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On-Screen Menus
Program AE with Special Effects
Your digital camcorder offers a
variety of special effects to add a
professional touch to recordings.
Note
: Program AE with special effects
can be changed during recording or
during record-standby modes.
To Open the PROGRAM AE menu:
1. Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT dial
to highlight the P.AE/EFFECT
icon (
). Press in the MENU/
BRIGHT dial to highlight the
submenus.
2. Rotate the MENU/BRIGHT dial to
scroll through available choices.
TWILIGHT
makes
evening scenes look more
natural. White balance is
initially set to , but can be
changed to a preferred
setting. When twilight is
selected, the camcorder
automatically adjusts the
focus from about 32 feet to
infinity. From less than 32
feet, adjust the focus
manually.
SEPIA
recorded scenes
have a brownish tint like old
photos. Combine this with
the cinema mode for a
classic look.
MONOTONE
footage is
shot in classic black and
white. Used together with
Cinema mode, it enhances
the classic film effect.
CLASSIC FILM
gives
recordings a strobe effect.
STROBE
recordings look
like a series of consecutive
snapshots.
VIDEO ECHO
adds a
ghosted image to the subject.
Zoom magnification over
10X is not available.
SLOW
SLOW SHUTTER
lights
dark subjects or areas even
brighter than they would be
under good natural lighting.
Use SLOW only in dark
environments.
SLOW 4X
the shutter
speed is set to 1/15 of a
second to quadruple the
sensitivity.
SLOW 10X
the shutter
speed is set to 1/6 of a
second to provide ten times
the sensitivity. Note that
images take on a strobe-like
effect. If the manual focus
indicator blinks, adjust focus
manually or use a tripod.
SHUTTER
Variable Shutter Speed
1/60
shutter speed is fixed
to 1/60 of a second. Black
bands that normally appear
when shooting a TV screen
become narrower.
1/100
the shutter speed is
fixed at 1/100 of a second.
The flickering that occurs
when shooting under a
fluorescent light or mercury-
vapor lamp is reduced.
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