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TAKING PHOTO IMAGES

You can take photo images in Photo Record mode only. ²page 22

You can take photo images with the PHOTO button.

1.Turn the memory camcorder on.

Connect a power source to the memory camcorder. ²pages 14, 21 (A battery pack or an AC power adaptor)

Slide the POWER switch downward to turn on the power.

Set the Lens open/close switch to open ( ). ²page 10

2. Press the MODE button to set Photo Record mode ( ). ²page 22

Set the appropriate storage media. ²page 39

(If you want to record on a memory card, insert the memory card.)

3. Check the subject on the LCD screen.

4.Press the PHOTO button.

Shutter sound is heard. Indicators on the screen disappear, and the photo image is recorded.

While saving the photo image on the memory card, you cannot proceed with the next recording.

5.When taking photo images is finished, turn the memory camcorder off.

The photo image is taken only in the 4:3 aspect ratio as shown in the illustration.

Audio will not be recorded with the photo image on the storage media.

If focusing is difficult, use the manual focus function. ²page 63

Do not operate the POWER switch or remove the memory card while accessing the storage media. Doing so may damage the storage media or the data on storage media.

Photo image files recorded by your memory camcorder conform to the “DCF (Design rule for Camera File system)” universal standard established by the JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association).

DCF is an integrated image-file format for digital cameras: Image files can be used on all digital devices conforming to DCF.

The recorded photo image size is 800X600.

In Movie Record mode ( ), pressing PHOTO button will switch to Photo Record mode ( ).

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Samsung VP-MX25E/EDC, VP-MX25E/XER manual Taking Photo Images

VP-MX25E/EDC, VP-MX25E/XER specifications

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