1 Press V.

• A blue border appears on the screen.• Press Vagain to return to normal video recording mode.2 Press Y.• The camcorder records for afew seconds (the blue frame serves as a visual progressbar*) and then automatically returns to record pause mode.

• When the camcorder stops recording, the screen will momentarily turn black as if a camera shutter had released.

*When the recording program is set to [šSCN: Underwater], the visual progress bar will be red.

NOTES

Changing the camcorder to playback mode will deactivate the video snapshot mode.

Decoration: Adding a Personal Touch

Add a new level of enjoyment to your scenes by decorating them. You can add animated

graphics, stamps and even your own freehand drawings. Thesupplied stylus pen will be espe-cially useful for decorating scenes.You can decorate scenes asthey are being recorded. For AVCHD movies, you can alsodecorate scenes during play-back or when converting them to standard definition (-/, only; A157).
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