D.S.C. RECORDING
EN 23
| Basic S hooting (D.S.C. S napshot)
You can use your camcorder as a Digital Still
Camera for taking snapshots. Still images are stored
in the memory card.
NOTE:
Before continuing, perform the procedures listed
below:
• Powerl:_pg.
10)
• Loading A Memory Cbrd (:_ pg. 16)
Snapshotmode with no
frame
There is the sound of a
shutter closing.
SNAPSHOT
Button
Power Switch
PUSH OPEN Button
Lock Button
VIDEO/MEMORY
Switch
1
Remove the lens cap.
2
Press PUSH OPEN and open the LCD monitor
fully, or pull out the viewfinder
fully.
3 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY
Switch to "MEMORY".
4
Set the Power Switch to "1_!" or "_" while
pressing down the Lock Button located on the
switch.
5 Press SNAPSHOT. The "PHOTO"indication
appears while the snapshot is being taken.
• To check how the image looks before
recording it in the memory card, press
SNAPSHOT halfway and hold. The -..It -
indicator appears and stops bhnking when the
captured image is focused. To cancel the
recording, release SNAPSHOT. To record it in
the memory card, press SNAPSHOT fully.
• Still images are recorded in the snapshot mode
with no frame.
• To delete unwanted stiff images, refer to
"Deleting
Files" (_:_" p g. 28).
• When you do not want to hear the shutter
sound, set "BEEF to "OFF". (."-_" pg. 31, 37)
• To change the image Size and/or Picture
Quality, _ pg. 31, 39.
O Image Size (:_ pg. 39, 82)
•
Focus Icon (_:_pg. 82)
•
Shooting Icon (:_ pg. 82)
•
Card Icon (_ pg. 82)
•
Picture Quality (_ pg. 39, 82)
•
Remaining Number Of Shots (:_ pg. 82)
NOTES:
• Even if "DIS" is set to "ON" I:__pg. 36), the
Stabilizer will be disabled.
• If Snapshot recording is not possible, "PHOTO"
blinks when SNAPSHOT is pressed.
• If Program AE with special effects ¢:_"lag. 33) is
engaged, certain modes of Program AE with
special effects are disabled during Snapshot
recording. In such a case, the icon blinks.
• If shooting is not performed for approx. 5 minutes
when the Power Switch is set to "_" or '_" and
power is supplied from the battery pack, the
camcorder shuts off automatically
to save power.
_.J
To perform shooting again, push back and pull out
u_.
the viewfinder again or close and re-open the LCD
monito£
• The Motor Drive mode (y pg. 43) is disabled
when the VIDEO/MEMORY
Switch is set to
"MEMORY".
• When a cable is connected to the AV connector`
the shutter sound is not heard from the speaker,
however it is recorded onto the tape.
• Still images taken are compliant to DCF (Design
rule for Camera File system). They do not have any
compatibility
with devices which are not
compliant to DCF.