85BrightnessBrightness lets you temporarily lighten the videos you take.Increasing the Brightness (-4 – +4) lightens your videos (0 isnormal).1. In camcorder mode, press . The Brightnessadjustment appears in the display.2. To brighten your next video(s), press . To darken yournext video(s), press . (The screen image lightens ordarkens to show the affects of your changes).The next time you press the Camera key ( ), thecamcorder records a lighter or darker video according toyour selected Brightness setting.Settings — Camcorder TabQualityYou can affect how much your video is compressed, therebyreducing it’s overall size (not to be confused with the Sizesetting).1. In camcorder mode, press ( ), then select CamcorderTab ➔ Quality. The following options appear in the display:• High• Normal• Economy2. Select the quality setting of your choice, then press the OKbutton. You’re returned to the camcorder viewfinderscreen.Note: The Quality is affected by the Recording Mode setting. When RecordingMode is set to Video Msg, the Quality setting is locked at Economy.Self TimerSelf Timer lets you delay taking a video long enough to let youjoin others in the video.1. In camcorder mode, press ( ), then select CamcorderTab ➔ Self Timer. The following options appear in thedisplay:• Off• 3 Seconds• 5 Seconds• 10 Seconds2. Select the desired delay. The camcorder viewfinder screenappears in the display.The next time you the Camera key ( ), a countdowntimer in the display indicates the time remaining before thecamcorder starts recording the video.Tip: To stop the countdown timer without resetting it, press .
