Interval Recording - Panasonic AG-HMC40 Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)

Interval recording

This function allows you to create short videos of
scenes that move slowly over long periods of time
through frame-by-frame recording at specified intervals.
Single frames are recorded at the specified interval,
with 4 frames equaling 1 second of video.
You can specify the interval in CAMERA mode
with the INTERVAL REC item in the setting menu
RECORD SETUP screen.
• 1 SECOND/10 SECONDS/30 SECONDS/1
MINUTE/2 MINUTES: Change the recording interval.
OFF: Disable interval recording.
• appears on the screen.
• Interval recording will be disabled when shooting
is finished.
• Audio recording is disabled.
• The PRE-REC function is disabled, even if it is
set.
Recording
Example
interval
Sunsets
SECOND
Butterfly
emerging
from SECONDS
cocoon
Flowers
blooming SECONDS
• The maximum shooting time is 4 hours.
• When recording for long periods, use the AC
adapter to eliminate battery concerns.
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Shooting
Video length
time
1 min 15 sec
1 30 min
to 1 hour
 min 30 sec
10  hr to 30 sec to
4 hr 1 min
30 1 hr to 5 sec to
3 hr 15 sec
• Do not remove the battery or disconnect the
AC adapter during interval recording. Doing so
may damage recorded image data or result in
data loss.
• When INTERVAL REC is enabled, the
following setting items automatically change
as follows.
REC FORMAT: PH 1080/4P
TC MODE: NDF
• When playing back a recorded video, set the
playback format to 1080/4P.
• Photo shooting is disabled.
• You cannot change the recording mode while
interval recording is enabled.
• Even if you have not met 4 frames when you
stop recording, a 1 second video will be created.
• Depending on lighting and shooting
conditions, color and focus settings may not
adjust automatically. In such cases, make
adjustments manually.
• The digital zoom function cannot be used while
INTERVAL REC is enabled.
• The REC CHECK function does not work after
interval recording.
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• Clips captured with interval recording cannot
be deleted with the LAST CLIP function, even
if is set.