Operating Instructions

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If the recording/playback button is pressed during motion picture recording, the recording
will stop and this unit will be switched to Playback Mode.
To change the recording format, change the
[REC FORMAT] or [REC MODE]. (l 82)
Still pictures can be recorded while recording the motion picture. (l 28)
The images recorded between pressing the recording start/stop button to start recording and
pressing it again to pause recording become one scene. Scenes exceeding 4 GB (approx.) or
30 minutes (approx.) will be automatically divided in the following cases. (Recording will
continue.)
j series/ series
When [REC FORMAT] is set to [4K MP4] or when recording a motion picture in 4K Photo Mode
j When [REC FORMAT] is set to [MP4/iFrame]
* series/ series only
While recording is in progress, the recording will not stop even if the LCD monitor is closed.
Put the unit in Pause mode when connecting or disconnecting an external microphone with the
MIC terminal.
Please refer to page 243 about approximate recordable time.
(Maximum recordable scenes of a single SD card or built-in memory)
Recording format [AVCHD] [4K MP4]
*
/[MP4/iFrame]
Recordable scenes Approx. 3900 Approx. 89100
Different dates (l 100) Approx. 900 Approx. 900
When the SD card or built-in memory contains 4K MP4 scenes
*
, MP4/iFrame scenes and still
pictures, the maximum number of recordable scenes and the maximum number of different dates
will be smaller than indicated in the table above.
WX970
VX870
WX970
VX870