CAMERA SET menu (continued)

OFF

The zebra pattern is not displayed.

70

The zebra pattern appears at a screen brightness level of about 70 IRE.

100

The zebra pattern appears at a screen brightness level of about 100 IRE or higher.

•Portions of the screen where brightness is about 100 IRE or above may appear overexposed.

•The zebra pattern is diagonal stripes that appear in portions of the screen where brightness is at a preset level.

SELF-TIMER

The self-timer starts recording after about 10 seconds.

Touch [SELF-TIMER][ON]

.

appears.

Press REC START/STOP to record movies, or PHOTO to record still images. To cancel the count down, touch [RESET].

To cancel the self-timer, select [OFF] in step .

•You can also use the self-timer with the Remote Commander (p. 32).

DIGITAL ZOOM

You can select the maximum zoom level in case you want to zoom to a level greater than 10 × (the default setting) while recording on a tape. Note that the image quality decreases when you are using the digital zoom.

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

44 level.

OFF

Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically.

20 ×

Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically, and after that, up to 20 × zoom is performed digitally.

120 ×

Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically, and after that, up to 120 × zoom is performed digitally.

STEADYSHOT

You can compensate for camera shake (the default setting is [ON]). Set [STEADYSHOT] to

[OFF] ( ) when using a tripod (optional) or the conversion lens (optional).

PROGRES.REC

You can reduce image blur when recording moving pictures on tapes, intended for import to your computer as still images, by

setting [PROGRES.REC] to [ON] ( ). This is especially useful for analyzing high- speed action, such as sports scenes. Touch [OFF] to cancel this mode.

Note on the progressive recording mode

In a normal TV broadcast, the screen is divided into 2 finer fields and these are displayed in turn, every 1/60 of a second. Thus, the actual picture displayed in an instant covers only half of the apparent picture area. In progressive recording, the picture is fully displayed with all the pixels. A picture recorded in this mode appears clearer, but a moving subject may appear awkward.

•When recording under fluorescent light or a light bulb, the screen may flicker. Touch [OFF] to return to the normal recording.