Zooming. Canon MV940, MV950, MV930, MV 950, MV960

Zooming

The zoom is available in the and modes. When recording on the tape, in addition to the 25x optical zoom you can also use the digital zoom.

Zoom out

E

Zoom in

Zoom lever

25x Optical Zoom

Move the zoom lever toward

W to zoom out (wide- angle). Move it toward

T to zoom in (telephoto).

You can also change the zoom speed ( 27).

 You can also use the T and W buttons on the wireless controller. The zoom speed with the wireless controller will be the same as with the camcorder (when one of the fixed zoom speed levels is selected) or fixed at [SPEED 3] (when

[VARIABLE] is selected).

 Keep at least 1 m to the subject. At wide-angle, you can focus on a subject as close as 1 cm.

 The zoom speed is slightly faster in record pause mode.

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Digital Zoom

When the digital zoom is activated, the camcorder automatically switches between optical and digital zoom. With digital zoom, image resolution becomes lower the more you zoom in.

100x/1000x digital zoom 100x/800x digital zoom

MENU

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CAMERA SETUP D.ZOOM OFF

1. Press the FUNC. button to open the FUNC. menu.

2. With the joystick select (

( ).

) the icon and press

3. Select ( ) the [CAMERA SETUP] menu and press ( ). Then, select

( ) the [D.ZOOM] option and press ( ).

4. Select either [100x] or [1000x] (

( ) and press (

) or [800x]

) to save the changes.

5. Press the FUNC. button to close the menu.

 Digital zoom cannot be used in the Night recording program.

 A zoom indicator appears for 4 seconds. It extends in light blue when the digital zoom is set to 100x, and extends further in dark blue when set to 1000x

( ) or 800x ( ).

Selecting the Zoom Speed

You can set the zoom speed to variable or to one of 3 levels of fixed zoom speeds. When set to [VARIABLE], the zoom speed depends on how you activate the zoom lever. Press softly for a slower zoom or press more strongly for a faster zoom.

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MENU

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CAMERA SETUP ZOOM SPEED VARIABLE

1. Press the FUNC. button to open the FUNC. menu.

2. With the joystick select (

( ).

) the icon and press

3. Select ( ) the [CAMERA SETUP] menu and press

( ). Then, select ( ) the [ZOOM SPEED] option and press ( ).

4. Select a setting option and press ( ) to save the changes.

5. Press the FUNC. button to close the menu.

The fastest zoom speed can be achieved with the [VARIABLE] setting. Among the fixed zoom speeds [SPEED 3] is the fastest, and [SPEED 1] the slowest.

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