Deleting Clips; Recording Essence Marks - Sony PDW-510P Operation Manual

3-2-2 Deleting Clips

With this camcorder you can delete clips one at a time, in
sequence from the last recorded clip, or you can delete all
clips in a single operation.
You can use the THUMBNAIL menu to delete the selected
clip or all clips. For details, see "Deleting clips" (page
66).
To delete the last recorded clip
Note
If the clip is locked, it cannot be deleted.
Proceed as follows.
1
Holding down the MENU knob, move the MENU ON/
OFF switch from OFF to ON.
The TOP menu appears.
2
Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to
"MAINTENANCE", and press the MENU knob.
If this is the first time the MAINTENANCE menu has
been displayed, the CONTENTS page of the menu
appears. If the menu has been used before, the last
accessed page appears.
3
If the CONTENTS page is displayed, turn the MENU
knob to move the b mark to "DISC", and press the
MENU knob.
If a different page is displayed, turn the MENU knob
until the DISC page appears, then press the MENU
knob to select the page.
M19 DISC
DELETE LAST CLIP:
DELETE ALL CLIPS:
QUICK FORMAT
4
Press the MENU knob, then turn it to move the b mark
to "DELETE LAST CLIP", and press the MENU knob
again.
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TOP
EXEC
EXEC
: EXEC
The message "DELETE OK? YES b NO" appears.
5
Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to "YES",
and press the MENU knob again.
The last recorded clip is deleted.
6
By repeating steps 4 and 5, you can delete a number of
clips in sequence from the last recorded clip.
Clip 1 Clip 2
Clips can be deleted in the sequence 3 t 2 t 1.
To delete all clips within the disc
Note
Carrying out the following procedure deletes all clips that
are not locked.
Proceed as follows.
1
On the DISC page (see the previous item), move the b
mark to "DELETE ALL CLIPS", and press the MENU
knob.
The message "DELETE OK? YES b NO" appears.
2
To execute deleting, turn the MENU knob to move the
b mark to "YES", and press the MENU knob.
This deletes all clips within the disc.

3-2-3 Recording Essence Marks

Shot marks and other essence marks can be recorded on the
disc.
Recording essence marks for scenes containing important
images and sounds enables quick access to the marked
points. This increases editing efficiency.
Some essence marks are recorded automatically, for
example when recording starts and when the flash
operates. Others are recorded manually.
To specify essence marks to be recorded on the
disc
Proceed as follows.
Clip 3