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RECORDINGAdvancedFeatures(cont.)
Date/Time Character Insert
SET
SEL.
This feature allows you to display date, time and characters in the LCD monitor or the viewfinder and on a connected colour monitor, record them manually or automatically, and even make your own titles.
NOTE:
You should already have performed the Date/Time Setting procedure (☞ pg. 9). If you haven’t, do so before continuing.
LCD monitor or viewfinder
DISPLAY
SELECT MODE
1 Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position except AUTO LOCK.
PROGRAM AE select dial
DISP.
SELECT DISPLAY
2 Press SEL. repeatedly until “DISP.” appears.
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CHOOSE DISPLAY MODE
3 Press SET while in
NOTES:
Auto Date Record mode
AUTO DATE | 25.12.97 |
Auto date record | Auto date record |
mode | executed |
Date display | Date/Time display |
25.12.97 | 25.12.97 | 10:49 |
Character Generator
SET CHAR | IN PARIS, FRANCE |
No Characters | Example of stored |
stored | characters |
●The selected display can be recorded.
●If you don’t want to record the display, select
●If you want to delete the display during shooting, press SET.
●If you want to call back a deleted display, engage the
AUTO DATE RECORD
Your camcorder automatically records the date for about 5 seconds after recording is initiated in the following situations:
•After changing the date. •After loading a cassette.
•After Auto Date Record mode is selected by pressing SET.
In this mode, the date is replaced after 5 seconds with “AUTO DATE” but this is not recorded.
NOTES:
●Setting PROGRAM AE to LOCK always engages the auto date record mode, and disables all other modes.
●In the Auto Date Record mode, if the date changes while you’re shooting, the date indication is recorded for about 5 seconds from that point. It is not recorded during any other recordings made on that day.