Saving and Loading Scene Files

You can save various settings for shooting a particular scene as a scene file. Loading the scene file, you can quickly recreate setup conditions suitable for the scene. You can save up to five scene files in the camcorder memory and up to 100 scene files in a “Memory Stick”. You can also load data from the “Memory Stick” into the camcorder memory and vice versa.

Data that can be saved in a scene file You can save the following data in a scene file:

•Values adjusted using the PAINT menu

•Shutter speed settings made in the standard mode and ECS mode

•The white balance data included in a scene file depends on the SCENE WHITE DATA setting on the REFERENCE page of the FILE menu.

For details of the PAINT menu, refer to “The PAINT menu” on page 80.

For details of white balance data, see “White balance setting data saved in the scene file” on page 114.

Saving a scene file

To save a scene file in the “Memory Stick”, insert the “Memory Stick” into the “Memory Stick” slot before starting the operation.

1 Display the SCENE FILE page of the FILE menu.

For details on menu operation, see “Basic menu operations” on page 93.

F04 SCENE FILE

 

TOP

s1

:STANDARD

 

 

s2

:STANDARD

 

 

s3

:STANDARD

 

 

s4

:STANDARD

 

 

s5

:STANDARD

 

 

sSTANDARD

 

 

SCENE

RECALL

:

EXEC

SCENE

STORE

:

EXEC

F.ID:

STANDARD

 

 

 

 

 

 

To set a file ID for the data to be saved Set the file ID before going to step 2.

For details on setting the file ID, see “To set the file ID” on page 111.

2 Press the MENU knob. Then turn the MENU knob to move b to SCENE STORE, and press the MENU knob again.

The SCENE STORE page appears.

?P00 SCENE STORE

 

ESC

DISPLAY MODE

:

ALL

MEM-01:STANDARD

 

 

MEM-02:STANDARD

 

 

MEM-03:STANDARD

 

 

MEM-04:STANDARD

 

 

MEM-05:STANDARD

 

 

3 Press the MENU knob. Then turn the MENU knob to move b to the desired file number, and press the MENU knob again.

The file to be saved is selected.

When no “Memory Stick” is inserted

Press the MENU knob. Then turn the MENU knob to move b to the desired memory number, and press the MENU knob again.

When the save is completed, the SCENE FILE page appears again.

When you select a file number where data has already been saved

The message “OVERWRITE OK? YES b NO” appears.

•To stop overwriting, press the MENU knob leaving b positioning to NO.

•To overwrite, turn the MENU knob to move b to YES and press the MENU knob.

When a “Memory Stick” is inserted

You can use up to 20 pages, from P01 to P20, to save scene files in the “Memory Stick”. Each page can hold up to 5 files.

1Turn the MENU knob until the page which contains the desired file appears, then press the MENU knob.

P01 SCENE STORE

 

ESC

DISPLAY MODE

:

ALL

001.SCENE1 FEB/05/02 002.STANDARD 003.STANDARD 004.STANDARD 005.STANDARD

***.5FILE SAVE MEM1-5

2Turn the MENU knob to move b to the desired file number, and press the MENU knob.

The message “STORE OK? YES b NO” appears.

P01 SCENE STORE

ESC

STORE

OK?

YES

NO

DISPLAY

MODE

:

ALL

001.SCENE1 FEB/05/02 002.STANDARD 003.STANDARD 004.STANDARD 005.STANDARD

***.5FILE SAVE MEM1-5

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