Special Recording Function; Pre-Recording; Relay Recording - Panasonic HC-X1500 Operating Instructions Manual

Special recording function

Special recording such as pre-recording or relay recording is possible by setting the menu.

Pre-recording

Records the video and audio from specific time before the operation to start the recording.
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The pre-recording time varies depending on the setting of the [SYSTEM] menu → [FILE FORMAT]/[REC FORMAT].
Pre-recording time
Approx. 5 seconds
Approx. 10 seconds
1
Select the [RECORDING] menu → [PRE REC] → [ON].
[P] is displayed in the recording status display of the camera image screen.
≥ You can also either press the USER button assigned to [PRE REC] or touch the USER button icon to switch enable/disable of [PRE REC].
2
Press the REC button.
@ NOTE
0 Aim the unit at the subject beforehand.
0 The video and audio may not be able to record for specific time before in following cases.
j Immediately after turning on the power
j Immediately after opening the menu
j Immediately after the memory card is inserted
j Immediately after playing back the recorded video
j Immediately after closing the thumbnail screen
j During the time from recording stop until completion of writing to the memory card
0 When [PRE REC] is set to [ON], the [RECORDING] menu → [TC/UB] → [FREE/REC RUN] is fixed to [FREE RUN].
0 The pre-recording is canceled once when 3 hours has past without starting the recording.
0 Pre-recording cannot be performed if the remaining recording capacity of the memory card is less than 1 minute.
0 Pre-recording cannot be used in the following cases:
j When super slow recording is enabled
j When background recording is enabled
j When interval recording is enabled
0 For information about recording functions that cannot be used simultaneously, refer to page 189.

Relay recording

When inserting memory cards into the 2 card slots, recording can continue on the second memory card if the remaining recording capacity of the other
memory card is exhausted.
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Card slot 1
Card slot 2
1
Select the [RECORDING] menu → [2 SLOTS FUNC.] → [RELAY REC].
[RELAY] is displayed in the 2 slot function display of the camera image screen.
A slanted line is displayed on the [RELAY] display when the relay recording is not possible, such as when a memory card is not inserted in either of
the 2 card slots.
Chapter 5 Shooting — Special recording function
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[FILE FORMAT]
[MOV], [MP4]
[MOV], [MP4]
[AVCHD]
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Operation to start recording
A
Operation to stop recording
B
(Time)
C
Pre-recording time
D
Actual recording time
E
UHD recording format
FHD recording format
All
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[REC FORMAT]
Start recording
A
Pause
B
1 During recording
2 Automatically switch the recording
target card slot
3 Replace with a different recordable
memory card