Shooting procedures when INTERVAL REC is ON

1 Following basic operations of shooting and recording according to “Basic Procedures”, lock the camera securely.

2 Check that “i” is blinking in the display, and that the interval recording mode is selected.

3 Press REC button.

Interval recording starts. Recording automatically stops after the specified TAKE TOTAL TIME, and the entire recording is generated as one clip.

“i” starts blinking in the display when the internal recording mode is selected. “iREC” illuminates after recording starts. “iREC” blinks during a pause.

The display in the viewfinder is the same as that in the display window.

The tally lamp illuminates during recording. If PAUSE TIME is set at 2 minutes or longer, the tally lamp illuminates at 5-second intervals to indicate that it is paused. The tally lamp also blinks 3 seconds before recording starts.

iREC start

 

 

 

Time Axis

 

 

 

REC TIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

time=t1)(Recording

Real-time video

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Sound 1

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PAUSE TIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Pausing

 

 

 

 

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t2

 

 

 

 

 

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TAKE TOTAL TIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Time necessary for shooting)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content on P2 card

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One clip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL REC TIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Recording time on P2 card)

 

 

 

 

To stop recording

Press the STOP button. Recording stops. Then, the camera accesses the P2 card to record the video stored in memory before recording stops. The record from the beginning of the interval recording to the moment of pressing the STOP button is generated as one clip.

For continuous recording

Press the REC button, again. Interval recording resumes.

To stop the Interval recording mode

zSetting the menu option INTERVAL REC MODE to “OFF”.

When INTERVAL REC HOLD is set to “OFF”, the mode returns to ordinary recording mode if the POWER switch of the unit is turned OFF.

If INTERVAL REC HOLD is set to “ON”, the interval recording mode will not change even if the POWER switch is turned OFF.

40 Recording and Playback: Interval Recording