Recording images for wide-screen TVs

Record mode

This allows you to record images compatible with wide-screen TVs.

Wide Function

Images are recorded with a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Images are recorded with a black belt appearing along the top and bottom of the screen so that they look like theatre movies.

≥Set to Tape Recording Mode.

1Wide Function

Set [ADVANCE] >> [ASPECT] >> [16:9]. Cinema Function

Set [ADVANCE] >> [CINEMA] >> [ON].

CINEMA

ªTo cancel the Wide/Cinema function

Wide Function

Set [ADVANCE] >> [ASPECT] >> [4:3].

Cinema Function

Set [ADVANCE] >> [CINEMA] >> [OFF].

≥When the Wide Function is activated, the display such as the menu screen or the operation icon is expanded horizontally.

≥Images played back vary depending on the TV connected. Please refer to the operating instructions for your TV.

≥This function does not widen the recording range.

≥When images are played back on a TV screen, the date/time indication may be erased in some cases.

≥Depending on the TV, the picture quality may deteriorate.

≥When a cinema picture is imported into a personal computer, the imported picture may not be displayed correctly, depending on the software in used.

≥If you use a TV with an aspect ratio of 4:3, we do not recommend using the wide mode. (Images are vertically stretched.)

≥If the wide function is set when the Image stabilizer function is used, the image stabilizer function will be canceled.

Reduces the image shaking due to hand movement when recording.

≥Set to Tape Recording Mode.

1Set [ADVANCE] >> [SIS] >> [ON].

Set [ADVANCE] >> [SIS] >> [OFF].

≥When a tripod is used, we recommend that you turn the image stabilizer off.

≥Under fluorescent lighting, image brightness may change or colours may not look natural.

≥If the image stabilizer is set when the wide

function is used, the wide function will be canceled.

≥When the night view function is used, the image stabilizer function does not work. If so, the [[] indication flashes.

≥In the following cases, the image stabilizer function may not work effectively.

≥When the digital zoom is used ≥When a conversion lens is used

≥When recording is done in an extremely dark place

≥When the camera is shaken greatly

≥When you record a moving subject while tracking it

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