Setting Guide (Video Edition)

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Getting Ready
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The Video Recording Workflow, Continued
Using Other Controls for Video Recording
• You can start and end video recording using a control that has been
assigned [Record videos] via Custom Setting g2 [Custom controls].
[Record videos] can be assigned to (058):
−the focus-mode button,
−the shutter-release button,
−the AF-ON button,
−the center of the sub-selector,
−the J button,
−the AF-ON button for vertical shooting, or
−the center of the vertical multi selector.
• If, after assigning [Record videos] to the shutter-release button, you
would prefer that the camera not focus at the start of recording, select
[AF‑ON only] for Custom Setting a6 [AF activation].
Starting and Ending Recording Remotely
When [Record videos] is selected for Custom Setting g2 [Custom
controls] > [Shutter‑release button], the shutter-release buttons on
MC-36A remote cords and other remote release accessories can be used
to start and stop video recording.