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FEATURES FOR RECORDING
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Wide ModeSnapshot (Record Still Image On
This camcorder allows you to choose the type of Tape)
image output format for recording.
This feature lets you record still images that look
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like photographs onto a tape.
1Set the Power Switch to ?REC?.
1Set the Power Switch to ?REC?.
2Press 16:9 button repeatedly to choose your
2Press SNAPSHOT.
selection.
I There is the sound effect of a shutter closing.
4:316:9I The PHOTO? indication appears and a still
image will be recorded for approx. 5 seconds, then
the camcorder re-enters the Record-Standby
[4:3]: Records with no change in the screen mode.
ratio. For playback on a TV with a normal screen I You can perform Snapshot also during recording.
ratio. When using this mode on a TV with a A still image will be recorded for approx.
normal screen ratio, refer to your TV?s instruction 5 seconds, then the normal recording resumes.
manual.I Snapshot mode cannot be used when the 16:9
wide mode ( 16:9 indicator) is selected.
16:9: For playback on TVs with an aspect
ratio of 16:9. Naturally expands the image to fit
Motor Drive Mode
the screen without distortion. The indicator
appears. When using this mode, refer to your Keeping SNAPSHOT pressed in step 2 provides
wide-screen TV?s instruction manual. During an effect similar to serial photography. (Interval
playback/recording on 4:3 TVs/LCD monitor/between still images: approx. 1 second)
viewfinder, the image is elongated vertically.
Night-Scope
Makes dark subjects or areas even brighter than
they would be under good natural lighting.
Although the recorded image is not grainy, it may
look as if it is strobing due to the slow shutter ADVANCED FEATURES
speed.
1Set the Power Switch to ?REC?.
2Set the recording mode to ?M?. (pg.14)
3Press NIGHT so that the Night-Scope
indicator ?? appears.
I The shutter speed is automatically adjusted to
provide up to 30 times sensitivity.
I ? ? appears beside ?? while the shutter speed
is being automatically adjusted.
TodeactivateNight-Scope
Press NIGHT again so that the Night-Scope
indicator disappears.
NOTES:
I During Night-Scope, ?GAIN UP? or ?DIS? in
SETTING Menu pg. 24 cannot be activated.
I Night-Scope cannot be activated simultaneously
with ?SNOW? or ?SPORTS? of ?PROGRAM AE?, or
all modes of ?SHUTTER?. pg. 32
I During Night-Scope, it may be difficult to bring the
camcorder into focus. To prevent this, use of a
tripod is recommended. |