Shooting In Progressive Mode - Panasonic AG-HMC150P Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting in progressive mode

Selecting 1080/30P or 1080/24P in the REC
FORMAT option (Page 91) of the setting menu
RECORDING SETUP screen enables shooting in
progressive mode.
30P mode:
Shoot 30 frames a second in the progressive
mode.
For output and recording, the 30-frame-per-
second signal is converted to 60-field-per-second
interlace.
This mode gives you high quality images.
A B C D E F G H I J
30 P
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60 i
24P mode:
Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressive
mode.
The video signal will be recorded natively.
However, the external output signal is converted
to a 2:3 format, 60 fps interlaced signal.
A B C D E F G H
24 P
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60 i
Note the following when shooting in
progressive mode.
• You cannot have a gain of 18 dB.
• Set the shutter speed to 1/50 (OFF) for best
results.
• There may be a slight delay to the start
of recording when you use the 24P mode
because 4 frames are recorded at a time.
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