Record mode
Blank search function
Searches for the last part of the image recorded (unused part of the tape). After the search is finished, the blank search function is cancelled and the camera is put into recording pause. ≥Set to Tape Recording Mode.
1Press the joystick to display the icon during the recording pause. Move the joystick down until icon 1 appears.
2Move the joystick right to select the blank search icon [ 
].
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3When the confirmation message appears, select [YES] and press the centre of the joystick.
ªStopping blank search midway
through
Move the joystick down to select the [∫] icon.
≥If the cassette tape has no blank part, then the camera will stop at the end of the tape.
≥The camera stops at a point approx. 1 second before the end of the last image recorded. When you start recording at that point, the image can be recorded seamlessly from the last image.
Recording a still picture on a tape (Photoshot)
Still pictures can be recorded from the movie camera lens.
≥Set to Tape Recording Mode.
1Press the [ 
] button in the recording pause mode.
≥The movie camera records a still picture for about 7 seconds and then switches back to the recording pause mode.
≥If you set [ADVANCED] >> [SHTR EFFECT] >> [ON], you can add image and a sound like releasing the shutter.
≥Photoshot recording results in slightly inferior image quality.
ªContinuous photoshot
If you set [ADVANCED] >> [SHTR EFFECT] >> [ON] and keep the [
] button pressed, the movie camera will continuously record still pictures in approx. 0.7 seconds intervals until the button is released.
≥The screen blinks and, at the same time, a shutter clicking sound is recorded.
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