Is it Possible to Mark Chapter while capturing from camera?

While capturing from camera there are incidents (like obvious mis-speaks, etc.)that I would like to mark during the shoot when they happen to facilitate finding them while editing.
Is this possible to enter a chapter marker or something during live capture?
Open to any other suggestions.
Thank you.
I am using FCP 7.0.3.

After about a year of manually noting the time code and notes, I finally found a solution to the problem of marking chapters during a live shoot.
Final Cut Pro X will not allow you to mark a file while capturing it, probably because it does not actually change the raw file. However I just found a piece of software that will do the trick nicely. It is called Cut Notes. The only catch is that you must have an iPad to run it.
You can purchase it from digital rebellion for $9.99 at
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/cutnotes/
You start Cut Notes at the same time that you begin to capture, and it will start a timeline, identical to the one in FCP. Then for every edit point, you simply tap a key to insert the timecode along with either a pre-determined note or manually entered note as to the event. For example I have a note key that says MisSpeak, the opertator just taps it when I mis speak and it saves the time code and the MisSpeak title into a text file. I have another note key same for "walked off screen." You can Edit any number of note keys you may need. Then when finished, Cut Notes will email the file to your computer, simply import it to FCP as chapters using a free utility available at the same website. Awesome!!!
The only caveat is that you must import the file with markers before you do any editing to the project in FCP.
Hope this is helpful.
jac

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