Navigation Function, Recording automatically

FEATURES FOR RECORDING

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PROGRAM AE

SEPIA: Recorded scenes have a brownish

tint like old photos. Combine this with the

OFF: Disables the function. (Factory-preset)

Cinema mode for a classic look.

NIGHTSCOPE: ( pg. 44)

MONOTONE: Like classic black and white

SHUTTER 1/50: The shutter speed is fixed

films, your footage is shot in B/W. Used together

at 1/50th of a second. Black bands that usually

with the Cinema mode, it enhances the “classic

appear when shooting a TV screen become

film” effect.

narrower.

CLASSIC FILM*: Gives recorded scenes a

SHUTTER 1/120: The shutter speed is

strobe effect.

fixed at 1/120th of a second. The flickering that

STROBE*: Your recording looks like a

occurs when shooting under a fluorescent light

series of consecutive snapshots.

or mercury-vapour lamp is reduced.

MIRROR*: Creates a mirror image on the

SHUTTER 1/250/ SHUTTER 1/500/

right half of the screen, juxtaposed to the normal

SHUTTER 1/1000/ SHUTTER 1/2000/

image on the other half.

SHUTTER 1/4000*: These settings allow fast-

* Available only when the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch

moving images to be captured one frame at a

is set to “VIDEO”.

time, for vivid, stable slow-motion playback by

fixing shutter speed variables. Use these

Navigation Function

settings when an automatic adjustment does not

work well, using SPORTS mode. The faster the

The Navigation Function helps you check tape

shutter speed, the darker the picture becomes.

Use the shutter function under good lighting

contents by making thumbnail images on a

conditions.

memory card.

SPORTS

Before continuing

(Variable Shutter Speed: 1/250 – 1/4000):

To use Navigation functions, load a cassette and

This setting allows fast-moving images to be

memory card, then set the VIDEO/MEMORY

captured one frame at a time, for vivid, stable

Switch to “VIDEO”.

slow-motion playback. The faster the shutter

To make thumbnail images during video

speed, the darker the picture becomes. Use the

shutter function under good lighting conditions.

recording automatically

SNOW: Compensates for subjects that may

1 Set “NAVIGATION” to the desired navigation

otherwise appear too dark when shooting in

extremely bright surroundings such as in the

storing time. ( pg. 37, 38)

snow.

● If the “

” indicator appears blinking on the

SPOTLIGHT: Compensates for subjects

screen, wait until it stops blinking. If it does not

stop blinking after a while, check if a memory card

that may otherwise appear too bright when

is loaded.

shooting under extremely strong direct lighting

2 Set the Power Switch to “A” or “M”.

such as spotlights.

TWILIGHT: Makes evening scenes look

3 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to

more natural. White Balance ( pg. 47) is

start recording.

automatically set to “ ”, but can be changed to

● When the recording time is over the navigation

your desired setting. When Twilight is chosen,

time set in step 1, “ ” appears briefly, then the

the camcorder automatically adjusts the focus

image of the point where recording is started is

from approx. 10 m to infinity. From less than 10

captured and stored in the memory card as a

m, adjust the focus manually.

thumbnail image.

● If the Recording Start/Stop button is pressed

before “

” stops blinking, the image of the point

where the loaded memory card is recognised is

captured.

4 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to stop recording.

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