Shot Transition

 

 

The Shot Transition function helps you to easily

 

 

obtain complex picture effects by registering

 

 

camera settings or conditions as a “shot” to be

 

 

reproduced in a recording sequence.

 

 

Your settings for focus, zoom, iris, gain, shutter

 

 

speed, white balance, color matrix, and detail

 

 

level can be registered in combination in one shot,

 

Recording

 

and you can change the current camera settings to

 

smooth transition of scenes.

 

 

those of the shot, or the settings reproduced from

 

 

one shot to those of another Shot, resulting in a

 

 

For example, you can shift the focus from a closer

 

 

object to a farther object, or change the depth of

 

 

field by adjusting the iris. In addition, you can

 

 

develop scenes under different recording

 

 

conditions smoothly. If you register the manual

 

 

adjustment function for white balance, the scenes

 

 

will develop smoothly between objects indoors

 

 

and those outdoors.

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

• Use the exclusive lens for Shot Transition. This

 

 

function may not operate correctly with a non-

 

 

exclusive lens.

 

 

• Shot transition cannot be activated in

 

 

combination with any of the EX Slow Shutter,

 

 

Interval Recording, Frame Recording, and Slow

 

 

& Quick Motion functions.

 

 

• If you wish to shift the focus in a shot transition,

 

 

set the focus adjustment mode to MF or AF (see

 

 

page 64). The focus will not be shifted if Full

 

 

MF mode is selected.

 

 

• If you wish to shift the zoom in a shot transition,

 

 

set the ZOOM switch to SERVO (see page 62).

 

 

The zoom will not be shifted with the MANU

 

 

setting.

 

 

• If you register a focus position in a macro area

 

 

with the MACRO switch ON, the focus may not

 

 

be shifted to the registered position if a shot

 

 

transition is executed with the MACRO switch

 

 

set to OFF.

82 Shot Transition

Shot-transition operation buttons and indications

For shot-transition operations, use the three TRANSITION operation buttons on the upper panel.

A button B button

A B

SHOT

TRANSITION TC/U-BIT/DURATION

MODE button and indicator

16:9 WIDE SCREEN

 

 

ST

 

 

 

 

SHOEATDY

 

 

 

 

IRIS

 

 

 

MANU

AUTO

 

 

10

MACRO

ND

 

 

 

FILTER

 

8.5

 

 

 

2

 

FOCUS

 

 

 

 

1

-

 

 

 

 

FULL AUTO

 

 

 

OFF

+ FRAME

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

W-EX

 

 

 

 

PM

 

 

 

STATUS

MENU

 

 

 

 

A button and B button

You can register a Shot to each of the buttons.

MODE button and indicator

When you press this button, the camcorder enters Shot Transition operation mode, and the indicator of the button lights.

The shot transition operation area is displayed on the screen.

Each time you press the button, the shot-transition operation mode cycles among Store, Check, Execute, and Off (normal Camera mode).

In Execute mode, the shot transition information area appears.