JVC GR-DX106/76AG manual Snapshot For Tape Recording, Snapshot Mode Selection, Auto Focus

Snapshot (For Tape Recording)

This feature lets you record still images that look like photographs onto a tape.

SNAPSHOT MODE SELECTION

1 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch t to “VIDEO”, then set the Power Switch @ to “ ” while pressing down the Lock Button $ located on the switch. Open the LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully.

2 Press MENU 4. The Menu Screen appears.

3 Press + or – 5 to select “ (CAMERA)”, then press SELECT/SET 3.

4 Press + or – 5 to select “SNAP MODE”, then press

SELECT/SET 3.

5 Press + or – 5 to select the desired Snapshot mode, then press SELECT/SET 3.

Press + or – 5 to select “ RETURN” and press SELECT/SET 3 twice. The Menu Screen closes.

NOTES:

● To remove the shutter sound, “BEEP” on pg. 34.
● If Snapshot recording is not possible, “PHOTO” Q blinks
when SNAPSHOT 9 is pressed.
● If Programme AE with special effects ( pg. 27) is
engaged, certain modes of Programme AE with special
effects are disabled during Snapshot recording. In such a
case, the icon blinks.
● If SNAPSHOT 9 is pressed when “DIS” is set to “ON”
( pg. 33), the Stabiliser will be disabled.
● The Motor Drive mode is disabled when “REC SELECT”
is set to “	/	” in the Menu Screen
( pg. 35).			/	” in the DSC
● If “REC SELECT” is set to “
Menu Screen, still images are recorded on the memory
card as well (640 x 480 pixels).
● During playback as well, all snapshot modes except Nega
mode are available when “				COPY” is set to
“OFF” in the Menu Screen ( pg. 35).
● During Snapshot recording, the image displayed in the
viewfinder may be partially missing. However, there is no
effect in the recorded image.
● When a cable is connected to the S/AV connector, the
shutter sound is not heard from the speaker, however it is

FULL

Snapshot mode with no frame

PIN-UP

Pin-Up mode

NEGA (GR-DX106 only)

Nega mode

FRAME

Snapshot mode with frame

recorded onto the tape.

Auto Focus

The camcorder’s Full Range AF system offers continuous shooting ability from close-up (as close as approx. 5 cm to the subject) to infinity.

However, correct focus may not be obtainable in the situations listed below (in these cases use manual focusing):

• When two subjects overlap in the same scene.

• When illumination is low.*

• When the subject has no contrast (difference in

brightness and darkness), such as a flat, one-colour

wall, or a clear, blue sky.*

There is the sound effect of a shutter closing.

SNAPSHOT RECORDING

1 Press SNAPSHOT 9. “PHOTO” Q appears while the snapshot is being taken.

If you press during Record-Standby . . .

..... “PHOTO” Q appears and a still image will be

recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the camcorder re-enters the Record-Standby mode.

If you press during Recording . . .

..... “PHOTO” Q appears and a still image will be

recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the normal recording resumes.

•Regardless of the Power Switch @ position (“ ” or “ ”), Snapshot recording takes place using the selected Snapshot mode.

Motor Drive Mode

Keeping SNAPSHOT 9 pressed provides an effect similar to serial photography. (Interval between still images: approx. 1 second)

• When a dark object is barely visible in the viewfinder.*

• When the scene contains minute patterns or identical

patterns that are regularly repeated.

• When the scene is affected by sunbeams or light

reflecting off the surface of a body of water.

• When shooting a scene with a high-contrast back-

ground.

*The following low-contrast warnings appear blinking:

,, and

NOTES:

●If the lens is smeared or blurred, accurate focusing is not possible. Keep the lens clean, wiping with a piece of soft cloth if it gets dirty. When condensation occurs, wipe with a soft cloth or wait for it to dry naturally.

●When shooting a subject close to the lens, zoom out first (
pg. 13). If zoomed-in in the auto focus mode, the camcorder may automatically zoom out depending on the

distance between the camcorder and the subject. This will not occur when “TELE MACRO” (
pg. 33) is activated.

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