Sony CCD-FX420 Primary User Manual - Page 16

Using Zooming Features You can create a professional-looking home video using these sepcial effects; zoom, close-up, fade-in and fade-out. Zooming Zooming is a recording technique that lets you change the size of the subject in the scene. Use "Zoom-in (telephoto)" for dramatic close-ups, and "zoom-out (wide-angle)" for panoramic long shots. You can also use zooming to focus manually or to decide on a shooting angle. For more professional-looking recordings, use zooming sparingly. W(Wide-angle) T(Telephoto) ÷ To zoom * m oo 00 / Wide-angle lw 2f1 0 1 W Telephoto / Two-level Speed Zooming The camcorder's power zoom button offers two-level speed zooming. Press it firmly for high speed zooming and softly, for relatively slow zooming. Press the T side of the power zoom button for telephoto (subject appears closer) and the W side for wide-angle (subject appears farther away). Focusing in Macro Even small subjects such as flowers, insects, and images in photographs, can literally fill the screen using focus in macro. 1 Bring the camcorder as close as necessary to obtain the desired subject size. 2 Press the W side of the power zoom button until the indicator in the viewfinder stops at the W end. Note You can shoot a subject that is at least 1 m (about 393/e iches) away from lens surface in the telephoto position. 16 Basic Camera Operation