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GAIN UP

OFF: Allows you to shoot dark scenes with no picture brightness adjustment.

[AGC]: The overall appearance may be grainy, but the image is bright.

AUTO : The shutter speed is automatically adjusted. Shooting a subject in low or poor lighting at slow shutter speed provides a brighter image than in the AGC mode, but the subject’s movements are not smooth or natural. The overall appearance may be grainy. While the shutter speed is

being automatically adjusted, “” is displayed.

WIND CUT*

[OFF]: Disengages the function.

ON : Helps cut down on noise created by wind. The “ ” indicator appears. The quality of the sound will change. This is normal.

*Available only when the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is set to “VIDEO”.

IMAGE SIZE*[640 x 480 F] / 640 x 480 S

The Image Size mode can be selected to best match your needs. Two Picture Quality modes are available: FINE ( 640F ) and STANDARD

( 640S ) (in order of quality).

NOTE:

The number of storable images depends on the selected picture quality as well as the composition of the subjects in the images and the type of memory card being used. ( pg. 24)

*Available only when the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is set to “MEMORY”.

VTR

Available only when the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is set to “VIDEO”.

REC MODE

[SP]*: To record in the SP (Standard Play) mode.

LP: Long Play—more economical, providing 1.5 times the recording time.

* SP indicator does not appear on the screen.

NOTES:

●If the recording mode is switched, the playback picture will be blurred at the switching point.

●During playback of a tape recorded on another camcorder, blocks of noise may appear or there may be momentary pauses in the sound.

SOUND MODE

[12BIT]: Enables video recording of stereo sound on four separate channels. (Equivalent to the 32 kHz mode of previous models) 16BIT: Enables video recording of stereo sound on two separate channels. (Equivalent to the 48 kHz mode of previous models)

REC SELECT

(TAPE): When Snapshot recording is performed with the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch set to “VIDEO”, still images are recorded only onto the tape.

/ (TAPE/CARD): When Snapshot recording is performed with the VIDEO/ MEMORY Switch set to “VIDEO”, still images are recorded not only onto the tape but also in the memory card (640 x 480 pixels).

[ (CARD)]: When Snapshot recording is performed with the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch Set to “VIDEO”, still images are recorded into the Memory Card only. Select this setting to perform Dual Rec.. ( pg. 20)

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