• • • • • • • • basic recording Appears when recording at night. (Night) Appears when recording persons outdoors at night. (Night Portrait) Appears when recording images of landscapes with backlighting. (Backlight) Appears when recording persons under backlight condition. (Backlight Portrait) Appears when recording persons. (Portrait) Appears when recording very bright scene. (White) Appears when recording outdoor scene. (Landscape) Appears when taking photos with close-up. (Macro) Appears when taking photos of clear skies. (Blue sky) Appears when taking photos of forested areas. (Natural green) Appears when taking photos of sunsets. (Sunset) Appears when the camcorder and subject are stable for a while. (Tripod) Appears when taking photos of actively moving subjects. (Action) .......... .............. ................ ...... ...... 43 The resolution of the captured photos depends on the resolution of the video as follows. Video resolution Resolution of captured photo 1080/50i (XF), 1080/50i (SF), 1080/50i (F), 1080/25p 1920x1080 720/50p 1280x720 576/50p 720x408 Slow Motion: [SD]300Frame/Sec, [SD]500Frame/Sec 368x208, 192x112 CAPTURING PHOTOS WHILE PLAYING BACK VIDEOS You can capture photos during video playback. PRECHECK! Touch the Play ( ) tab on the LCD screen to select the Video play ( / SD ) mode. page 49 1. Recorded videos appear in a thumbnail index view. Touch the left ( )/light ( ) tab to move to the previous/next page. 2. Touch the video clip you want. The selected video is played. 3. Press the PHOTO button halfway at the scene you want to capture. The playback screen is paused. 4. Press the PHOTO button fully down. The captured still image is recorded in JPEG format. 5. When the photo is recorded on the storage media, touch the Return ( ) tab to view the thumbnail index. Touch the Photo ( ) tab to view the recorded photos. page 53 • • • • • ...... .................................. ...... ...... ................ basic recording ZOOMING Use the zoom function for close-up or wide-angle recording. This camcorder allows you to record using 15x optical power zoom, 18x Intelli-zoom and digital zoom. To zoom out To zoom in Press the T (zoom) button on the LCD panel or slide Press the W (zoom) button on the LCD panel or the zoom lever towards T (telephoto). slide the zoom lever towards W (wide angle). • The distant subject is gradually magnified and • The subject moves further away. can be recorded. • The smallest zoom ratio is the subject’s original • The most magnified zoom ratio is 18x zoom in size in the zoom-out. the normal zoom-in. W : Wide angle T : Telephoto Using the optical zoom does not degrade the image quality and clarity. Use the digital zoom when you want to zoom more than the optical zoom range (Video recording mode only). page 80 Focusing may become unstable when recording with a fast zoom or zooming into a subject standing too far aw...
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