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Freeze Mix: Image Alignment 66
Record
ing
For details on the Direct menu, see “Direct Menu
Operation” on page 21.
When the preparatory settings are completed, you
can start recording.
Press the REC START/STOP button.
Slow & Quick Motion recording begins.
Notes
• You cannot change the Frame Rate setting
while Slow & Quick Motion recording is in
progress. To change it, pause the recording.
• The timecode is recorded in Rec Run mode
during Slow & Quick Motion recording (page
55) .
Stopping recording
Press the REC START/STOP button.
Slow & Quick Motion recording stops.
Note
When recording at a low-speed frame rate, it may
take time until recording stops after you press the
REC START/STOP button.
Canceling Slow & Quick Motion mode
Set “Setting” of “S&Q Motion” of the CAMERA
SET menu to “Off.”
Note
It automatically returns to “Off” when you set the
power switch to OFF, while the “Frame Rate”
setting is maintained.
Using the Freeze Mix function, an image (still
picture) of a recorded clip can be temporarily
superimposed on the current camera picture,
permitting you to easily align images for next
recording.
To use the Freeze Mix function
Assign the Freeze Mix function to one of the
assignable buttons.
For details, see “Changing Functions of the
Assignable Buttons” on page 61.
Superimposing a Freeze Mix image
1
Stop recording to set the camcorder to
STBY (recording standby) status.
2
Press the REC REVIEW button to
review the recorded images, or press the
ASSIGN button to which you assigned
“Freeze Mix.”
3
Press the ASSIGN button to which you
assigned “Freeze Mix” at the image
with which you want align.
The image where you pressed the ASSIGN button
in step
3
is displayed as a still picture over the
current camera picture.
Canceling Freeze Mix status
You can cancel it with the ASSIGN button to
which you assigned “Freeze Mix” or the REC
START/STOP button.
• When you cancel Freeze Mix status by pressing
the ASSIGN button, the normal camera picture
is restored.
• When you cancel Freeze Mix status by pressing
the REC START/STOP button, normal
recording begins.
Notes
• If the recorded picture and the current camera
picture differ in video format, the Freeze Mix
display cannot be achieved.
Recording in Slow & Quick Motion
Mode
Freeze Mix: Image
Alignment