Widescreen TV Recording (16:9) ZR500 and ZR600/700

The camcorder uses the full width of the CCD providing high-resolution 16:9 recording. When you turn off the image stabilizer, you will get a larger horizontal angle of view.

Press the <WIDESCREEN> button.

• disappears and the picture changes to 4:3 aspect ratio.

• On the LCD screen: Widescreen video will display normally; video in 4:3 aspect ratio will appear with black side bars.

• On the viewfinder screen: Widescreen video will appear in letterbox display; video in

• 4:3 aspect ratio will display normally.

Simultaneous recording on a memory card cannot be used when the widescreen mode is selected. Playing back recordings made in the widescreen mode on a normal TV: If the TV type is set to [NORMAL TV] the recording will be played back in letterbox display. If the TV type is set to [WIDE TV] the image will appear horizontally squeezed ( 34). If you connect the camcorder to a TV with Video ID-1 system, recordings made in the widescreen mode will be automatically played back in widescreen mode.