Program AE with Special Effects
Your digital camcorder offers a variety of special effects to add a professional touch to recordings.
Note: Program AE with special effects can be changed during recording or during
To Open the PROGRAM AE menu:
1.Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT dial to highlight the P.AE/EFFECT icon ( 
). Press in the MENU/ BRIGHT dial to highlight the submenus.
2.Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT dial to scroll through available choices.
TWILIGHT makes evening scenes look more natural. White balance is initially set to 
, but can be changed to a preferred setting. When twilight is selected, the camcorder automatically adjusts the focus from about 32 feet to infinity. From less than 32 feet, adjust the focus manually.
SEPIA recorded scenes have a brownish tint like old photos. Combine this with the cinema mode for a classic look.
MONOTONE footage is shot in classic black and white. Used together with Cinema mode, it enhances the classic film effect.
CLASSIC FILM gives recordings a strobe effect.
STROBE recordings look like a series of consecutive snapshots.
VIDEO ECHO adds a ghosted image to the subject. Zoom magnification over 10X is not available.
SLOW SLOW SHUTTER lights dark subjects or areas even brighter than they would be under good natural lighting. Use SLOW only in dark environments.
SLOW 4X the shutter speed is set to 1/15 of a second to quadruple the sensitivity.
SLOW 10X the shutter speed is set to 1/6 of a second to provide ten times the sensitivity. Note that images take on a
SHUTTER Variable Shutter Speed
1/60 shutter speed is fixed to 1/60 of a second. Black bands that normally appear when shooting a TV screen become narrower.
1/100 the shutter speed is fixed at 1/100 of a second. The flickering that occurs when shooting under a fluorescent light or mercury- vapor lamp is reduced.
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