Canon UC800 - Basic Recording

Basic
Operation
Basic Recording
Before you start recording
Complete the following steps:
• Attach a power source (p. 7).
• Load a cassette (p. 11).
• Adjust the viewfinder, fasten the grip belt and
take off the lens cap. (p. 12).
You may also want to install the backup battery
(p. 10) in order to set the date and time display
(P- 21).
To record
1. Turn the program selector to □ .
• Press and hold the lock button.
• This selects the camera’s Easy Recording
program. It allows you to simply point and
shoot without making any manual
adjustments.
2. Open the STANDBY cover.
• The camera operation indicator lights up red,
and PAUSE appears in the viewfinder — the
camera is now in “record pause mode.”
3. Press the start/stop button to begin
recording.
• The tally lamp flashes rapidly and REC
appears in the viewfinder.
4. Press the start/stop button again to
pause recording.
• The camera returns to record pause mode
and PAUSE reappears in the viewfinder.
• You can stop and restart recording as often as
you like by pressing the start/stop button.
• The camera will turn itself off if you leave it in
record pause mode for more than about five
minutes. To return to record pause mode,
close and reopen the STANDBY cover, or turn
the program selector to OFF and then back to
□ .
5. C lose the STANDBY cover.
• As long as the program selector is set to a
recording program, you can use the
STANDBY cover to turn the camera on and
off. This makes it easy to save battery power,
and prevents accidental operation of the start/
stop button.
When you have finished recording
• Replace the lens cap.
• Unload the cassette.
• Turn the program selector to OFF.
• Disconnect the power source.
Notes:
• If you turn off the camera using the STANDBY
cover, it will remember your chosen focus and
shutter speed settings in the FlexiZone Recording
program (see p. 24), and whether or not a title
was displayed. If you turn the program selector to
OFF and back again, these settings are erased
from the memory.
• You can set one (or both) of the Custom Keys to
operate as an extra start/stop button. (See pp. 20
for details.) This is especially useful for low-angle
recording, when you hold the camera by your
waist.
• Before making important recordings, clean the
video heads using a Canon CC-8 Video Flead
Cleaning Cassette or a commercially available
dry-type head cleaning cassette.