Selecting the Video Format
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Recording
2 Select the desired mode.
A confirmation message is displayed.
3 Select “Execute.”
The camcorder is automatically turned off,
then is restarted, activating the menu setting.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic Menu
Operations” on page 115.
For the menu items “Video Format,” “Output
Select” and “i.LINK I/O” the settings for HD
Mode and those for SD Mode are independently
stored in memory. When you switch between HD
and SD, these items are automatically changed to
the conditions corresponding to the selected
mode.
Press the MENU button to set the camcorder to
Menu mode, display the OTHERS menu with
, and set “Video Format.”
For details on menu operations, see “Basic Menu
Operations” on page 115.
Signals from the COMPONENT OUT, SDI
OUT, A/V OUT, and HDMI OUT connectors are
also output according to the format selected with
this menu.
See “Formats and Limitations of Outputs” on page
144.
When recording in SP 1440 × 1080 mode at 23.98
in Progressive mode (indicated as SP 1440/24P
on this camcorder), pictures are recorded at 59.94
in Interlace mode (indicated as SP 1440/60i) by
pull-down processing.
Changing the Format
00:00
O
THE
RS
Battery I
NFO
Direct
M
enu
i.LINK
I/
O
Trigger
M
ode
C
ountry
HD
/
SD
M
ode
Video
For
m
at
B
:
Part
:
D
isable
:
Both
:
NTSC
A
rea
:
HD
:
HQ
1080/60i
HD
SD
Change Mode?
HD > SD
Execute
C
ancel
00:00
O
THE
RS
Direct
M
enu
i.LINK
I/
O
Trigger
M
ode
C
ountry
HD
/
SD
M
ode
Video
For
m
at
C
lip
:
:
:
:
:
:
B
B
HQ
1920/60i
HQ
1440/60i
SP
1440/60i
HQ
1920/30P
HQ
1440/30P
HQ
1920/24P
HQ
1440/24P
B
Note on recording format in SP 1440/24P mode
