User manual SANYO VPC-HD1A

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL VPC-HD1AEX VPC-HD1A Digital Movie Camera Important note This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-HD1AEX and VPCHD1A. Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such. Please read these instructions carefully before using the camera. Make sure to read and understand the separate booklet "SAFETY MANUAL". [. . . ] h The screen to extract an image appears. [4:3]: The currently displayed image will be saved as a still image with an aspect ratio of 4:3. EXTRACT STILL 4:3 16:9 EXIT [16:9]: The currently displayed image will be saved as a still image with an aspect ratio of 16:9. (This selection is available only for video clips recorded in the HD mode. ) EXIT: You are returned to the Playback Setting Screen. 4 Select "YES" and press the SET button. h The image is extracted. HINT When an image from a video clip recorded in the HD mode is saved with an aspect ratio of 4:3. . . i The still image that is generated will be a 4:3 (640 × 480 pixels) VGA image with black bars at the top and bottom of a 640 × 360-pixel picture. 101 English EDITING VIDEO CLIPS You can trim away unwanted portions from a video clip and save it as a new video clip (video clip cutting [extracting]). You can also join two video clips together and save them as one separate clip ("joining"). Procedure to cut (extract) a portion of a video clip Specify the frames (1, 2) where the video clip is to be cut. 1 2 (A) J (B) (C) Extract the specified portion. [Two ways to cut the video clip] i Trim away portions (A) and (C), and save portion (B). i Delete portion (B), and join portions (A) and (C). i The original video clip is not affected (You can also choose to erase the original video clip when the new clip is saved. ) English 102 EDITING VIDEO CLIPS Procedure to join video clips Specify the video clip that will come first. J Specify the video clip that you wish to append (join). i The two video clips are saved together as a separate video clip. i The original video clips are not affected. (You can also choose to erase the original video clips when the new clip is saved. ) CAUTION Caution when editing video clips i When editing video clips, do not move the main switch. If you move the main switch while editing video clips, not only will the editing not be properly completed, but the original video clip may also be erased. i As the number or size of the video clips increases, the card memory may become full, making it impossible to edit the video clips. In this case, you will need to free some of the memory on the card, either by deleting data that are no longer necessary (page 97), or by selecting "OVERWRITE" when saving edited video clips (pages 106 and 108). 103 English Video clip cutting (extracting) 1 2 3 Display the video clip from which you wish to extract a segment. Display the PAGE 2 Playback Setting Screen (page 89). Select the edit video icon k, and press the SET button. h The Edit Video Screen appears. EDIT VIDEO CUT JOIN EXIT 4 Select "CUT" and press the SET button. h The Cutting Screen appears. Start point CUT 00:01:30 Press shutter to save English 104 EDITING VIDEO CLIPS 5 Specify the start point of the extract. h Use the procedure below to specify the frame from which the video clip extract will start. h Play the video clip until approximately the desired point, pause the video clip, then play the video clip one frame at a time, stopping at the start point of the extract. This will be the first frame of the extract. h If the start point of the video clip is also the start point of the extract, proceed to step 6. <Procedure> Play: After pausing playback, press and hold the SET button to the right for about 2 seconds for forward playback, or to the left for reverse playback. Pause: During playback, press the SET button. [. . . ] Move in closer to your subject or zoom in so that the background does not compete with the subject. i In portrait photography your subject is clearly the central figure, so try techniques that allow the subject to stand out. i If light is coming from behind your subject (backlit), his face will appear dark. You can get a better picture by using the flash, for example, or changing the exposure setting. Photographing moving subjects (sports mode a) Points: i Match the camera's movement with that of the subject. [. . . ]