Advanced Operations For Shooting; Recording Essence Marks; 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

Advanced Operations for
Shooting

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.
To record a shot mark using the RET
button on the lens
To make it possible to record shot marks using the
RET button on the lens, carry out the following
procedure.
(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.
?M11 ESSENCE MARK
RET SHOT MARK 1
RET SHOT MARK 2
INDEX PIC. POS
For details on menu operations, see "Basic
menu operations" on page 140.
2
Select the essence mark to be recorded,
and press the MENU knob to display
"ON".
3
Repeat the step 2, as necessary.
To record shot mark 1/2
When the camcorder is in recording or playback
mode, operate the lens RET button as follows.
Shot mark 1: Press the RET button once.
Shot mark 2: Press the RET button twice in rapid
succession.
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: ON
: ON
: 0SEC
"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 155.
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 84).
(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 140.
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.