Shooting37Shooting in 1080i/480i progressive modeSelecting 1080i/30P, 1080i/24P, 1080i/24PA,480i/30P, 480i/24P or 480i/24PA in the RECFORMAT option (page 106) of the setting menuRECORDING SETUP screen enables shooting inprogressive mode.30P mode:Shoot 30 frames a second in the progressivemode.For output and recording, the 30-frame-per-second signal is converted to 60-field-per-secondinterlace.This mode gives you high quality images.Ao Ae Bo Be CoCeDoDe Eo Ee Fo Fe GoGeHoHe Io Ie Jo JeA B C D E F G H I J30 P60 i24P mode:Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressivemode.For output and recording, the 24-frame-per-second signal is converted to 60-field-per-secondinterlace using the widely used “2:3” ratio.This gives you images similar to a movie shotwith fi lm.A B C D E F G HAo Ae Bo Be Bo CeCoDe DoDe Eo Ee Fo Fe Fo G e G o He Ho He24 P60 i24P advanced mode:Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressivemode.For output and recording, the 24-frame-per-second signal is converted to 60-field-per-secondinterlace using “advanced” conversion.A B C D E F G HAo Ae Bo Be Bo CeCoCe DoDe Eo Ee Fo Fe Fo G e G o G e Ho He24 PA60 iWith the “2:3” method, frames [BoCe], [CoDe],[FoGe], and [GoHe] shown in the illustration wouldbe extended over different frames which can causea drop in picture quality.With the 24P advanced method, however, frames[BoCe] and [FoGe] are cut out, leading to areduction in image quality loss.If you also use a system compatible with theadvanced method, editing will also yield betterquality images than those shot in the normal 24Pmode.• If you are not going to do your editing on such asystem, use the normal 24P method for shooting.Note the following when shooting inprogressive mode.• You cannot have a gain of 18dB.• Set the shutter speed to 1/50 (OFF) or 1/60 forbest results.• There may be a slight delay to the start ofrecording when you use the 24P or 24Padvanced modes because 5 frames are recordedat a time. When using a tape, the shortestpossible recording time is three seconds.
