Chapter 5 Shooting — Special recording function
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Special recording function
Special recording such as pre-recording or relay recording is possible by setting the menu.
Pre-recording
Records the video and audio from specific time before the operation to start the recording.
The pre-recording time varies depending on the setting of the [SYSTEM] menu → [FILE FORMAT]/[REC FORMAT].
1
Select the [RECORDING] menu → [PRE REC] → [ON].
[P] is displayed in the recording status display of the camera image screen.
≥ You can also either press the USER button assigned to [PRE REC] or touch the USER button icon to switch enable/disable of [PRE REC].
2
Press the REC button.
0 Aim the unit at the subject beforehand.
0 The video and audio may not be able to record for specific time before in following cases.
j Immediately after turning on the power
j Immediately after opening the menu
j Immediately after the memory card is inserted
j Immediately after playing back the recorded video
j Immediately after closing the thumbnail screen
j During the time from recording stop until completion of writing to the memory card
0 When [PRE REC] is set to [ON], the [RECORDING] menu → [TC/UB] → [FREE/REC RUN] is fixed to [FREE RUN].
0 The pre-recording is canceled once when 3 hours has past without starting the recording.
0 Pre-recording cannot be performed if the remaining recording capacity of the memory card is less than 1 minute.
0 Pre-recording cannot be used in the following cases:
j When super slow recording is enabled
j When background recording is enabled
j When interval recording is enabled
0 For information about recording functions that cannot be used simultaneously, refer to page 192.
Relay recording
When inserting memory cards into the 2 card slots, recording can continue on the second memory card if the remaining recording capacity of the other
memory card is exhausted.
1
Select the [RECORDING] menu → [2 SLOTS FUNC.] → [RELAY REC].
[RELAY] is displayed in the 2 slot function display of the camera image screen.
A slanted line is displayed on the [RELAY] display when the relay recording is not possible, such as when a memory card is not inserted in either of
the 2 card slots.
A
Operation to start recording
B
Operation to stop recording
C
(Time)
D
Pre-recording time
E
Actual recording time
Pre-recording time [FILE FORMAT] [REC FORMAT]
Approx. 5 seconds [MOV], [MP4] UHD recording format
Approx. 10 seconds [MOV], [MP4] FHD recording format
[AVCHD] All
Card slot 1
Card slot 2
A
Start recording
B
Pause
1 During recording
2 Automatically switch the recording
target card slot
3 Replace with a different recordable
memory card
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