FEATURES FOR RECORDING EN 35

Program AE With Special Effects

1 Set the Power Switch to “M”.

2 Set “r” to the desired mode. ( pg. 27)

●The PROGRAM AE menu disappears and the selected effect is activated.

●The selected effect indicator appears.

SEPIA: Recorded scenes have a brownish tint like old photos. Combine this with the Cinema mode for a classic look.

MONOTONE: Like classic black and white films, your footage is shot in B/W. Used together with the Cinema mode, it enhances the “classic film” effect.

CLASSIC FILM*: Gives recorded scenes a strobe effect.

To deactivate the selected effect

Select “OFF” in step 2. The effect indicator disappears.

NOTES:

●Program AE with special effects can be changed during recording or during Record-Standby.

●Some modes of Program AE with special effects cannot be used during Night-Scope.

●When a subject is too bright or reflective, a vertical streak may appear (smear phenomenon). Smear phenomenon tends to occur when “SPORTS” or any mode of “SHUTTER 1/250 – 1/4000” is selected.

●Some modes of Program AE with special effects cannot be used with certain Wipe/Fader effects. ( pg. 34) In this case, the selected indicator blinks or goes out.

PROGRAM AE

OFF: Disables the function. (Factory-preset)

SHUTTER 1/50: The shutter speed is fixed at 1/ 50th of a second. Black bands that usually appear when shooting a TV screen become narrower.

SHUTTER 1/120: The shutter speed is fixed at 1/ 120th of a second. The flickering that occurs when shooting under a fluorescent light or mercury-vapour lamp is reduced.

SHUTTER 1/250/ SHUTTER 1/500/ SHUTTER 1/1000*/ SHUTTER 1/2000*/ SHUTTER 1/4000*: These settings allow fast-moving images to be captured one frame at a time, for vivid, stable slow-motion playback by fixing shutter speed variables. Use these settings when an automatic adjustment does not work well, using SPORTS mode. The faster the shutter speed, the darker the picture becomes. Use the shutter function under good lighting conditions.

STROBE*: Your recording looks like a series of consecutive snapshots.

*Available only when the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is set to “VIDEO”. (GR-DX97/77/67 only)

Navigation Function (GR-DX97/77/67 only)

The Navigation Function helps you check tape contents by making thumbnail images on a memory card.

Before continuing

To use Navigation functions, load a cassette and memory card, then set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”.

To make thumbnail images during video recording automatically

1 Set “NAVIGATION” to the desired navigation storing time. ( pg. 27, 28)

●If the “” indicator appears blinking on the screen, wait until it stops blinking. If it does not stop blinking after a while, check if a memory card is loaded.

2 Set the Power Switch to “A” or “M”.

3 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to start recording.

●When the recording time is over the navigation time set in step 1, “ ” appears briefly, then the image of the point where recording is started is captured and stored in the memory card as a thumbnail image.

●If the Recording Start/Stop button is pressed before “” stops blinking, the image of the point where the loaded memory card is recognised is captured.

SPORTS(Variable Shutter Speed: 1/250 – 1/4000)

This setting allows fast-moving images to be captured one frame at a time, for vivid, stable slow-motion playback. The faster the shutter speed, the darker the picture becomes. Use the shutter function under good lighting conditions.

SNOW: Compensates for subjects that may otherwise appear too dark when shooting in extremely bright surroundings such as in the snow.

SPOTLIGHT: Compensates for subjects that may otherwise appear too bright when shooting under extremely strong direct lighting such as spotlights.

TWILIGHT: Makes evening scenes look more natural. White Balance ( pg. 34) is automatically set to “”, but can be changed to your desired setting. When Twilight is chosen, the camcorder automatically adjusts the focus from approx. 10 m to infinity. From less than 10 m, adjust the focus manually.

4 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to stop recording.