recording options

Resolution

You can select the resolution of a movie to be recorded.

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"720x576i"

Resolution of the movie played on a TV screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"720x576p"

Higher resolution of the movie played on a PC screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"352x288p"

Lower resolution of the movie played on a PC screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High resolution images use more memory than lower resolution images. Therefore the higher the resolution selected, the fewer will be the available time available.

The recording times depend on the resolution. page 36

When the screen size is set to 352(352x288p), it is played back in smaller size than 720(720x576p) on PC.

Digital Zoom

You can select the maximum zoom level in case you want to zoom to a level greater than 34x (the default setting) during recording. Up to 34x zoom is performed optically, and after that, up to 1200X zoom is performed digitally. Note that the image quality decrease when you use the digital zoom.

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"Off"

Only optical zoom is available up to 34x.

"On"

Digital zoom is available up to 1200x.

Moving the zoom lever will display the digital zoom bar.

 

 

 

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You can also zoom with the zoom (W/T) button on the LCD panel.

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The image quality may deteriorate depending on how much you zoom

in on the subject.

Maximum zooming may result in lower image quality.

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