24 EN

FOR RECORDING

NOTES:

During Night-Scope, the following functions or settings cannot be activated and its indicator blinks or goes out:

Some modes of “Programme AE With Special Effects” ( pg. 24, 25).

“GAIN UP” in the CAMERA Menu ( pg. 33).

“DIS” in the MANUAL Menu ( pg. 33).

“Video light” when LIGHT OFF/AUTO/ON is set to “AUTO” ( pg. 17).

During Night-Scope, it may be difficult to bring the camcorder into focus. To prevent this, use of manual focus and/or a tripod is recommended.

MENU/BRIGHT Wheel

Night-Scope

Makes dark subjects or areas even brighter than they would be under good natural lighting. Although the recorded image is not grainy, it may look as if it is strobing due to the slow shutter speed.

1 Set the Power Switch to “

” while pressing

MANUAL

 

down the Lock Button located on the switch.

2 Press NIGHT so that the Night-Scope indicator “ ”appears.

The shutter speed is automatically adjusted to provide up to 30 times sensitivity.

A” appears beside “ ” while the shutter speed is being automatically adjusted.

To Deactivate Night-Scope . . .

..... press NIGHT again so that the Night-Scope

indicator disappears.

Lock Button

Power Switch

NIGHT Button

Display



SNOW

SPOT L I GHT

TW I L I GHT

SEP I A

MONOTONE

CLASS I C F I LM

STROBE

SLOW 4X

SLOW 1 0X



Programme AE With Special Effects

1 Set the Power Switch to “

” while pressing

MANUAL

 

down the Lock Button located on the switch.

2 Press the MENU/BRIGHT wheel in. The Menu Screen appears.

3 Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT wheel to select “ PROGRAM AE”, then press it.

4 Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT wheel to select the desired mode ( pg. 25), then press it. Selection is complete. Press the MENU/BRIGHT wheel in again. The Menu Screen closes.

The PROGRAM AE Menu disappears and the selected mode is activated. The selected mode indicator appears.

To Deactivate The Selected Mode . . .

..... select “OFF” in step 4.

NOTES:

Programme AE with special effects can be changed during recording or during Record-Standby.

Some modes of Programme AE special effects cannot be used during Night-Scope.

IMPORTANT

Some modes of Programme AE with special effects cannot be used with certain Fade/Wipe Effects ( pg. 26, 27). If an unusable mode is selected, its indicator blinks or goes out.

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GR-DVL166 specifications

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