Basic Shooting Procedure

Basic shooting is conducted using the following procedure.

  1. Attach the necessary devices, and check that power is being supplied.

  2. Insert memory cards, as required.

    If memory cards are inserted in both card slots A and B, the unit will automatically switch to the second card when the remaining capacity on the first card reduces to zero.

  3. Set the power switch to the On position.

    The power lamp turns on, and the shooting screen appears on the LCD monitor or viewfinder.

  4. Press the record START/STOP button on the top side of the unit.

    The recording/tally lamp lights and recording begins.

  5. To stop recording, press the record START/STOP button again.

    Recording stops and the unit switches to [Stby] (recording standby) mode.

Note

  • If the record START/STOP button is pressed within a few seconds after turning the unit on, the recording/tally lamp lights up to indicate the unit is in the recording state, but recording to the memory card may not occur for the first few seconds, depending on the selected recording format.

Shooting continuously while changing memory cards

When memory cards are inserted in both card slots A and B, recording automatically switches to the second memory card just before the remaining capacity on the first card reduces to zero (relay recording).

You can continue recording continuously when switching memory cards by replacing the memory card that is full with a new memory card.

Hint

  • You can press an assignable button assigned with [Slot Select] during recording to manually switch the recording destination to the other memory card slot.

Note

  • Do not eject a memory card while recording to it is in progress.
  • When the remaining capacity on the memory card being recorded becomes less than one minute and a recordable memory card is inserted in the other card slot, a message appears. The message disappears after switching memory cards.
  • Recording may not continue if recording is started when the remaining memory card capacity is less than one minute. For correct operation, check that the remaining memory card capacity is more than one minute before starting recording.
  • Video created using the relay recording function of the unit cannot be played back seamlessly on the unit.
  • To combine video created using the relay recording function of the unit, use “Catalyst Browse” software. Before use, check the “Catalyst Browse” operating environment.
  • When using the relay recording function with SD cards, use SD cards of the same type.

About clips

Clips

When you stop recording, the video, audio, and accompanying data from the start to the end of the recording are saved as a single “clip” on a memory card.

Clip names

Each clip recorded by the unit is assigned a name using the naming format set using [TC/Media] – [Clip Name Format] in the full menu.

Maximum clip recording duration

In XAVC S audio recording format of 48kHz, the maximum is 13 hours, at which point recording stops automatically. In XAVC S audio recording format of 96kHz, the maximum is 12 hours, at which point recording stops automatically. In X-OCN format, the maximum is 24 hours, at which point recording stops automatically.

Monitoring audio

You can monitor the audio that is being recorded using headphones.

Connecting a set of headphones to the headphone connector enables you to monitor the audio being recorded. You can monitor the playback audio using the built-in speaker or headphones.

Select the channel to monitor using [Audio] – [Monitor CH] in the menu or [Audio] – [Audio Output] – [Monitor CH] in the full menu.

[Headphone Live/Processed] setting

Set [Audio] – [Audio Output] – [Headphone Live/Processed] to [Live] in the full menu to output audio without latency. Select this when monitoring audio if concerned about audio delay.

Set to [Processed] to check the effects of the noise cut filter and zoom noise filter functions while monitoring the audio during shooting. The audio and video are synchronized for output.

Hint

  • The unit supports a screen display/menu screen reader function.

Time data

Setting the timecode

Set the timecode to record using [TC/Media] – [Timecode] in the full menu.

Setting user bits

You can add an 8-digit hexadecimal number to a clip as user bits. You can also set the user bits to the current time. Set using [TC/Media] – [Users Bit].

Displaying time data

Set the timecode to display using [TC/Media] – [TC Display] – [Time Data Display] in the full menu.

Pressing an assignable button assigned with [DURATION/TC/U-BIT] will switch the display between the timecode, user bits, and elapsed time in sequence.

Reviewing the recording

You can check the video of the last recorded clip on the screen using recording review mode.

Note

  • Recording review is not supported if the video format is changed after recording a clip.

Recording review method

Assign [Rec Review] to one of the assignable buttons beforehand.

When recording is stopped, press an assignable button assigned with [Rec Review]. Playback of the last recorded clip begins.

The clip is played to the end, recording review ends, and the unit returns to [Stby] (recording standby) mode.

To stop recording review

Press an assignable button assigned with [Rec Review] or press the BACK button.

Recording review settings

You can set the playback start position to one of the following using the [Technical] – [Rec Review] setting in the full menu.

  • Last 3 seconds of the clip
  • Last 10 seconds of the clip
  • Start of the clip

Hint

  • If you want to review a specific clip after recording multiple clips, press the CLIPS button to display the clip list screen, and select the clip to start playback.
  • You can also assign [Rec Review] to [User 1] to [User 6] on the user functions screen.
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