Chapter 3 Recording and Playback — Basic procedures

5Press the <REC> button to start recording.

The [REC] lamp in the viewfinder is illuminated during recording.

6 To stop recording, press the <REC> button again.

The [REC] lamp in the viewfinder goes out.

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tt During recording, operation buttons (<%/REW>, <FF/)>, <PLAY/PAUSE>, <STOP>) do not function. tt When highly bright subjects (e.g. sun or lighting) are shot, the periphery of the subject might be colored.

Standard recording

Press the <REC> button to start recording of video and audio on the P2 card.

A data consisting of video and sound generated by a single shooting action, together with additional information, is called a “clip”.

<REC> button

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tt In the following cases, it may take time to complete writing to the P2 card. Pressing the <REC> button does not accept operations immediately.

-When short-burst recording is stopped

-When stopping recording immediately after recording to the second P2 card

tt Just after inserting a P2 card or turning on the power, recording is started using the internal memory of the camera. In this case, recording cannot be stopped until the P2 card is recognized.

Push the <MARKER SEL>/<MODE CHECK/MENU CANCEL> switch three times towards the <MCK/MCL> side and check the P2 card status on the [SLOT1] and [SLOT2] rows (or, [SLOT3] and [SLOT4]) displayed on the viewfinder screen.

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