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Special Recording Modes

During P2 card recording, the following special recording

 

 

 

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Press the REC button.

modes can be enabled from the RECORDING SETUP

screen: pre-recording, interval recording, one-shot

 

 

This setting will record audio and video a time

recording, loop recording, and one-clip recording.

 

 

period prior to start of recording.

These recording modes (excluding one-clip recording) are

 

 

• The following recording modes will disable the

available only with the following settings.

 

 

pre-recording function and start respective

One-clip recording mode is available in all recording

 

 

recording function when selected.

modes, except when VFR is turned ON in 720P system

 

 

• Recording of video input via the IEEE1394

mode.

 

 

 

 

connector

 

 

 

 

 

• When changing recording formats

SYSTEM MODE

REC FORMAT

Other conditions

 

 

 

 

• After a change from playback to recording

 

DVCPROHD/60i

Set CAMERA

 

 

 

 

 

• During interval recording

1080-59.94i

AVC-I 100/60i

 

 

MODE to 60i or 30P

 

 

 

AVC-I 50/60i

 

 

• During one-shot recording

 

 

 

 

 

DVCPROHD/50i

 

 

 

• During loop recording

1080-50i

AVC-I 100/50i

 

 

 

• There may be a short delay in start of audio and

 

AVC-I 50/50i

 

 

 

video recording when the REC button is pressed

 

DVCPROHD/60P

 

 

 

directly after switching from thumbnail display

720-59.94P

AVC-I 100/60P

Turn VFR OFF

 

 

or playback to view what you are shooting, after

 

AVC-I 50/60P

 

 

 

turning the power on and after changing the

 

DVCPROHD/50P

 

 

 

PREREC MODE.

720-50P

AVC-I 100/50P

Turn VFR OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVC-I 50/50P

 

 

 

 

 

DVCPRO 50/60i

Set CAMERA

 

 

 

480-59.94i

DVCPRO/60i

 

 

 

MODE to 60i or 30P

 

 

 

 

DV/60i

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVCPRO 50/50i

 

 

 

 

576-50i

DVCPRO/50i

 

 

 

 

 

DV/50i

 

 

 

 

Pre-recording (PRE REC)

This function is used to start recording a certain number of seconds (approx. 3 seconds for HD recordings or approx. 7 seconds for SD recordings) before actual recording starts.

Starting recording

Stopping recording

 

 

 

(time)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual recording time

 

PRE REC time

 

 

 

 

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Check that the SYSTEM SETUP screen is set

 

up as described above.

 

For details on menu operation, refer to [Using the

 

menus] (page 129).

 

 

 

 

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Set the menu option PREREC MODE to ON in

 

the RECORDING SETUP screen.

• The following indications appear in the special recording display area in the viewfinder.

Recording: P-REC lights

Pause: P-PAUSE lights

For details, refer to [Screen displays] (page 75).

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