REVIEW button to
review the recorded images, or press the
ASSIGN button to which you assigned
"Freeze Mix."
3
Press the ASSIGN button to which you
assigned "Freeze Mix" at the image
with which you want align.
The image where you pressed the ASSIGN button
3
in step is displayed as a still picture over the
current camera picture.
Canceling Freeze Mix status
You can cancel it with the ASSIGN button to
which you assigned "Freeze Mix" or the REC
START/STOP button.
• When you cancel Freeze Mix status by pressing
the ASSIGN button, the normal camera picture
is restored.
• When you cancel Freeze Mix status by pressing
the REC START/STOP button, normal
recording begins.
Notes
• If the recorded picture and the current camera
picture differ in video format, the Freeze Mix
display cannot be achieved.

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