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SNAPSHOT Button
MODE Button
RECORDING Basic Recording For Video (cont.)
Power Switch Snapshot (For Video Recording)
This feature lets you record still images that look like photographs onto a tape.
Lock Button
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VIDEO/DSC Switch (Open the LCD monitor to access this switch.)
SNAPSHOT MODE SELECTION
1 Set the VIDEO/DSC Switch to “VIDEO”, then set the Power Switch to “
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” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.
2 Choose the appropriate Snapshot mode from the 5 available by repeatedly pressing MODE until the desired snapshot mode indicator appears.
SNAPSHOT RECORDING
1 Press SNAPSHOT.
If you press during Record-Standby . . .
.... “PHOTO” appears and a still image will be
recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the camcorder
If you press during Recording . . .
.... “PHOTO” appears and a still image will be
recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the normal recording resumes.
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Snapshot mode
Motor Drive Mode
FRAME
Snapshot mode with frame*
Keeping SNAPSHOT pressed provides an effect similar to serial photography. (Interval between still images: approx. 1 second)
NOTES:
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recording will be performed in the FULL mode during |
Digital Zoom. |
● If Snapshot recording is not possible, “PHOTO” blinks |
when SNAPSHOT is pressed. |
● If Programme AE with special effects ( pg. 28) is |
engaged, certain modes of Programme AE with special |
effects are disabled during Snapshot recording. In such a |
case, the icon blinks. |
● If SNAPSHOT is pressed when “DIS” is set to “ON” |
( pg. 24), the Stabiliser will be disabled. |
FULL
Snapshot mode with no frame*
● When “REC SELECT” is set to “ |
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| memory. If SNAPSHOT is pressed when a tape is not | ||||||||
| loaded, still images will not be recorded in the memory. | ||||||||
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● During Snapshot recording, the image displayed in the | |||||||||
| viewfinder may be partially missing. However, there is | ||||||||
| no effect in the recorded image. |
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● When a cable is connected to the AV connector, the | |||||||||
| shutter sound is not heard from the speaker, however it | ||||||||
| is recorded onto the tape. |
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*There is the sound effect of a shutter closing.
