40 EN FEATURES FOR RECORDING

Manual White Balance Adjustment

● The WIPE/FADER menu disappears and the

effect is reserved.

Adjust the white balance

 

● The selected effect indicator appears.

 

5 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to

manually when shooting

 

 

activate the Fade-in/out or Wipe-in/out.

under various types of

 

 

 

 

lighting.

 

To deactivate the selected effect

1 Set the Power Switch

 

Select “OFF” in step 4. The effect indicator

 

disappears.

to “REC”.

White paper

NOTE:

 

2 Set the recording

 

mode to “M”. ( pg. 16)

 

You can extend the length of a Wipe or Fader by

 

pressing and holding the Recording Start/Stop

3 Hold a sheet of plain white paper in front of

Button.

 

the subject. Adjust zoom or position yourself so

WIPE/FADER

that the white paper fills the screen.

 

4 Select FUNCTION Menu. ( pg. 33)

OFF: Disables the function. (Factory-preset)

5 Select “MWB” in “W.BALANCE” menu.

WHITE

: Fade in or out with a white screen.

( pg. 33), then press and hold SET or until

BLACK

: Fade in or out with a black screen.

begins blinking.

 

 

SLIDE

 

● When the setting is completed,

stops

: Wipe in from right to left, or wipe out

blinking.

 

from left to right.

6 Press SET or to engage the setting.

SCROLL

: The scene wipes in from the

7 Press MENU. The Menu Screen closes and

bottom to the top of a black screen, or wipes out

the Manual White Balance indicator

is

from top to bottom, leaving a black screen.

 

 

displayed.

 

Program AE, Effects and Shutter

NOTES:

 

● In step 3, it may be difficult to focus on the white

Effects

 

paper. In such a case, adjust focus manually.

1 Set the Power Switch to “REC”.

( pg. 37)

 

● A subject can be shot under various types of

2 Set the recording mode to “M”. ( pg. 16)

lighting conditions indoors (natural, fluorescent,

candlelight, etc.). Because the colour temperature

3 Set “EFFECT”, “PROGRAM AE” or

is different depending on the light source, the

“SHUTTER” in FUNCTION Menu. ( pg. 33)

subject tint will differ depending on the white

● The EFFECT, PROGRAM AE or SHUTTER menu

balance settings. Use this function for a more

disappears and the selected effect is activated.

natural result.

 

 

● The selected effect indicator appears.

● Once you adjust white balance manually, the

To deactivate the selected effect

setting is retained even if the power is turned off or

the battery removed.

 

Select “OFF” in step 3. The effect indicator

Wipe Or Fader Effects

 

disappears.

 

NOTES:

 

These effects let you make pro-style scene

● Program AE, Effects and Shutter Effects can be

changed during Record-Standby.

transitions. Use them to spice up the transition

● Some modes of Program AE and Shutter Effects

from one scene to the next.

 

cannot be used during Night-Scope.

Wipe or Fader works when video recording is

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

started or stopped.

 

streak may appear (smear phenomenon). Smear

1 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”.

phenomenon tends to occur when “SPORTS” or

mode of “SHUTTER 1/500 and 1/4000” is

2 Set the Power Switch to “REC”.

selected.

 

3 Set the recording mode to “M” ( pg. 16).

 

4 Set “WIPE/FADER” in FUNCTION Menu.

 

( pg. 33)