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Selecting the Video Quality Recording Mode

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• Be sure to save your recordings regularly ( 83), especially after making important recordings. Canon shall not be liable for any loss or corruption of data. NOTES • About the Power Save mode: If [Power Saving Mode] is set to [ On], the camcorder will shut off automatically to save power when it is powered by a battery pack and is left without any operation for 5 minutes. Press POWER to turn on the camcorder. • When recording in bright places, it may be difficult to use the LCD screen. In such cases, you can turn on the LCD backlight ( 24) or adjust the brightness of the LCD screen with the [LCD Bright- ness] setting. Selecting the Video Quality (Recording Mode) The camcorder offers 3 recording modes. Changing the recording mode will change the recording time available on the memory. Select XP mode for better movie quality; select LP mode for longer recording times. The following table gives approximate recording times. Operating modes: FUNC. [ Standard Play 6 Mbps] mode FUNC. Desired recording NOTES • The camcorder uses a variable bit rate (VBR) to encode video so the actual recording times will vary depending on the content of the scenes. • The camcorder retains the last setting used even if you set the cam- corder to mode. Video Š 39

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• Be sure to save your recordings regularly (
83), especially after mak-
ing important recordings. Canon shall not be liable for any loss or cor-
ruption of data.
NOTES
•
About the Power Save mode:
If
[Power Saving Mode] is set to
[
On], the camcorder will shut off automatically to save power when
it is powered by a battery pack and is left without any operation for 5
minutes. Press
to turn on the camcorder.
• When recording in bright places, it may be difficult to use the LCD
screen. In such cases, you can turn on the LCD backlight (
24) or
adjust the brightness of the LCD screen with the
[LCD Bright-
ness] setting.
Selecting the Video Quality (Recording Mode)
The camcorder offers 3 recording modes. Changing the recording
mode will change the recording time available on the memory. Select
XP mode for better movie quality; select LP mode for longer recording
times. The following table gives approximate recording times.
NOTES
•
The camcorder uses a variable bit rate (VBR) to encode video so the
actual recording times will vary depending on the content of the
scenes.
•
The camcorder retains the last setting used even if you set the cam-
corder to
mode.
POWER
Operating modes:
[
Standard Play 6 Mbps]
Desired recording
mode
FUNC.
FUNC.