JVC GR-D252 manual LED Light, EN Features for Recording, To deactivate Night-Scope

30 EN FEATURES FOR RECORDING

		LED Light			second still. When “5S” is set to “Anim.”, this
					function is not available.
					NOTE:
LED Light can be used to
brighten the subject in the dark					When “5S” is set to “Anim.”, the 5-Second
place during video recording.					Recording mode is not available. Animation
1 Press LIGHT repeatedly to					recording of a few frames only is taken instead.
							Night-Scope
change the setting.
OFF: Turns off the light.				LED Light
ON: The light is on always. (					Makes dark subjects or areas even brighter than
appears.)					they would be under good natural lighting.
AUTO: The light turns on automatically when					Although the recorded image is not grainy, it may
dark. (			appears.)		look as if it is strobing due to the slow shutter
2 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to					speed.
start video recording or SNAPSHOT to shoot a					1 Set the Power Switch to “M”.
still image.					2 Press NIGHT so that the Night-Scope
NOTES:
					indicator “ ” appears.
● Be careful not to point the LED Light directly to					● The shutter speed is automatically adjusted to
	eyes.
						provide up to 25 times sensitivity.
● If the light does not reach the subject when the
					● “ ” appears beside “ ” while the shutter speed
	LED Light setting is “ON”, the Night-Scope
						is being automatically adjusted.
	function will be activated, and makes it possible to
					To deactivate Night-Scope
	shoot the subject brighter.
● There is a difference in the brightness of the					Press NIGHT again so that the Night-Scope
	images shot between the centre area which is				indicator disappears.
	illuminated by the LED Light and the surrounding				NOTES:
	areas (which will be darker).
					● During Night-Scope, the following functions or
● Since subjects are shot at a reduced shutter
						settings cannot be activated and its indicator
	speed when the LED Light setting is “ON”, they
						blinks or goes out:
	will appear slightly blurred.
						• Some modes of “Program AE With Special
		5-Second Recording					Effects” ( pg. 36).
						• “GAIN UP” in CAMERA Menu ( pg. 25).
						• “DIS” in MANUAL Menu ( pg. 26).
Record a vacation or an important event in 5-
					● During Night-Scope, it may be difficult to bring the
second clips to keep the action moving. This						camcorder into focus. To prevent this, use of a
function is available only for video recording.						tripod is recommended.

1 Set “5S” to “5S”. (
pg. 26)

●The “5S” indicator appears.

2 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to start recording, and after 5 seconds the camcorder enters Record-Standby mode automatically.

●Even if you press the Recording Start/Stop Button again within 5 seconds after recording starts, Record-Standby mode is not engaged.

3 To exit the 5S mode, select “OFF” in step 1.

To take a snapshot in the 5-second recording mode

Instead of pressing the Recording Start/Stop Button in step 2, select the desired Snapshot mode in CAMERA Menu (
pg. 25), then press SNAPSHOT. The camcorder records a 5-