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Using the Full
Range of Features
Taking Still Pictures (Photo Mode)
MOVIE
PHOTO
OFF VCR POWER
You can record still pictures like a photograph. The camera records the picture to
tape for 6 seconds. The exposure is automatically adjusted.
1. Set the camera to photo standby mode (slide the POWER switch to
[ (Easy Recording) or
P
, slide the MOVIE/PHOTO switch to
PHOTO and the LENS COVER switch to OPEN.
• “PHOTO” is shown at the bottom right of the display.
2. Press the start/stop button lightly.
• flashes white in the display as the camcorder adjusts the focus and
exposure and it is displayed continuously as a green mark when the camera is
ready to take the still picture. (The focus, exposure, and zoom are now
locked. Also, you cannot turn the image stabilizer on /off)
• To change the still picture before recording: release the button, select a new
picture and then press down the start/stop button lightly once more.
• If the subject is unsuitable for autofocus (p. 69), the camera may not be in
focus, despite displaying the green mark. In this case: release the start/stop
button, adjust the focus manually (p. 49) and retry.
3. Press the start/stop button fully down to take the still picture.
• The camera takes the image almost immediately, and then records the
“photo” to the tape for 6 seconds. During this time the camera also records
the sound, and the display also shows the still picture.
Notes:
• While the camera records the still, you cannot use the camera functions (when a
cassette is loaded, the LENS COVER switch/power off do not cut the power
until recording is complete).
• You cannot use the FADE-T, WIDE or SCROLL digital effects while the camera
is set to photo mode (the effect name flashes purple in the display for a few
seconds).
• Only take “photos” where it is bright enough to see the image in the display.
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