Guideline

Guideline displays a certain pattern on the LCD screen so that you can easily set the image composition when recording images.

The memory camcorder provides 3 types of guidelines.

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"Off"

Disables the function.

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Cross"

Records the subject placed in the centre as the most general

recording composition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Grid"

Records the subject on the horizontal or vertical composition or with close-up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Records the subject within safety zone which prevents from being cut when editing in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Safety Zone"

4:3 for left and right and 2.35:1 for top and bottom. Set "Safety Zone" when you want

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to have various subjects in one scene with the proper size.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Positioning the subject at the cross point of the guideline makes a balanced composition.

Guideline cannot be recorded on the images being recorded.

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.

This right side of the bar shows the digital zooming zone.

The zooming zone appears when you move the zoom lever.

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"Off"

Only optical zoom is available up to 34x.

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"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 Control (W/T) button on the LCD panel.

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 works only Movie Record mode. Before selecting a menu item, set the mode to Movie Record

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Samsung VP-MX25E/EDC Guideline, Digital Zoom, Disables the function None, Off Only optical zoom is available up to None

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

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