Basic Operations of the Clip Operation Menus, 102

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Basic Operations of the Clip Operation Menus

Displaying a Clip Operation menu

Press the joystick or the jog dial.

The Clip Operation menu for the current display pops up.

Selecting a Clip Operation menu item

Turn the jog dial or tilt the joystick to select a menu item then press the jog dial or the joystick. Pressing the CANCEL button restores the previous condition.

Selecting “CANCEL” from a Clip Operation menu turns the Clip Operation menu off.

Notes

•When the SxS memory card is write-protected, you cannot copy/delete/divide clips, change the index frames, and add/delete the OK and shot marks.

•There may be items that cannot be selected depending on the status when the menu is displayed.

Clip Operation menu on the thumbnail screen

Pressing the joystick or the jog dial with the thumbnail screen (page 96) displayed calls the Clip Operation menu for the clip at the cursor.

Item	Function
DISP CLIP	To display the CLIP INFO screen for
INFO	the clip (page 103)

OK MARK	To add the OK mark to the clip (page
ADD	103)

OK MARK	To delete the OK mark from the clip
DELETE	(page 103)

COPY CLIP	To copy the clip to another SxS
	memory card (page 104)

DELETE CLIP	To delete the clip (page 104)

SHOT MARK	To display thumbnails only of the
	frames with shot mark 1 and/or shot
	mark 2 recorded (page 105)

SHOT MARK1	To display thumbnails only of the
	frames with shot mark 1 recorded
	(page 105)

Item	Function
SHOT MARK2	To display thumbnails only of the
	frames with shot mark 2 recorded
	(page 105)

EXPAND CLIP	To display the EXPAND CLIP
	screen (page 104) for the clip

Clip Operation menu in Pause mode

Pressing the joystick or the jog dial with a still picture displayed in Pause mode calls the Clip Operation menu for the clip in Pause mode.

Item Function

DISP CLIP INFO To display the CLIP INFO screen for the clip (page 103)

OK MARK ADD To add the OK mark to the clip

((page 103)

SHOT MARK1	To add shot mark 1 (page 105)
ADD

SHOT MARK2	To add shot mark 2 (page 105)
ADD

EXPAND CLIP	To display the EXPAND CLIP
	screen (page 104) for the clip

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Clip Operations

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Sony PMW-EX3 Basic Operations of the Clip Operation Menus, Displaying a Clip Operation menu, 102

Models: PMW-EX3