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Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording
VFR (variable frame rate) time code
• At 24PN, recording is performed at 24 frames and output uses a 2:3 pull-down scheme to produce 30 frames.
• At a frame rate (capture frame rate) of 24P the speed of recording and the output time code matches actual time, but not
at any speed other than 24P. (Example: at 60P recording progresses at 60/24 speed)
• Then the camera operates in Rec Run mode and the time code output at start of recording matches the recording time
code.
• This is true also for frame rates other than 30P capture in 30PN mode
24PN recording at 60P capture
Video output
0
1 2 3 22 23 24 25 58 59 60 61 62 63 67 68
Rec start Rec stop
Skips
Rec start
Output time code
00:00 00:00 00:00 00:01 00:11 00:12 00:29 01:00 01:01 02:20 02:20
Recorded video
0
1 2 3 22 23 24 25 58 59 60 61 62 63 67 68
Recorded time code
00:00 00:01 00:02 00:03 00:22 00:23 01:00 01:01 02:10 02:11 02:12 02:13 02:14 02:15
02:16
02:16 02:17
24/30
conversion
30PN recording at 15P capture
Video output
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 21 21
Rec start Rec stop
Skips
Rec start
Output time code
00:00 00:00 00:01 00:02 00:03 00:29 00:28 01:00 00:16 00:16 00:17
Recorded video
0
1 14 15
Recorded time code
00:00 00:01 00:14 00:15
21
00:16
00:16