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RECORDING Advanced Features (cont.)

Fade/Wipe Effects

These effects let you make pro-style scene transitions. Use them to spice up the transition from one scene to the next. You can also vary transitions from scene to scene.

IMPORTANT:

Some Fade/Wipe Effects cannot be used with certain modes of Programme AE with special effects ( pg. 30). If an unusable Fade/Wipe Effect is selected, its indicator blinks or goes out.

START/STOP Button

MODE Dial

POWER Switch

Lock Button

Operation Switch

MENU Wheel

To Deactivate The Selected Effect . . ..... select “OFF” in step 4.

NOTES:

●You can extend the length of a Fade or Wipe by pressing and holding START/STOP.

●If the power is turned off after a scene is finished recording, the stored point is erased, disabling the Picture Wipe/Dissolve combina- tion. When this happens, the Picture Wipe/ Dissolve indicator blinks. Also note that power shuts off automatically if 5 minutes elapse in the Record-Standby mode.

●Picture Wipe/Dissolve cannot be used when the MODE Dial is set to “ ”.●The sound at the end of the last recorded scene is not stored.
FADE/WIPE SELECTION ( , , , , , , , , and )Fade or Wipe works when recording is started or when you stop recording.

Set the POWER Switch to “

” while pressing

1 down the Lock Button located on the switch and 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 “ ”, then press it.

4 Rotate the MENU wheel to select the desired function, then press it. Selection is complete.

•The FADER/WIPE Menu disappears and the effect is reserved. The indicator representing the selected effect appears.

5 Press START/STOP to activate the Fade-in/out or Wipe-in/out.PICTURE WIPE OR DISSOLVE SELECTION( , , , , , and )The Picture Wipe or Dissolve works when recording is started.1 Follow steps 1 through 4 above.2 Engage the Record-Standby mode.If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during recording . . ..... press START/STOP when one scene is finished.The point at which the scene ended is stored in memory.If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record- Standby mode . . ..... press START/STOP to start recording and press it

again when one scene is finished. The point at which the scene ended is stored in memory.

If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record- Standby mode after performing a Picture Wipe/ Dissolve . . .

.... the point at which the scene ended is alreadystored in memory.

3 If you start recording a new scene within 5 minutes of the end of the previous recording (without having turned the camcorder’s power off), the previous scene wipes out, revealing the new scene.