Sony PC55E Camcorder User Manual


 
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Using the Menu
DCR-PC53E/PC55E 2-548-726-11(1)
OVERLAP (fade in only)
WIPE (fade in only)
DOT FADER (fade in only)
D. EFFECT (Digital effect)
You can add digital effects to your
recordings.
Touch the desired effect.
Adjust the effect with / , then
touch .
When you select [STILL] or [LUMI.
KEY], the image when you touch is
saved as a still image.
Effect Items to adjust
STILL
The degree of
transparency of the
still image you want
to superimpose on a
movie.
FLASH
The interval of frame-
by-frame playback.
LUMI. KEY
The color scheme of
the area in the still
image which is to be
swapped with a movie.
TRAIL
The fade time of the
incidental image.
SLOW
SHUTTR*
Shutter speed (1 is
1/25, 2 is 1/12, 3 is
1/6, 4 is 1/3).
OLD MOVIE*
No adjustment
necessary.
* Available during recording only.
Touch .
appears.
To cancel [D. EFFECT], touch [OFF] in
step
.
STILL
Records a movie while superimposing it on
a previously recorded still image.
FLASH (flash motion)
Records a movie with a serial-still-image
effect (strobe effect).
LUMI. KEY (luminance key)
Replaces a brighter area in a previously
recorded still image (e.g. background of a
person) with a movie.
TRAIL
Records a picture so that an incidental
image like a trail is left.
SLOW SHUTTR (slow shutter)
The shutter speed is slowed down. Suitable
for shooting a subject more clearly in a
dark place.
• Adjust the focus manually using a tripod since
adjusting the focus automatically is hard when
[SLOW SHUTTR] is selected. ([FOCUS], p.
40)
OLD MOVIE
Adds an old movie effect with a sepia hue
to pictures.
• You cannot record pictures edited using special
effects on the tape in your camcorder.
• You cannot add effects to externally input
pictures. Also, you cannot output playback
pictures edited with digital effects via the DV
Interface.
• You can save pictures edited using special
effects on a “Memory Stick Duo” (p. 57) or
record them on another tape/DVD (p. 55).
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