Shooting In Progressive Mode - Panasonic AG-HMC40 Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting in progressive mode

Selecting 1080/30P or 1080/4P for the REC
FORMAT option in the setting menu RECORD
SETUP screen (Page 10) enables shooting in
progressive mode.
In 70 mode, the camera always shoots in
progressive mode.
30P mode (with 1080 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
60 i AoAeBoBeCoCeDoDeEoEe Fo FeGoGeHoHe Io Ie Jo Je
24P mode (with 1080 mode):
Shoot 4 frames a second in the progressive
mode.
The video signal will be recorded natively.
However, the external output signal is converted
to a :3 format, 60 fps interlaced signal.
A B C D E F G H
24 P
AoAeBoBeBoCeCoDeDoDeEoEeFoFe Fo Ge GoHe Ho He
60 i
Note the following when shooting in
progressive mode.
• There may be a slight delay to the start
of recording when you use the 4P mode
because 4 frames are recorded at a time.
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