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Marker
If you press the ZEBRA button while the zebra
pattern is being displayed, a marker appears in
the center of the display (if you have set the setup
menu, DISPLAY SETUP, MARKER to ON).
The brightness of the areas near the screen center
can be checked as a percentage (0% to 99%).
“99%
↑
” appears if the percentage is over 99.
99%
Image level detection
area
Image level
Marker
The normal display reappears if you press the
ZEBRA button again.
Checking and displaying shooting
status
DISP/MODE CHK button
During recording or while recording is paused,
information such as recording functions setting
status and a list of functions allocated to the USER
buttons can be displayed by keeping the DISP/
MODE CHK button held down. Release the button
to return to the normal display.
Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button during
recording or while recording is paused will
remove all displays from the screen except for the
operation status, standby mode display, counter,
marker, and safety zone display. Press the button
again to return to the normal display. (Page 81)
This setting will be maintained even if the camera’s
power is turned off by moving the POWER switch
to the OFF position or if the operating mode is
changed.
Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button while the
thumbnail screen is displayed in PB mode will
display the properties of the selected clip.
(Clips can be selected by moving the cursor with
the Operation lever.)
Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)
PRE REC
Record video and audio from three seconds before
the time of the operation to begin recording.
Operation to start
recording
Operation to stop
recording
Actual recording
time
PRE REC time
(Time)
1
Set the TCG item on the TC/UB SETUP
screen to FREE RUN.
Menu operations (Page 82)
2
Set the PREREC MODE item on the
RECORDING SETUP screen to ON.
P-PAUSE will be displayed on the screen.
When the TCG item on the TC/UB SETUP
screen has been set to REC RUN, the
setting will be automatically changed to
FREE RUN.
3
Press the START/STOP button.
Video and audio from approximately 3 seconds
previously will be recorded.
Recording of the previous 3 seconds of video
and audio may not be possible if recording is
started immediately in the following cases.
Immediately after switching from PB mode
to CAM mode
Immediately after turning power on
Immediately after changing to PREREC
MODE item
The thumbnail for clips recorded using the
PREREC function will display the image from
when the START/STOP button was pressed.
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