User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important Usage Instructions
- Highlights of the XC10
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Preparations
- 3. Recording
- Recording Video and Taking Photos
- Video Configuration: Movie Format (MXF/MP4), Resolution (4K/HD), Frame Rate and Bit Rate
- Shooting Modes
- Automatic Gain and ISO Limits
- Exposure
- Light Metering Mode
- White Balance
- Using Looks
- Zooming
- Adjusting the Focus
- Image Stabilizer
- Onscreen Markers and Zebra Patterns
- Setting the Time Code
- User Bit
- Recording Audio
- Using Commercially Available Microphones
- Audio Scenes (Built-in Microphone)
- Audio Recording Level
- Wind Screen (Built-in Microphone)
- Microphone Attenuator (Built-in Microphone)
- Audio Equalizer (Built-in Microphone)
- Microphone Directionality (Built-in Microphone)
- Microphone Attenuator (External Microphone)
- Low Cut Filter (External Microphone)
- Switching the Input
- Audio Limiter
- Audio Compressor
- Monitoring the Audio with Headphones
- Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
- Recording GPS Information (Geotagging)
- Slow & Fast Motion Mode
- Pre-recording Mode
- Interval Recording Mode
- Self Timer
- Orientation Detection
- Using an Optional Speedlite Flash
- 4. Customization
- 5. Playback
- Playback
- Playing Back Recordings
- Changing the Index Screen
- Onscreen Icons and Displays during Playback
- Playback Controls during Clip Playback
- Playback Controls during Photo Playback
- Adjusting the Volume
- Displaying Clip Information
- Playing an HD-sized Clip from a 4K Clip
- Capturing Photos from 4K Clips (4K Frame Grab) and HD Clips
- Magnifying Photos during Playback
- Deleting Recordings
- Playback
- 6. External Connections
- 7. Wi-Fi Functions
- 8. Additional Information
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Pre-recording Mode
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Pre-recording Mode
When pre-recording mode is activated, the camcorder starts recording continuously into a temporary memory of
approximately 5 seconds so when you press the START/STOP button, the clip will contain also approximately
5 seconds of video and audio recorded before you pressed the button. Pre-recording is available only for HD
clips.
1 Touch [FUNC.] and then touch [Pre REC].
2 Touch [ On] to turn on pre-recording mode and then touch [X].
• appears on the upper right of the screen.
• Touch [ Off] to turn off pre-recording mode.
3 Press the START/STOP button to begin recording.
• The tally lamp illuminates.
4 Press the START/STOP button again to stop recording.
• The camcorder records the clip, including approximately 5 seconds of video and audio recorded before the
START/STOP button was pressed.
• The tally lamp goes out.
NOTES
• During pre-recording mode, the time code will be recorded with the running mode (A 77) set to [Free Run],
regardless of the previous setting. When the time code is recorded, it will include the 5 seconds before the
START/STOP button was pressed. When pre-recording mode is deactivated, the running mode will return to
its previous setting.
• Pre-recording cannot be used together with slow & fast motion recording.
• Pre-recording will be deactivated if you open the setup menus or change the look setting (A 65).
Operating modes: