Sony DCR-DVD7 - Manual (Page 55)

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Using the Setup items
DCR-DVD7
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• Adjust the focus manually ([FOCUS], p. 54)
when it is hard to focus automatically.
• The shutter speed of your camcorder changes
depending on the brightness. The motion of the
picture may slow down at this time.
SELF-TIMER
The self-timer starts recording after about
10 seconds.
 Touch  [SETUP]  CAMERA
SET  [SELF-TIMER]  [ON]  .
appears.
 Press REC START/STOP (PHOTO) to
record movies, or still images. To cancel
the count down, touch [RESET].
To cancel the self-timer, select [OFF] in
step
 .
• You can also use the self-timer with the Remote
Commander (p.37).
DIGITAL ZOOM
You can select the maximum zoom level in
case you want to zoom greater than 10 ×,
optical zoom magnification.
Note that the image quality decreases when
you use the digital zoom.
The right side of the bar shows the
digital zooming factor. The zooming
zone appears when you select the
zooming level.
 OFF
Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically.
20
×
Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically,
and after that, up to 20 × zoom is
performed digitally.
120
×
Up to 10 × zoom is performed optically,
and after that, up to 120 × zoom is
performed digitally.
WIDE SELECT
You can record a picture in a ratio suitable
for the screen on which it will be displayed.
 4:3
Standard setting (to record pictures to be
played back on a 4:3 TV).
16:9 WIDE
Records pictures to be played back on a
16:9 wide TV in full screen mode.
When viewed on the LCD screen
with [16:9WIDE] selected.
When viewed on a 16:9 wide
screen TV
*1
When viewed on a standard TV
(4:3 screen)
*2
*1 When 16:9 wide TV switches to full screen
mode, the picture appears on the TV screen at
the right ratio.
*2 When you play back in TV (4:3 screen), the
picture may be compressed. When you play
back in the wide mode, the picture appears as
you see it on the LCD screen.
• You cannot change the aspect ratio in the
following cases:
– while recording movie.
– when [D.EFFECT] is set to [OLD MOVIE]
(p.58).
• When recording on a DVD-R/DVD-RW
(VIDEO mode)/DVD+RW, the available
recording time may get shorter in the following
conditions:
– when you record both [4:3] and [16:9WIDE]
picture.
– when you change the [REC MODE] in [4:3]
(p. 59).