Canon XA50 Instruction Manual page 38

Recording Video and Photos
To record video
4 Press the REC button to begin recording.
• During recording, Ü (in red) will appear on the screen. Additionally, if the handle unit is attached to the
camcorder, the tally lamp will illuminate.
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• You can also press the REC button on the handle unit or the START/STOP button on the supplied wireless
controller.
5 Press the REC button again to stop recording.
• Ü will change to Ñ (in white) and the clip will be recorded on the card selected for recording clips. The tally
lamp will also go out.
To take photos
4 During record standby mode, touch [PHOTO].
• By default, the [
the assigned function if necessary (A 94).
• A green g icon will appear at the bottom of the screen. Also, at the upper right of the screen, {Ð will
appear with the icon of the card selected for recording photos.
• You can also press the PHOTO button on the supplied wireless controller.
When you have finished recording
1 Set the lens barrier switch to CLOSED to close the lens barrier.
2 Make sure that the ACCESS indicator is off.
3 Set the power switch to OFF.
4 Close the LCD panel and return the viewfinder to its retracted position.
IMPORTANT
• Be sure to save your recordings regularly (A 113), especially after making important recordings. Canon shall
not be liable for any loss or corruption of data.
NOTES NOTES
• The REC button on the handle unit has a lock lever to prevent accidental operation. Set the lock lever to C in
cases such as when you do not want a recording inadvertently paused or do not plan to use this REC button.
Return the lever to its previous position to enable use of the REC button again.
• The maximum continuous recording time of a single clip is 6 hours. After that, a new clip will be created
automatically and recording will continue as a separate clip.
• When recording in bright places, it may be difficult to use the LCD screen. In such case, use the viewfinder or
adjust the brightness of the screen (A 22).
• A video recording will be saved as separate clips in the following cases:
- When the camcorder switches to the other SD card while recording video due to the relay recording function
(A 34).
- When recording clips on an SDHC card, the video (stream) file in the clip will be split approximately every
4 GB. Playback with the camcorder will be continuous.
After saving the separate split clips to a computer, you can use MP4 Join Tool to join the files and save them
as a single clip (A 113).
• Recording photos:
- Photos are recorded as JPG files. Photos can be recorded only in record standby mode.
- Photos cannot be recorded when pre-recording is activated.
• When you need to record for a long time with the camcorder set on a tripod, you can close the LCD panel and
use only the viewfinder in order to save power when using a battery pack (A 22).
Photo] function is assigned to the onscreen assignable button, but you can change