Sharp ViewcamZ VL-Z100S-S, Operation Manual

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Useful Features
Playback
Useful Features
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Stretch Playback
Stretch playback allows you to playback a
squeezed image with the wide screen feel
of a movie shown in a theatre. Useful when
you want to play back images recorded by
a camera other than this camcorder in wide
mode on a 4:3 TV.
1
In Playback mode, press the DIS-
PLAY/MODE SET button until the
mode screen appears.
2
Press
l
or
m
on the Operation
button to select “STRETCH PB”, then
press the centre of the Operation
button.
• Playback will stop after turning on
stretch playback.
3
Press
m
to begin stretch playback.
• The picture displays with black
bands.
To cancel stretch playback
Press the centre of the Operation button
in step 3 above.
Notes:
• “Squeeze” is an image compression
technology. A 16:9 image is compressed and
recorded (squeeze recorded) as a 4:3 image.
• In stretch playback mode, you cannot
perform picture effect playback.
• When outputting the stretch playback image
from the DV terminal, the original image
signal will be output.
• When performing stretch playback, the
normal recorded image (picture aspect ratio
4:3) will be stretched as shown below.
4:3 picture aspect
ratio image
Squeezed image
(4:3)
Stretch playback
(16:9)
Stretch playback
E X E C U T E
A U D I O D U B
S T R E T C H P B
P I C . E F F E C T
AUDIO
S T R E T C H P B S T R E T C H P B
2 1 +
F F R EW S T O P P A U S E
C A N C E L C A N C E L
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