One-clip recording (ONE CLIP REC)

Instead of creating a new clip for each recording session (i.e., operation from REC start to stop), this mode compiles images from multiple recording sessions into a single clip.

REC Start

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Recording

 

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Recording*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC stop

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Single Combined Clip

*Up to a maximum of 99 recordings can be combined into a single clip. When the 99th recording ends, recordings are no longer automatically combined into the same clip. Subsequent recordings are combined into a new clip.

To use this function, set the menu option ONE CLIP REC to ON in the RECORDING SETUP screen. (Page 142)

When one-clip recording mode is enabled, “1-CLIP” appears in the viewfinder and at the top of the LCD monitor.

When you press the START/STOP button on the camera-recorder to start your first recording, “START 1CLIP” appears.

Any subsequent recordings are automatically combined into the clip. Up to a maximum of 99 clips can be combined into a single clip.

To record a new clip

Follow the instructions below to use a new and separate clip and end combining to the clip.

•Push and hold the Operation lever in the  direction (STOP) for about 2 seconds while recording is paused. (operating while recording is on standby)

Or

•Press and hold the START/STOP button for about 2 seconds to stop recording. (operating while recording is in progress)

Follow the instructions above to end combining to the clip. “END 1-CLIP” displays. Subsequent recordings use a new and separate clip.

•In addition to the aforementioned steps, the following ends combining to the clip and subsequent recordings use a new clip.

··When the power is turned off

··When the P2 card with the previous recording is removed

··When the P2 card is formatted or the clip is deleted (when the previous combined clip does not exist)

•The clip does not stop combining even when the STOP button is pressed in the Menu or on the thumbnail display.

To exit one-clip recording mode

Set the menu option ONE CLIP REC to OFF.

To cue to the start of the combined section of the clip

A text memo can be automatically added to the start of the recording, the start of a section can be cued for playback, and the thumbnail of the location can be checked before each recording.

To automatically add a text memo to the start point of the recording, set the menu option START TEXT MEMO to ON in the RECORDING SETUP screen. (Page 142)

Check and playback the location of the added text memo by selecting THUMBNAIL → TEXT MEMO CLIPS from the Thumbnail Menu and moving the cursor over the desired clip.

Refer to “Playing back a clip at the position where a text memo is recorded” (Page 83) for details. To cue to the location of the text memo during playback, set the menu option SEEK SELECT to CLIP&T in the OTHER FUNCTIONS screen, and push the Operation lever in the   direction while playback is paused.

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