Rotate the MENU wheel to select “5S”, and press it. The Sub Menu appears.
Rotate the MENU wheel to select “5S”, and press it. •“5S MODE” appears.

START/STOP Button

MODE Dial

POWER Switch

Lock Button

Operation Switch

SNAPSHOT Button

MENU Wheel

Display

MANUAL MENU

1RETURN

 

 

Menu Screen

D I S

 

 

 

SEL F – T I MER

OF F

5S

TELE MACRO

 

5S

 

W I DE MODE

 

AN I M.

 

W I ND CUT

 

 

 

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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.

Set the POWER Switch to “

” while pressing

1 down the Lock Button located on the switch and set

the MODE Dial to “VIDEO” or “

”, then set the

Operation Switch to “”. Pull out the viewfinder fully or open the LCD monitor fully.

2 Press the MENU wheel. The Menu Screen appears.

3 Rotate the MENU wheel to select “ ”, and press it. “MANUAL MENU” appears.

4

5

6 Press START/STOP. The tally lamp lights and beep sounds to indicate the start of recording, and after 5 seconds the camcorder enters Record-Standby mode.

•Even if you press START/STOP again within 5 seconds after recording starts, Record-Standby mode is not engaged.

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

To Take A Snapshot In The 5-Second Recording Mode . . .

.... instead of pressing START/STOP in step 6, select the

desired Snapshot mode in the Menu Screen, then press SNAPSHOT. The camcorder records a 5-second still ( pg. 16). When “5S” is set to “ANIM.” ( pg. 24) this function is not available.

NOTE:

When “5S” is set to “ANIM.” in the Menu Screen the

5-second recording mode is not available. Animation recording of a few frames only is taken instead ( pg. 24).