using the menu items

Fade in

Press the Recording start/stop button when “Fader” is set to “On.” Recording starts with a dark screen and then the image and sound are faded in. (fade in).

Fade out

When you want to stop recording with fade out, set “Fader” to “On” again during recording. Press the Recording start/stop button.

Recording stops as the image and sound are faded out. (fade out).

Fade in (approx. 3 seconds)

Fade out (approx. 3 seconds)

Digital Zoom

You can select the maximum zoom level in case you want to zoom to a level greater than 10X (the default setting) during recording. Note that the image quality decreases when you use the digital zoom.

10

This right side of the bar shows the digital zooming factor. The zooming zone appears when you select the zooming level.

Settings

Contents

On-screen

display

 

 

Off

Up to 10X zoom is performed optically.

None

 

Up to 10X zoom is performed optically, and after that, up to 2X zoom is performed

 

On

digitally. (Zooming more than 10x is achieved digitally, up to 20x when combined

None

 

with optical zoom.)

 

The image quality may deteriorate depending on how much you zoom in on the subject.

Maximum zooming may result in lower image quality.

This function will be set to “Off” in the EASY Q mode.

Digital Zoom function is not available when “Anti-Shake (EIS)” is “On.” But, when setting “Anti-Shake (EIS)” to “On” with Digital Zoom on, Digital Zoom is released automatically.

Digital Zoom is released automatically when Component or HDMI cable is connected.

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