Record Modes:

In standard record mode there are a number of features that are implemented with safety in mind. Source Drop – If a connection is lost due to the cable being pulled out from either side of the signal path the recording will stop and close that file. As soon as you plug the cable back in it will start recording a new file with out having to press record again.

If AC power is lost the recorded files are still safe. Once the unit is powered back up it will detect the broken file and ask you to repair the clip now or later. With a power loss there will be some loss of content. Typically the last 5-10 seconds of footage.

Alongside the standard recording functionality additional Record Modes are available in the form of Pre Roll and Time Lapse.

Pre Roll Record

This option is enabled from the input menu under Record section. With this option turned on you will see a white circular arrow around the record button and a red Pre Roll icon will flash in the top left hand corner. Whilst enabled the input is constantly been recorded with approximately the last 8 seconds in HD and 2-3 seconds in 4K being cached into memory. The frame rate and codec selected will affect the number of seconds being cached for pre roll. Using a lower bit rate codec setting and shooting at lower frame rate will increase the length of pre-roll.

When the record button is pressed or trigger is sent, the buffered pre-roll data in memory will be written out to the start of the recording. This means if you are few seconds slow hitting the record button when something interesting happens you will still capture the shot.

With Pre Roll mode activated the Recorder is constantly caching frames internally to the unit and as such any feature that can not be changed whilst recording is disabled. This includes audio channel select, 3D LUT record, codec, disk options etc. Time Lapse record is also disables when Pre Roll is enabled.

Time Lapse

Video Time lapse provides the ability to create seamless time lapses with out capturing individual images that require compiling in post. Utilizing video also takes away the wear on you camera shutter that can be expensive to replace if you are doing lots of time-lapse work.

This function is accessed via the input menu and then selecting the Time Lapse option in the bottom left of this menu.

The Time Lapse Recording menu will then open to provide you with a number of options.

Time Lapse On/off – this allows you to turn on time lapse recoding mode and when an input is present the record button will white have dashed lines around it like a clock face.

When time lapse is enabled Pre-Roll cannot be enabled.

A sequence entry will already be present in the menu and to edit the entry simply touch to highlight it and then tap on the blue arrow at

right hand side of the entry. This opens the Edit Sequence menu where you can alter the following settings:

Capture – Specifies the number of sequential frames to be captured Every – Specifies the frequency of the capture.

For – defines the amount of time to repeat the process for this entry. Play time – this will display the playback duration for the above settings.

Times can be specified in Frames, Second, minutes and hours

The number of frames specified for ‘Capture’ will capture in quick succession at the specified time – so for example if it is set to capture 5 frames every 1 minute, The 5 frames will be captured sequentially at the start of every minute. The frames captured will not be evenly spread across the minute.

When setting up a sequence you can also choose to add Motion blur to an entry. With this option enabled the behavior is slightly different. The number of frames specified in ‘Capture’ are added together with the resulting single summed frame being recorded. You will notice that the Playtime decreases when you have motion blur turned on as multiple frames are been summed to a single frame instead of been recorded sequentially. When motion blur is on the maximum setting for ‘Capture’ is 64 frames.

The sequence setting for the current entry is saved when you lap the OK button.

The Add icon allows you to add additional entries to your time lapse sequence. Up to 10 sequences can be added will automatically flow in to each other.

Pause sequences can also be set up to allow the recording to be paused for a specified amount of time with no frames captured.

After the required number of sequence entries have been set up an option to apply a smooth transition can be selected. This will apply a ramp between the different sequence entries to improve the blend between differing capture settings. The icon will be white when the option is selected.

The Schedule start icon allows you to utilize the internal clock of your Sumo19 to set a specific time for the start of the time-lapse sequence. Pressing the icon will activate the Schedule start mode and the icon will turn white with a default time of 00:00:00 will

appear with a blue arrow. Press the blue arrow to adjust the starting time For the Scheduled start to be accurate please check the Date & Time settings are correct. They can be accessed via the blue Menu button at the bottom centre of the GUI and Selecting the Date & Time icon

to adjust them if required.

With Schedule Start activated when you press the record button a red icon will flash in the top corner, along with the red record border and tally light and a count down to the scheduled start will be displayed.

To conserve battery power for longer time lapses you can use the Display Off function. This is accessed in the yellow display options menu and once pressed will be active. The monitor recorder then needs to be placed in to screen lock mode by a quick tap on the power button and the display will then be off. Touching the screen will then briefly turn it back on and to cancel the display off simply unlock the screen using the power button before reversing the above process.