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1 Select “OK MARK DEL” from the Clip Operation menu.

The information screen for the selected clip appears, and a confirmation message is displayed below the index frame image.

2 To delete, select “Execute” then press the jog dial or the joystick.

The OK mark is deleted from the selected clip.

Copying a Clip

You can copy a clip selected on the thumbnail screen to another SxS memory card.

1 On the thumbnail screen of the current memory card, select the clip you wish to copy then press the joystick or the jog dial.

The Clip Operation menu of the thumbnail screen pops up.

2 Select “COPY CLIP” from the Clip Operation menu.

The information screen of the selected clip appears, and a confirmation message is displayed below the index frame image.

3 To copy, select “Execute” then press the jog dial or the joystick.

Copying begins.

The clip is copied with the same name to the destination SxS memory card.

An execution message and an in-progress bar are displayed during copying.

When copying ends, the thumbnail screen is restored.

Notes

•If there is another clip having the same name on the destination SxS memory card, the clip is copied under a name adding a single-digit number in parentheses to the end of the original clip name.

The parenthetical number is the minimum value that does not exist in the destination memory card.

Examples:

ABCD0002(1) if ABCD0002 exists

ABCD0002(2) if ABCD0002(1) exists ABCD0005(4) if ABCD0005(3) exists

•If parenthetical numbers (1) to (9) already exist as the result of repeated copying, copying to that card cannot be done any more.

•A warning message is displayed if there is not sufficient space on the destination SxS memory card. Replace the SxS memory card with one with sufficient space.

To cancel copying on the way

Press the CANCEL button.

Copying is canceled and the thumbnail screen is restored.

Deleting a Clip

You can delete a clip selected on the thumbnail screen from the SxS memory card.

1 Select the clip you wish to delete on the thumbnail screen then press the joystick or the jog dial.

The Clip Operation menu of the thumbnail screen pops up.

2 Select “DELETE CLIP” from the Clip Operation menu.

The information screen for the selected clip appears, and a confirmation message is displayed below the index frame image.

3 To delete, select “Execute” then press the jog dial or the joystick.

The clip is deleted.

The subsequent clips are shifted by one on the thumbnail screen.

Displaying the EXPAND CLIP Screen

The EXPAND CLIP screen permits you to divide a clip into 12 blocks of equal duration and show a thumbnail image of the first frame of each block on the screen.

This helps you to quickly cue up to a desired scene in a clip of long duration.

You can display the EXPAND CLIP screen by selecting the clip on the thumbnail screen or on the still picture of the clip in Pause mode.

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PMW-EX3 specifications

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Sony PMW-EX3 manual Copying a Clip, Deleting a Clip, Displaying the Expand Clip Screen, 104

Models: PMW-EX3