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Additional Information
[
z
Pre REC]:
When this function is activated, the camcorder automatically
starts recording 3 seconds before you press
Y
so you do not
miss important shooting opportunities.
• When the shooting mode is set to
, [
z
Pre REC] will automatically
be set to [ON] and pre-recording cannot be deactivated.
• 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
[
2
Main Functions] panel.
- Changing the shooting mode.
[
ä
Mic. Level]:
You can adjust the audio recording level of the built-in
microphone.
• Touch [
m
] to return to automatic audio level adjustment. Touch [Audio
Level Indicator] to display the audio level indicator during automatic
audio level adjustment.
• Adjust the audio recording level so the audio level meter goes to the
right of the -12 dB mark (yellow area) only occasionally.
• When the audio level meter reaches the red point (0 dB), the sound may
be distorted.
• We recommend using headphones (
A
79) to check the sound level
while adjusting the audio recording level.
• This function is available only when the shooting mode is set to
,
or
.
[
2
]
>
[
ä
Mic. Level]
>
[
n
] (manual)
>
[
Ï
]/[
Ð
] to adjust the audio level
>
[
X
]
SCN
COP
Y
