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Chapter 2: Operations in DV mode
LAST CLIP function
The most recently recorded clip can be deleted at
the touch of a button by allocating the LAST CLIP
function to any of the USER 1 - 3 buttons.
Press the USER button allocated for the LAST
CLIP function to display YES/NO on the screen.
Select YES to delete the most recently recorded
clip.
Select NO not to delete the clip.
If the camera has been switched to PB mode or
DV IN mode, or the recording format has been
changed since recording was completed, clips
cannot be deleted even if the button is pressed.
Clips also cannot be deleted if the power has
been switched off and back on again.
Clips cannot be deleted even if the button is
pressed if the memory card has been removed
and reinserted since recording was completed.
Changing the size of images
When recording in DV mode, you can change the
size (aspect ratio) of recorded images.
It can be set with the ASPECT CONV item in the
setting menu RECORD SETUP screen (Page 103).
Menu operations (Page 40 of Vol.1)
The illustrations depict displays on monitors with
4:3 aspect ratios during external output.
SIDE CROP:
Records in standard 4:3 ratio.
Crops the left and right edges of the screen.
Images recorded in an aspect ratio of 4:3
will appear in the viewfinder, with black bars
displayed on the left and right edges of the
screen.
The left and right black bars that appear on
the OSD of the viewfinder while SIDE CROP
is enabled do not appear in external output
displays.
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LETTER BOX:
Records with a 16:9 angle of view.
Black bars are displayed at the top and bottom
edges of the screen.
Images recorded in an aspect ratio of 16:9
will appear in the viewfinder, with “LT.BOX”
displayed.
SQUEEZE:
Records by squeezing images horizontally from
the left and right.
The aspect ratio will be set to 16:9 when playing
back recorded images on a wide-screen TV.
Images recorded in an aspect ratio of 16:9 will
appear in the viewfinder.
