ZEBRA

This is useful as a guide when adjusting the brightness. When you change the

default setting, is displayed. The zebra pattern is not recorded.

GOFF

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.

 

 

bNote

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

zTip

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

SELF-TIMER

See page 29 and 34 for details.

DIGITAL ZOOM

You can select the maximum zoom level in case you want to zoom to a level greater than 10 times while recording on a tape. Note that the image quality decreases when you are using the digital zoom. This function is useful when recording enlarged pictures of a distant subject, such as a bird.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The right side of the bar shows the digital zooming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

zone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The zooming zone appears when you select the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

zooming level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOFF

 

Select to deactivate the digital zoom. Up to 10 times zoom is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

performed optically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 ×

 

 

 

 

Select to activate the digital zoom. 10 times through 20 times zoom is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

performed digitally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120 ×

 

 

 

 

Select to activate the digital zoom. 10 times through 120 times zoom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

is performed digitally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 WIDE

You can record a 16:9 wide picture on the tape to watch on a 16:9 wide-screen TV ([16:9WIDE] mode).

With this function [ON], your camcorder offers even wider angles when you move the power zoom lever to the “W” side than recording in [OFF].

When you connect your camcorder to a TV compatible with the ID-1/ID-2 system and play the tape, the TV switches to full mode automatically.

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