Chapter 3 : Adjustments And Settings; Setting The Video Format - Sony PMW-400K Operating Instructions Manual

3 Adjustments and Settings
Chapter
For menu operations, see "Basic Setup Menu Operations" (page 104).

Setting the Video Format

The following recording formats can be selected for different combinations of video resolution and system
frequency.
In UDF mode
Setting items of "OPERATION" > "Format"
HD/SD HD System
Line
HD 1080
720
SD —
a) 59.94i/29.97P/59.94P/23.98P: When "OPERATION" > "Format" > "Country" in the setup menu is set to "NTSC
Area" or "NTSC(J) Area"
50i/25P/50P: When "OPERATION" > "Format" > "Country" in the setup menu is set to "PAL Area"
Rec Format
System Frequency
HD422 59.94i
50
50i
29.97P
25P
23.98P
HD420 59.94i
HQ1440
50i
29.97P
25P
23.98P
HD422 59.94P
50
50P
29.97P
25P
23.98P
HD420 59.94P
HQ1280
50P
b)
23.98P
IMX50 59.94i
50i
c)
29.97P
c)
25P
DVCAM 59.94i
50i
c)
29.97P
c)
25P
Video format (recording
format/system frequency)
a)
HD422 1920/59.94i
HD422 1920/50i
HD422 1920/29.97P
HD422 1920/25P
HD422 1920/23.98P
HQ 1440/59.94i
HQ 1440/50i
HQ 1440/29.97P
HQ 1440/25P
HQ 1440/23.98P
HD422 1280/59.94P
HD422 1280/50P
HD422 1280/29.97P
HD422 1280/25P
HD422 1280/23.98P
HQ 1280/59.94P
HQ 1280/50P
HQ 1280/23.98P
IMX50/59.94i
IMX50/50i
IMX50/29.97P
IMX50/25P
DVCAM/59.94i
DVCAM/50i
DVCAM/29.97P
DVCAM/25P
Setting the Video Format
Frame size
1920×1080
1440×1080
1280×720
720×486
720×576
720×486
720×576
720×480
720×576
720×480
720×576
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