Retro Cache Record - Focus FireStore DR-DV5000 User Manual

FireStore DR-DV5000 User Guide
Once RETRO DISK time is set, the user can
exit the Menus and return to the Main Screen.
An "L" will now appear next to the record
symbol on DR-DV5000's display. Pressing the
REC trigger once will put DR-DV5000
immediately into RETRO DISK RECORD.
Clips are being recorded to disk for X number
of minutes in one minute increments (each as
a separate track). The tally light will flash
(as if the unit is in pause). When the REC
trigger is pressed, DR-DV5000 will kick out
of RETRO DISK mode and go into standard
record. All one minute tracks in the set loop
sequence will appear and be saved as their
own tracks on disk (e.g. 1-001, 1-002, 1-003
etc.) except for the recording that was in
progress, which takes on the characteristics
of a standard track. At this stage, DR-DV5000
is essentially in standard record mode (the "L"
on the display will disappear). No frames
will be lost across tracks during the record
session. Once paused, the unit will return to
RETRO DISK record mode again (the "L"
will reappear in the LCD and viewfinder)
for further RETRO recordings or until it is
disabled n the RETRO DISK Menu.
RETRO DISK can be used in LOCAL,
SYNCRO SLAVE RECORD and SPLIT
SLAVE RECORD control modes.
Retro Cache Record Mode
RETRO CACHE Record constantly buffers
video in a loop to a 10 second data buffer to
cache video so that when record is triggered,
a retro time period can be added to the beginning
of any clip.
RETRO CACHE has the following
characteristic. Pressing a REC TRIGGER
when in RETRO CACHE mode puts DR-
DV5000 into a RETRO CACHE state (the
TALLY light on DR-DV5000 will flash as if
in PAUSE state). DR-DV5000 is actually
recording in this state, but until the RECORD
TRIGGER is pressed a second time, the video
recorded will record over itself in a continuous
loop. It is much the same as RETRO DISK
recording in theory except that it utilizes a
data buffer that is separate to the disk drive to
cache video. RETRO CACHE is also accurate
down to the frame instead of the 1 minute
clips used in RETRO DISK. Once a RETRO
CACHE value is set, pressing the REC trigger
once will put DR-DV5000 immediately into
RETRO CACHE Record. A "C" will now
appear next to the record symbol on DR-
DV5000's display and also in the camcorder's
viewfinder. Video is being recorded to the
DR-DV5000 cache. The tally light will flash
(as if the unit is in pause). When the REC
trigger is pressed, DR-DV5000 will kick out
of RETRO CACHE record mode and go into
standard record (the "C" on the display will
disappear). Any clip that is recorded in this
mode will have the contents of the cache
added to the beginning of the clip. Once
paused, the unit will return to RETRO
CACHE record mode again (the "C" will
reappear in the LCD and viewfinder) for
further RETRO CACHE recordings or until it
is disabled in the RETRO CACHE REC Menu.
RETRO CACHE RECORD can be used in
LOCAL, SYNCRO SLAVE RECORD and
SPLIT SLAVE RECORD control modes.
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