12 EN VIDEO RECORDING

 

LCD Monitor And Viewfinder

Zooming

While using the LCD monitor:

Make sure the viewfinder is pushed back in. Press the Monitor Opening Button and open the LCD monitor fully. It can rotate 270° (90° downward, 180° upward).

While using the viewfinder:

Make sure the LCD monitor is closed and locked. Pull out the viewfinder fully.

●Be sure to pull out the viewfinder until you hear a click, otherwise it may be pushed back in during use.

Monitor Opening Button

NOTES:

●The image will not appear simultaneously on the LCD monitor and the viewfinder. When the viewfinder is pulled out while the LCD monitor is opened, you can select which one to use. Set “PRIORITY” to the desired mode in SYSTEM Menu. ( pg. 25, 27)

●Colored bright spots may appear all over the LCD monitor or the viewfinder. However, this is not a malfunction.

( pg. 42)

Tape Remaining Time

Approximate tape remaining time appears on the display. “– h – – m” means the camcorder is calculating the remaining time. When the remaining time reaches

2 minutes, the indication starts blinking.

0h25m

–h– – m 1 h 0 m 0 h 5 9 m 0 h 3 m (Now calculating)

0 h 0 m 0 h 1 m 0 h 2 m

(Blinking) (Blinking) (Blinking)

Produces the zoom in/out effect, or an instantaneous change in image magnification.

Zoom In

Slide the Power Zoom Lever towards “T”.

Zoom Out

Slide the Power Zoom Lever towards “W”.

●The further you slide the Power Zoom Lever, the quicker the zoom action.

Zoom in (T: Telephoto)

1 xWT

1 0 xWT

20xWT

40xWT

Zoom out (W: Wide angle)

1 0 x WT

Digital zoom zone

16X (optical) zoom zone Approximate zoom ratio

NOTES:

●Focusing may become unstable during Zooming. In this case, set the zoom while in Record-Standby, lock the focus by using the manual focus ( pg. 32), then zoom in or out in Record mode.

●Zooming is possible to a maximum of 700X, or it can be switched to 16X magnification using the optical zoom. ( pg. 26)

●Zoom magnification of over 16X is done through Digital image processing, and is therefore called Digital Zoom.

●During Digital zoom, the quality of image may suffer.

●Digital zoom cannot be used when the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is set to “MEMORY”.

●Macro shooting (as close as approx. 5 cm (2") to the subject) is possible when the Power Zoom Lever is set all the way to “W”. Also see “TELE MACRO” in MANUAL Menu on page 26.