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SPORTS
Program AE With Special Effects(Variable Shutter Speed: 1/250 - 1/4000):
This setting allows fast-moving images to be
1Set the Power Switch to ?M?.captured one frame at a time, for vivid, stable
2Set ?r? to the desired mode. (pg.24)slow-motion playback. The faster the shutter
I The PROGRAM AE menu disappears and the speed, the darker the picture becomes. Use the
selected effect is activated.shutter function under good lighting conditions.
I The selected effect indicator appears. SNOW: Compensates for subjects that may
To deactivate the selected effectotherwise appear too dark when shooting in
Select ?OFF? in step 2. The effect indicator extremely bright surroundings such as in the
disappears.snow.
SPOTLIGHT: Compensates for subjects
NOTES:
that may otherwise appear too bright when
I Program AE with special effects can be changed
shooting under extremely strong direct lighting
during recording or during Record-Standby.
such as spotlights.
I Some modes of Program AE with special effects
cannot be used during Night-Scope. TWILIGHT: Makes evening scenes look
I When a subject is too bright or reflective, a vertical more natural. White Balance ( pg. 34) is
streak may appear (smear phenomenon). Smear automatically set to ??, but can be changed to
phenomenon tends to occur when ?SPORTS? or your desired setting. When Twilight is chosen,
any mode of ?SHUTTER 1/250 - 1/4000? is the camcorder automatically adjusts the focus
selected.from approx. 10 m to infinity. From less than 10
I Some modes of Program AE with special effects m, adjust the focus manually.
cannot be used with certain Wipe/Fader effects.
SEPIA: Recorded scenes have a brownish
( pg. 35) In this case, the selected indicator
tint like old photos. Combine this with the
blinks or goes out.
Cinema mode for a classic look.
PROGRAM AE MONOTONE: Like classic black and white
films, your footage is shot in B/W. Used together
OFF: Disables the function. (Factory-preset)with the Cinema mode, it enhances the ?classic
SHUTTER 1/50: The shutter speed is fixed film? effect.
at 1/50th of a second. Black bands that usually CLASSIC FILM: Gives recorded scenes a
appear when shooting a TV screen become strobe effect.
narrower.
STROBE: Your recording looks like a series
SHUTTER 1/120: The shutter speed is of consecutive snapshots.
fixed at 1/120th of a second. The flickering that
MIRROR: Creates a mirror image on the
occurs when shooting under a fluorescent light
right half of the screen, juxtaposed to the normal
or mercury-vapour lamp is reduced.
image on the other half.
SHUTTER 1/250/ SHUTTER 1/500/
SHUTTER 1/1000/ SHUTTER 1/2000/
SHUTTER 1/4000: These settings allow fast-
moving images to be captured one frame at a
time, for vivid, stable slow-motion playback by
fixing shutter speed variables. Use these
settings when an automatic adjustment does not
work well, using SPORTS mode. The faster the
shutter speed, the darker the picture becomes.
Use the shutter function under good lighting
conditions. |