44 EN FEATURES FOR RECORDING

 

 

 

Wipe or Fader Effects

 

 

 

 

WIPE–DOOR: Wipe in as the two halves of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a black screen open to the left and right,

 

 

 

 

 

 

revealing the scene, or wipe out and the black

These effects let you make pro-style scene

 

screen reappears from left and right to cover the

transitions. Use them to spice up the transition

 

 

scene.

from one scene to the next.

 

 

 

 

 

WIPE–SCROLL: The scene wipes in from

Wipe or fader works when video recording is

 

 

 

 

 

the bottom to the top of a black screen, or wipes

started or stopped.

 

 

out from top to bottom, leaving a black screen.

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

 

 

 

 

 

WIPE–SHUTTER: Wipe in from the centre

 

 

 

 

2 Set the power switch to “M”.

 

of a black screen toward the top and bottom, or

3 Set “v” to the desired mode. ( pg. 33)

 

wipe out from the top and bottom toward the

 

centre leaving a black screen.

4 Press FADE/WIPE.

 

 

 

Program AE

● The selected effect indicator appears.

 

 

5 Press the recording start/stop button to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

activate the fade-in/out or wipe-in/out.

 

You can use the program AE settings for specific

To deactivate the selected effect

 

shooting situations.

 

1 Set the power switch to “M”.

Press FADE/WIPE twice in step 4. The effect

 

indicator disappears.

 

2 Press PROGRAM AE.

NOTES:

 

 

● The program AE menu appears.

● You can extend the length of a wipe or fader by

 

3 Rotate the manual focus dial to select the

 

 

pressing and holding the recording start/stop

 

 

 

 

desired mode.

 

 

button.

 

 

 

 

4 Press SET on the manual focus dial. The

● Some wipe/fader effects cannot be used with

 

 

 

certain modes of program AE and special effects.

 

setting is completed.

 

 

( pg. 44, 45) In this case, the selected indicator

 

● The selected program AE indicator appears.

 

 

blinks or goes out.

 

 

 

 

TWILIGHT: Makes evening scenes look

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WIPE/FADER

 

more natural. White balance ( pg. 43) is

 

 

 

 

 

automatically set to “ ”, but can be changed to

 

 

 

 

 

 

your desired setting. When Twilight is chosen,

 

 

 

 

FADER–WHITE: Fade in or out with a white

 

 

 

 

 

the camcorder automatically adjusts the focus

screen.

 

from approx. 10 m (32 ft) to infinity. From less

 

 

 

 

FADER–BLACK: Fade in or out with a black

 

than 10 m, adjust the focus manually. The flash

screen.

 

does not fire in this mode.

 

 

 

 

FADER–B.W: Fade in to a color screen

 

 

 

 

PORTRAIT: The subject in the front is

 

 

 

 

from a black and white screen, or fade out from

 

accentuated by blurring the background.

 

 

 

 

 

color to black and white.

 

 

 

 

SPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WIPE–CORNER: Wipe in on a black screen

 

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

from the upper right to the lower left corner, or

 

This setting allows fast-moving images to be

 

captured one frame at a time, for vivid, stable

wipe out from lower left to upper right, leaving a

 

 

slow-motion playback. The faster the shutter

black screen.

 

 

speed, the darker the picture becomes. Use the

 

 

 

 

WIPE–WINDOW: The scene starts in the

 

centre of a black screen and wipes in toward the

 

shutter function under good lighting conditions.

 

 

 

 

SNOW: Compensates for subjects that may

corners, or comes in from the corners, gradually

 

 

 

 

 

otherwise appear too dark when shooting in

wiping out to the centre.

 

 

extremely bright surroundings such as in the

 

 

 

 

WIPE–SLIDE: Wipe in from right to left, or

 

 

 

 

 

 

snow.

 

 

 

 

wipe out from left to right.