Z5 timecode
Hi all, just got my new z5 with card recorder unit, not really had a chance to properly test it yet, but I did find one thing that I could not figure out,
This may seem like a totally weird question (hopefully with a very obvious answer) How to I set the timecode on the Z5 to run like a normal consumer cam (FX1000, FX7, VX2000 etc) w to I set the time code to simply run along from 00:00:00 all teh way up to 01:02:30 when the tape reaches the end, then when I put a new tape in, it goes back to 00:00:00 ? I'm sure this is a simple problem, but I cannot for the life of me figure it out. I tried all the options, but all I could get was for it to eaier alway be at 00:00:00 (even though I've recorded a full tape) or get it to record the current time as the timecode. Any help would be much appreciated Thanks James |
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Steve |
Simple solutions found!
Ok, i thought there would be a simple solution, and there was.
under the lcd screen, where the play, rewind buttons are, there is a button that says ' tc/u-bit' This toggles the display on the cameras lcd from, you've guessed it, Time code (which is what I was looking for) and user bits (the date, or the user selected bits etc...) Thanks for the suggestions though James |
Steve, I did not entirely understand your response but the Z5 should have complete control over the time code. I know the Z7 does and I would guess that the Z5 has the same capability. For example, if you want tape #1 to start with time code 01:00:00:00, you can do it. And if you want tape #2 to start with 02:00:00:00, you can do that also. Or if you do not reset your timecode and the first tape ends at 01:02:03:40, for example, the second tape will start up where the first tape stopped. Or you can reset each new tape to 00:00:00:00 if you want. As Steve found out, he had his camera on U-bit. He probably did not notice that it actually read something like 00.00.00.00 instead of 00:00:00:00.
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You can set it to do time of day, if you want. It won't display the date in the time code. But we have "synced" 3 different Sonys by setting them all for the same time and using free run as the mode.
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Now if I log and Transfer to Final Cut I always get a number, followed by date and time, but the timecode for each shot is from 00:00:00:00 till I stopped recording. How can I stop this resseting while shooting on CF? |
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