PRE-REC

This prevents you from missing a shot.

This allows recording of the pictures and sound to start approximately 3 seconds before the recording start/stop button is pressed.

PRE-RECappears on the screen.

Aim the unit at the subject beforehand.

There is no beep sound.

PRE-REC is canceled in the following cases. jPress the recording/playback button

jTouch the recording mode switching icon jIf you remove the SD card

jIf you touch MENU

jIf you press the Wi-Fi button jIf you turn the unit off

jIf you start recording

jAfter 3 hours have passed

After setting PRE-REC, if recording starts in less than 3 seconds, motion pictures taken 3 seconds before pressing the recording start/stop button cannot be recorded.

Images displayed on the thumbnail in Playback Mode will differ from the motion pictures displayed at the start of playback.

Built-in flash

When the button is pressed, the flash is activated and the picture will be recorded. Use the Built-in flash in order to record still pictures in dark places.

Each time the icon is selected, the indication changes by one setting in the following order:

ß([ON]) # ßA ([AUTO]) # ([OFF])

The unit automatically determines if the flash is necessary even when it has been set to by

detecting the ambient brightness. (If it determines that the flash is necessary, the indication lights up in red.)

To adjust the brightness of the flash

MENU : [PICTURE] # [FLASH LEVEL] # desired setting

ßi: Much brighter

ßd0: Normal

ßj: Less bright

If the ß indication etc. flashes when the button is pressed halfway, the flash is not activated.

Do not use with Filter Kit (optional) or Conversion Lens (optional) attached.

The available range of the flash is approx. 1.5 m (4.9 feet) in dark places.

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Panasonic HC-W850, HC-V750 owner manual Pre-Rec, Built-in flash, To adjust the brightness of the flash

HC-W850, HC-V750 specifications

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