Record mode
$For the number of still pictures to be recorded on a card, refer
$The sound cannot be recorded.
$While data are recorded on a card, do not operate the mode dial.
$When the access lamp is lit, do not insert or remove a card.
$Another product may degrade or not play back data recorded on this camera.
$If set [PICT. QUALITY] >> [ 
],
noise may appear on a playback image depending on the picture content.
$When the [PICTURE SIZE] is set to other than [640], the mega pixel recording mode is set. $When the picture size setting is other than [640], the scene around the subject can be recorded
wider than that in [640].
%On-screen display in the card recording mode
1)
100
2)
3)
1)Still picture size
2)Number of recordable still pictures
(When no pictures can be recorded, the red light will flash.)
3)Quality of still pictures
%Progressive Photoshot
You can record still pictures with higher picture quality and frames. (You cannot switch the progressive function off/on.)
$In the tape recording mode, the progressive function may be disabled depending on the other functions used.
%Select the size of still pictures to be
recorded on a card
1Set [BASIC] >> [PICTURE SIZE] >> select
the desired picture size. [1760]: 176091320
[1280]: 12809960
[640]: 6409480
%Select the picture quality for
photoshot images
1Set [BASIC] >> [PICT. QUALITY] >> select
| the desired picture quality. | |
[ | ]: | High picture quality |
[ | ]: | Normal picture quality |
$You can also change the picture quality on [ADVANCE] >> [PICT. QUALITY] in the tape recording mode.
%Recording with a shutter operation
effect
You can add a shutter operation simulating sound.
1Set [ADVANCE] >> [SHTR EFFECT] >> [ON].
%About the shutter chance mark
$The shutter chance mark does not appear in manual focus mode.
$When the subject is not easily focused, focus on the subject manually.
$You can record still pictures on the card even if the shutter chance mark does not appear, but pictures may be recorded without being focused.
$The shutter chance mark does not appear or becomes difficult to be displayed in the following cases.
$When the zoom magnification is high. $When the movie camera is shaken. $When the subject is moving.
$When the subject stands against the light source.
$When close subjects and far subjects are included in the same scene.
$When the scene is dark.
$When there is a bright part in the scene.
$When the scene is filled with only horizontal lines.
$When the scene lacks contrast.
%Concerning the focusing area
$When there is a contrasting object ahead or behind the subject in the focus area, the subject may not be focused. If so, move the contrasting object out of the focus area.
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