Recording Movies and Photos
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• When the camcorder switches form recording on one memory card to another during relay
recording, the video will be recorded as two separate relay scenes. With the supplied software,
Data Import Utility
, you can join relay scenes recorded on both memory cards as a single scene
and save it on a computer (
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• For scenes with a long recording time, the video (stream) file in a scene will be split approximately
every 4 GB. Even in such case, playback will be continuous. With the supplied software,
Data
Import Utility
, you can join such split files into a single scene and save it on a computer (
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• When recording in bright places, it may be difficult to use the OLED screen. In such cases, you can
adjust the brightness of the OLED screen with the
q
>
[OLED Brightness] setting.
Alternatively, you can also use the viewfinder (
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• Photos are recorded as JPG files. During
and
modes, the camcorder can take photos
during record pause mode or capture photos from a movie during playback (
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101). The photo
size and number of photos that can be saved on a 1 GB memory card are summarized in the
following table. However, the actual number of photos that can be recorded will vary depending on
the subject and shooting conditions.
• Photos cannot be recorded while the digital zoom is activated or during dual recording.
• You can capture a photo from a scene during playback (
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• When you need to record for a long time with the camcorder set on a tripod, you can close the
OLED panel and use only the viewfinder in order to save power when using a battery pack (
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Reviewing the Latest Scene Recorded
You can review the last 4 seconds of the last scene recorded with the camcorder without switching to
mode. While reviewing the latest scene, the picture will be played back without sound. By
default, assignable button 5 is set to [
Rec Review] but you can set another assignable button to
this function (
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1 Record a scene.
2 After you finish recording a scene, press
.
Movie Format
Recording mode
Photo size
Number of photos
AVCHD
Any
1920x1080
660
MP4
35 Mbps, 24 Mbps, 17 Mbps
1920x1080
660
4 Mbps
1280x720
1,490
3 Mbps
640x360
5,800
Operating modes:
COP
Y