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RECORDING
Advanced
Features
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Fade/Wipe Effects
These effects let you make
IMPORTANT:
Some Fade/Wipe Effects cannot be used with certain modes of Program AE with special effects (☞ pg. 24). If an unusable Fade/Wipe Effect is selected, its indicator blinks.
MENU/BRIGHT Dial
Power Switch
Recording Start/Stop Button
NOTES:
●You can extend the length of a Fade or Wipe by pressing and holding the Recording Start/ Stop Button.
●If the power is turned off after a scene is finished recording, the stored point is erased, disabling the Picture Wipe/Dissolve combina- tion. When this happens, the Picture Wipe/ Dissolve indicator blinks. Also note that power shuts off automatically if 5 minutes elapse in the
●The sound at the end of the last recorded scene is not stored.
FADE/WIPE SELECTION ( | , | , | , | , | ||||
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Fade or Wipe works when recording is started or when you stop recording.
1 Set the Power Switch to “ 
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2 Press MENU/BRIGHT. The Recording Menu appears.
3 Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to move the highlight bar to “FADER/WIPE”, then press it.
4 Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to move the highlight bar to the desired function, then press it.
•The FADER/WIPE Menu disappears and the effect is reserved. The indicator representing the selected effect appears.
5 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to activate the
PICTURE WIPE OR DISSOLVE SELECTION
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The Picture Wipe or Dissolve works when recording is started.
1 Follow steps 1 through 4 above.
2 Engage the
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during recording . . .
.... press the Recording Start/Stop Button when one
scene is finished. The point at which the scene ended is stored in memory.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record- Standby mode . . .
.... press the Recording Start/Stop Button to start
recording and press it again when one scene is finished. The point at which the scene ended is stored in memory.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record- Standby mode after performing a Picture Wipe/ Dissolve . . .
.... the point at which the scene ended is already
stored in memory.
3 If you start recording a new scene within 5 minutes of the end of the previous recording (without having turned the camcorder’s power off), the previous scene wipes out, revealing the new scene.