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RECORDING
Advanced Features (cont.)
Fade/Wipe Effects
These effects let you make pro-style scene
transitions. Use them to spice up the transition
from one scene to the next. You can also vary
transitions from scene to scene.
IMPORTANT:
Some Fade/Wipe Effects cannot be used with
certain modes of Programme AE with special
effects (
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pg. 30). If an unusable Fade/Wipe
Effect is selected, its indicator blinks or goes
out.
START/STOP Button
MENU Wheel
POWER Switch
FADE/WIPE SELECTION ( , , , ,
, , , , and )
Fade or Wipe works when recording is started or when
you stop recording.
1
Set the POWER Switch to “ ” while pressing
down the Lock Button located on the switch and the
MODE Dial to “VIDEO” or “ ”, then set the
Operation Switch to “ ”. Pull out the viewfinder
fully or open the LCD monitor fully.
2
Press the MENU wheel. The Menu Screen appears.
3
Rotate the MENU wheel to select “ ”, then press it.
4
Rotate the MENU wheel to select the desired
function, then press it. Selection is complete.
•The FADER/WIPE Menu disappears and the effect is
reserved. The indicator representing the selected
effect appears.
5
Press START/STOP to activate the Fade-in/out or
Wipe-in/out.
PICTURE WIPE OR DISSOLVE SELECTION
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The Picture Wipe or Dissolve works when recording is
started.
1
Follow steps 1 through 4 above.
2
Engage the Record-Standby mode.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during
recording . . .
.... press START/STOP when one scene is finished.
The point at which the scene ended is stored in
memory.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record-
Standby mode . . .
.... press START/STOP to start recording and press it
again when one scene is finished. The point at
which the scene ended is stored in memory.
If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record-
Standby mode after performing a Picture Wipe/
Dissolve . . .
.... the point at which the scene ended is already
stored in memory.
3
If you start recording a new scene within 5 minutes of
the end of the previous recording (without having
turned the camcorder’s power off), the previous scene
wipes out, revealing the new scene.
To Deactivate The Selected Effect . . .
.... select “OFF” in step 4.
NOTES:
●
You can extend the length of a Fade or Wipe
by pressing and holding START/STOP.
●
If the power is turned off after a scene is
finished recording, the stored point is erased,
disabling the Picture Wipe/Dissolve combina-
tion. When this happens, the Picture Wipe/
Dissolve indicator blinks. Also note that
power shuts off automatically if 5 minutes
elapse in the Record-Standby mode.
●
Picture Wipe/Dissolve cannot be used when
the MODE Dial is set to “ ”.
●
The sound at the end of the last recorded
scene is not stored.
MODE Dial
Lock Button
Operation Switch