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Journalistic shooting

In some situations different angles of shooting may be required for more dramatic results.

1 OPEN LCD MONITOR

Make sure the viewfinder is pushed back and the LCD monitor is fully open (approx. 90°).

2 TILT LCD MONITOR

Tilt the LCD monitor in the most convenient direction.

•The LCD monitor can rotate almost full circle (270°: 90° downward, 180° upward).

Interface Shooting

The person you are shooting can view himself/ herself in the LCD monitor, and you can even shoot yourself while viewing your own image in the LCD monitor.

1 TILT LCD MONITOR UPWARD Open the LCD monitor and tilt it upward to 180 degrees so that it faces forward.

2 START RECORDING

Point the lens towards the subject (yourself when self-recording) and start shooting.

•During Interface Shooting, the “Tape Running” indicator and warning indications (pg. 81) are the only ones that are shown; they appear

Self-recordingreversed in the display as they would when viewing a mirror, but are not reversed in the

recording.

NOTE:

The tape remaining indicator does not appear during interface shooting. However, when the remaining time reaches 2 minutes, the indicator appears showing the remaining time: – – –

(blinking) – –

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JVC GR-DVL9000 manual Journalistic shooting, Interface Shooting, Tilt LCD Monitor

GR-DVL9000 specifications

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