Quick start
This unit will resume recording/pause mode about 0.6 seconds after the LCD monitor is reopened.
≥When in quick start standby mode about 60% of the power used in recording pause mode is being consumed, so the recording time will be reduced.
1 Select the menu. (l 21)
[SETUP] # [QUICK START] # [ON]
2 Close the LCD monitor while the mode switch is set to 
.
The status indicator A flashes green and the unit goes into quick start standby mode.
≥The lens cover does not close.
3 Open the LCD monitor.
The status indicator A lights red and the unit is put into recording pause approx. 0.6 seconds after it is turned on.
≥Set [QUICK START] to [OFF] to cancel the quick start mode.
≥Quick start standby mode is cancelled if jabout 5 minutes elapsed
jSet the mode switch to 
jTurn the unit off
≥In the 25p digital cinema setting, the required time for the quick start operation is slightly longer than 0.6 seconds.
≥In the quick start mode, it may take some time for automatic white balance to adjust, if the scene being recorded has a light source different from the scene last recorded. (When the colour night view function is used, however, the white balance of the scene last recorded is retained.)
≥In the quick start mode, the zoom magnification becomes 1k and the picture size may differ from what it was before quick start standby mode.
≥If [POWER SAVE] (l 22) is set to
[5 MINUTES] and the unit automatically goes into quick start standby mode, close the LCD monitor and then open it again.
≥If the unit is exposed to vibration or shock, the time for the quick start mode may be slightly longer than 0.6 seconds.
PRE-REC
This prevents you missing a shot.
This allows recording of the pictures and sound to start approximately 3 seconds before the recording start/stop button is pressed.
1 Press the PRE-REC button.
[ 
] appears on the screen and the unit repeats the update by recording motion pictures for about 3 seconds onto the
≥Aim this unit at the subject and position it securely.
≥Press the
2 Press the recording start/stop button to start recording.
≥Images and audio are recorded for about
3 seconds before pressing the recording start/ stop button.
≥There is no beep sound.
≥After recording starts, the
≥To use the
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