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Table of contents Useful recording techniques  Note  The camcorder may not detect the expected scene or subject, depending on the recording conditions.  You cannot use the flash depending on the scenes detected. To cancel INTELLIGENT AUTO Press . or the detection mode icons disappear, and you can record with the preferred settings. Also, the INTELLIGENT AUTO setting is canceled if you change the following settings: [SCENE SELECTION] [WHITE BAL.] [SPOT MTR/FCS] [SPOT METER] [SPOT FOCUS]  [EXPOSURE]  [FOCUS] [TELE MACRO] [ STEADYSHOT] [BACK LIGHT] [FACE DETECTION]  Notes  [ STEADYSHOT] is set to [ACTIVE] when you set INTELLIGENT AUTO to [ON]. Other items listed above are reset to their defaults. Selecting the recording mode You can select a recording mode to record movies from 3 levels. The recording time of the media may change, depending on the recording mode. In the default setting, [ REC MODE] is set to [SP].  Touch (MENU)  [Show others]  [ REC MODE] (under [SHOOTING SET] category).  Touch a desired setting. If you want to record high quality images, select the HQ mode, or if you want to record longer movies, select the LP mode.  Touch  .  Notes  Movies are recorded with MPEG-2 format.  You can select from the following image qualities. Value such as "9M" is an average bitrate, and "M" means "Mbps."  [HQ] (9M (HQ))  [SP] (6M (SP))(the default setting)  [LP](3M (LP))  If you record in the LP mode, the quality of movies may be degraded, or scenes with quick movements may appear with block noise when you play back the image.  Tips  You can select the [ REC MODE] for each recording media separately (DCR-SX65/SX85). Long time recording High quality recording Index US 25

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Table of contents
Useful recording techniques
Index
US
Note
The camcorder may not detect the expected
scene or subject, depending on the recording
conditions.
You cannot use the flash depending on the
scenes detected.
To cancel INTELLIGENT AUTO
Press
.
or the detection mode icons disappear,
and you can record with the preferred
settings.
Also, the INTELLIGENT AUTO setting
is canceled if you change the following
settings:
[SCENE SELECTION]
[WHITE BAL.]
[SPOT MTR/FCS]
[SPOT METER]
[SPOT FOCUS]
[EXPOSURE]
[FOCUS]
[TELE MACRO]
[
STEADYSHOT]
[BACK LIGHT]
[FACE DETECTION]
Notes
[
STEADYSHOT] is set to [ACTIVE] when
you set INTELLIGENT AUTO to [ON]. Other
items listed above are reset to their defaults.
Selecting the recording mode
You can select a recording mode to record
movies from 3 levels. The recording time of
the media may change, depending on the
recording mode. In the default setting,
[
REC MODE] is set to [SP].
Touch
(MENU)
[Show
others]
[
REC MODE] (under
[SHOOTING SET] category).
Touch a desired setting.
If you want to record high quality
images, select the HQ mode, or if you
want to record longer movies, select
the LP mode.
Touch
.
Notes
Movies are recorded with MPEG-2 format.
You can select from the following image
qualities. Value such as “9M” is an average bit-
rate, and “M” means “Mbps.”
[HQ] (9M (HQ))
[SP] (6M (SP))(the default setting)
[LP](3M (LP))
If you record in the LP mode, the quality of
movies may be degraded, or scenes with quick
movements may appear with block noise when
you play back the image.
Tips
You can select the [
REC MODE] for each
recording media separately (DCR-SX65/SX85).
High quality
recording
Long time recording