Playback and Recording 3 Chapter

Continuous recording in other cases

After rewinding or fast forward, after removing the cassette, or on a tape that has been partially recorded, you can obtain a continuous recording by following the procedure below.

The End Search function also allows you to continue recording on the partially recorded tape.

For details, see “3-2-7 Searching for the Last Recorded Portion and Turning in Recording Pause Mode (End Search Function)” on page 49.

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Continuous recording after rewinding or fast forward,

after removing the cassette,

or on a tape that has been partly recorded

1 Looking in the viewfinder, press the PLAY button to start playback.

2 Press the STOP button at the desired point to begin recording. To continue from the end of recording already on the tape, press the STOP button immediately after the end of the previous recording (within 0.5 seconds).

3 Press the RET button.

The tape will rewind and will be positioned at the desired point to continue recording.

4 Press the VTR START button on the camcorder or the VTR button on the lens to start recording.

Note

For good shot marks (shot mark 1 and shot mark 2) and recording start mark among available essence marks, you can select recording in the LTC-UBIT area and/or recording in the system area as required to maintain compatibility with conventional systems.

Settings for recording essence marks to the system area

Settings on the ESSENCE MARK and ESSENCE MARK2 pages of the MAINTENANCE menu determine which essence marks are to be recorded on the system area of tape.

Follow the procedures below:

 

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MENU knob

MENU ON/OFF switch

1 Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON while pushing the MENU knob.

The TOP menu appears.

3-2-3 Recording Essence Marks

Various essence marks, such as shot marks, can be recorded on tape. Recording essence marks for scenes containing important images and sounds enables quick access to the marked points. This increases editing efficiency.

There are essence marks that are automatically recorded by starting recording or firing the flash and those you can manually record when necessary.

2 Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to

MAINTENANCE.

3 Push the MENU knob.

When the MAINTENANCE menu is first used, the CONTENTS page appears.

Or if you have used the MAINTENANCE menu already, the page that was on the screen when the last menu operation ended appears.

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