28 EN | FOR RECORDING (cont.) |
SNAPSHOT Button
Lock Button
Power Switch
Display
Menu Screen
SNAP MODE – FUL L
P I
FRAME
FULL
Snapshot mode with no frame
FRAME
Snapshot mode with frame
There is the sound effect of a shutter closing.
Snapshot
This feature lets you record still images that look like photographs onto a tape.
SNAPSHOT MODE SELECTION
1 Set the Power Switch to “ 
” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.
2 Press the MENU/BRIGHT wheel in. The Menu Screen appears.
3 Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT wheel to select
“
CAMERA”. Press it and the CAMERA Menu appears.
4 Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT wheel to select “SNAP MODE”, then press it.
5 Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT wheel to select the desired Snapshot mode, then press it.
Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT wheel to select
“
RETURN” and press it twice. The Menu Screen closes.
SNAPSHOT RECORDING
1 Press SNAPSHOT. “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
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 position (“ 
” or “ 
”), Snapshot recording takes place using the selected Snapshot mode.
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” on pg. 32, 34.
●If Snapshot recording is not possible, “PHOTO” blinks when SNAPSHOT is pressed.
●If Program AE with special effects ( pg. 24) 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. 33), the Stabilizer will be disabled.
●During playback as well, all Snapshot modes are available. 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 AV connector, the shutter sound is not heard from the speaker, however it is recorded onto the tape.