Canon FS400 FS40 / FS400 Instruction Manual - Page 62

Selecting the Playback Starting Point

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For movies: Press Start/Stop . The camcorder starts recording after a 10-second countdown. The countdown appears on the screen. For photos: Press PHOTO , first halfway to activate the autofocus and then fully. The camcorder will record the photo after a 10-second countdown. The countdown appears on the screen. NOTES • Once the countdown has begun, any of the following actions will cancel the self timer. - Pressing Start/Stop (when recording movies) or PHOTO fully (when recording photos). - Turning off the camcorder. - Changing the camcorder's operating mode. - Closing the LCD panel to set the camcorder to standby mode. Selecting the Playback Starting Point If you have a very long scene, you may want to start playing back the scene from a certain point. You can use the movie timeline to break the scene to segments at fixed time intervals ranging from 6 seconds to 6 minutes. Operating modes: 1 Open the [Movies] or [Playlist] index screen. You can select the original movies or playlist in the built-in memory or on the memory card. 2 Select ( , ) the scene you want to view and press DISP. . • The [Timeline] screen appears. The large thumbnail will show the first frame of the scene. Below it, the timeline ruler shows frames taken from the scene at fixed intervals. 62 Š Video

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For movies: Press
.
The camcorder starts recording after a 10-second countdown. The
countdown appears on the screen.
For photos: Press
, first halfway to activate the autofocus
and then fully.
The camcorder will record the photo after a 10-second countdown. The
countdown appears on the screen.
NOTES
Once the countdown has begun, any of the following actions will can-
cel the self timer.
- Pressing
(when recording movies) or
fully (when
recording photos).
- Turning off the camcorder.
- Changing the camcorder’s operating mode.
- Closing the LCD panel to set the camcorder to standby mode.
Selecting the Playback Starting Point
If you have a very long scene, you
may want to start playing back the
scene from a certain point. You can
use the movie timeline to break the
scene to segments at fixed time inter-
vals ranging from 6 seconds to 6 min-
utes.
1
Open the [Movies] or [Playlist] index screen.
You can select the original movies or playlist in the built-in
memory or on the memory card.
2
Select (
,
) the scene you want to view and press
.
The [Timeline] screen appears. The large thumbnail will show the
first frame of the scene. Below it, the timeline ruler shows frames
taken from the scene at fixed intervals.
Start/Stop
PHOTO
Start/Stop
PHOTO
Operating modes:
DISP.