42MarkerIf you press the ZEBRA button while the zebrapattern is being displayed, a marker appears inthe center of the display (if you have set the setupmenu, DISPLAY SETUP, MARKER to ON).The brightness of the areas near the screen centercan be checked as a percentage (0% to 99%).“99%↑” appears if the percentage is over 99.99%Image level detectionareaImage levelMarkerThe normal display reappears if you press theZEBRA button again.Checking and displaying shootingstatusDISP/MODE CHK buttonDuring recording or while recording is paused,information such as recording functions settingstatus and a list of functions allocated to the USERbuttons can be displayed by keeping the DISP/MODE CHK button held down. Release the buttonto return to the normal display.Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button duringrecording or while recording is paused willremove all displays from the screen except for theoperation status, standby mode display, counter,marker, and safety zone display. Press the buttonagain to return to the normal display. (Page 81)This setting will be maintained even if the camera’spower is turned off by moving the POWER switchto the OFF position or if the operating mode ischanged.Pressing the DISP/MODE CHK button while thethumbnail screen is displayed in PB mode willdisplay the properties of the selected clip.(Clips can be selected by moving the cursor withthe Operation lever.)Shooting techniques for different targets (continued)PRE RECRecord video and audio from three seconds beforethe time of the operation to begin recording.Operation to startrecordingOperation to stoprecordingActual recordingtimePRE REC time(Time)1 Set the TCG item on the TC/UB SETUPscreen to FREE RUN.Menu operations (Page 82)2 Set the PREREC MODE item on theRECORDING SETUP screen to ON.P-PAUSE will be displayed on the screen.When the TCG item on the TC/UB SETUPscreen has been set to REC RUN, thesetting will be automatically changed toFREE RUN.3 Press the START/STOP button.Video and audio from approximately 3 secondspreviously will be recorded.Recording of the previous 3 seconds of videoand audio may not be possible if recording isstarted immediately in the following cases.Immediately after switching from PB modeto CAM modeImmediately after turning power onImmediately after changing to PRERECMODE itemThe thumbnail for clips recorded using thePREREC function will display the image fromwhen the START/STOP button was pressed.•••···•