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Journalistic Shooting

In some situations different angles of shooting may be required for more dramatic results.

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OPEN LCD MONITOR

Make sure the LCD monitor is fully open.

TILT LCD MONITOR

Tilt the LCD monitor in the most convenient direction.

•The LCD monitor can rotate almost full circle (270°: 90° downward, 180° upward).

 

Interface Shooting

 

The person you shoot can view himself/herself in the

 

LCD monitor, and you can even shoot yourself while

 

viewing your own image in the LCD monitor.

 

TILT LCD MONITOR UPWARD

Self-recording

1 Open the LCD monitor and tilt it upward to 180

 

degrees so that it faces forward.

 

•When the LCD monitor is tilted upward to an angle

 

of over approx. 105 degrees, the monitor image is

 

inverted vertically, and the viewfinder also switches

 

on.

 

START RECORDING

 

2 Point the lens toward the subject (yourself when self-

 

recording) and start recording.

 

•During Interface Shooting, the monitor image and

 

indications do not appear inverted as they would

 

when viewing a mirror.

 

NOTE:

 

The monitored image can be viewed on the LCD monitor

 

and in the viewfinder.

Brightness Control

You can adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor by turning the BRIGHT Dial.

1 ADJUST BRIGHTNESS

If you want to brighten the image . . .

Turn the Dial towards “+”.

If you want to darken the image . . .

Turn the Dial towards “–”.

BRIGHT Dial

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GR-AXM917UM specifications

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