42 EN FEATURES FOR RECORDING

 

Program AE With Special Effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Variable Shutter Speed: 1/250 – 1/4000):

 

 

 

 

This setting allows fast-moving images to be

1 Set the Power Switch to “M”.

captured one frame at a time, for vivid, stable

2 Set “r” to the desired mode. ( pg. 31)

slow-motion playback. The faster the shutter

● The PROGRAM AE menu disappears and the

speed, the darker the picture becomes. Use the

 

selected effect is activated.

shutter function under good lighting conditions.

● The selected effect indicator appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SNOW: Compensates for subjects that may

To deactivate the selected effect

otherwise appear too dark when shooting in

Select “OFF” in step 2. The effect indicator

extremely bright surroundings such as in the

disappears.

snow.

NOTES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPOTLIGHT: Compensates for subjects

that may otherwise appear too bright when

● Program AE with special effects cannot be

shooting under extremely strong direct lighting

 

changed during recording.

 

such as spotlights.

● Some modes of Program AE with special effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWILIGHT: Makes evening scenes look

 

cannot be used during Night-Alive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

● When a subject is too bright or reflective, a vertical

more natural. White Balance ( pg. 40) is

 

streak may appear (smear phenomenon). Smear

automatically set to “ ”, but can be changed to

 

phenomenon tends to occur when “SPORTS” or

your desired setting. When Twilight is chosen,

 

any mode of “SHUTTER 1/250 – 1/4000” is

the camcorder automatically adjusts the focus

 

selected.

from approx. 10 m (32 ft) to infinity. From less

● Some modes of Program AE with special effects

than 10 m, adjust the focus manually.

 

cannot be used with certain Wipe/Fader effects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPIA: Recorded scenes have a brownish

 

( pg. 41) In this case, the selected indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tint like old photos. Combine this with the

 

blinks or goes out.

 

Cinema mode ( pg. 33, “WIDE MODE”) for a

 

 

 

PROGRAM AE

 

 

 

classic look.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONOTONE: Like classic black and white

OFF: Disables the function. (Factory-preset)

films, your footage is shot in B/W. Used together

 

 

 

SHUTTER 1/60: The shutter speed is fixed

 

 

 

with the Cinema mode ( pg. 33, “WIDE

at 1/60th of a second. Black bands that usually

MODE”), it enhances the “classic film” effect.

appear when shooting a TV screen become

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLASSIC FILM*: Gives recorded scenes a

narrower.

strobe effect.

 

 

 

SHUTTER 1/100: The shutter speed is

 

 

 

 

 

 

STROBE*: Your recording looks like a

fixed at 1/100th of a second. The flickering that

series of consecutive snapshots.

occurs when shooting under a fluorescent light

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIRROR*: Creates a mirror image on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

or mercury-vapor lamp is reduced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

right half of the screen, juxtaposed to the normal

SHUTTER 1/250/ SHUTTER 1/500/

image on the other half.

SHUTTER 1/1000*/ SHUTTER 1/2000*/

* Available only when the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch

SHUTTER 1/4000*: These settings allow fast-

 

 

 

 

is set to “VIDEO”.

moving images to be captured one frame at a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

time, for vivid, stable slow-motion playback by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fixing shutter speed variables. Use these

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

settings when an automatic adjustment does not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

work well, using SPORTS mode. The faster the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shutter speed, the darker the picture becomes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use the shutter function under good lighting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

conditions.