F1 button F2 button

F1

SEL

F2

Function SEL. button

PROGRAM AE select dial

FADE IN

FADE OUT

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Fader

This feature allows smooth fade-in and fade-out to black blank screen. Fade-in works at recording start, and fade-out works at recording end or when you enter Record–Standby mode.

SELECT MODE

1 Press Function SEL. repeatedly until “FADER” appears to the right of F1.

ENGAGE FADE–STANDBY MODE

2 Press F1 to engage the Fade–Standby mode. “FADER”appears in the viewfinder.

START RECORDING

3 Press Recording Start/Stop to start recording and activate fade-in.

OR . . .

END RECORDING

Press Recording Start/Stop to end recording and engage fade-out.

NOTES:

Pressing and holding the Recording Start/Stop button allows you to record a black blank screen.

The screen becomes slightly reddish when the Fader is used with Sepia (pg. 16).

With the Electronic fog filter mode (pg. 16) engaged, the image fades in/out to a white screen.

Cinema

This feature allows you to record black bars at the top and bottom of the screen to produce a cinema-like

Cinema mode “wide-screen” effect.

SELECT MODE

1 Press Function SEL. repeatedly until “CINEMA” appears to the right of F2.

ENGAGE CINEMA MODE

2 Press F2.

RESTORE NORMAL SCREEN

3 Press F2 again while “CINEMA” appears next to F2 in the viewfinder.

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JVC GR-AX510, GR-AX710 manual Fader, Cinema

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