EN 35

Gain up

● The “

 

 

 

 

 

 

” indicator blinks or goes out if the

 

 

 

 

 

GAIN UP

Stabiliser cannot be used.

(Factory-preset: AGC)

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.

Navigation time
NAVIGATION

(Factory-preset: MANUAL)

5SEC / 15SEC / 30SEC / 60SEC:

The captured image is stored in the memory card as a thumbnail image when the recording time is over the navigation time.

For example, “5SEC” is suitable to record short scenes with the thumbnail images. ( pg. 46) However, the stored thumbnail images may take up a lot of memory. In this case, using the memory card with large capacity is recommended.

MANUAL: Enables thumbnail images to be made manually. ( pg. 46)

Manual Menu MANUALDigital Image Stabilisation

To compensate for unstable images caused by camera-shake, particularly at high magnification.

DIS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Factory-preset: ON)

OFF / ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

●Accurate stabilisation may not be possible if hand shake is excessive, or under the following conditions:

•When shooting subjects with vertical or horizontal stripes.

•When shooting dark or dim subjects.

•When shooting subjects with excessive backlighting.

•When shooting scenes with movement in various directions.

•When shooting scenes with low-contrast backgrounds.

●Switch off this mode when recording with the camcorder on a tripod.

Self-Timer

For details, refer to “Self-Timer” ( pg. 42).

SELF-TIMER

(Factory-preset: OFF)

OFF / ON

 

5-Second Recording

Record a vacation or an important event in 5-second clips to keep the action moving. This function is available only for video recording.

1Set “5S” to “5S”. ( pg. 31)

●“5S” appears.

2Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to start recording, and after 5 seconds the camcorder enters Record-Standby mode automatically.

●Even if you press the Recording Start/Stop Button again within 5 seconds after recording starts, Record-Standby mode is not engaged.

3To exit the 5S mode, select “OFF” in step 1.

To take a snapshot in the 5-second recording mode…

Instead of pressing the Recording Start/Stop Button in step 2, select the desired Snapshot mode in CAMERA Menu ( pg. 34), then press SNAPSHOT. The camcorder records a 5-second still. When “5S” is set to “Anim.”, this function is not available.

5S

(Factory-preset: OFF)

OFF: Disables 5-Second Recording.

5S: Enables 5-Second Recording.

Anim.: Allows you to record a few frames only. By using an inanimate object and changing its position between shots, you can record the subject as though it is moving.

NOTE:

When “5S” is set to “Anim.”, the 5-Second Recording mode is not available. Animation recording of a few frames only is taken instead.