Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)
Marker

If you press the ZEBRA button while the zebra pattern is being displayed, a marker appears in the center of the display (if you have set the setup menu, DISPLAY SETUP, MARKER to ON).

The brightness of the areas near the screen center can be checked as a percentage (0% to 99%). “99%↑” appears if the percentage is over 99.

Image level detection area

Marker

99%

Image level

The normal display reappears if you press the ZEBRA button again.

Checking and displaying shooting status

DISP/MODE CHK button

During recording or while recording is paused, information such as recording functions setting status and a list of functions allocated to the USER buttons can be displayed by keeping the DISP/ MODE CHK button held down. Release the button to return to the normal display.

Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button during recording or while recording is paused will remove all displays from the screen except for the operation status, standby mode display, counter, marker, and safety zone display. Press the button again to return to the normal display. (Page 81) This setting will be maintained even if the camera’s power is turned off by moving the POWER switch to the OFF position or if the operating mode is changed.

Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button while the thumbnail screen is displayed in PB mode will display the properties of the selected clip.

(Clips can be selected by moving the cursor with the Operation lever.)

PRE REC

Record video and audio from three seconds before the time of the operation to begin recording.

Operation to start

Operation to stop

recording

recording

(Time)

Actual recording

time

PRE REC time

1 Set the TCG item on the TC/UB SETUP screen to FREE RUN.

• Menu operations (Page 82)

2 Set the PREREC MODE item on the RECORDING SETUP screen to ON. P-PAUSE will be displayed on the screen.

•When the TCG item on the TC/UB SETUP screen has been set to REC RUN, the setting will be automatically changed to

FREE RUN.

3 Press the START/STOP button.

Video and audio from approximately 3 seconds previously will be recorded.

•Recording of the previous 3 seconds of video and audio may not be possible if recording is started immediately in the following cases.

·Immediately after switching from PB mode to CAM mode

·Immediately after turning power on

·Immediately after changing to PREREC MODE item

•The thumbnail for clips recorded using the PREREC function will display the image from when the START/STOP button was pressed.

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