Snapshot (For Video Recording)
This feature lets you record still images that look like photographs onto a tape.
1 Set the Power Switch to “M”.
2 Set “SNAP SHOT” to the desired mode. ( pg. 22, 23)
Manual Focus
The camcorder’s Full Range AF system offers continuous shooting ability from
●There is the sound effect of a shutter closing.
●The “O” indication appears and a still image will be recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the camcorder
●You can perform Snapshot also during recording. A still image will be recorded for approx.
6 seconds, then the normal recording resumes.
●Regardless of the Power Switch position (“A” or “M”), Snapshot recording takes place using the selected Snapshot mode.
1 Set the Power Switch to “M”.
2 Press FOCUS. The manual focus indicator appears.
3 Press + or – to focus on a subject.
●When the focus level
cannot be adjusted any further or closer, “ 
” or “
Manual focus indicator
” will blink.
Motor Drive Mode
Keeping SNAPSHOT pressed in step 3 provides an effect similar to serial photography. (Interval between still images: approx. 1 second)
4 Press MENU. Focus adjustment is complete.
To reset to Auto FocusPress FOCUS twice or set the Power Switch to “A”.
Manual focus is recommended in situations listed below.●When two subjects overlap in the same scene.
●When illumination is low.*
●When the subject has no contrast (difference in brightness and darkness), such as a flat, one- colour wall, or a clear, blue sky.*
●When a dark object is barely visible in the LCD monitor or the viewfinder.*
●When the scene contains minute patterns or identical patterns that are regularly repeated.
●When the scene is affected by sunbeams or light reflecting off the surface of a body of water.
●When shooting a scene with a
*The following 
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