Zooming: Optical, Advanced and Digital Zoom

The camcorder offers three types of zoom: optical, advanced and digital zoom. You can also change the zoom speed.

switch:

Selecting the Zoom Type

Options

 Default value

[OPTICAL] (37x)

The zoom range is limited to the optical magnification ratio of the lens.

[ADVANCED] (41x)

When recording movies with a 16:9 aspect ratio, in addition to the optical zoom range, the camcorder processes the image digitally to obtain a larger zoom range without any deterioration in image quality. Note that the angle of view will be wider at both full telephoto and full wide-angle.

[DIGITAL] (2000x)

When this option is selected, the camcorder will switch to digital zoom (light blue area on the zoom indicator) when you zoom in beyond the optical zoom range (white area on the zoom indicator). With the digital zoom, the image is processed digitally so image quality will deteriorate the more you zoom in.

FUNC.

[ MENU]

[ CAMERA SETUP]

[ZOOM TYPE] Desired option

FUNC.

NOTES

The advanced zoom cannot be selected if

[WIDESCREEN] is set to [ OFF].

Using the Zoom

W

Zoom out

Zoom in

T

Move the zoom lever toward W to zoom out (wide-angle). Move it toward T to zoom in (telephoto).

Press gently for slower zooms; press harder for faster zooms. You can also set [ZOOM SPEED] ( 46) to one of three constant speeds (3 is the fastest, 1 the slowest).

NOTES

•Keep at least 1 m (3.3 ft.) to the subject. At full wide-angle, you can focus on a subject as close as 1 cm (0.39 in.).

•When [ZOOM SPEED] is set to [ VARIABLE], the zoom speed will be faster in record pause mode than when actually recording.

Quick Start Function

When you close the LCD panel in mode, the camcorder enters

the standby mode. In standby mode the camcorder consumes only about half the power used when recording, saving energy when you are using a battery pack. Additionally, when you open the LCD panel, the camcorder is ready to start recording in approximately 1

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