Can someone give me a simple explanation 3:2 & 2:2 'pull down'? I live in NTSC land, and I have a Sony HXR-NX5U camera which has recording formats including, but not limited to: 1080/60i, 1080/30p, 1080/24p, & 720/60p. The Bit-rate for these 'formats' is 24/Mbps, the highest available from the camera. The manual says, "The Samurai can detect and remove the pull-down, ...". Which 'recording format' is correct? I'm very confused.

Any and all help is appreciated.

Best wishes for the Holiday Season,

J.

My understanding is that the Samurai, unlike the Ninja, will record the "true" progressive format out of the HD-SDI connection regardless of whether it is 24/30 over 60i or not. The Ninja records the interlaced version with the progressive pattern requiring pull down for native progressive editing.