In this guide we’ll show how to make a Sony Alpha FX3 accept external Timecode.
Turn on all your Lockit devices, choose one of them to be the Master Clock – then press-and-hold the green button to broadcast timecode and frame rate through ACN and you are set.
Make sure all cameras and Lockits run on the same frame rate.
- On the Lockit, press green and red simultaneously to enter menu, then and navigate to “Project Rate”
- On the camera:
- Enter menu and navigate to "Setup -> Area/Date -> NTSC/PAL Selector" to choose your area.
- Enter Shooting menu and navigate to "Image Quality -> Movie Settings -> Rec Frame Rate"
- Select your project rate.
How to make the camera accept external Timecode:
- Enter the Shooting menu
- Go to “TC/UB”
- For "Time Code Make", select "Preset"
- For “Time Code Run” select “Free run”
For this camera you need an LTC-OUT-SNY timecode cable.
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Connect it to the Multiport Connector
Now the camera accepts the external Timecode source – indicated by the “Ext Link” sign next to the Timecode.