Self Recording
16 EN VIDEO RECORDINGZooming

Produces the zoom in/out effect, or an instantaneous change in image magnification.

Zoom In

Slide the Power Zoom Lever towards “T” (or press Sub Zoom Button T).

Zoom Out

Slide the Power Zoom Lever towards “W” (or press Sub Zoom Button W).

The further you slide the Power Zoom Lever, the quicker the zoom action.

Zoom in (T: Telephoto)

W

or

 

 

T

1 xW T

 

 

 

 

1 2 xW T

 

 

 

 

20xW T

 

 

 

40xW T

 

W

 

 

 

T

or

Zoom out (W: Wide angle)

 

 

 

12 x W T

 

 

 

 

 

Digital zoom zone

 

 

 

12X (optical) zoom zone

 

 

Approximate zoom ratio

Sub Zooming buttons

When you hold the camcorder as illustrated, pressing the Sub Zoom Buttons (instead of sliding the Power Zoom Lever) is more easy to operate Zooming function.

NOTES:

●Focusing may become unstable during Zooming. In this case, set the zoom while in Record-Standby, lock the focus by using the manual focus ( pg. 32), then zoom in or out in Record mode.

●Zooming is possible to a maximum of 900X, or it can be switched to 12X magnification using the optical zoom. ( pg. 28)

●Zoom magnification of over 12X is done through Digital image processing, and is therefore called Digital Zoom.

●During Digital zoom, the quality of image may suffer.

●Zooming is possible to a maximum of 10X regardless of the “ZOOM” setting ( pg. 28) when the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is set to “MEMORY”.

●Macro shooting (as close as approx. 5 cm to the subject) is possible when the Power Zoom Lever is set all the way to “W”. Also see “TELE MACRO” in MANUAL Menu on page 28.

●When shooting a subject close to the lens, zoom out first. 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” is set to “ON”. ( pg. 28)

Journalistic Shooting

In some situations, different shooting angles may provide more dramatic results. Hold the camcorder in the desired position and tilt the LCD monitor in the most convenient direction. It can rotate 270° (90° downward, 180° upward).

Interface Shooting

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

1)Open the LCD monitor and tilt it upward to 180° so that it faces forward.

2) Point the lens toward the subject (yourself when self- recording) and start recording.

● During Interface Shooting, the monitor image appears inverted as it would when viewing a mirror. However, the actual recorded image does not appear inverted.

●During Interface Shooting, the “Tape Running” indicator and warning indications ( pg. 47, 48) are the only ones that are shown; they appear reversed in the display as they would when viewing a mirror, but are not reversed in the recording.

●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) (blinking)

(blinking)