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How to use background recording
≥Register [BACKGROUND] to a USER button. (l61)
1Press the recording start/stop button to start recording.
≥A motion picture will start being recorded to the two SD cards. ( will be displayed in red.)
≥If you press the USER button to which [BACKGROUND] is registered, you can start recording
only to the SD card in card slot 2.
≥For information on how to register a function to USER b uttons, refer to page 61. For information
on how to use the USER button to which [BACKGROUND] is registered, refer to page 71.
2Press the recording start/stop button again to stop recording.
≥Recording to the SD card in card slot 1 will stop, but recording to the SD card in card slot 2 will
continue.
≥You can repeat recording to the SD card in card slot 1 by pressing the recording start/stop button.
≥You can stop background recording by pressing and holding the USER button to which
[BACKGROUND] is registered.
(Auto switch recording)
≥Destination to record still pictures will be switched to other SD card after performing the a uto
switch recording. In addition, a message about the remaining card capacity will be displayed.
Replace the SD card that ran out of space or set [2 SLOTS FUNC.] to [OFF].
(Simultaneous recording)
≥Simultaneous recording will not be performed for still pictures.
≥When performing simultaneous recording, even in the case where an error has occurred in one of
the SD cards and recording has stopped, recording can be continued using the other SD card.
≥When one of the media reaches its maximum recording time , the simultaneous recording stops.
(Background recording)
≥An alert sound is not emitted for background recording.
≥If you record still pictures, their picture quality will differ from that during normal still picture
recording.
≥Background recording stops in the following cases:
jWhen you have turned off this unit
jWhen the SD card being used as a background recor ding destination runs out of space
≥If the SD card being used as a background recording destination runs out of space during motion
picture recording, background recording does not restart automatically eve n if you replac e the SD
card.
A scene that moves slowly for long period of time is recorded frame by frame with an interval, and is
recorded as a short time motion picture.
One frame is recorded every recording interval that is set.
≥The number of frames per second differs depending on th e frame rate of [REC FORMAT].
jWhen the frame rate is set to 60i or 30p: 30 frames for a scene of 1 second
jWhen the frame rate is set to 50i or 25p: 25 frames for a scene of 1 second
jWhen the frame rate is set to 24p: 24 frames for a s cene of 1 second
≥Switch to Manual Mode. (l34)
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