Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder AG-HPX370P AG-HPX371E Operating Instructions

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ChapterRecordingandPlayback

Undercranking effects
This effect produces the quick motion often used for showing clouds drifting across the sky, crowds of people swarming 
past a solitary standing individual, a kung fu demonstration and other performances. For example, selecting a VFR 
recording frame rate of 12 fps when shooting at a 24P recording format yields a fast-motion effect of approx. 2x normal 
speed. The same effect can be obtained at a 30P recording and a 25P...

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During P2 card recording, the following special recording 
modes can be enabled from the RECORDING SETUP 
screen: pre-recording, interval recording, one-shot 
recording, loop recording, and one-clip recording.
These recording modes (excluding one-clip recording) are 
available only with the following settings.
One-clip recording mode is available in all recording 
modes, except when VFR is turned ON in 720P system 
mode.
SYSTEM MODEREC...

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Interval recording (INTERVAL REC)
This function is used to record 1 frame at the time interval 
set in the INTERVAL TIME item.
1framerecording 1framerecording1framerecording
(time)
SetINTERVAL TIMEsetting
SetINTERVAL
TIMEsetting
1 CheckthattheSYSTEMSETUPscreenisset
upasdescribedonpage4.
For details on menu operation,...

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Loop recording (LOOP REC)
•  When two P2 cards are inserted in the P2 card slots, 
each card is recorded in succession.
•   When there is no longer any space left on the cards, 
recording starts over from the first card by recording new 
clips over saved old clips.
For the clip recording time, see [Splitting clips recorded 
on P2 cards] (page 33).
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Recordingwillbemadeontheareaswithnorecording...

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• The clip does not stop combining even when the STOP 
button is pressed in the Menu or on the thumbnail display.
•  Pressing the STOP or REC button on a remote control unit 
(AJ-RC10G) or extension control unit (AG-EC4G) does not 
stop the clip compiling process.
To exit one-clip recording mode
Set the menu option ONE CLIP REC to OFF.
To cue to the start of the combined 
section of the clip
A text memo can be automatically added to the start of...

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Hot Swap Recording
With a P2 card in each card slot it is possible to make 
one continuous recording that spans two cards. And by 
removing any card other than that being recorded, you can 
make continuous recording on 2 or more cards (hot swap 
recording).
Note that recognition of a P2 card may be delayed 
depending on when it is inserted in an empty card slot 
(for example, immediately after pre-recording or when a 
recording continues from one...

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Normal and Variable Speed Playback
Normal speed playback
Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to view playback in the 
viewfinder and on the LCD monitor in color. Connecting a 
color video monitor to the VIDEO OUT connector or SDI 
OUT connector will enable playback of color video.
The PLAY/PAUSE button can be used to pause playback.
Fast-forward/fast-reverse playback
The FF and REW buttons provide 32× and 4× fast 
playbacks and fast reverse playbacks....

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Chapter4AdjustmentsandSettingsforRecording

Chapter 4  Adjustments and Settings for Recording
Selecting recording signals
This camera records HD (1080i, 720P) signals using AVC-Intra or DVCPRO HD codecs and use a combination of 
DVCPRO50, DVCPRO or DV codecs for recording SD (480i (576i)) signals.
It provides a variety of capture frame rates and recording frame rates (native recording) to suit specific applications.
Select recording and recording signal in the setting...

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List of recording formats and functions
The table below lists the recording formats and recording functions that the camera supports.
Camera recording modes (When the menu option REC SIGNAL is set to CAMERA)
When SYSTEM MODE is set to 1080-59.94i, 720-59.94P, 480-59.94i
Setting
Recording format *1Recording time *2
Recording function
SYSTEM MODEREC FORMATCAMERA MODEVFRFRAME RATE [FRAME]
PRE RECPROXY (optional)INTERVAL, ONE...

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When SYSTEM MODE is set to 1080-50i, 720-50P, 576-50i
Setting
Recording format *1Recording time *2
Recording function
SYSTEM MODEREC FORMATCAMERA MODEVFRFRAME RATE [FRAME]PRE RECPROXY (optional)INTERVAL, ONE SHOTLOOP REC
ONE CLIP REC
1080-50i
AVC-I 100/50i (AVC-I 50/50i) Disabled
DisabledDisabled
1080/50iAVC-I 100 (AVC-I 50) Approx. 64 min. (Approx. 128 min.) 

AVC-I 100/25PN (AVC-I 50/25PN) 1080/25PN Native−−−−
DVCPRO...