User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Highlights of the XF405 / XF400
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Preparations
- Recording
- Recording Video and Photos
- Video Configuration: Resolution, Bit Rate and Frame Rate
- Dual Recording and Relay Recording
- Slow & Fast Motion Recording
- Adjusting the Focus
- Zooming
- Image Stabilization
- Automatic Gain Control (AGC) Limit
- Shooting Modes
- Adjusting the Exposure
- ND Filter
- White Balance
- Using Looks
- Setting the Time Code
- Setting the User Bit
- Recording Audio
- Using Headphones
- Color Bars/Audio Reference Signal
- Pre-Recording
- Infrared Recording
- Using the Optional RC-V100 Remote Controller
- Using the Optional GP-E2 GPS Receiver
- Customization
- Playback
- External Connections
- Network Functions
- Additional Information
Pre-Recording
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Pre-Recording
When pre-recording is activated, the camcorder starts recording continuously into a temporary memory (approx.
3 seconds) so when you press the REC button, the clip will contain also a few seconds of video and audio
recorded before you pressed the button.
1Press the PRE REC button.
• Pre-recording is activated and z appears at the top of the
screen.
• Press the button again to turn off pre-recording.
2Press the REC button.
• The clip recorded on the card will include a few seconds of
video and audio recorded before the REC button was pressed.
NOTES
NOTES
• The camcorder will not record the full 3 seconds prior to pressing the REC button if the button was pressed
within 3 seconds of having turned on pre-recording or having finished the previous recording.
• Pre-recording will be deactivated in the following cases:
- If the position of the mode switch was changed.
- If the menu was opened.
- If the shooting mode, white balance or look was changed.
• About the time code when pre-recording is activated:
- The time code of the clip will start a few seconds before the REC button was pressed.
- The time code will be recorded with the running mode set to [ Free Run].
- If the time code mode was set to [ Regen.], or to [ Preset] with [ Rec Run] running mode, the
time code running mode will be changed automatically to [ Free Run] when pre-recording is activated.
- When pre-recording is turned off, the time code running mode will return to its previous setting.
Operating modes: