Pre-Recording - Canon VIXIA HF R42 Insrtruction Manual

NOTES
• When you use [E] and [F] to adjust the focus manually, you can touch
inside the frame to automatically focus on that spot.

Pre-Recording

The camcorder will start recording 3 seconds before you press
Y, ensuring you do not miss important shooting opportuni-
ties. This is especially useful when it is difficult to predict when to start
recording.
Operating modes:
*
* Pre-recording is always activated in
1 Activate the pre-recording function.
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• z will appear on the screen.
• Repeat, selecting [OFF], to turn off pre-recording.
2 Press Y.
The scene recorded in the memory will start 3 seconds before
Y was pressed.
NOTES
• The camcorder will not record the full 3 seconds prior to pressing
Y if the button was pressed within 3 seconds of having
turned on pre-recording or having finished the previous recording.
• Any of the following actions will deactivate the pre-recording function.
- Leaving the camcorder without any operation for 5 minutes.
- Changing the operating mode.
- Activating video snapshot.
- Touching the [Ä White Balance] or [R Faders] control button in the
[ Main Functions] panel.
- Opening the [
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Advanced Shooting
SCN
>
[z Pre REC]
Other Settings] menus.
mode.
>
[ON] [X]