
| 20 EN | RECORDING Basic Recording For Video (cont.) | 
| MENU Wheel POWER Switch | Snapshot (For Video Recording) | 
| MODE Dial | This feature lets you record still images that look like | 
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 | SNAPSHOT MODE SELECTION | 
| Lock Button | 1 | Set the POWER Switch to “ | ” while pressing | |
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 | MODE Dial to “VIDEO” or “ | ”, then set the | |
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 | Operation Switch to “ ”. Pull out the viewfinder fully | ||
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| 2 Press the MENU wheel. The Menu Screen appears. | ||||
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 | 3 | Rotate the MENU wheel to select “ ”. Press it and | ||
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| SNAPSHOT Button | 
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Display
CAMERA MENU
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| REC MODE | 
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| SOUND MODE | 
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| ZOOM | 
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| SNAP MODE | FUL L | 
| GA I N UP | P I N – UP | 
| BEEP / TAL LY | 
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| DEMO. MODE | 
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Menu Screen
4 Rotate the MENU wheel to select “SNAP MODE”, then press it.
5 Rotate the MENU wheel to select the desired Snapshot mode, then press it.
Rotate the MENU wheel to select “1RETURN” and press it twice. The Menu Screen closes.
SNAPSHOT RECORDING
1 Press SNAPSHOT.
If you press during Record-Standby . . . 
..... “PHOTO” appears and a still image will be recorded
for approx. 6 seconds, then the camcorder 
If you press during Recording . . .
..... “PHOTO” appears and a still image will be recorded
for approx. 6 seconds, then the normal recording resumes.
•To use the flash, pg. 32.
FULL
Snapshot mode with no frame*
PIN-UP 
Pin-Up  mode
*There is the sound effect of a shutter closing.
When the MODE Dial is set to “  ”, snapshot recording will be performed with higher quality ( pg. 24).
 ”, snapshot recording will be performed with higher quality ( pg. 24).
Motor Drive Mode
Keeping SNAPSHOT pressed provides an effect similar to serial photography. (Interval between still images: approx. 1 second)
NOTES:
●To remove the shutter sound, “BEEP/TALLY” on pg. 29.
●If Snapshot recording is not possible, “PHOTO” blinks when SNAPSHOT is pressed.
●If Program AE with special effects ( pg. 38) is engaged, certain modes of Program AE with special effects are disabled during Snapshot recording. In such a case, the icon blinks.
●If SNAPSHOT is pressed when “DIS” is set to “ON” ( pg. 30), the Stabilizer will be disabled.
●To dub images recorded on a tape to a MultiMediaCard, pg. 65.
●To reduce the 
●During playback as well, all snapshot modes are available
when “ 

 COPY” is set to “OFF” in the Menu Screen (  pg. 43).
 COPY” is set to “OFF” in the Menu Screen (  pg. 43).
●When a headphone set is connected to the headphone connector, the shutter sound is not heard from the speaker, however it is recorded onto the tape.