Panasonic AG-AF100A Operating Instruction - Page 58

Shooting techniques for different targets (continued) Marker If you press the ZEBRA button while the zebra pattern is being displayed, a marker appears in the center of the display (if you have set the setup menu, DISPLAY SETUP, MARKER to ON). The brightness of the areas near the screen center can be checked as a percentage (0% to 99%). "99%↑" appears if the percentage is over 99. Image level detection area 99% Image level Marker The normal display reappears if you press the ZEBRA button again. Checking and displaying shooting status MENU EXEC START/ STOP 2 - PUSH-ENTER + AUDIO MON MEGA O.I.S. ON OFF . . PUSHAUTO FOCUS FUNCTION A USER 1 DISP/ MODE CHK POWER OFF ON CAM MODE M ʿ PB IRIS GAIN WHITE BAL USER 2 L B M A H PRST CH1 AUDIO LEVEL CH2 DISP/MODE CHK button Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button during recording or while recording is paused will remove all displays from the screen except the operation status display, frame display (such as area), counter, marker, and safety zone display. Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button during recording or while recording is paused will remove all displays from the screen except for the operation status, frame display erea etc., counter, marker, and safety zone display. Press the button again to return to the normal display. (Page 50) This setting will be maintained even if the camera's power is turned off by moving the POWER switch to the OFF position or if the operating mode is changed. Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button while the thumbnail screen is displayed in PB mode will display the properties of the selected clip. (Clips can be selected by moving the cursor with the Operation lever.) 6 PRE REC Record video and audio from three seconds before the time of the operation to begin recording. Operation to start recording Operation to stop recording (Time) Actual recording time PRE REC time 1 Set the PREREC MODE item on the RECORDING SETUP screen to ON. PRE-REC will be displayed on the screen. • When the TCG item on the TC/UB SETUP screen has been set to REC RUN, the setting will be automatically changed to FREE RUN. 2 Press the START/STOP button. Video and audio from approximately 3 seconds previously will be recorded. • Recording of the previous 3 seconds of video and audio may not be possible if recording is started immediately in the following cases. āā Immediately after switching from PB mode to CAM mode āā Immediately after turning power on āā Immediately after changing to PREREC MODE item • The thumbnail for clips recorded using the PREREC function will display the image from when the START/STOP button was pressed. Relay function When the remaining space on an SD card is insufficient during recording, recording can be continued using the other SD card slot. Select ON in the RELAY REC item on the settings menu RECORDING SETUP screen. • When the remaining space on an SD card is insufficient during recording, recording will automatically be continued using the SD card in the other slot. • The relay function is not available when an SD card that cannot be recorded to is inserted in the SD card slot. • The longest possible recording time with this camera is 12 hours. This cannot be extended even if the relay function is used.