Basic Operations
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Enlarging Your Subject or

Widening the Recording Angle

(Zooming In/Out)

Recording close-ups of your subjects and recording
wide-angle shots adds special effects to your videos.

Recording Still Pictures on the

Cassette

(Photoshot)

With this function, you can record still pictures with
sound for approximately 7 seconds each.
This function is convenient for example for pictures that
you want to print on a Video Printer.
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To record a wider view (Zooming-out):
Push the [W/T] Zoom Lever toward [W].
To enlarge your subject (Zooming-in):
Push the [W/T] Zoom Lever toward [T].
³The Zoom Magnification Indication appears for a few
seconds.
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Press the [PHOTO SHOT] Button. (This function
can be used during recording.)
The Movie Camera records a still picture for
approximately 7 seconds and then switches over to
the Recording Pause Mode.
³The image in the Viewfinder also stands still.
³The further you push the [W/T] Zoom Lever toward
[W] or [T], the faster the zooming speed becomes.
³When you have zoomed to the tele setting, precise
focusing is only possible on subjects no closer than
2.2 metres.
³If you set [SHTR EFFECT] on the [OTHER
FUNCTIONS] Sub-Menu to [ON], the screen blinks
briefly and a simulated shutter click sound can be
recorded when you press the [PHOTO SHOT] Button.
This audiovisual effect is also recorded.
³With the still pictures that you have recorded in the
Photoshot Mode, you can do the following:
³Index Search (p. 42)
³Automatic printing (p. 89)
³The visual shutter effect and click sound may occur
with slight delay after recording of the still picture has
started.
³The picture quality deteriorates slightly.

Enlarging Your Subjects Even More

(Digital Zooming)

If you set [EFFECT1] on the [DIGITAL EFFECT] Sub-
Menu to [[& ZOOM] or [ZOOM], it is possible to
further enlarge the subject.
For the item [D.ZOOM] on the [CAMERA SETUP]
Sub-Menu, you can select either [40k] or [400k] as
the maximum zoom magnification.
The [D.ZOOM] Indication appears.
³40t: Digital zooming up to 40k.
³400t: Digital zooming up to 400k.
³Up to 20k, the zooming is done optically.
³The higher the Digital Zoom Magnification is, the
lower is the picture quality.
³When you have zoomed to 20k or higher (digital
zoom range), manually adjusting the white balance
is not possible.
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Continuous Photoshot

If you set [SHTR EFFECT] on the [OTHER
FUNCTIONS] Sub-Menu to [ON] and keep the
[PHOTO SHOT] Button pressed (either in the
Recording Pause Mode or during recording), the
Movie Camera automatically records still pictures
successively at intervals of approximately 0.7 second
until you release the button.
³One more still picture may be recorded after you
release the [PHOTO SHOT] Button.
³As the still pictures recorded in the Continuous
Photoshot Mode or in the Digital Still Picture Mode
are not marked with photoshot index signals, they
cannot be located by using the Photoshot Index
Search Function and printed with the Auto Print
Function.
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Recording Extra Close-up Shots of Small
Subjects (Macro Close-up Function)
When the zoom magnification is 1k, the Movie
Camera can focus on subjects down to a distance
of approximately 5 mm between lens and subject.
This allows recording very small subjects such as
insects.
Using the Zoom Microphone Function
When using Zoom-In to shoot from a distance, you
can also clearly record the sound.
³Set the [ZOOM MIC] on the [RECORDING
SETUP] Sub-Menu to [ON]. ([Z.MIC] Indication
appears.) The [Z.MIC] Indication will appear even
when an external microphone or audio
equipment has been connected to the [MIC]
Socket (p. 7) but the Zoom Microphone Function
will not work.
³When using Zoom-In, the microphone direction
changes from stereo to monaural.
Digital Still Picture
A picture can be viewed as a still picture by pressing
the [STILL] Button. The Digital Still Picture Mode is
released by pressing the button again.
³It is recommended that the [PHOTO SHOT]
Button be pressed after the Digital Still Picture
Mode has been established by pressing the
[STILL] Button where the shot is to be taken.