Posted by ushere on 07/23/06 07:10

peter wrote:
> I want to kick myself for missing two important clips during a
> wedding due to the toggle record button (press once record, press
> again standby). Once in a while the camcorder is pause when I think
> it's recording -- until I scan the record/standby indicator. But I
> can't keep scanning the indicator every second; it's very annoying.
>
> This would be a non issue if there is a REC button and a separate
> STANDBY button. I can just hit the REC button when I want to record
> and not have to check whether it is recording or pausing.
>
> Does such a simple feature exist in any camcorders? Is it possible to
> retrofit a trv900 to do this?
>
> I'm shooting the wedding as a favor for a friend's friend. Still, I
> feel very lousy. I hope the other videographers covered my mistakes.
> I also hope I missed only 2 clips (still afraid to check the tapes).
> I don't want this to ever happen again.
>
>

what happens when you want to stop recording?

the reason they have 'rec' in red (or something like that) in the
viewfinder is so you know when you're recording.

you get use to checking it....

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