JVC GR-X5AH User Manual

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These effects let you make pro-style scene 
transitions. Use them to spice up the transition 
from one scene to the next.

Wipe or fader works when video recording is 
started or stopped.

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY switch to “VIDEO”.

Set the power switch to “M”.

Set “v” to the desired mode. (

Press FADE/WIPE.

● The selected effect indicator appears.

Press the recording start/stop button to 

activate the fade-in/out or wipe-in/out.

To deactivate the selected effect
Press FADE/WIPE twice in step 

4. The effect 

indicator disappears.

● You can extend the length of a wipe or fader by 

pressing and holding the recording start/stop 
button.

● Some wipe/fader effects cannot be used with 

certain modes of program AE and special effects. 
(

墌 pg. 44, 45) In this case, the selected indicator 

blinks or goes out.

 FADER–WHITE: Fade in or out with a white 

screen.

 FADER–BLACK: Fade in or out with a black 

screen.

 FADER–B.W: Fade in to a colour screen 

from a black and white screen, or fade out from 
colour to black and white.

 WIPE–CORNER: Wipe in on a black screen 

from the upper right to the lower left corner, or 
wipe out from lower left to upper right, leaving a 
black screen.

 WIPE–WINDOW: The scene starts in the 

centre of a black screen and wipes in toward the 
corners, or comes in from the corners, gradually 
wiping out to the centre.

 WIPE–SLIDE: Wipe in from right to left, or 

wipe out from left to right.

 WIPE–DOOR: Wipe in as the two halves of 

a black screen open to the left and right, 
revealing the scene, or wipe out and the black 
screen reappears from left and right to cover the 
scene.

 WIPE–SCROLL: The scene wipes in from 

the bottom to the top of a black screen, or wipes 
out from top to bottom, leaving a black screen.

 WIPE–SHUTTER: Wipe in from the centre 

of a black screen toward the top and bottom, or 
wipe out from the top and bottom toward the 
centre leaving a black screen. 

You can use the program AE settings for specific 
shooting situations.

Set the power switch to “M”.

Press PROGRAM AE.

● The program AE menu appears.

Rotate the manual focus dial to select the 

desired mode.

Press SET on the manual focus dial. The 

setting is completed.

● The selected program AE indicator appears.

 TWILIGHT: Makes evening scenes look 

more natural. White balance (

墌 pg. 43) is 

automatically set to “

”, but can be changed to 

your desired setting. When Twilight is chosen, the 
camcorder automatically adjusts the focus from 
approx. 10 m to infinity. From less than 10 m, 
adjust the focus manually. The flash does not fire 
in this mode.

 PORTRAIT: The subject in the front is 

accentuated by blurring the background.

 SPORTS

(Variable Shutter Speed: 1/250 – 1/4000):
This setting allows fast-moving images to be 
captured one frame at a time, for vivid, stable 
slow-motion playback. The faster the shutter 
speed, the darker the picture becomes. Use the 
shutter function under good lighting conditions.

 SNOW: Compensates for subjects that may 

otherwise appear too dark when shooting in 
extremely bright surroundings such as in the 
snow.

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