Canon 814XL-S - Manual (Page 90)

3. Press the shutter release lever to begin film­
ing.
Use the same filming speed for fade-
out and fade-in in lap dissolve shooting.
4. Continue filming while you push the fade lever
up to the lap dissolve symbol and push in the
lap dissolve button in the center of the shutter
angle dial. Once this button is pressed, the
automatic lap dissolve function takes over,
and you should remove your finger from the
shutter release lever. When the dissolve
portion has been completed, the film auto­
matically rewinds and stops in position for the
beginning of the next scene, which will be
overlapped. DO NOT press the shutter release
lever while the film is rewinding. You can
confirm sound fading during dissolve opera­
tion and before the start of the overlapping
scene by pressing the shutter release lever
half-way.
5. Press the shutter release lever again to begin
filming the next scene. The lap dissolve but­
ton will spring back to its original position
when filming begins.
Note: In sub-freezing temperatures, lap dis­
solve with sound cartridge is sometimes
not possible because the film tends to
harden. Lap dissolve should not be