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Mastering
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CAMERA
TAPE
16:9 (Wide screen TV recording)
Produces images in the 16:9 format for
playback on wide screen TVs.
To switch 16:9 to ON, open the menu and select CAM.SET UP. Then
select 16:9, set it to ON and close the menu.
Notes:
• “16:9” is shown in the display when you switch the 16:9 mode on.
• You cannot use the 16:9 mode with the Easy Recording program.
• You cannot use the multi-image screen when setting the 16:9 mode on.
• If you play back a recording made for 16:9 on a normal TV screen, the image
will appear to be vertically “squashed” (compressed).
16:9••••••••OFF
CAM.SET UP
(
40)
• If you record in more than one mode on the same tape, the picture may become
distorted during playback and the time code may not be written correctly.
• A tape recorded in LP mode on other digital equipment may produce the
mosaic-like noise and the sound may become distorted when playing back on
this camcorder.
• A tape recorded in LP or
LP mode on this camcorder may produce the
mosaic-like noise and the sound may become distorted when playing back on
other digital equipment.
About SP and LP modes
• The image quality of recordings done in
SP or
LP modes will be lower
than that of those done in SP or LP modes.
• A cassette recorded in
SP or
LP mode cannot be played back on a camcorder
not equipped with that mode.
• The recording mode might not appear in the display correctly if you switch to
SP
or
LP while the camcorder is connected to another digital video device.
• When the recording mode is changed to
SP or
LP, the camcorder modifies
the image for appropriate recording in that mode.
• You might not be able to do DV dubbing correctly with the camcorder set to
SP or LP mode.
• You cannot transfer images recorded in
SP or
LP mode to a PC (as of
January 2002).
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