Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Before you begin
- Getting started
- Basic operations
- Advanced operations
- Using alternative power sources
- Changing the mode settings
- Photo recording
- Shooting with all the pixels ﾐ PROG. SCAN
- Using the FADER function
- Shooting with backlighting
- Using the wide mode function
- Enjoying picture effect
- Recording with various effects ﾐ digital effect
- Shooting with manual adjustment
- Using the PROGRAM AE function
- Focusing manually
- Interval recording
- Cut recording
- Superimposing a title
- Making a custom title
- Labeling a cassette
- Watching on a TV screen
- Viewing the picture with the picture effect
- Viewing the picture with the digital effect
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with date ﾐ date search
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with title ﾐ title search
- Searching for a photo ﾐ photo search/photo scan
- Returning to a pre-registered position
- Displaying recording data ﾐ data code function
- Editing onto another tape
- Editing partially on a mini DV tape ﾐ DV synchro-editing
- Recording from a VCR or TV
- Replacing recording on a tape ﾐ insert editing
- Audio dubbing
- Memory card slot operations
- Using the memory card slot ﾐ introduction
- Recording an image from a mini DV tape as a still image
- Copying still images from a mini DV tape ﾐ photo save
- Recording still images on PC cards (not supplied) ﾐ memory photo recording
- Viewing a still picture ﾐ memory photo playback
- Preventing accidental erasure ﾐ PROTECT
- Deleting images
- Copying the image recorded with the memory card slot to mini DV tapes
- Playing back images in a continuous loop ﾐ SLIDE SHOW
- Additional information
- Usable cassettes and playback modes
- Charging the vanadium-lithium battery in the camcorder
- Resetting the date and time
- Simple setting of clock by time difference
- Tips for using the battery pack
- Maintenance information and precautions
- Using your camcorder abroad
- Trouble check
- Self-diagnosis function
- Specifications
- Identifying the parts
- Warning indicators
- Index
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Recording with various effects – digital effect
With the following functions of Digital Effect, you can add various visual effects to the
picture. The sound is recorded normally.
STILL
You can record a still picture to be superimposed on a moving picture.
FLASH
You can record still pictures successively at constant intervals.
LUMI.
You can replace a brighter portion of a still picture with a moving picture.
TRAIL
You can record the picture which leaves an incidental image, such as a trail.
OLD MOVIE
You can record the picture such as an old movie. The camcorder automatically sets the wide
mode to 16:9WIDE, picture effect to SEPIA, and the appropriate shutter speed.
(1) While in Standby mode or Recording mode, press DIGITAL EFFECT.
The digital effect indicator flashes.
(2) Turn the control dial to select the desired digital effect mode.
(3) Press the control dial. The digital effect indicator lights up and the bars appear. The
bar does not appear in the OLD MOVIE mode. The still picture is stored in memory
in the STILL or LUMI. mode.
(4) Turn the control dial to adjust effects.
The longer the bar is, the greater the effects are.
STILL : The proportion of still picture to moving picture.
FLASH : The length of the intervals.
LUMI. : The brightness of the area where you paste the moving picture.
TRAIL : The length of time the incidental image remains.
OLD MOVIE : No adjustment necessary.