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Recording an Image from a Cassette as a Still Image

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Record an image from a cassette onto a memory card. To automatically record multiple still images from a cassette to a memory card, refer to “Copying Still Images from a Cassette” on p.115.

For highest image quality, we recommend using an image recorded in

Progressive Scan mode ( 49).

The still image's data code will show the date and time it was originally recorded on the cassette.

Using a Memory Card (ELURA20 MC only)

Cassette

Press the PHOTO button fully down

Memory card

VCR

1.Play back the cassette.

2.When the image you want to record appears in the display, press the PHOTO button halfway down and hold it.

The tape is set to playback pause mode and the number of images that can still be recorded on the memory card appears in the display.

3.Press the PHOTO button fully down to record the image to the memory card.

You can also set the cassette to playback pause mode in step 1 and record the image with only 1 full press of the PHOTO button.

If you record an image onto a memory card that was originally recorded in the 16:9 mode for widescreen TV’s, the image will appear to be vertically “squashed” (compressed).

The shutter sound does not sound in VCR mode.

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10, elura20 specifications

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