Press the MENU knob.
Repeat steps 5 to 8 to set the remaining essence marks.

MENU knob

MENU ON/OFF

 

switch

 

1 Holding down the MENU knob, move the MENU ON/ OFF switch from OFF to ON.

The TOP menu appears.

SHUTTER CHG. MARK: Recorded when the shutter speed is changed.

WHITE CHG. MARK: Recorded when the white balance is changed.

FLASH MARK: Recorded when a sudden brightness change occurs as when the flash operates or when the camcorder in recording mode is suddenly moved into an indoor space from a bright outdoor space.

5 Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to “SHOT MARK 1”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M10 ESSENCE MARK

 

TOP

 

 

SHOT

MARK

1

:

OFF

 

 

SHOT

MARK

2

:

OFF

 

 

OVER

AUDIO

LIMIT

:

OFF

 

 

GAIN

CHG. MARK

:

OFF

 

 

FILTER

CHG. MARK

:

OFF

 

 

SHUTTER

CHG. MARK:

OFF

 

 

WHITE

CHG. MARK

:

OFF

 

 

FLASH

MARK

 

:

OFF

 

 

FLASH

MARK

LEVEL

:

10

 

 

INDEX

PIC.

POS.

:

0SEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2 Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to “MAINTENANCE”.

3 Press the MENU knob.

If this is the first time the MAINTENANCE menu has been displayed, the CONTENTS page of the menu appears. If the menu has been used before, the last accessed page appears.

4 If the CONTENTS page is displayed, turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to “ESSENCE MARK”, then press the MENU knob.

If a different page is displayed, turn the MENU knob until the ESSENCE page appears, then press the MENU knob to select the page.

?M10 ESSENCE MARK

 

TOP

SHOT

MARK

1

:

OFF

SHOT

MARK

2

:

OFF

OVER

AUDIO

LIMIT

:

OFF

GAIN

CHG. MARK

:

OFF

FILTER

CHG. MARK

:

OFF

SHUTTER

CHG. MARK:

OFF

WHITE

CHG. MARK

:

OFF

FLASH

MARK

 

:

OFF

FLASH

MARK

LEVEL

:

10

INDEX

PIC.

POS.

:

0SEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

The items show the following types of essence marks. SHOT MARK 1/2: Recorded manually.

OVER AUDIO LIMIT: Recorded when the audio level exceeds 0 dBFS.

GAIN CHG. MARK: Recorded when the gain value is changed.

FILTER CHG. MARK: Recorded when the filter is changed.

6 Press the MENU knob.

The b mark to the left of “SHOT MARK 1” changes to a z mark and the z mark to the left of the setting changes to a ? mark.

7 If you want to record the essence mark, turn the MENU knob to display “ON”. If you do not want to record it, turn the MENU knob to display “OFF”.

8

9

10When FLASH MARK is “ON”, use the FLASH MARK LEVEL item to set the threshold brightness value (in the range 1 to 20) for essence mark recording.

11Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to OFF to end the menu operation.

Recording a SHOT MARK 1 essence mark

Press the RET button once.

“ShotMark1” appears on the viewfinder screen for about one second near the time code display.

If SHOT MARK 1 recording has been assigned to one of the assignable switches, you can also use that switch to record a SHOT MARK 1 essence mark.

See section 7-3-5 “Assigning Functions to ASSIGN 1/2/3/ 4 Switches” (page 133) for more information about how to make assignments.

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