Panasonic SD AG-HPX171E Operating Instructions Manual

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ENGLISHShootingE-35Shooting in 1080i/576i (80i) progressive modeShooting in 1080i/576i progressive modeSelecting 1080i/25P or 576i/25P in the RECFORMAT option (Page 105) of the setting menuRECORDING SETUP screen enables shooting inprogressive mode.5P mode:Shoot 25 frames a second in the progressivemode.For output and recording, the 25-frame-persecond signal is converted to 50-field-per-second interlace.This mode gives you high quality images.Ao Ae Bo Be Co Ce Do De Eo Ee Fo Fe GoGe Ho He Io Ie Jo JeA B C D E F G H I J25P50iNote the following when shooting inprogressive mode.You cannot have a gain of 18 dB.Set the shutter speed to 1/50 (OFF) for bestresults.Shooting in 1080i/80i progressive modeSelecting 1080i/30P, 1080i/24P, 1080i/24PA,480i/30P, 480i/24P or 480i/24PA in the RECFORMAT option (Page 105) 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-persecond signal is converted to 60-field-per-second interlace.This mode gives you high quality images.Ao Ae Bo Be Co Ce Do De Eo Ee Fo Fe GoGe Ho He Io Ie Jo JeA B C D E F G H I J30P60i••P mode:Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressivemode.For output and recording, the 24-frame-persecond signal is converted to 60-field-per-second interlace using the widely used “2:3” ratio.This gives you images similar to a movie shotwith film.A B C D E F G HAo Ae Bo Be Bo Ce Co De Do De Eo Ee Fo Fe Fo G e G o He Ho He24P60iP advanced mode:Shoot 24 frames a second in the progressivemode.For output and recording, the 24-frame-persecond signal is converted to 60-field-per-second interlace 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 He24PA60iWith 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 1/60for best results.There may be a slight delay to the start ofrecording when you use the 24P or 24Padvanced modes because 5 frames arerecorded at a time.••••