Selectingthe Videoquality (Recordingmode); Changingthe Aspectratio Of The Recordings (Widescreen/ 4:3); Zooming: Optical, Advancedand Digital Zoom - Canon DC410 Instruction Manual

Selectingthe VideoQuality Changingthe AspectRatio of the
(RecordingMode) Recordings (Widescreen/ 4:3)
The camcorder offers 3 recording
modes. Changing the recording mode
will change the recording time available
on the disc. Select XP mode for better
movie quality; select LP mode for longer
recording times.
The following table gives approximate
recording times with a brand new DVD
disc (on a single recording side).
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The default aspect ratio of movies is
16:9 (widescreen). Follow the )rocedure
below to change it to 4:3.
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Playing back a widescreen recording:
TV sets compatible with the Video ID-1
system wll switch automatically to 16:9
mode. Otherwise, change the aspect
ratio of the TV manually.
To play back on a TV with normal aspect
ratio (4:3) change the [TV TYPE] setting
accordingly (Q3 72),
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Desired recording mode @
-_ NOTES
• In LI mode, recordings are more liableto
be affected by imperfections of the disc
used or recording conditions and you
may experience some anomalies (blocky
video artifacts, banding, skipping audio,
etc.) during playback. We recommend
using XP or SP mode for important
recordings.
The camcorder uses a variable bit rate
(VBR) to encode video so the actual
recording times wtl vary depending on
the content of the scenes.
Zooming: Optical, Advancedand Digital
Zoom
The camcorder offers three types of
zoom when recording movies: optical,
advanced and digital zoom (In
mode, only the optical
zoom is available.) You can also change
the zoom speed.
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