ADVANCED FEATURES

Night-Scope(GR-SXM50/SX26 only)

Makes dark subjects or areas even brighter than they would be under good natural lighting.

1)Set the Power Switch @ to “ ” or “” while pressing down the Lock Button ! located on the switch.

2)Press NIGHT q repeatedly until the desired mode appears.

A NIGHT AUTO: The shutter speed is automatically adjusted (maximum 1/2 sec.).

1 NIGHT 20X (only when the Power Switch @ is set to “”): The shutter speed is set to 2/5th of a second to provide 20 times the sensitivity.

2 NIGHT 50X (only when the Power Switch @ is set to “”): The shutter speed is set to 1 second to provide 50 times the sensitivity.

LIGHT (only when the Power Switch @ is set to “”): The camcorder’s light is on and the shutter speed is automatically adjusted (maximum 1/2 sec.).

•To cancel the effect, press NIGHT q repeatedly until “OFF” appears.

•During Night-Scope, the following cannot be activated: “Picture Stabiliser”, “Programme AE

With Special Effects”, “Digital Effects” and “S.LX” in SYSTEM MENU ( pg. 20).

•Night-Scope does not work when the Video Light mode is set to “AUTO” or “ON” ( pg. 13, “Video Light”).

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

Fade/Wipe Effects

Fade- or wipe-in works at recording start, and fade- or wipe-out works at recording end.

1)Set the Power Switch @ to “” while pressing down the Lock Button ! located on the switch.

2)Press FADE/WIPE w repeatedly until the desired mode appears.

3)Press the Recording Start/Stop Button 0 to activate fade-in/out or wipe-in/out.

•Pressing and holding the Recording Start/Stop Button 0 allows you to vary the length for the image during fade in/out or wipe in/out.

•To cancel a fade or wipe, press FADE/WIPE w repeatedly until “OFF” appears.

FADER: Fades in/out to a black screen.

FADER: Fades in/out to a white screen.

MOSAIC (Fader): Gradually turns/returns the picture into/from a mosaic pattern.

SHUTTER (Wipe): A black screen moves in from the top and bottom, closing over the image like a shutter, or a new image pushes open the black screen vertically from the centre.

SLIDE (Wipe): A black screen moves in from the left to gradually cover the image, or a new image moves in from right to left.

DOOR (Wipe): Wipes in as the two halves of a black screen open to the left and right, revealing the scene, or wipes out and the black screen reappears from left and right to cover the scene.

CORNER (Wipe): Wipes in on a black screen from the upper right to the lower left corner, revealing the scene, or wipes out from lower left to upper right, leaving a black screen.

WINDOW (Wipe): Wipes in on a black screen from the centre of the screen towards the corners, revealing the scene, or wipe out from the corners to the centre, leaving a black screen.

SCROLL (Wipe): Wipes in on a black screen from the bottom to the top, revealing the scenes, or wipes out from the top to the bottom, leaving a black screen.

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