Menu Screen Explanations

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Menu Screen Available Using The Select Dial

FOCUS	AUTO	Adjusts focus automatically.
	MANU	Allows you to adjust focus manually (☞ pg. 40, 41).

EXPOSURE	AUTO	Adjusts exposure automatically.
	MANU	Allows you to adjust exposure manually (☞ pg. 39).

WIDE	OFF	Does not display black bars.
	ON	Allows you to record black bars at the top and bottom of the screen
		to produce a cinema-like “wide-screen” effect.
		If a snapshot (☞ pg. 22, 26) is taken while the camcorder is in
		the WIDE mode, the snapshot image is recorded without the
		black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.

S.LX	MAX	To record a subject in a darkly lit environment, when it is more
		convenient to shoot the subject with a brighter image even if the
		picture becomes slightly coarse.
	NORMAL	To record a subject in a dimly lit environment, when it is more
		convenient to shoot with a less coarse picture although the
		subject becomes slightly dark. This setting is suitable for
		measuring sensitivity conforming to EIA-639 (EIA* Standard for
		Low Light Sensitivity Measurement).
		*EIA : Electronic Industries Alliance
	OFF	Allows you to shoot dark scenes with no picture brightness
		adjustment.

TITLE*	Allows you to superimpose one of eight preset titles (☞ pg. 35).

DATE/TIME	Makes the date/time settings appear in the camcorder or on a connected monitor
DISP.*	(☞ pg. 34).

Menu Screen Available Using The MENU Button

This Menu Screen cannot be accessed while recording.

M.W.B.	AUTO	This camcorder’s Automatic Color Temperature system senses
		the color temperature of the ambient lighting for automatic
	: FINE	the color temperature of the ambient lighting for automatic
	: FINE	white balance adjustment. However, precise color adjustment is

	: CLOUD	not possible under the following conditions:
		• When an object is in various shades of the same color.
	: HALOGEN	• When an object is in various shades of the same color.
	: HALOGEN	• When a predominantly red or brown object is being shot outdoors.

	MWB	In these cases, use the camcorder’s built-in preset filters for
		white balance adjustment (☞ pg. 42, 43).
D. ZOOM	ON	Allows you to use the Digital Zoom. By digitally processing and
		magnifying images, zooming is possible from 16 times (the optical
		zoom limit), to a maximum of 380 times digital magnification.
	OFF	Digital Zoom is not available. Only optical zoom (maximum
		16x magnification) can function. When set to “OFF” during
		Digital Zoom, zoom magnification changes to 16x.

* Activated only with the System Select Switch set to “VIDEO”. If the System Select Switch is set to “D.S.C.”, this function will not be activated although the highlight bar will move on the Menu Screen like the setting procedure.

Functions listed without an asterisk are available with the System Select Switch set to either “D.S.C.” or “VIDEO”.

: Factory-preset

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