Snapshot Mode Selection, Auto Focus

Snapshot

This feature lets you record still images that look like photographs onto a tape.

SNAPSHOT MODE SELECTION

1 Set the Power Switch 8 to “ ” while pressing down the Lock Button 0 located on the switch. Open the LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully.

2 Press MENU 2. The Menu Screen appears.

3 Press + or – 3 to select “ (CAMERA)”, then press SELECT/SET 1.

4 Press + or – 3 to select “SNAP MODE”, then press

SELECT/SET 1.

5 Press + or – 3 to select the desired Snapshot mode, then press SELECT/SET 1.

Press + or – 3 to select “ RETURN” and press SELECT/SET 1 twice. The Menu Screen closes.

NOTES:

●To remove the shutter sound, “BEEP” on pg. 23.

●If Snapshot recording is not possible, “PHOTO” ^ blinks when SNAPSHOT 5 is pressed.

●If Programme AE with special effects ( pg. 16) is engaged, certain modes of Programme AE with special effects are disabled during Snapshot recording. In such a case, the icon blinks.

●If SNAPSHOT 5 is pressed when “DIS” is set to “ON” ( pg. 22), the Stabiliser will be disabled.

●During tape playback as well, all snapshot modes are available. However, the shutter sound is not heard.

●During Snapshot recording, the image displayed in the viewfinder may be partially missing. However, there is no effect in the recorded image.

●When a cable is connected to the S/AV connector #, the shutter sound is not heard from the speaker, however it is recorded onto the tape.

Auto Focus

The camcorder’s Full Range AF system offers continuous shooting ability from close-up (as close as

FULL	PIN-UP
Snapshot mode	Pin-Up mode
with no frame

FRAME

Snapshot mode with frame

approx. 5 cm to the subject) to infinity.

However, correct focus may not be obtainable in the situations listed below (in these cases use manual focusing):

• When two subjects overlap in the same scene.

• When illumination is low.*

• When the subject has no contrast (difference in

brightness and darkness), such as a flat, one-colour

There is the sound effect of a shutter closing.

SNAPSHOT RECORDING

1 Press SNAPSHOT 5. “PHOTO” ^ appears while the snapshot is being taken.

If you press during Record-Standby . . .

..... “PHOTO” ^ appears and a still image will be

recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the camcorder re-enters the Record-Standby mode.

If you press during Recording . . .

..... “PHOTO” ^ appears and a still image will be

recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the normal recording resumes.

•Regardless of the Power Switch 8 position (“ ” or “ ”), Snapshot recording takes place using the selected Snapshot mode.

Motor Drive Mode

Keeping SNAPSHOT 5 pressed provides an effect similar to serial photography. (Interval between still images: approx. 1 second)

wall, or a clear, blue sky.*

• When a dark object is barely visible in the viewfinder.*

• When the scene contains minute patterns or identical

patterns that are regularly repeated.

• When the scene is affected by sunbeams or light

reflecting off the surface of a body of water.

• When shooting a scene with a high-contrast back-

ground.

*The following low-contrast warnings appear blinking:

,, and

NOTES:

●If the lens is smeared or blurred, accurate focusing is not possible. Keep the lens clean, wiping with a piece of soft cloth if it gets dirty. When condensation occurs, wipe with a soft cloth or wait for it to dry naturally.

●When shooting a subject close to the lens, zoom out first ( pg. 12). If zoomed-in in the auto focus mode, the camcorder may automatically zoom out depending on the

distance between the camcorder and the subject. This will not occur when “TELE MACRO” ( pg. 22) is activated.

18 FOR RECORDING