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Setting the Slow & Fast Motion Recording

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Caution

The position and shape of the operation buttons, screens displayed, and setting items may differ according to the model you use.

You can record clips that have a slow motion or fast motion effect during playback, simply by selecting the desired slow / fast motion rate. Available slow / fast motion rates will vary depending on the resolution and frame rate currently selected. Sound is not recorded when slow & fast motion recording is activated.

1. Set the power switch to CAMERA.

2. Press the MENU button.

3. Select [ Recording Setup ] -⋗ [Slow & Fast Motion].

4. Select the desired slow & fast motion rate.

5. Select [ ].

Caution

Select [ ] to turn off slow & fast motion recording.
or and the selected rate will appear on the right of the the screen.

MP4 clips: Available slow/fast motion rates

ResolutionFrame rateAvailable slow/fast motion rates
3840x216025.00Px2, x4, x10, x20, x60, x120, x600, x1200
1920x108050.00Px2, x4, x10, x20, x60, x120, x600, x1200
25.00Px0.5

XF-AVC clips: Available slow/fast motion rates ( and only)

ResolutionFrame rateAvailable slow/fast motion ratesPlayback bit rate
3840x216025.00Px2, x4, x10, x20, x60, x120, x600, x1200160 Mbps
1920x108050.00Px2, x4, x10, x20, x60, x120, x600, x120045 Mbps
25.00Px0.5

Caution

Slow & fast motion recording cannot be used together with the following functions.

 - Dual recording

 - Relay recording

 - Pre-recording

 - Color bars

While slow & fast motion recording is activated, the recording command signal will not be output from the SDI OUT terminal ( only) or HDMI OUT terminal.
About the time code when slow & fast motion recording is activated:

 - The time code mode can be set to [ Regen.], or to [ Preset ] with [ Rec Run ] running mode.

 - If the time code running mode was set to [ Free Run ], the time code running mode will be changed automatically to [ Rec Run ] when slow & fast motion recording is activated.

 - When slow & fast motion recording is turned off, the time code running mode will return to its previous setting.

 - The time code signal cannot be output from the SDI OUT terminal ( only) or HDMI OUT terminal.

The maximum continuous recording time of a single clip using slow motion recording is the equivalent of 6 hours of playback time. Recording will stop automatically after that. For example, when the [x0.5] rate is selected, the maximum continuous recording time will be 3 hours (which, played back at x0.5 slow motion, equal 6 hours of playback time). This restriction does not apply to fast motion recording, which will not stop automatically.
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