JVC GR-AXM230 Camcorder User Manual


 
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RECORDING
Advanced Features
Snapshot (GR-SXM330 only)
Use your camcorder like a regular camera and take a
snapshot, or several of them in succession.
1
Set the Power Switch to or .
2
Press SNAPSHOT.
If you press during Record-Standby . . .
.... a still image will be recorded for approx.
6 seconds, then the camcorder re-enters the
Record-Standby mode.
If you press during Recording . . .
.... a still image will be recorded for approx.
6 seconds, then the normal recording resumes.
Power Switch
SNAPSHOT Button
(GR-SXM330 only)
Night-Alive (GR-SXM330 only)
Makes dark subjects or areas even brighter than they
would be under good natural lighting. Although the
recorded image is not grainy, it may look as if it is strobing
due to the slow shutter speed.
1
Set the Power Switch to or .
2
Press NIGHT-ALIVE repeatedly until the desired
modes name and indication appear.
They are displayed for approx. 2 seconds, then the
name disappears so that only the indication remains.
The mode is activated.
3
To cancel the effect, press NIGHT-ALIVE repeatedly
until OFF appears. OFF is displayed for approx.
2 seconds.
NOTES:
During Night-Alive, the following functions
or settings cannot be activated:
Picture Stabilizer (
pg. 16), Program
AE With Special Effects (
pg. 20) and
Digital Effects (
pg. 21).
S.LX in CAMERA MENU (
pg. 23).
Night-Alive does not work when LIGHT
OFF/AUTO/ON is set to AUTO or ON
(
pg. 17).
During Night-Alive, it may be difficult to
bring the camcorder into focus. To prevent
this, use of a tripod is recommended.
NIGHT-ALIVE Button
(GR-SXM330 only)
Power Switch
A NIGHT AUTO
The shutter speed is automatically adjusted
(maximum 1/6 sec.).
1 NIGHT 10X*
The shutter speed is set to 1/6th of a second to provide 10
times the sensitivity.
2 NIGHT 60X*
The shutter speed is set to 1 second to provide 60 times
the sensitivity.
*Appears when the Power Switch is set to .
NOTES:
After SNAPSHOT is pressed, there is a
momentary camera shutter-type blackout
together with the sound effect of a shutter
closing, which is recorded together with the
image.
Snapshot is available during playback as
well. However, the shutter sound is not
heard.