Pre-recording

Records the video and audio from specific time before the operation to start the recording.

The pre-recording time varies depending on the setting of the [SYSTEM SETTINGS] menu → [SYSTEM MODE] → [MAIN PIXEL]/[MAIN CODEC].

When [MAIN PIXEL] is set to [1280×720], [1920×1080], or [2048×1080]: Approximately ten seconds.
When [MAIN CODEC] is set to [422ALL-I 400M]: Approximately three seconds.
Other than above: Approximately five seconds.

Select the [REC SETTINGS] menu → [PRE REC] → [ON].

[P] is displayed in the pre-recording status display of the VIEW and HOME screens.

Press the REC button.

NOTE

The video and audio may not be able to record for specific time before in following cases.
- Immediately after the power is set to < > (ON)
- Right after opening the menu
- Immediately after the SD card is inserted
- Right after playing back the recorded video
- Immediately after closing the thumbnail screen
- Until the writing to the SD card is completed after stopping the recording
- Immediately after slave locking to an external time code
- Immediately after switching the card slot to record by pressing the USER button with [SLOT SEL] assigned
When [PRE REC] is set to [ON], the [REC SETTINGS] menu → [TC] → [FREE/REC RUN] is fixed to [FREE RUN].
The pre-recording is cancelled once when three hours has past without starting the recording.
For recording limitation of the pre-recording, refer to “Recording function that cannot be used simultaneously”.
Pre-recording cannot be performed if the remaining capacity of the SD card is less than one minute.