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This function will not be as effective when the 
vibration is severe or when tracking a moving 
subject.
Adding effects to images
Press the USER button you have allocated to the 
BLACKFADE or WHITEFADE feature to add fading 
effects to your images. The button’s function is 
forcibly canceled during playback or REC CHECK 
and also when thumbnails are displayed.
BLACKFADE:
 Press and hold to fade out to black. Audio also 
fades out. Fade-in starts when the button is 
released.
WHITEFADE:
 Press and hold to fade out to white. Audio also 
fades out. Fade-in starts when the button is 
released.
This function does not work while INTERVAL 
REC is enabled.
Using the USER buttons 
You can allocate one of 14 features to each of the 
three USER buttons. 
Use these buttons to change shooting settings 
quickly or add effects to the images you are 
shooting. 
The following features are allocated to the buttons 
at the time of shipping.
USER1: (PUSH)AF
USER2: BACKLIGHT
USER3: SHOT MARK
For details, see the setup menus, SW&DISP 
SETUP screen, USER1 to 3. (Page 107)
If you press a USER button to which one of the 
functions has been allocated and then turn off the 
power, the added effect to the image will not be 
retained.
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Backlight compensation
Press the USER button you have allocated to the 
BACKLIGHT feature when shooting subjects lit 
from the back.
BACK LIGHT appears on the screen, and 
appears at the bottom right of the screen.
Backlight compensation adjusts the iris so the 
subject doesn’t come out dark.
Press the same USER button to turn the feature 
off. (If you perform backlight compensation in 
manual iris mode and it is disabled, the camera 
switches to auto iris control.)
Color bars
Press and hold the BARS button in CAMERA 
mode to output a color bar screen to a television or 
external monitor so you can adjust them. Press the 
button again to turn the feature off.
While the color bar is displayed, a test tone 
of 1 kHz will be output from the PHONES 
(headphone) terminal, or the Pin jack OUT 
terminal. There will be no speaker output.
The color bar can be recorded by pressing the 
START/STOP button.
The BARS button is disabled in PB mode, and 
DV IN mode.
The color bar display is canceled when the power 
is turned off.
Wave form monitor function
During CAMERA mode, you can display a 
waveform for an image in the viewfinder screen 
by pressing the USER button to which the WFM 
function has been assigned.
Press the button again to return to the normal 
display.
This function cannot be used while the focus 
assist function is enabled.
Wave forms cannot be recorded.
While wave forms are displayed, part of the 
recording screen will be hidden by the wave 
forms.
Wave forms cannot be displayed in DV IN mode.
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