Sony PMW200 User Manual (PMW-100 Memory Camcorder Operation Manual for Firmwar - Page 51

Recording Restricted Operations If you perform any of the following operations while recording or standing by to record, 1 continuous clip will not be created. The next time you start recording, a new clip will be created. • Performing clip operations (locking, deleting, or changing the names of clips). • Switching the memory card slot. • Changing the recording format. • Setting the power switch to OFF. • Displaying the thumbnail screen. • Playing clips. Picture Cache Recording: Retroactively Record When the Picture Cache Recording function is active, the camcorder stores the last few seconds of video captured in the built-in cache memory to permit you to start recording video on an SxS memory card from a point before you press the REC START/STOP button. The maximum picture cache time is 15 seconds. Notes • Picture Cache Recording cannot be set to "On" simultaneously with Frame Recording, Interval Recording, Slow & Quick Motion, or Clip Continuous Recording. When you set Picture Cache Recording to "On," these functions are forcefully disabled. • Picture Cache Recording mode cannot be used while recording, or while using Recording Review or Freeze Mix. • Picture Cache Recording is set to "Off" when you change any of the settings in "System" (page 99) in the OTHERS menu. • When Picture Cache Recording is "On," the time code is always recorded in Free Run mode regardless of the TC/UB SET menu settings (page 94). Preparatory settings Before starting Picture Cache Recording, set "P.Cache Rec" (page 85) in the CAMERA SET menu. "Setting" for Picture Cache Recording can also be set to "On"/"Off" by assigning it to an assignable button (page 49) and using that button. When the setting has been made, the special recording/operation status indication block on the screen shows "zCACHE," with z in green (page 19). Performing Picture Cache Recording Press the REC START/STOP button. Recording begins, and stored video in the cache memory is written first to the SxS memory card. The on-screen "zCACHE" indication changes to "zREC" (z is red). To cancel the Picture Cache Recording function Set "Setting" in "P.Cache Rec" in the CAMERA SET menu to "Off" or press the assignable button to which you assigned the Picture Cache function. Notes • If you change the recording format, the cached data are cleared and caching is newly started. Therefore, data cached before you changed the format cannot be recorded if you start Picture Cache Recording immediately after changing the format. • If you start/stop Picture Cache Recording immediately after you insert an SxS memory card, data may not be recorded on the card. • Picture caching starts when you activate the Picture Cache Recording function. Therefore, video before the function is activated cannot be recorded with Picture Cache Recording. • Picture Cache Recording is invalid for external input signal (HDV). • As picture caching is disabled while an SxS memory card is being accessed, such as during playback, Rec Review, or thumbnail screen display, Picture Cache Recording of such a period cannot be made. • Although you can change the cache time setting while recording, any new value becomes valid only after recording has stopped. Slow & Quick Motion When the camcorder is in UDF HD Mode or FAT HD Mode and the video format (page 99) is set to one of the following settings, you can set the recording frame rate and playback frame rate to different values. NTSC Area HD422 50/1080/29.97P, HD422 50/1080/23.98P, HD422 50/720/59.94P, HD420 HQ/720/59.94P, HD422 50/720/29.97P, HD422 50/720/23.98P HQ 1920/29.97P, HQ 1920/23.98P, HQ 1280/ 59.94P, HQ 1280/29.97P, HQ 1280/23.98P PAL Area HD422 50/1080/25P, HD422 50/720/50P, HD420 HQ/720/50P, HD422 50/720/25P HQ 1920/25P, HQ 1280/50P, HQ 1280/25P Useful Functions 51