Children with Summer Grove Baptist Church daycare take a field trip to the Louisiana Shreveport Riverview waterpark for some fun in the sun. Three shots untilize overcrank on the Panasonic ag-hvx200.
I now have a full understanding of over and undercranking but it wasn't until using the cam, reading and research and help from friends. Early on Nate gave me this insight:
Overcranking with the AG-HVX200 is quite simple once you get the hang of it. You probibly already know the way it works, but just incase, I'll make it quick: If you were to record at, say, 48 FPS, but played back at 24 FPS, it would take two seconds to play back one second of recorded footage (48 divided by 24 = 2). The more frames you record every second, the slower-motion you will get (as long as your recorded speed is faster than the playback speed, which, as mentioned above, typically is 23.951, aka 24). If you've seen the film "300", you'll notice extremely slow motion, which to my knowledge) can only be accomplished with a Varicam - recording at (I
believe) 120 fps. However, the AG-HVX200 can do up to 60 fps, which is roughly 3x slow motion. And it's beautiful. extraordinarily beautiful. Alright, so... How to do it: Press the Menu button on the top of the camera. In "5. Recording Setup", you select the Recording Format, which sets your resolution, capture style(progressive/interlace), and PLAYBACK frame rate. This is your basic recording format settings. I believe that you can only overcrank in 720p mode, but I don't know that for fact. I do know that you can't do it in 480i mode (atleast... to tape), but I rarely use 1080i mode, so I don't know for certain. Might be worth trying, though. I almost always record in 720p/24PN, but that's just me. Once you have your Recording Format set up, go back out to the main menu, and go into "1. Scene File". The second option down, "Frame Rate", will likely say 'Default'. This is where you over/under crank. To undercrank (fast motion), select any frame rate that is below your playback frame rate. To overcrank, select any frame rate that is above your playback frame rate. Often times very minor overcranking and undercranking will be used (nearly unnoticeably) to amplify mood (roughly 2 frames over for dramatic mood, 2 frames under for intense action). Once you've selected the frame rate you want, simply leave the menu, and you're good to go. Record away! Shoot something cool, change to playback mode, and watch the beauty of overcranking. :) Note, though, that when your Recording Frame Rate and your Playback Frame Rate are not equal (any time you over or under crank), no audio will be recorded. A great website that explains the menus is
http://www.jkor.com/peter/hvx200.html
I also reccommend the book "A Guide to the Panasonic HVX200 Camera" by Barry W. Green. I understand they released a second book or dvd or something, but I don't have it. This book, though, taught me more than I imagined the camera could possibly do.
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