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Gain up
GAIN UP (Factory-preset: AGC)
OFF: Allows you to shoot dark scenes with no
picture brightness adjustment.
AGC: The overall appearance may be grainy, but
the image is bright.
AUTO : The shutter speed is automatically
adjusted. Shooting a subject in low or poor
lighting at slow shutter speed provides a brighter
image than in the AGC mode, but the subject’s
movements are not smooth or natural. The overall
appearance may be grainy. While the shutter
speed is being automatically adjusted, “ ” is
displayed.
Navigation time
NAVIGATION (Factory-preset: MANUAL)
5SEC / 15SEC / 30SEC / 60SEC:
The captured image is stored in the memory card
as a thumbnail image when the recording time is
over the navigation time.
For example, “5SEC” is suitable to record short
scenes with the thumbnail images. (੬ pg. 46)
However, the stored thumbnail images may take
up a lot of memory. In this case, using the
memory card with large capacity is
recommended.
MANUAL: Enables thumbnail images to be made
manually. (੬ pg. 46)
MANUAL
Digital Image Stabilisation
To compensate for unstable images caused by
camera-shake, particularly at high magnification.
DIS (Factory-preset: ON)
OFF / ON
NOTES:
● Accurate stabilisation may not be possible if hand
shake is excessive, or under the following
conditions:
• When shooting subjects with vertical or
horizontal stripes.
• When shooting dark or dim subjects.
• When shooting subjects with excessive
backlighting.
• When shooting scenes with movement in
various directions.
• When shooting scenes with low-contrast
backgrounds.
● Switch off this mode when recording with the
camcorder on a tripod.
● The “ ” indicator blinks or goes out if the
Stabiliser cannot be used.
Self-Timer
For details, refer to “Self-Timer” (੬ pg. 42).
SELF-TIMER (Factory-preset: OFF)
OFF / ON
5-Second Recording
Record a vacation or an important event in 5-second
clips to keep the action moving. This function is
available only for video recording.
1 Set “5S” to “5S”. (੬ pg. 31)
● “5S” appears.
2 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to start
recording, and after 5 seconds the camcorder
enters Record-Standby mode automatically.
● Even if you press the Recording Start/Stop
Button again within 5 seconds after recording
starts, Record-Standby mode is not engaged.
3 To exit the 5S mode, select “OFF” in step 1.
To take a snapshot in the 5-second recording
mode…
Instead of pressing the Recording Start/Stop Button
in step 2, select the desired Snapshot mode in
CAMERA Menu (੬ pg. 34), then press SNAPSHOT.
The camcorder records a 5-second still. When “5S”
is set to “Anim.”, this function is not available.
5S (Factory-preset: OFF)
OFF: Disables 5-Second Recording.
5S: Enables 5-Second Recording.
Anim.: Allows you to record a few frames only. By
using an inanimate object and changing its
position between shots, you can record the
subject as though it is moving.
NOTE:
When “5S” is set to “Anim.”, the 5-Second
Recording mode is not available. Animation
recording of a few frames only is taken instead.
Manual Menu
ADVANCED FEATURES
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