Pre-Recording Function; Self Timer - Canon Legria HF21 Instruction Manual

Pre-recording Function

The camcorder will start recording 3 seconds before you press
START/STOP , ensuring you do not miss important shooting opportuni-
ties. This is especially useful when it is difficult to predict when to start
recording.
Operating modes:
1 Open ( ) the joystick guide.
2 Select ( ) [
• appears.
• Press
START/STOP
3 Press
The scene recorded in the memory will start
3 seconds before
NOTES
• While pre-recording is activated, the camcorder will not emit any notifi-
cation sounds.
• The camcorder will not record the full 3 seconds prior to pressing
START/STOP
turned on pre-recording or having finished the previous recording.
• Any of the following actions will deactivate the pre-recording function.
- Leaving the camcorder without any operation for 5 minutes.
FUNC.
- Pressing
- Changing the position of the camera mode dial.
- Setting the camcorder to standby mode.

Self Timer

Operating modes:
FUNC.
[
FUNC.
appears.
Pre REC] and press
again to turn pre-recording off.
.
START/STOP
if the button was pressed within 3 seconds of having
, or
Menu]
.
was pressed.
VIDEO SNAP
.
or [Self Timer]
Pre REC
[On ]
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