Setting The Thumbnail Image At Recording Time; Starting A Shoot With A Few Seconds Of Pre-Stored Picture Data (Picture Cache Function) - Sony PDW-700 Operation Manual

"ShotMark1" or "ShotMark2" appears in the
viewfinder screen for about one second near the
timecode display.
If the SHOT MARK 1 or SHOT MARK 2
recording function has been assigned to one of the
ASSIGN 1/3/4 switches, you can also use that
switch to record a SHOT MARK 1 or SHOT
MARK 2 essence mark.
On how to assign functions to the ASSIGN switches,
see page 148.
Setting the thumbnail image at
recording time
When you record a clip, you can specify which
frame to use as the clip thumbnail image (see
page 87).
(The factory default setting is to use the first
frame in the clip as the thumbnail.)
For example, if all clips have the same image in
their first frames, you can specify a frame a few
seconds after the start of the clip, so that all
thumbnails will not show the same image.
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn
the MENU knob to move b to the desired item.)
1
Display the ESSENCE MARK page of
the MAINTENANCE menu, and press
the MENU knob.
For details on menu operations, see "Basic
menu operations" on page 134.
2
Select INDEX PIC. POS, and press the
MENU knob.
3
Turn the MENU knob to select the
desired time.
4
Press the MENU knob.
Starting a shoot with a few
seconds of pre-stored picture data
(Picture Cache function)
The camcorder has a large capacity internal
memory, in which you can cache the last few
seconds (maximum 30 seconds) of captured
video and audio, so that recording starts from a
point just before you press the REC START
button or the VTR button on the lens.
74 Advanced Operations for Shooting
Setting the Picture Cache mode/Picture
Cache time
To record in Picture Cache mode, you need to
turn on Picture Cache mode and set the picture
data storage time (Picture Cache time) using the
USER menu.
The Picture Cache time determines the number of
seconds recorded from the Picture Cache,
counting back from the time when you press the
REC START button or the VTR button on the
lens to start recording. However, the number of
seconds actually recorded from the Picture Cache
may be shorter immediately after the setting of
the VDR SAVE/STBY switch is changed, and in
the special situations explained in the following
notes.
Notes
• Storage of images to memory begins after you select
Picture Cache mode. If you begin recoding
immediately after selecting Picture Cache mode,
images from before the selection will not be recorded.
• During playback or recording review, no data is saved
to the Picture Cache memory. Thus it is not possible to
use this function to rerecord the last few seconds of
material from playback or recording review.
To set the Picture Cache mode/Picture Cache
time
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn
the MENU knob to move b to the desired item.)
1
Display the REC FUNCTION page of
the USER menu.
?005 REC FUNCTION
CACHE REC
For details on menu operations, see "Basic
menu operations" on page 134.
2
Select CACHE REC, and press the
MENU knob to display "ON".
3
Select CACHE REC TIME, and turn
the MENU knob to display the desired
Picture Cache time.
As you turn the MENU knob, the Picture
Cache time changes as follows: 0-2s y 2-4s
TOP
: OFF