iA (Intelligent Auto)
This powerful function senses the shooting conditions and automatically makes the settings and activates functions that will deliver optimal results. With both motion and still images, iA does the bothersome settings for you and makes it easy to capture beautiful, well-focused images.
* The functions included in iA may not be applied when conditions do not call for them.
* The iA function is not supported for still images in the V100 Series and V10.
HYBRID O.I.S. +
HYBRID O.I.S. + uses five-axis correction to thoroughly suppress blurring all the way from wide-angle shots to powerful zoom shots. It also achieves superb effects when shooting while walking. This lets you capture crisp, clear images, without blurring, in almost every shooting situation.
POWER O.I.S. with Active Mode
The POWER O.I.S. suppresses even slight hand-shake. When shooting, hand-shake often comes on gradually due to factors like breathing rhythms or the surrounding wind. While this kind of low-frequency hand-shake went undetected with conventional O.I.S., POWER O.I.S. has a variety of functions that detect even the slightest shake.
Active Mode
Active mode comes in handy when shooting while walking or playing with your children.
The wide correction area corrects even relatively large hand-shake motion. It‘s especially good for active video shooting.
Face Recognition
The Face Recognition function recognizes the faces of registered subjects, and automatically
optimizes the focus and exposure for those special people. It continues to track the subject as he
or she moves anywhere within the LCD frame, making it ideal for video shooting. It is extremely useful
for capturing someone's face in a group. Names can also be registered and displayed on the LCD
while shooting. A total of six people can be registered, and the names of up to three people at a time can be
displayed in the shooting frame.
AF/AE Tracking
Touch the LCD screen to indicate the subject, such as a person or an animal, that you want to
focus on, and let AF/AE Tracking do the rest. The camera locks on the subject and follows it around,
keeping it in sharp focus and properly exposed.
It keeps tracking even if the subject turns to the side.
This advanced function makes it easy to get a continually clear, beautiful shot of the subject in the
scene you care most about.
Intelligent Scene Selector
The Intelligent Scene Selector function analyzes the shooting situation and automatically switches the camcorder to the suitable scene mode that will give you optimal results.
Portrait
This mode captures faces beautifully. With Soft Skin mode, complexions are automatically enhanced to make faces attractive.
Scenery
This mode is ideal for shooting wide landscapes and sweeping vistas. It balances the exposure over the entire frame to prevent brighter parts of the image, such as the sky, from being washed out or having blown highlights.
Spotlight
The camcorder automatically uses this mode for scenes with particularly strong contrast. It captures the well-lit subject perfectly and prevents washed-out areas.
Low Light
In dim lighting, the camcorder automatically switches to a slower shutter speed so that images across the entire frame are bright and easy to see.
Face Detection
Face Detection automatically senses the ambient lighting and adjusts the exposure accordingly, so faces are bright and easy to see. The focus also prioritizes the faces, and skin tones are smoothed. Faces in the center of the frame serve as the reference for adjustments, but the function can detect up to 15 faces at once.
Intelligent Contrast Control
Intelligent Contrast Control detects the ambient light level and adjusts the exposure accordingly, helping to prevent blown highlights and blocked shadows. You can capture natural looking, highly nuanced images with proper contrast.
Pre-Rec Function
This smart function records three seconds of images even before you actually begin shooting. The images are held temporarily in the camcorder's internal memory, before recording begins. This helps ensure that you won't miss the start of a moment you want to record, such as when an event begins all of a sudden. For example, if you're waiting to snap a shot of a jumping dolphin, you can press the REC button after you've made sure that the dolphin has cleared the surface of the water. The camcorder will record the entire scene, from the instant of the dolphin's jump until it disappears again into the sea.
* The camera must be aimed at the subject in advance.
Relay Recording
The Relay Recording mode automatically switches from the built-in flash memory (once it's full) to the SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Card and continues recording. You don't have to worry about missing an important shot while switching media.
How to combine motion images that are split onto two types of media as a continuous scene.
Arrange the data that is split onto two types of media on an SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Card.
If the SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Card has sufficient capacity, it's possible to arrange all of the split data as a single continuous scene on the SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Card.
Use a DVD burner to create a disc.
If the SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Card is not big enough to hold all of the split data, use a DVD burner to create a disc with all the motion images as a single continuous scene.
Use the included software.
You can also use the editing software that is included with the
camcorder to join the split data as a continuous scene.
AGS (Auto Ground-Directional Standby)*
The O.I.S. linear motor system can detect when the camera is in an unusual shooting position - such as when you've inadvertently left it on in recording mode. In these cases, the camera automatically stops recording, saving both battery power and media storage space.
* In PAL area, the AGS (Auto Ground-Directional Standby) is called the Anti Ground Shooting.
. Set to OFF when shipped from the factory. To turn AGS ON, the setting must be made on the menu screen.
Color Night Rec/Colour Night View
Leave the light off. Color Night Rec/Colour Night View gives you images with color even in dim lighting (1 lx).
Scene Mode *
Automatically selects the most suitable shutter speed and aperture for the shooting location and situation.
Scene modes:
•Sports •Portrait
•Low Light (Motion image only)
•Spot Light •Snow •Beach •Sunset •Fireworks
•Scenery •Night Scenery
•Night Portrait (Still image only) •Soft Skin Mode** * The Scene Mode is not supported for still images in the V100 Series and V10.
** The V100/V100M/V10 becomes independent as the other function.
