32 EN FEATURES FOR RECORDING

Night Alive

Makes dark subjects or areas even brighter than they would be under good natural lighting. Although the recorded image is not grainy, it may look as if it is strobing due to the slow shutter speed.

1 Set the Power Switch to “M”.

2 Press NIGHT so that the Night-Alive indicator “ ” appears.

●The shutter speed is automatically adjusted to provide up to 30 times sensitivity.

●“” appears beside “ ” while the shutter speed is being automatically adjusted.

To deactivate Night-Alive

Press NIGHT again so that the Night-Alive indicator disappears.

NOTES:

●During Night-Alive, the following functions or settings cannot be activated and its indicator blinks or goes out:

•Some modes of “Program AE With Special Effects” ( pg. 35).

•“GAIN UP” in CAMERA Menu. ( pg. 28)

•“DIS” in MANUAL Menu. ( pg. 28)

●During Night-Alive, it may be difficult to bring the camcorder into focus. To prevent this, use of a tripod is recommended.

Snapshot (For Video Recording)

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

1 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”.

2 Set the Power Switch to “M”.

3 Set “SNAP MODE” to the desired mode. ( pg. 27, 28)

4 Press SNAPSHOT.

●There is the sound effect of a shutter closing.

●The “O” indication appears and a still image will be recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the camcorder re- enters the Record-Standby mode.

●You can perform Snapshot also during recording. A still image will be recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the normal recording resumes.

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

Manual Focus

The camcorder’s Full Range AF system offers continuous shooting ability from close-up (as close as approx. 5 cm (2") to the subject) to infinity.

However, correct focus may not be obtained depending on the shooting condition. In this case, use the manual focus mode.

1 Set the Power Switch to “M”.

2 Press FOCUS. The manual

focus indicator appears.

3 Press or to focus on a subject.

● When the focus level cannot be

 

adjusted any further or closer,

Manual focus indicator

“ ” or “ ” will blink.

 

4 Press SET. Focus adjustment is complete.

To reset to Auto Focus

Press FOCUS twice or set the Power Switch to “A”.

Manual focus is recommended in situations listed below.

●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-color wall, or a clear, blue sky.*

●When a dark object is barely visible in the LCD monitor or 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 background.

* The following low-contrast warnings appear blinking: ,

, and .

Motor Drive Mode

Keeping SNAPSHOT pressed in step 4 provides an effect similar to serial photography. (Interval between still images: approx. 1 second)

●The Motor Drive mode is disabled when “REC SELECT” is

set to “/”. ( pg. 30)