Trouble Checks
Trouble | Checks and Adjustments |
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Viewfinder displays | • Lens is smudged, and image appears unfocused. |
are out of focus | • Eyepiece focus control is misadjusted. |
| • The small controls on the bottom of the viewfinder control |
| the brightness (B) and color (C) of the viewfinder. If the |
| brightness or color of the viewfinder ever does require |
| adjustment, carefully use a plastic screwdriver. Make the |
| adjustments with caution to prevent damaging the miniature |
| controls. |
Picture is too dark | • For best results, only use higher shutter speeds outdoors. | |
or subject too dark | Rotate scene select AE dial to sports ( | ) or |
| Shutter( ). See page 35. |
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•Subject in front of a strong backlight. Rotate scene select AE dial to select
•Turn on the
•Add more light using the exposure control. See page 42.
Picture recorded | • Scene select AE dial may be turned to special effect mode. |
with special effect | Turn the scene select AE dial to AUTO. |
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Picture recorded in | • SEPIA ( ) selected with scene select AE dial. Turn the |
brown tone | scene select AE dial to AUTO. See page 35. |
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Picture recorded | • Camcorder is set to the 16X9 mode. Turn off 16X9. |
with black bars at | See page 39. |
top and bottom |
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Colors do not look | • Try adjusting white balance. See page 36. |
natural on recording |
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Title recorded on | • Title is recorded whenever it appears in viewfinder. |
tape | Remove the title from viewfinder. See pages |
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Power zoom lever | • Check MODE selected. Zoom lever operates other features |
does not operate | when some modes are selected. See page 37. |
zoom |
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