
RECORDING Basic Features
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Zoom indicator bar
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Zoom level indicator
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Shooting mode selector
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Power zoom lever
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Shift Zoom  | ♦50x  | ||
screen  | Tele Macro  | OFF  | 
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  | Gain Up  | AGC  | |
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  | Tape Length  | T30  | |
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  | Sub Menu  | 
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  | FEATURE: | Zooming  | 
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  | PURPOSE: | To produce the zoom in/out effect, or  | 
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  | an instantaneous change in image  | 
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  | magnification.  | 
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  | OPERATION: | 28X Hyper zoom | 
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  | Digital circuitry doubles the  | 
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  | maximum 14x magnification offered  | 
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  | by optical zoom.  | 
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  | 1) To zoom in, slide the Zoom Lever  | 
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  | toward “T”.  | 
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  | 2) To zoom out, slide toward “W”.  | 
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  | Shift Zoom | 
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  | By digitally processing and  | 
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  | magnifying images, zooming is  | 
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  | possible from 5 – 14 times the  | 
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  | optical zoom limit, to a maximum of  | 
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  | 140x magnification.  | 
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  | 1) Set the Shooting Mode Selector to  | 
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  | “PRESET” and press MENU to  | 
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  | access the Main Menu screen.  | 
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  | 2) Press + or – to move the highlight  | 
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  | bar to “Shift Zoom.”  | 
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  | 3) Press FAR or NEAR to set the  | 
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  | magnification. “50x” magnifies  | 
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  | approximately 3.6 times the  | 
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  | original size, and enables zooming  | 
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  | in the 18x – 50x range. “140x”  | 
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  | magnifies   | 
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  | approximately 10 times the  | 
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  | original size, and allows zooming  | 
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  | from 50x to 140x. To disable Shift  | 
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  | Zoom, set it to “OFF”. “140x” is  | 
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  | useful when you want to confirm  | 
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  | letters or numbers from a distance.  | 
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  | 4) Press MENU to close the Main | 
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  | Menu screen. | 
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  | NOTES:  | ● During Hyper Zoom, the speed  | 
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  | increases the further you slide the  | 
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  | Zoom Lever.  | 
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  | ● Focusing may be come unstable  | 
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  | during Hyper Zoom. In this case,  | 
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  | set the zoom while in Record –  | 
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  | Standby, set manual focus or Focus  | 
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  | Lock (☞ pg. 24, 25), then zoom in  | 
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  | or out in Record mode.  | 
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  | ● The Zoom Level Indicator (5) only  | 
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  | moves during optical zoom. Once the  | 
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  | indicator reaches “T”, all magnification  | 
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  | from that point is through digital  | 
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  | processing.  | 
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  | ● During digital image processing, the  | 
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  | quality of the image may suffer.  | 
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  | FEATURE:  | Quick Review  | 
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  | PURPOSE:  | To check the end of the last  | 
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  | recording.  | 
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  | OPERATION:  | 1) Press “ ” and release quickly | 
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  | during the  | 
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  | • Tape is rewound for about 2 seconds  | 
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  | and played back   | 
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  | pauses in   | 
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  | the next shot.  | 
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  | NOTE:  | Distortion may occur at start of  | 
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  | playback.  | 
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  | This is normal.  | 
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