Pre-Recording - Canon EOS C500 Mark II Instruction Manual

Special Recording Modes

Pre-recording

When pre-recording is activated, the camera starts recording continuously onto a temporary memory (approx.
3 seconds) so when you press the REC button, the clip will contain also a few seconds of video and audio
recorded before you pressed the button.
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Pre-recording is available only for XF-AVC primary clips.
1 Select
• [PRE STBY] appears at the top of the screen.
2 Press the REC button to begin recording.
• The tally lamps illuminate in red (the rear tally lamp changes from green (power indicator) to red).
• [PRE STBY] changes to [PRE Ü REC] while recording.
3 Press the REC button again to stop recording.
• The clip is recorded. The recorded clip will include a few seconds of video and audio recorded before the
REC button was pressed.
• The front tally lamp goes out and the rear tally lamp changes from red to green (power indicator) and
[PRE Ü REC] changes back to [PRE STBY].
4 To end the special recording mode, select
Mode] > [Normal Recording].
NOTES NOTES
• Pre-recording will be canceled if the main recording format or recording mode is changed.
• About the time code when pre-recording is activated:
- The time code of the clip will start a few seconds before the REC button was pressed.
- The time code will be recorded with the running mode set to [Free Run].
- If the time code mode was set to [Regen.], or to [Preset] with [Rec Run] running mode, the time code
running mode will be changed automatically to [Free Run] when pre-recording is activated.
- When the special recording mode is turned off, the time code running mode will return to its previous
setting.
> [Æ Recording/Media Setup] > [Recording Mode] > [Pre-Recording].
> [Æ Recording/Media Setup] > [Recording