In this guide we’ll show how to make a Sony Alpha 7S III accept external Timecode.
Make sure you have the latest camera firmware installed to enable LTC input through the Multiport connector.
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.