| D.S.C. RECORDING | EN 23 |
Basic Shooting (D.S.C. Snapshot)You can use your camcorder as a Digital Still Camera for taking snapshots. Still images are stored in the memory card.
NOTE:
Before continuing, perform the procedures listed below:
●Loading A Memory Card ( pg. 16)
SNAPSHOT Button 
Power Switch
PUSH OPEN Button
Lock Button 
VIDEO/MEMORY Switch
1Remove the lens cap.
2Press PUSH OPEN and open the LCD monitor fully, or pull out the viewfinder fully.
3Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “MEMORY”.
4Set the Power Switch to “A” or “M” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.
5Press SNAPSHOT. The “O” indication appears while the snapshot is being taken.
●To check how the image looks before recording it in the memory card, press SNAPSHOT halfway and hold. The “ 
” indicator appears and stops blinking when the captured image is focused. To cancel the recording, release SNAPSHOT. To record it in the memory card, press SNAPSHOT fully.
●Still images are recorded in the snapshot mode with no frame.
●To delete unwanted still images, refer to “Deleting Files” ( pg. 28).
●When you do not want to hear the shutter sound, set “BEEP” to “OFF”. ( pg. 31, 37)
●To change the Image Size and/or Picture Quality, pg. 31, 39.
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Snapshot mode with no frameThere is the sound of a shutter closing.
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C | Shooting Icon ( pg. 82) | |||||||||||
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| D Card Icon ( pg. 82) |
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| F Remaining Number Of Shots ( pg. 82) |
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| Stabilizer will be disabled. |
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● If Snapshot recording is not possible, “O” |
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| recording. In such a case, the icon blinks. |
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● If shooting is not performed for approx. 5 minutes |
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| when the Power Switch is set to “A” or “M” and |
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| power is supplied from the battery pack, the | (D.S.C.) | ||||||||||
| camcorder shuts off automatically to save power. | |||||||||||
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| To perform shooting again, push back and pull out |
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| the viewfinder again or close and |
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● The Motor Drive mode ( pg. 43) is disabled |
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● When a cable is connected to the AV connector, | STILL | |||||||||||
| however it is recorded onto the tape. | |||||||||||
| the shutter sound is not heard from the speaker, | DIGITAL | ||||||||||
● | Still images taken are compliant to DCF (Design | |||||||||||
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rule for Camera File system). They do not have any compatibility with devices which are not compliant to DCF.