Drop: 0 Screen Guide

[Paul Harrill]

I've searched through the manual for this, to no avail:

What does the small status box that says "Drop 0" mean? Just for clarification, the thing I'm referring to is right next to "Media: 100" (or whatever the media status is) on my LCD screen.

I'm *guessing* it refers to something about either a) dropping frames OR b) DF/NDF timecode. Hasn't seemed to effect my footage, either. But I'm curious.

Thanks!

 

[David Battistella]

I've searched through the manual for this, to no avail:

What does the small status box that says "Drop 0" mean? Just for clarification, the thing I'm referring to is right next to "Media: 100" (or whatever the media status is) on my LCD screen.

I'm *guessing* it refers to something about either a) dropping frames OR b) DF/NDF timecode. Hasn't seemed to effect my footage, either. But I'm curious.

Thanks!

I means that you have not dropped any frames. If there are numbers there then you ahve dropped frames in a take.

david

 

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

I means that you have not dropped any frames. If there are numbers there then you ahve dropped frames in a take.

david

and dropped frames = bad

Frames may be dropped if you record to harddisk, while driving down a bumpy road, in a helicopter or at a loud rock concert.

A dropped frame is a lost frame...