Sony PC350 Camera Operations Guide - Page 69

ZEBRA This is useful as a guide when adjusting the brightness. When you change the default setting, is displayed. The zebra pattern is not recorded. GOFF 70 100 The zebra pattern is not displayed. The zebra pattern appears at a screen brightness level of about 70 IRE. The zebra pattern appears at a screen brightness level of about 100 IRE or higher. b Note • Portions of the screen where brightness is above 100 IRE may appear overexposed. z Tip • The zebra pattern is diagonal stripes that appear in portions of the screen where brightness exceeds a preset level. SELF-TIMER See page 29 and 34 for details. DIGITAL ZOOM You can select the maximum zoom level in case you want to zoom to a level greater than 10 times while recording on a tape. Note that the image quality decreases when you are using the digital zoom. This function is useful when recording enlarged pictures of a distant subject, such as a bird. The right side of the bar shows the digital zooming zone. The zooming zone appears when you select the zooming level. Using the Menu GOFF 20 × 120 × Select to deactivate the digital zoom. Up to 10 times zoom is performed optically. Select to activate the digital zoom. 10 times through 20 times zoom is performed digitally. Select to activate the digital zoom. 10 times through 120 times zoom is performed digitally. 16:9 WIDE You can record a 16:9 wide picture on the tape to watch on a 16:9 wide-screen TV ([16:9WIDE] mode). With this function [ON], your camcorder offers even wider angles when you move the power zoom lever to the "W" side than recording in [OFF]. When you connect your camcorder to a TV compatible with the ID-1/ID-2 system and play the tape, the TV switches to full mode automatically. ,continued Using the Menu 69