Pre-Recording - Canon 3794C002 Instruction Manual

Special Recording Modes

Pre-recording

When pre-recording is activated, the camera starts recording continuously onto a temporary memory (3 or
5 seconds (
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 When selecting a pre-recording time, select [3 sec] or [5 sec] in MENU > [Æ Recording/
Media Setup] > [Pre-Recording Time].
3 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.
4 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].
5 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.
only)) so when you press the REC button, the clip will contain also a few seconds of video
> [Æ Recording/Media Setup] > [Recording Mode] > [Pre-Recording].
> [Æ Recording/Media Setup] > [Recording