Panasonic AG-HPX172EN - Manual (Page 31)

Shooting
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Native recording
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Using the REC FORMAT function
(Page 10) on the RECORDING SETUP
screen, select 720P/25PN as the recording
format.

Select the appropriate scene file using the
SCENE FILE dial.
If necessary, before doing this, perform the
camera settings from the setting menu, and
register the scene file. (Page 52)

Using the OPERATION TYPE function
(Page 97) on the SCENE FILE screen, select
FILM CAM, and set the desired recording
frame rate using the FRAME RATE function
(Page 97).

Press the START/STOP button to start or
stop native recording in VFR mode.
No signals are output from the 1394 terminal
during recording or recording standby in the
native mode.
Sound is not recorded. However, sound will
be recorded when the same frame rate is
used for both recording and playback.
When a recorded clip lasting a long time
is to be played back and imported using
a nonlinear editing system that supports
Varicams, the UB MODE option on the
RECORDING SETUP screen must be set to
FRM.RATE.
If the effective frame information is to be
carried over when recording onto this
camerarecorder from a nonlinear editing
system that supports Varicams, the 1394 UB
REGEN option on the RECORDING SETUP
screen must be set to ON.
After editing, materials are output from the
nonlinear editing system in 1080i/25P or
720P/50P (25P over 50P) format. •
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Standard recording
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Using the REC FORMAT function
(Page 10) on the RECORDING SETUP
screen, select 720P/50P or 720P/25P as the
recording format.

Select the appropriate scene file using the
SCENE FILE dial.
If necessary, before doing this, perform the
camera settings from the setting menu, and
register the scene file. (Page 52)

Using the OPERATION TYPE function
(Page 97) on the SCENE FILE screen, select
FILM CAM, and set the desired recording
frame rate using the FRAME RATE function
(Page 97).
When 720P/25P has been selected as the
recording format, the following displays appear
depending on the setting which has been
selected for the FRAME RATE item on the
SCENE FILE screen.
1) PULL DOWN information displayed in
PROPERTY-CLIP PROPERTY-VIDEO
With the default setting: 2:2
With any other settings: other
2) Format information in the bottom left of the
screen when thumbnails are displayed
With the default setting: 720P/25P
With any other settings: 720P/50P
(The “default” setting is 25FRAME if the
frame rate of the recording format is 25P).

Press the START/STOP button to start or
stop standard recording in VFR mode.
Sound is recorded.
In the case of a nonlinear editing system that
supports Varicams equipped with an effective
frame extraction function, you can upload even
undercrank or overcrank shooting materials as
is. (The UB MODE option on the RECORDING
SETUP screen must be set to FRM.RATE.)
After editing, materials are output from
the nonlinear editing system in 1080i/25P
720P/50P (25P over 50P) format.
The 25P format is used for 2:2 pull-down
recording. •
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