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AdvancedFeatures(cont.)

Function indication

FADE

Fade-Standby

indication FADE

SELECT button

PROGRAM AE select dial

SET button

FADE IN

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 Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position except AUTO LOCK.

SELECT FUNCTION

2 Press SELECT repeatedly until “FADE” appears.

ENGAGE FADE–STANDBY MODE

3 Press SET to engage the Fade–Standby mode. The Fade-Standby indication “FADE” is displayed.

START RECORDING

4 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. 19).

FADE OUT● With the Electronic fog filter mode (☞ pg. 18) engaged, the image fades in/out to a white screen.

Wide

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

Wide mode

SELECT MODE

 

1 Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position except AUTO LOCK.

SELECT FUNCTION

2 Press SELECT repeatedly until “WIDE” appears.

ENGAGE WIDE MODE

3 Press SET.

RESTORE NORMAL SCREEN

4 Press SET again while “WIDE” appears.

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