Shooting movies

Using the zoom feature

Move the power zoom lever a little for a slower zoom. Move it further for a faster zoom. Using the zoom sparingly results in better-looking recordings.

W:For wide-angle (subject appears farther away) T : For telephoto (subject appears closer)

1 cm*

80 cm *

*The minimum distance required between your camcoder and the subject to get a sharp focus in that position of the lever.

To use zoom greater than 10 ⋅

Zoom greater than 10 ⋅ is performed digitally. Digital zoom can be set to 20 ⋅ or 120 ⋅. The picture quality deteriorates as you move the power zoom lever towards the “T” side.

To activate digital zoom, select the digital zoom power in (CAMERA SET) –

[D ZOOM] in the SETUP display (page 112). The digital zoom is set to [OFF] as the default setting.

images movies/still Shooting

The right side of the bar shows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the digital zooming zone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The digital zooming zone

 

W

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

appears when you select the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

digital zoom power in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tip

If you cannot get a sharp focus, move the power zoom lever to the “W” side until the focus is sharp.

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