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ADVANCED FEATURES
Night-Scope (GR-SXM87ED only)
Makes dark subjects or areas even brighter than
they would be under good natural lighting.
1) Set the Power Switch
@ to “ ” or “ ”.
2) Press NIGHT-SCOPE
e repeatedly until the
desired mode appears.
A NIGHT AUTO: The shutter speed is
automatically adjusted (maximum 3/5 sec.).
1 NIGHT 20X (only when the Power Switch @
is set to “ ”): The shutter speed is set to 2/5th of
a second to provide 20 times the sensitivity.
2 NIGHT 50X (only when the Power Switch @
is set to “ ”): The shutter speed is set to 1 second
to provide 50 times the sensitivity.
•To cancel the effect, press NIGHT-SCOPE
e
repeatedly until “OFF” appears.
•During Night-Scope, the following cannot be
activated: “Picture Stabiliser”, “Programme AE
With Special Effects”, “Digital Effects” and “S.LX”
in CAMERA MENU (
੬ pg. 19).
•Night-Scope does not work when LIGHT OFF/
AUTO/ON
# is set to “AUTO” or “ON” (੬ pg. 13,
“Video Light”).
•During Night-Scope, it may be difficult to bring the
camcorder into focus. To prevent this, use of a
tripod is recommended.
Fade/Wipe Effects
Fade- or wipe-in works at recording start, and fade-
or wipe-out works at recording end.
1) Set the Power Switch
@ to “ ”.
2) Press FADE/WIPE
) repeatedly until the
desired mode appears.
3) Press the Recording Start/Stop Button
! to
activate fade-in/out or wipe-in/out.
•Pressing and holding the Recording Start/Stop
Button
! allows you to vary the length for the
image during fade in/out or wipe in/out.
•To cancel a fade or wipe, press FADE/WIPE
)
repeatedly until “OFF” appears.
FADER: Fades in/out to a black screen.
MOSAIC (Fader): Gradually turns/returns the
picture into/from a mosaic pattern.
SHUTTER (Wipe): A black screen moves in
from the top and bottom, closing over the image
like a shutter, or a new image pushes open the
black screen vertically from the centre.
SLIDE (Wipe): A black screen moves in from
the left to gradually cover the image, or a new
image moves in from right to left.
DOOR (Wipe): Wipes in as the two halves of
a black screen open to the left and right, revealing
the scene, or wipes out and the black screen
reappears from left and right to cover the scene.
CORNER (Wipe): Wipes in on a black screen
from the upper right to the lower left corner,
revealing the scene, or wipes out from lower left to
upper right, leaving a black screen.
WINDOW (Wipe): Wipes in on a black screen
from the centre of the screen towards the corners,
revealing the scene, or wipe out from the corners
to the centre, leaving a black screen.