[Focus Assistance]: When focus assistance is activated, the image at the center of the screen is magnified to help you focus manually (A107).

•Using focus assistance will not affect the recordings. It will be cancelled automatically after 4 seconds or when you start recording.

[Auto Slow Shutter]: The camcorder automatically uses slow shutter speeds to obtain brighter recordings in places with insufficient lighting.

•Minimum shutter speed used: 1/25; 1/12 when the frame rate is set to[¸PF25] or [ 25P].

•The auto slow shutter can only be activated when the recording pro- gram is set to [’Programmed AE], but the setting will not change even

if you set the camcorder to mode.•If a trailing afterimage appears, set the slow shutter to [jOff].

[Conversion Lens]: When you attach to the camcorder an optional tele- converter or wide-converter, set the appropriate conversion lens setting to obtain optimal image stabilization.

•When you select a setting other than [jOff], the AF mode is auto- matically set to [@Normal AF].

[Onscreen Markers]: You can display a grid or a horizontal line at the center of the screen. Use the markers as a reference to make sure your subject is framed correctly (vertically and/or horizontally).

• Using the onscreen markers will not affect the recordings.[Microphone Attenuator]: Helps prevent audio distortions. You can use

this when using an external microphone or [ Audio Scene] is set to [ Custom Setting].

[kAutomatic]: The camcorder will automatically activate the microphone attenuator as necessary for optimal audio recording levels so high audio levels will not be distorted.

[iOn å]: The microphone attenuator will be activated at all times to reproduce more faithfully the sound dynamics. åwill appear on the screen.

•This menu option is not available when the optional SM-V1 Surround Microphone is attached to the camcorder. In that case, activate the microphone attenuator with the [Surround Mic Attenuator] setting.

•When the recording program is set to [šSCN: Underwater] or

[ŸSCN: Surface], the microphone attenuator is automatically set to [jOff].
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