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 apears 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 ([16:9 WIDE] 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].

Refer also to the manuals supplied with your TV.

When viewed on the LCD screen/viewfinder

When viewed on a 16:9 wide screen TV*

When viewed on a standard TV**

* Picture appears in full screen when the wide-screen TV switches to full mode.

**Played in 4:3 mode. When you play a picture in the wide mode, it appears as you have seen on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder.

GOFF

Standard setting (to record pictures to play back on a 4:3 TV). The

 

recorded picture will not be wide.

 

 

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