RECORDING Advanced Features (cont.)
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Date/Time Character Insert
SELECT
This feature allows you to display date, time and characters
in your viewfinder and on a connected color monitor,
record them manually or automatically, and even make
your own titles.
NOTE:
You should already have performed the Date/Time
Setting procedure (Z pg. 11). If you havenOt, do so
before continuing.
DISPLAY
SET
SELECT MODE
PROGRAM AETurn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any positionDISP.
select dial1except AUTO LOCK.
SELECT DISPLAY
Press SELECT repeatedly until ODISP. � appears.
2
Auto Date Record mode Date displayCHOOSE DISPLAY MODE
Press SET while in Record�Standby to cycle through
3the modes as shown in the illustration at left.
Date-off mode
Character GeneratorDate/Time displayNOTES:
cThe selected display can be recorded.
cIf you donOt want to record the display, select Date-off
Auto Date Record modemode before shooting.
cIf you want to delete the display during shooting, press
SET.
cIf you want to call back a deleted display, engage the
Record�Standby mode and then select the desired
display mode using SET.
AUTO DATEDEC 25.97
Auto date record Auto date record AUTO DATE RECORD
modeexecuted
Your camcorder automatically records the date for about
Date displayDate/Time display5 seconds after recording is initiated in the following
situations:
YAfter changing the date.
YAfter loading a cassette.
YAfter Auto Date Record mode is selected by pressing
SE T.
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In this mode, the date is replaced after 5 seconds with
OAUTO DATE�.
Character Generator
NOTES:
cSetting PROGRAM AE to LOCK always engages the
auto date record mode, and disables all other modes.
cIn the Auto Date Record mode, if the date changes
while youOre shooting, the date indication is recorded for
SET CHARIN PARIS, FRANCE
about 5 seconds from that point. It is not recorded
during any other recordings made on that day.
No Characters Example of stored
storedcharacters |
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